Sukhmani Kaur

• Collaborate with programmers, underwriters, accounts, claims experts, senior management and other business users to help companies develop plans for new lines of business or improving existing business.
• Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
• Business analysis of Data Warehousing solution, data modeling and testing of program or application modules that meet design specification.
• Honed leadership skills by participating in various management trainings.
• Handling of the incoming change requests from various stakeholders.

1. Implemented agile methodology by facilitating exercises such as sprint planning.
2. Managed workflow processes using the JIRA software.
3. Use RACI model to bring structure and manage the stakeholders within a project.
4. Develops, coordinates, and enforces systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
5. Involved in team allocation and work delegation based on the skill set and availability of the individuals for film projects.
6. Helped in formation of contracts for the employees and the freelancers.

1. Worked as a Business Analyst on Accenture Life Insurance Platform (ALIP). Responsibilities include

• Coordinating with business and IT across all phases of Software Development Life Cycle.
• In-depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies like Waterfall & Agile.
• Gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements and developing Business Requirement Documents and Functional Requirement Specifications.
• Configuring various types of Annuities and Life Insurance Products
• Writing Business Cases to explore all the approaches to a problem for a key Accenture client.
• Writing and implementing Test scenarios for System testing and Regression testing.
• Database management using NaviSys XML/DB Editor1.2, SQL Plus, Squirrel and Toad.
• Analysis of business requirements to determine business relevance and provide comprehensive development estimate.
• Manage and lead the offshore team. Review the team’s deliverables and provide support and guidance.

2. Supported the on boarding training of Actuary, functional and technical development staff on and offshore.
3. Key Skills/Tools: Document Analysis, Requirement Gathering, Product Configuration, SQL, Oracle, Unified Modeling Language (UML), Testing, Writing Functional Requirement Specifications and Business Cases.
4. Achievements:

• Created brand new products from scratch for a client that is a leader in the US life and annuities insurance technology and services industry.
• Saved client’s money and time by providing smart product configurations for items that were earlier were thought of as gaps.
• I am able to think of quick solutions for the issues reported to me and manage to resolve them single handedly.