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Prashanth Kantheti

Hyderabad

Summary

Proactive Sr. Business Analyst and Project Management with 6+ years experience in procure to pay platform. Effective driver of Requirement and product development lifecycle from concept to delivery. Communicative and collaborative with proven history of improving business operations to support corporate growth and revenue.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Business Analyst | Project Manager

SmartDocs Business Solutions Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
06.2020 - Current
  • Conducted gap analysis between current state processes and desired future state processes.
  • Worked closely with Clients to understand their Business requirements and translated into software requirement document.
  • Managed projects and served as primary liaison between client and multiple internal groups to clarify goals and meet standards and deadlines.
  • Designed use case scenarios to demonstrate how users interact with the system or application.
  • Conducted stakeholder interviews to understand end user needs and preferences.
  • Documented test cases for validating system functionality against user requirements.
  • Recommended improvements to existing or proposed systems to enhance solution functionality.
  • Performed root cause analysis to determine underlying issues in complex problems.
  • Developed detailed project plans outlining tasks, deadlines and resources needed for successful implementation of projects.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define features, integrations and partnerships.
  • Maintained library of model documents, templates or other reusable knowledge assets.
  • Developed innovative, fact-based and achievable strategies and operating models based on evaluations.
  • Worked closely with clients to ensure their satisfaction with the delivered product or service.
  • Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional team to define features and build powerful and easy-to-use products and customer-facing workflow tools.
  • Delivered products to customer locations on time.
  • Identified customer needs through user interviews, surveys, focus groups, and other feedback mechanisms.
  • Conducted market research and competitive analysis for existing and potential products.
  • Monitored industry trends and identified opportunities for innovation within the product portfolio.
  • Identified product gaps and generated innovative ideas to expand market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.
  • Worked closely with engineering teams to ensure feature specifications are understood and implemented correctly.
  • Prioritized features in order to maximize impact while meeting budget constraints.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define product requirements and user stories.
  • Developed product roadmaps to help guide the development of new products.
  • Communicated progress updates at regular intervals with senior leadership.
  • Defined and analyzed product metrics to facilitate growth of product.
  • Created prototypes and visual mockups by liaising and collaborating with designers.
  • Cultivated business partnerships to build lasting relationships with internal and external parties.
  • Engaged customers through interviews to define product vision, features, and releases.
  • Worked with engineers to improve user experience and confirm builds meet user specifications.
  • Assessed projects against budgets and timelines, keeping team and assignments on task.
  • Conducted research to determine ideal markets for products and services.
  • Managed cross-functional teams across departments, including engineering, marketing, and sales.
  • Worked with sales teams to land customer wins in complex deals.
  • Modified existing software systems to enhance performance and add new features.
  • Led project planning sessions to map out timelines for feature releases.
  • Created processes and procedures that ensure high quality products are delivered on time.
  • Developed business process models to identify and document customer requirements.
  • Developed reports or created dashboards, providing financial-related information to make informed business decisions.
  • Created data flows to illustrate the flow of information between various stakeholders.
  • Analyzed and tracked data to prepare forecasts and identify trends.
  • Analyzed existing systems and processes, identified gaps and recommended improvements.
  • Gathered performance metrics from different sources including surveys, focus groups.
  • Identified and analyzed user requirements, procedures and processes to develop optimization strategies.
  • Identified opportunities for automation of manual processes through technology solutions.
  • Determined opportunities to improve workflow by adding and modifying processes, revamping use cases for each initiative and creating new components for each functional area.
  • Monitored project progress using metrics such as timeline, budget, resources utilization.
  • Delivered timely support by tracking issues and communicating resolutions to end users.
  • Reviewed system design specifications for completeness, accuracy, consistency, traceability and usability.
  • Participated in Scrum meetings, Huddles, design doc discussions.

Education

MBA - Business Management And Financial Accounting

ICFAI National College
Guntur
05-2005

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Computer Science

Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Choudary College
Guntur
09-2003

Skills

  • Requirements Gathering
  • Workflow Analysis
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Customer Needs Assessment
  • SAP - Materials Management & Sales and Distribution
  • Process Optimization
  • Responsive Design Approaches
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Agile Software Development
  • Product Issue Resolution
  • Stakeholder Communications
  • Data Analytics
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Scrum Framework
  • End to End Feature Delivery
  • Project Planning
  • KPI Tracking
  • Roadmap Development
  • Product Development
  • Strategic Planning
  • Narrative Use Cases
  • Product Management
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Needs Assessments
  • Project Management
  • Product Vision and Strategy
  • Wireframe Design
  • User and UX Research
  • Jira, Atlassian
  • Requirements Building
  • Usability Studies
  • Product Roadmaps
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Prioritization and Execution

Certification

  • Certified Business Analysis Professional from Simplilearn.
  • Pursuing PMP Certification from Project Management Institute.

Languages

English
First Language

Accomplishments

  • Implemented and deployed Vendor onboarding and Smart Payable solution to the client L&T across 11 Inter company units in SAP systems (DEV, QA & PRD environments) and Portal platform within 8 months of project duration.
  • Implemented SAP S/4 HANA migration before the project schedule for the client MTR.
  • Implemented Vendor onboarding workflow project within the budget and schedule for Wockhardt.
  • Implemented PR/PO/SES workflow approval solution to Tata Chemicals Limited.
  • Discovered new product portfolio in Sales & Distribution domain such as Special, Franchise, NQA promotions in ERP.
  • Received performance bonus towards contribution to the organizational growth.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Business Analyst | Project Manager

SmartDocs Business Solutions Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - Current

MBA - Business Management And Financial Accounting

ICFAI National College

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Computer Science

Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Choudary College
Prashanth Kantheti