Senior Business Analyst
Wethaq Financial Advisory
Total years of experience :10 years, 8 Months
➢ Engage with clients on day-to-day basis to deliver projects within the agreed scope of work and timeline.
➢ Perform data analysis for operational and financial data to provide data driven insights and solutions to the client using tools such as Tableau and Microsoft Excel.
➢ Develop processes, policies and procedures based on best practices and develop operational and functional frameworks.
➢ Engage in gap analysis exercise based on data analytics and internal controls assessment.
➢ Understand information technology controls and functions.
➢ Write/develop/present creative, compelling (and winning) responses to client requests and solicitations.
➢ Provide direction and best practices for creating project materials including requirements, change
management, business process design, and other deliverables.
➢ Conduct current state assessments and recommend best practices for operational and support functions. This involves creating process flowcharts using Microsoft Visio.
Nature of Work:
➢ Primary point of contact (System Administrator) for the company’s Action Management System.
➢ Providing first line support for the staff and troubleshooting problems.
➢ Issue reporting to the software vendor and bug fixes.
➢ Responsible for the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and conducting periodic system orientations/demos for employees.
➢ Maintaining the archive of company’s policies and procedures in the Action Tracking System.
➢ Maintain up to date documentation of SASREF’s corporate documentation database which includes (but
not limited to) policies, procedures, work instructions, legal contracts, board of directors’ resolutions, board
meeting of minutes, regulatory requirements/documents, permits/licenses etc.
➢ Develop, maintain and enhance company’s standard templates, controlled forms and management
reporting templates.
➢ Providing Ad-hoc reports and dashboard solutions to the top management upon request.
Highlights:
➢ Project lead for the company’s OpenText Livelink (document management system) enhancement project. ➢ Assistant project manager for the companywide electronic archiving project.
➢ Responsible for opportunity scoping and identifying requirements by interacting with various clients.
➢ Drafting and reviewing project documentations such as process maps, process descriptions, project specifications and identifying the resources needed to implement the process.
➢ Provides support in the conceptualization and design of the most efficient workflow and program/system requirements based on clients’ requirements.
➢ Perform the project costing by determining the related costs based on the resource requirement details and the current market trends to come up with a competitive price.
➢ Responsible for developing competitive business proposals by coordinating with various business units of the organization and prepare statement of work which includes project scope, project requirements and service level agreements.
➢ Conducts regular and special project reviews in coordination with other business units, to validate compliance to defined workflow.
➢ Helps the business unit head in developing diverse project plans by effective use of project management methodologies.
➢ Keeps all stake holders informed on current status of developments throughout the solutions development phase through emails, calls, reports and various status review meetings.
MBA (Master of Business Administration) – with Distinction from University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Wales, United Kingdom. Date of completion: March 2023.
• Passed with Second Class (Upper Division). • Dissertation titled - School Automation System for a Public Sector School in Sri Lanka.
Successfully completed: • British Computer Society (Chartered Institute for IT) - Professional Graduate Diploma • British Computer Society (Chartered Institute for IT) - Diploma • British Computer Society (Chartered Institute for IT) - Certificate