Senior Applications Specialist
Pinaki Inc. Canada
Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months
• Determine Business Requirements (User Stories) by communicating with the project managers, subject matter experts, end users and Senior Executive, (Stake Holders), using JAD sessions / Requirement Elicitation Sessions and refined the requirements using different technics like Cost-Benefit Analysis, Value Based Prioritization, Stock holder Analysis, setting relative Rank for requirements and MOSCOW Technic etc. and prepared Business Blue Print (BPP).
• Lead, coach, and manage a diverse team of IT professionals while building a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• To ensure team effectiveness, define defined roles and responsibilities, establish performance targets, and conduct frequent performance evaluations.
• Based on the refined requirement of the project (Project Backlog), stake holder analysis and transition analysis, performed Risk Analysis for projects to evaluate the anticipated risk.
• Determines the need for project personnel and chooses team members based on a SWOT analysis.
• Coordination with senior leadership to identify opportunities, risks, and investments that support company goals and increase productivity.
• Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of projects while skilfully managing timelines, costs, and resources.
• For the project's seamless operation, documents such as the Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Specification Document (FSD), the Technical Specification Document (TSD), System Requirement Documents (SRD) etc., have been prepared.
• Experience in writing / Enhancing of test plan, test scripts, test strategy in package validation application testing specifying the system’s inputs, outputs and limitations in SAP SuccessFactors.
• Strong experience in executing unit, integration, system, regression, user acceptance, performance testing.
• Done Functional Unit Testing (FUT), System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for SAP HXM implementation project successfully.
•
• Communicate problems to Project Manager as soon as noticing them and update Project Schedule, budget, and milestones always to achieve delivery of assigned projects successfully.
• Monitor, control, and manage project budgets notifying the Line manager of any discrepancies and providing regular reporting as directed. Anticipate issues that may cause budget to overrun and setup budget control measures.
• Update the project sponsor and senior management on completed and planned activities, hazards, and significant milestones on a regular basis.
• Manage post-implementation support with an internal team and an external vendor team.
• Monitor and manage project operations to minimize downtime and disruptions while optimizing performance.
• Ensure the timeliness of technical service, help desks, communication networks, and system operations.
• Focus on cross-training to provide a better resource backup structure.
• Participate actively in the development and enforcement of security policies, procedures, and protocols to protect information.
• Define the budget and track its consumption and cost-benefit analysis.
• Align risk management with enterprise risk management by connecting these business risks to potential technological failures and recommending the best available and viable preventative measures.
• Establish and manage strategic partnerships with vendors, negotiating contracts and service agreements to assure high-quality service delivery.
• Managed project planning, execution, and control for All projects.
• Conducted JAD sessions with SMEs and vendors, gathering comprehensive requirements.
• Managed project planning, execution, and control for HCM projects.
• Conducted JAD sessions with SMEs and vendors, gathering comprehensive requirements.
• Created user manuals, led training sessions, and facilitated knowledge transfer.
• Utilized Rational Unified Process to define use cases, elaborate on system requirements, and create documentation.
• outlined project objectives and resource needs while coordinating with management from several divisions.
• Analysed as-is and to-be systems, documenting business requirements and enhancements and Manage project documentation/ versioning.
• Advised leadership on strategic initiatives, timelines, and testing strategies.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to understand business requirements and enable system solutions.
• Actively participated in Agile ceremonies, contributing to backlog grooming, sprint planning, and sprint reviews.
• Manage internal process related to risk procedures, project governance, and compliance.
• Manage coordinating cross-functional internal teams with demands of external stakeholders, such as different business teams.
• Involved in Quality Assurance Tastings like Unit testing, Integration testing (SIT), Black box testing, Alpha testing, Beta Testing, User acceptance testing (UAT).
• Responsible for the Initiation, Planning, Execution and Implementation of Projects.
• Liaison with all necessary parties to coordinate change building, testing and implementation, in accordance with tasks schedules.
• Ultimately decided who will attend meetings, who will get specific RFCs (Request for Change) depending on the nature of the RFC -Change Management.
• Reviewed all outstand RFCs and responsible for closing RFCs.
As a Senior Business Analyst, participated in a role for the HR - IT projects, such SAP SuccessFactors suit implementation project, other significant major upgrading projects and interim mini projects concurrently.
Current and proposed processing workflows and data flows have been documented.
Served as a liaison between the business and technical teams and translated the needs of both.
Created use cases developed test plans and test cases.
At the strategic level, ensure that the project initiatives are in line with the business and technical needs.
Determines the need for project personnel and chooses team members based on a SWOT analysis.
Actively involved in SAP HCM Job Architecture scoping workshop with SAP HCM Business Partner.
Worked on the SuccessFactors migration project for a significant HR system transfer to the Claud system as a business analyst. Support and coordination were provided for the rollout of the Employee Central, Performance and Goals, Succession Planning, Learning Management Solution (LMS), and Recruitment (Talent Acquisition) modules. Carried out several soft enhancements/configurations of SuccessFactors Employee Central, Performance & Goals (PMGM) functions.
Managed all project-related assignments including overall planning, tracking and documentation of one or more projects from the project proposal to the project closeout within budget and timeline. Planed and scheduled project timelines providing regular updates to the management.
Performed UATs (User Acceptance Tests), prepared business scenarios for user acceptance testing, conducted end user training, and prepared end user manual.
Conducted, employee awareness sessions prior to go live of SuccessFactors Suite.
Provided post go live support after project goes live and assisted in issue resolution both technically and functionally. Performed application troubleshooting and made recommendations for possible enhancements and modifications.
Monitored of business processes, business rules, metrics, and standard operating procedures as a result of improvement initiatives. Monitored and tracked the project's progress at every state, from start-up through every activity until the project sponsor accepts the final product. Tracked project deliverables using appropriate systems and tools and report as required.
Ensure, the assigned project documents are developed, maintained, updated and completes all project documents in the project library ensuring the accuracy of each document.
Performed application troubleshooting and made recommendations for possible enhancements and modifications.
Documented everything configured in different categories in form of predefined templates to be approved by the team leads.
Successfully completed ERP implementation for Toyota Qatar.
Coordinated internal cross-functional teams, aligned with external stakeholders.
Utilized Rational Unified Process to define use cases and elaborate on system requirements.
Led requirement elicitation, documented business rules, and designed solutions.
Prepared comprehensive user guides, managed testing activities, and facilitated communication.
Published project status reports, managed system integration testing, and supported cutover.
Engaged in sprint planning and execution, contributing to backlog grooming and sprint reviews.
performed face to face interviews with stakeholders to get their vision and requirements. Also performed value proposition evaluations and acceptance criteria. Created new or updated business process flows and offer guidance on how to use personnel, electronic, and other resources most effectively to reduce or completely eliminate data redundancies.
Developed Functional Specification document (FSD), Business Requirement document (BRD), Technical Specification document (TSD) and test scenarios for different modules with varied processes and sub-applications.
Provided cost effective design and workaround recommendations to business stakeholders based on in-depth business knowledge and gained timely acceptance on critical business process changes.
Documented detailed requirements for Toyota ERP implementation project by conducting client facing JAD sessions with SME’s, external vendors and provided business rules and recommendations for solution design and implementation.
Collaborated with the project team and prepared comprehensive user guides for business and technical users and assisted in training sessions to the team, while facilitating knowledge transfer for future development and QA activities.
Conducting impact analysis of related systems by coordinating with the team
URL removed due to policy violation. Please contact support for further information.