Wajahat Ali, Business Analyst II

Wajahat Ali

Business Analyst II

S&P Global Market Intelligence (Legacy SNL Financials)

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Project Management
Experience
13 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 7 Months

Business Analyst II at S&P Global Market Intelligence (Legacy SNL Financials)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since September 2015

As a Business Analyst, my work is divided into multiple roles (40% working as a Scrum Project Manager, 40% working as Level 2 Support Analyst, 20% as Release/ Deployment Manager). My Duties include, but not limited to:
 Review, analyze, and evaluate the content systems and user needs
 Participate in System Design and Architecture to parallel overall business strategies
 Assists in identifying and implementing tasks and technical requirements for assigned system enhancements
 Work with cross team resources involved in an assigned project
 Creates specifications for each release and enhancement
 Works with development staff to develop enhancement in a timely fashion
 Tests enhancements pre and post development to make sure system meets the end user needs, specifications and is error free.
 Assures quality control including regularly updating and maintaining procedures
 Gather feedback from aligned content groups for future enhancements and ways to increase timeliness, accuracy, relevance, and comprehensiveness
 Acts as a liaison between content groups and developers to correct bugs in the systems and follows up with end usersProvide technical and funcational support
 Provides training and top tier support for clients. Provides product specific trainings to SPGMI employees

Process Specialist at SNL Financial
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2014 to September 2015

As a Process Specialist, I am responsible to:
 Make sure about the department Processes are in compliance with the Lean Methodology
 Certified Lean Facilitator in SNL
 Understand all critical processes and tools for Translations Department. Reviews process documentation & actual work done; shadows and/or performs certain duties in department workflow in order to identify problems or opportunities to improve content collection in areas of timeliness, accuracy, relevance, comprehensiveness, and efficiency. Identifies & addresses procedure/documentation & training deficits
 Begins analysis to uncover the root causes of complex problems. Ensures that proposed solutions address the root cause and add value to stakeholders
 Supports the vetting, department-level prioritization & implementation of respective content groups’ process & systems initiatives. Where appropriate, identifies alternate approaches and combines/elevates multiple issues to gain efficiency
 Supports the requirements engineering process for all group-related initiatives; obtains and maintains buy-in for proposed solutions; proactively manages risks in stakeholder satisfaction. Works with Content & Project Managers to ensure development & implementation of solutions in a timely fashion
 Collaborates with Content Managers & Process Specialists/Experts from other content groups to identify & execute on shared/cross-department initiatives
 Increases knowledge of SNL systems and data collection best practices; Participates in training initiatives & increases knowledge of various formal & informal Business Process Management disciplines; supports the dissemination of subject matter expertise throughout all levels of respective content group(s)
 Implement new processes and initiatives w.r.t department workflow and processes
 Champions the dissemination of process-related knowledge & thought process to members (at all levels) of respective content group
 Proofing Tools and Translation Memories Creation
 Conversion of Translation Memories
 Creating Department’s Performance Book for every quarter
 Designing the Performance Model
 Batch Updates in Database using SQL queries and Utilities

Senior Project Analyst at SNL Financials
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2013 to December 2013

As a Senior Project Analyst, I am responsible to:
 Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of data published in SNL products.
 Lead the day-to-day operations and workflow of the department.
 Communicate status reports to stakeholders.
 Implement new processes and initiatives w.r.t department workflow and processes.
 Providing and tweaking the Softwares and Tools used in the department.
 Training and development of all the employees in the department
 Proofing Tools and Translation Memories Creation
 Conversion of Translation Memories
 Creating Department’s Performance Book for every quarter
 Designing the Performance Model
 Batch Updates in Database using SQL queries and Utilities

Project Analyst at SNL Financials
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2012 to December 2012

As a Project Analyst, I am responsible for:
 Monitor the Translation Tasks Dashboard
 Analyze non-English documents to identify the translation requirements for the various AFIG and EFIG content teams
 Assist the Translation Project Manager in the creation and prioritization of tasks to drive the auto- & manual translation process
 Build subject matter expertise on SNL’s translation software applications
 Proofread final translations and provide quality assurance to ensure consistency and proper formatting
 Coordinate many projects at various stages simultaneously
 Research and address technical issues related to document translation

Team Lead, Web Developer at Orazone Technologies
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • June 2010 to August 2011

I am also responsible for:
 Updating the stakeholders with the status reports
 Creating and executing Plans and SRS for Websites and Softwares
 Attending daily stand up Sessions with the clients
 Working on JQuery
 Tweaking the Images in Photoshop
 Creating CronJobs in Linux Servers and scheduled jobs in Windows Servers
 Updating and Maintaining the hosting servers (Linux and Windows)
 Training the new employees
 Setting up the necessary system environment for the team
 Hands on experience in incorporating Paypal and Google Checkout
 Creating and searching new plugins and modules for frameworks in PHP/MYSQL
 Tracking and informing the managers about the team performance in a timely manner

MIS Manager and Network Administrator at Islamabad Model College for Girls ,F-7/2, Islamabad
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • June 2010 to July 2011

Here I am responsible for:
 Applying timely patches and updates on the server
 Maintain daily backups for the DB server
 Configured the ISA server 2000
 Configured database servers with Ms SQL 2008, ISA Server 2000 and setup a DNS server
 Maintain and record the results, also headed the online admission portal for new students
 Troubleshooting all of the Network in college
 Troubleshooting and equipping the labs with proper software
 Apply security fixes and patches across all the college computers and routers/ switches
 Switched the network to the fibre optics cable
 Handled the online seminars and lectures from the HEC
 Registered the college with several online HEC Digital Libraries
 Created new sub-routines and procedures to segregate the user groups

Education

Master's degree, Project Management
  • at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad
  • June 2014

Major Courses: Project Human Resource Management, Project Cost Management, Project Time Management, Project Risk Management, Project Procurement Management, Enterprise Project Management in MS Project 2010 and Sharepoint 2010, Projects In Primavera, Project Integration Management, Monitoring, Control and Evaluation of Project, Project Quality Management

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad
  • August 2010

Majors Courses: Programming Languages (C, C++, Java, JSP, PHP, Assembly), Signal & systems, Digital Signal Processing, Network Security, Software Engineeering, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Databases

Specialties & Skills

Web Development
System Maintenance
Data Analysis
IT Project Management
System Maintenance and Troubleshooting
SQL Reporting
Web Devlopement
Data Analysis
Web Server Managment (Linux and Windows)

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

SQL Training (Training)
Training Institute:
SNL Financials
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
8 hours
Extraction Process (Training)
Training Institute:
SNL Financials
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
2 hours
Train the Trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
SNL Financials
Date Attended:
June 2015
Duration:
16 hours
Engineering - General Project Management Knowledge (Training)
Training Institute:
SNL Financials
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
2 hours
Introduction to Lean (Training)
Training Institute:
SNL Financials
Date Attended:
July 2014
Duration:
24 hours
Conflict Management for Employees- A positive approach to managing workplace conflict (Training)
Training Institute:
SNL Financials
Date Attended:
January 2015
Duration:
1 hour