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Sanka Fernando

BI Analyst | Supply Chain Domain Expert | Data All-rounder
Surrey,British Columbia

Summary

Prudent Business Intelligence Analyst who has been providing employers with valuable and actionable insights in order to drive profit growth.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Business Intelligence Analyst

DataDisca
Melbourne, Victoria
11.2019 - Current
  • Created and maintained data visualizations that educated, informed, and engaged business partners on key metrics for 20% improved performance.
  • Directed implementation of new business intelligence tools, selecting appropriate solutions and aiding in corresponding onboarding processes.
  • Delivered Business Intelligence and Modern Data Platform solutions to enterprise clients.


KEY ACHIEVEMENT : Assisted a client in the FMCG industry who was experiencing customer loss. The dashboard I built revealed the specific regions and products that were underperforming and causing the most churn. This helped the client save nearly $1.5 million as well as his reputation.

Operations Associate - WMS

Distribution Centre, Jeanswest
Melbourne, Victoria
08.2017 - 12.2020
  • Achieved high operational/configuration proficiency of Manhattan Scale WMS within short period of time.
  • Coordinated between the technical and non-technical teams to ensure smooth transition from MS Dynamics to Manhattan Scale WMS.

Business Analyst | Process Improvement

Direct FN
Colombo, Sri Lanka
09.2013 - 01.2015
  • Collaborated with stakeholder groups across organization to ensure business and technology alignment that resulted in 20% process efficiency.
  • Proposed solutions, meeting defined specifications and needs.
  • Prepared a variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations.

    KEY ACHIEVEMENTS - Lead the organization through a major process change in the form of a newly proposed KPI scheme. The KPI dashboard was able to drill down to each respective team ,increasing the overall efficiency of the developer teams by approximately 30% and saving the company roughly $75,000 per month.

Associate Implementation Engineer

DUO Software
Colombo, Sri Lanka
04.2013 - 08.2013
  • Showed high efficiency in requirement elicitation representing mother company at client sites overseas and introduced various new ways to streamline information flow making it 15% efficient.

Education

Master of Information Systems - Business Analytics

Deakin University
Melbourne, VIC
02.2015 - 01.2017

BSc (Hons) - Software Engineering

Staffordshire University
London, UK
03.2010 - 03.2013

Skills

    Python/Excel/SQL

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Certification

MySql for Analytics & BI - 365 Data Science

Job Specific Skills

  • Proficiency as a Business/Data Analyst in an administrative capacity with data.
  • Strong project management abilities and the ability to prioritize as required.
  • Advanced business intelligence knowledge and the ability to apply data analysis and management strategies and technologies.
  • Advanced knowledge of data management disciplines and the governance required to ensure data integrity and security.

Timeline

MySql for Analytics & BI - 365 Data Science

04-2022

Data Science Boot Camp - 365 Data Science

01-2022

Business Intelligence Analyst

DataDisca
11.2019 - Current

MTA -Database Fundamentals - Microsoft

11-2017

Operations Associate - WMS

Distribution Centre, Jeanswest
08.2017 - 12.2020

Master of Information Systems - Business Analytics

Deakin University
02.2015 - 01.2017

Business Analyst | Process Improvement

Direct FN
09.2013 - 01.2015

Associate Implementation Engineer

DUO Software
04.2013 - 08.2013

BSc (Hons) - Software Engineering

Staffordshire University
03.2010 - 03.2013
Sanka FernandoBI Analyst | Supply Chain Domain Expert | Data All-rounder