Sadaf Hassan, Sr. Business Development Analyst

Sadaf Hassan

Sr. Business Development Analyst

Gulf Coast Electromechanical Co

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information systems technology
Experience
14 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 1 Months

Sr. Business Development Analyst at Gulf Coast Electromechanical Co
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since May 2016

• Work with client to analyze project requirements, created data flow diagrams and data models for Data Mart.
• Carry out fit-gap analysis, process design, customization, master and transaction data uploads into Data Mart.
• Develop functional designs and associated mapping documents.
• Testing and quality assurance of the data before and after in PSA as well as in Data targets.
• Perform gap analysis and ran JAD sessions.
• Develop data conversion mapping documents and associated mapping documents.
• Specification documents using data diagramming, process mapping, and develop use cases for the system.
• Involved in security & role maintenance for report views.

Business Development Manager at Lunch:ON
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2017

Identify trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
Locate potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities.
Screen potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; recommending equity investments.
Develop negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals.
Close new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.
Enhance organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Business Analyst at Santander Consumer USA
  • United States - Texas - Dallas
  • November 2014 to January 2016

• Analyzed business requirements through AS-IS (Fit-Gap) sessions and evaluate/validate those requirements to maintain the Core ERP solution model
• Identified opportunities for improvement via detailed analysis and understanding of overall business and systems structure, whilst maintaining the integrity of a single ‘Group’ solution.
• Co-ordinated on Change Request activity - ensuring multiple solution options prepared with detailed business requirement gathering and detailed cost benefit analysis.
• Co-ordinated each stage of the change request activities - requirement gathering, committee presentation, design, testing and delivery
• Prepared and co-ordinate all functional stream documentation - including Functional
• Supported the development of the testing phase planning and business scenarios / test scripts creation
• Provided support to the other functional streams within the project
Ensured conformance to the stipulated business rules at all times

Business Analyst at Daugherty business solutions (Client was Target Corporation)
  • United States - Minnesota - Minneapolis
  • May 2010 to February 2013

• Was BPC for AR and AP SAP modules as well as help gather reporting requirements.
• Involved in the creation and publishing of BEX reports
• Lead a team of Offshore developers in a 24x7 production support
• Involved in creating both the functional and technical design documents for enhancements and new developments
• Involved in troubleshooting data integrity issues in reports and daily incident.
• Involved in the delegation of duties among the team members
• Evaluated the criticality of each incident/ticket and assigned the level of importance accordingly
• Made sure deliverables met their SLA
• Maintained all applicable documents and procedures in Solution Manager
• Involved in user training, knowledge transfer and support manual creation & enhancement
• Maintained and managed on-call roster for both onshore and offshore developers

Business Analyst at Comtrol
  • United States - Minnesota - Minneapolis
  • April 2008 to February 2009

• Defined and documented internal and external user interfaces and support system and data requirement clarification and definition.
• Served as the liaison between the business users and the software development team through which requirements flow.
• Developed requirements specifications according to standard templates.
• Collaborated with developers and subject matter experts (SMEs) to establish the technical vision and analyzed tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Worked directly with and serve as the liaison between business units, technology teams and support teams.
• Assisted in quality assurance and defining testing strategy and risks
• Ensured issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
• Worked with business unit personnel to identify required changes and communicate information to development team.
• Assisted in the enforcement of project deadlines and schedules.
• Reviewed and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution.
• Developed functional specifications and system design specifications.
• Delivered informative, well-organized presentations.

Analyst Programmer Developer at Possis Medical
  • United States - Minnesota - Minneapolis
  • June 2007 to February 2008

• Handled a variety of deep and broad analytical exercises that form the basis of the team's strategic recommendations
• Lead the development of deliverables (such as functional specs, data mapping, use cases, etc...)
• Conducted research and data collection activities as required
• Accurately prepared written material (briefing reports and presentations)

Intern at Total Abu Al Bukhoosh
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2005 to May 2005

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information systems technology
  • at Ajman university of science and technology
  • May 2005

Specialties & Skills

Requirements Writing
Requirements Analysis
Business Requirements
Data Mapping
Use Case Analysis
Program Management, Business Analysis, Solution Architecting
Stakeholder Analysis, Assess Capability Gaps, Incident and Ticket Management
Use Cases, GUI and Interface Designs
Business Content Activation, Data Extraction, Generic Extraction, Data Load Scheduling
Front end (UI) and backend (DB) and ETL design, Design & Development Of Queries, Reports, Workbooks
Communication, Negotiation, Planning, Execution
Techno-Functional Consultation, Business Requirements, Agile and Waterfall methodology in SDLC
Problem Solving, Decision Making, Conflict Resolution

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
MISP
six sigma green belt (Training)
Training Institute:
MISP
Date Attended:
April 2016