Background Summary
• Over 6 years of experience as Financial & Business Analyst handling projects worth $5Million and ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status.
• Proven track record of assessing system/network availability, security, and data integrity to identify, manage, and reduce risks and ensure general compliance.
• Served as a subject-matter-expert to clients’ business system and IS management in framing entity level and application / transaction level controls.
• Highly Proficient with tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Visio and MS Project and HP PPM and SalesForce CRM.
Experience
Beachwood Business Development Center, Business Analyst (Beachwood Ohio USA)(Jan 2009- present)
• Planned, Scoped, performed enterprise wide risk analysis project across the companies operating from Development Center
• Drafted Information Security, Change Management and End User Computing-Spreadsheet control policy
• Documented Standard operating procedures for Project process, IT governance templates, framework and Policy management. Created change management tools for Internal Audit under SOX Compliance.
Giant Eagle Incorporated (Pittsburgh PA-USA) Summer Associate (Oct 2007-Sept 2008)
• Planned, organized and carried out the internal audit function including the preparation of an audit plan, which fulfils the responsibility of the department, scheduling and assigning work and estimating resource needs.
• Reported to both the audit committee and management on the policies, programs and activities of the department.
• Coordinated coverage with the external auditors and ensure that each party is not only aware of the other's work but also well briefed on areas of concern
Envoy Corp(Aetna US Healthcare) (India, USA) Consultant (Oct 2005- Jul 2007)
• Gathered requirements, create project plan and design specification for project to convert old Mainframe system into new Business Objects web-based environment
• Wrote test plans and test cases and organize Systems Integration and UAT testing. Established standards for writing specification, creating reports and testing.
• Worked with various clients with potential of $5Mn single sign on registration project
• Facilitated design sessions to gain acceptance of proposed solutions amongst Corporate Security, LDAP/Directory Services Administration, Constituent, Legal, Fulfillment, Architecture, Help Desk and Quality Assurance representatives.
III Millennium Technologies (India- USA) Business Analyst (Mar 2003-Sept 2005)
• Independently handled a project of designing, marketing and implementing ERP based performance management software to the manufacturing and pharmaceutical giants in India.
• Worked with the client of the lead manufacturer of automobile instruments & controls in India & is the major supplier to almost all automobile OEMS in India.
• Provided analysis and guidance to ownership group on company's strategic business and technology goals. Assisted in development and maintenance of Citrix based application system and Internet based SalesForce CRM
Education
• Masters in Business Administration, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-OH, USA Aug 2007-Dec 2008
o Specialization in International Accounting GPA-3. 2
• B. Tech in Information Technology U.P Technical University Lucknow, India Sept 2000-Jul 2004
o Specialization in Systems Design and Development design. GPA-3.4
Professional Affiliations
• American Marketing Association, Member of Cleveland State chapter in Ohio since 2007 actively participating in organizing events.
• Published a research paper on RFID implementation in lean manufacturing management principles in RFID Journal and University Journal
• Research grant recipient from Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducting Business opinion survey research
