KARUNA PAWAR, Business Analyst

KARUNA PAWAR

Business Analyst

Inspire

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, FINANCE
Experience
14 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 0 Months

Business Analyst at Inspire
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2019

▪ Maintained balanced coordination between Vendor & Business on basis of requirements & development.
▪ Managed responsibilities for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, Implementation, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project along with the team.
▪ Developed KPIs, Module design to functions for value add reporting and analysis.
▪ Demonstrated technical subject matter expertise to lead teams to scope projects, architect design solutions, and resolve issues (Data Analysis, Data Management solution).
▪ Performed & Developed BRD, FRD & SRD all Business Requirements Documents along with Test cases & Provided POC for respective projects. Conducted Trainings to all project Stakeholders.
▪ Arranged Business meetings to understand what not how the customer/business needs will be met by the solution
▪ Created System Requirement Document to provide a foundation to communicate to a technology service provider what the solution needs to do to satisfy the customer’s and business’ needs
▪ Arranged Meetings with stakeholders and development team to know regular Update Status.

Business Analyst at XEBIA
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2018 to April 2019

 Managed responsibilities for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, Implementation, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project along with the team.
 Handled 8-10 people team with agile process and offshore & Onshore model.
 Developed KPIs, Module design to functions for value add reporting and analysis.
 Demonstrated technical subject matter expertise to lead teams to scope projects, architect design solutions, and resolve issues (Data Analysis, Data Management solution).
 Whenever required Lead the development of the overall internal and external partner strategy to ensure the appropriate messaging, readiness, resourcing, and support structure for team.
 Worked on Big Data tools AZURE, Spark to understand data model and strategy along with POWER BI to provide prototypes to stakeholders and get better understanding to client to read final output.
 Performed & Developed BRD, FRD & SRD all Business Requirements Documents along with Test cases & Provided POC for respective projects. Conducted Trainings to all project Stakeholders.
 Arranged Business meetings to understand what not how the customer/business needs will be met by the solution
 Created System Requirement Document to provide a foundation to communicate to a technology service provider what the solution needs to do to satisfy the customer’s and business’ needs
 Provided stakeholders input into the next phase for this project
 Forecasted the numbers of deliverables possible in an iteration, which is based on evidence and reliable source.
 Arranged Meetings with stakeholders and development team to know regular Update Status.

Project Manager at KPMG
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2018 to August 2018

▪ Managed responsibilities for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, Implementation, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project along with the team.
▪ Worked with team of developers designed, developed and implement a BI solution for Sales, Product and Customer KPIs.
▪ Conducted Demos and created Proof of Concept for banking clients.
▪ Created dashboard and charts for one of banking IFRS9 Project on Visual Analytics and TABLEAU.
▪ Worked on TABLEAU, SAS Visual Analytics and Enterprise Guide.

Senior Consultant/Project Lead at accenture
  • India - Mumbai
  • November 2014 to January 2017

 Total 8 years’ of experience with relevant experienced of 7+ years’ in full life-cycle design and delivery of Business Intelligence Solutions - Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical Feasibility.
 Travelled to multiple countries for various projects (Singapore & Philippines) and performed integration in project lifecycle, and ensure that the final solution meets business objectives worked on Agile & Scrum Methodologies.
 Managed responsibilities for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project along with the team.
 Worked with team of developers designed, developed and implement a BI solution for Sales, Product and Customer KPIs.
 Providing implementation and training services for resulting data integration and visualization projects to a variety of clients in numerous industries.
 Developed forecasting tools and dashboards to analyze revenue variance, business pipeline and industry trends.
 Lead monthly meetings with directors to analyze spending and provide financial recommendations.
 Developed data architecture design to enable analysts to perform targeted customer analysis.

Consultant at Capgemini
  • India - Mumbai
  • February 2013 to November 2014

 Understanding Insurance business strategy- Budgeting & planning process.
 Coordinating with the client in order to resolve issues and receive sign offs
 Managed Development & support Projects with teams.
 Providing functional logic to the team and guiding them on the business process of the client
 Designed strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
 Managed creative projects from concept to completion while managing outside vendors.
 Developed work-flow charts and diagrams to ensure production team compliance with client deadlines.
 Recommended architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutions.

Business Analyst at Payne
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2013 to November 2013

 Supporting Cognos related activities for the planning model deployed in UK & Singapore.
 Understanding Business of Filtrona Filters - Manufacturing & Marketing of Budgeting & planning process.
 Was responsible for understanding the Reporting requirements of the client and guiding the team with the specifications of the reports.
 Understanding Business of Filtrona Plc - reports analysis.
Enhancement & Modification done when required on existing Reports.

Consultant at Systime
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2011 to March 2013

 Supporting Cognos related activities for the planning model deployed in UK & Singapore.
 Understanding Business of Filtrona Filters - Manufacturing & Marketing of Budgeting & planning process.
 Was responsible for understanding the Reporting requirements of the client and guiding the team with the specifications of the reports.
 Understanding Business of Filtrona Plc - reports analysis.
 Enhancement & Modification done when required on existing Reports.
 Understanding Business of Hul - Budgeting & planning process.
 Mapping the Budgeting & Planning process for different Business of HUL.
 Coordinating with the client in order to resolve issues and receive sign offs Ultratech Cement Data Analysis
 Understanding Cement Manufacturing & Marketing - Budgeting & planning process.
 Planning & Budgeting process for Working Capital & Balance sheet of UTCL Business.
 Supporting Cognos related activities for the planning model deployed in Germany, Netherlands and Poland.

System Analyst at HSBC
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 2007 to August 2009

 Handling all the queries of Premier cardholders & Platinum cardholders.
 Handling all queries related to Credit Cards and service for customers from PAN India.
 Coordinating with various departments within the bank and different branches to ensure case resolution within the turnaround time.
 Managing all the queries as per the SLA laid down by the Service Quality Team.

Education

Master's degree, FINANCE
  • at Atharva School of BusinessUniversity of Mumbai
  • March 2011
Bachelor's degree, IT
  • at Mumbai University
  • March 2007

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Visualization
Business Intelligence
Consulting
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
COGNOS IMPROMPTU
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Software/Applications:  Oracle ,SAP BI ,SAS  ERP & CRM  IBM COGNOS BI (Report Studio, Query Studi
 Budget analysis expert  Project management  Strategic financial planning  Excellent managerial

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
PMP
Date Attended:
September 2016
Certified IBM Cognos TM1 Planning Application. (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
 Certified IBM Cognos Enterprise Planning Application Consultant (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999