APARNA BEHERA
Bengaluru
Summary
Business Analyst with expertise in business analysis and project management. Facilitated product development and improved customer journeys through collaboration and data evaluation. Delivered impactful solutions by managing user stories and functional documentation. Detail-oriented professional with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Cultivates stakeholder relationships and drives effective communication across teams. Utilises agile methodologies to enhance project delivery and operational success.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst
Flatworld Solutions
Bangalore
07.2025 - Current
- Facilitated product development focused on data extraction and evaluation using AI.
- Assisted in creating and updating user stories and solution documents.
- Supported collateral management and sprint planning with Azure DevOps and Confluence.
- Collaborated with teams throughout development lifecycle.
- Gained experience in solutions involving both UI and backend aspects.
Business Analyst
Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
Bangalore
11.2021 - 07.2025
- Subject Matter Expert for Pre-acquisition, post-acquisition and mobile app journey of Credit Cards
- Led multiple high priority product requirement discussions with clients (on-site) and communicated product Proposition or alternative solution to effectively meet client's expectations with a short turnaround time
- Responsible for creation and update of functional solution documents along with collateral management in Jira and confluence for User stories and enhancements
- Prepared end to end work flows with regards to customer journey in Miro Board and draw.io
- Responsible for functional aspects during scrum calls consisting of engineering team, developers, QA and project managers to discuss sprint status updates, open items and blockers
- Contributed in Product enhancements, user manual creation, stakeholder management and collaborated with the business and implementation teams and other project management related activities
- Collaborated with UIUX designers in order to create Figma Screens for mobile application and microsite journey in order to facilitate smooth customer on-boarding and navigation
- Performed in-depth analysis of Regulatory requirements and migration related activities
- Contributed to the Product enhancement by taking complete ownership of the digital on-boarding journey and Loan on Cards functionality
- Performed functional testing, reviewed test scenarios for QA team and part of deployment calls
Product Manager
HDFC Ltd.
Mumbai
06.2019 - 10.2021
- Studying market trends, competition offerings and business practices to identify the need for a new product, prepare product notes and BRDs
- Coordinating with Legal, compliance, BTG, marketing and sales channel to carry out the creation, maintenance and execution of product journey
- Tracking asset cross sell business on Pan India bas is and identifying focus areas to improve penetration
- Analysis of portfolio to identify opportunities basis catchment and execute the same in association with Branch banking team
- Assisting in the design of workflow for APIs and coordinating with stakeholders for proposals and UAT
- Coordinating with vendor to create an all in one application for channel team
- Responsible for driving contests & campaigns within the channel in liaison with Marketing, Business Intelligence team, Risk and analytics teams
- Creation of "one view" utility for internal consumption where sales team can identify potential Customers & improve on product penetration
Management Intern
Ultratech Cement Ltd.
Ahmedabad
04.2018 - 06.2018
- Analyzed & identified the cost reduction areas w.r.t. the MRO items to ensure effective Inventory Control
- Reviewed financial statements & analyzed revenues, costs, expenses for shared inventories cross the units & participated in an ongoing basis in routine inventory circle counts
- Conducted detailed analysis of internal inventory data to identify trends and develop forecasts across units
- Identified the key market trends in the cement industry and carried out a detailed competitor analysis and was part of the reporting team responsible for creating MIS reports
Education
B.COM - ACCOUNTS
MUNICIPAL COLLEGE
Rourkela05.2016
HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION - 12th Grade, ISC
ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL
Rourkela05.2013
SECONDARY EDUCATION - 10TH GRADE - ICSE
ISPAT ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL
Rourkela05.2011
MBA - Finance
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
Bhubaneswar03.2019
Skills
- Product management and collateral management
- Business analysis and data reporting
- Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint proficiency
- SPSS expertise
- Jira and Confluence usage
- DevOps practices
- Figma and Miro design tools
- SQL proficiency
- Dashboard automation techniques
- Requirement gathering strategies
- Agile methodologies and Scrum practices
- User story creation skills
- Stakeholder management and relationship building
- Functional testing processes
- Solution documentation expertise
- Collaboration skills in teams
- Customer journey mapping techniques
- Problem-solving abilities
- User acceptance testing
Certification
- Six Sigma Certification, KPMG
- Bloomberg Market Concept (BMC) Certification, Bloomberg L.P.
Custom Section
- Spotlight Award, 2023-10-01, Awarded for handling multiple critical deliverables singlehandedly
- Silver Star Award, 2021-10-01, Awarded for exceptional performance in driving enablers
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
linkedin.com/in/aparna-behera
Timeline
Business Analyst
Flatworld Solutions
07.2025 - Current
Business Analyst
Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
11.2021 - 07.2025
Product Manager
HDFC Ltd.
06.2019 - 10.2021
Management Intern
Ultratech Cement Ltd.
04.2018 - 06.2018
B.COM - ACCOUNTS
MUNICIPAL COLLEGE
HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION - 12th Grade, ISC
ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL
SECONDARY EDUCATION - 10TH GRADE - ICSE
ISPAT ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL
MBA - Finance
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT