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Pratik Paresh

Bengaluru

Summary

Business analyst with 4+ years of experience in overseeing agile projects, preparing requirement and other associated documents, data analysis, incident management and change management. Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, SQL, DevOps etc. along with my analytical skills, has enabled me in formulating business improvement strategies and overseeing new technology and system implementation. Skilled in interacting with a diverse global clientele and various stakeholders.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Analyst - Financial Automation

Hinduja Global Solutions
Bengaluru
09.2022 - Current
  • Collaborated with senior management to streamline business processes via automation and other process improvement methods.
  • Conceptualization, design, testing, and implementation of major configuration changes. Proactive measures taken to enhance user experience and reducing user issues
  • Spearheaded the end-to-end development of an in-house claim management system, successfully replacing the outsourced application (SAP Concur), resulting in cost savings of more than $59,000.
  • Successfully transitioned the manual vendor invoicing process to an automated application by streamlining the process flow for comprehensive end-to-end invoice visibility, reducing the average payment processing time from 5 days to 2 days.
  • Developed a comprehensive dashboard for real-time tracking of invoices throughout the process, leading to a more than 50% decrease in decision-making time.
  • Generated accurate Profit and Loss (P&L) statements by applying various logics, and created automated reports for 4+ HGS legal entities, reducing MIS preparation time from 5-6 hours to 10 minutes.
  • Collaborated with the Power BI team to facilitate report preparation using the same logic for leadership consumption.
  • Cleanup and maintenance of organizational foundation data elements with respect to finance (GL, PC, CC, etc.).
  • Proficient in incident management and resolution of P1 and P2 tickets within the deadline.

Associate Business Analyst / Product Owner

HCLTech
Bengaluru
08.2020 - 09.2022
  • Worked as a Proxy Product Owner within the operations team of a leading global bank
  • Experienced in working on Agile projects, along with preparation of requirement documents and use cases for clearly communicating business needs to relevant stakeholders
  • Experienced in requirement gathering, writing and prioritizing user stories, defining acceptance criteria and creating MVP
  • Lead team of 6+ members and collaborated with cross-functional teams (DevOps, Risk etc.) to ensure alignment of objectives and outcomes
  • Worked closely with product management counterparts to ensure technology solution aligns with business objectives
  • Streamlined processes by creating flow diagrams and use cases to visualize and analyse current and future process (As-Is and To-Be)
  • Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and implemented sensible solutions
  • Designed and maintained an internal project management solution in a no-code development platform (Monday.com)
  • Conducted internal training for developed solution to all the relevant stakeholders

Internship - Associate Research Analyst

Orion Market Research Pvt. Ltd.
Indore
02.2019 - 05.2019
  • Data Collection and Analysis - Gathered data through various secondary sources, such as white papers, government sources, and company websites.
  • Competitor Analysis - Researched and analyzed competitors to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and strategies, and created competitive profiles for reports (10 major competitors per report for more than 20 market reports).
  • Market Trends Research - Monitored and identified industry and market trends, and analyzed emerging opportunities and threats for clients (SWOT and PESTEL analysis for more than 20 reports).

Education

PGPM - Finance (Major) & Operations

ICFAI Business School
Pune
03.2020

Bachelor of Science - Zoology

Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University
Bhagalpur
05.2018

Skills

  • Agile and Scrum
  • Microsoft Office
  • Power BI
  • SQL (Azure Data Studio)
  • SAP Concur
  • Service Now
  • Confluence
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Data Analysis and Reporting
  • Risk & Compliance
  • Team Leadership
  • Process Automation

Certification

  • Career Essentials in Data Analysis (Microsoft & LinkedIn)
  • Product Owner Management ACE Program (HCLTech)
  • Introductory certificate in Business Analysis (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
  • Business Analytics with Excel (Simplilearn)
  • Project Management Job Simulation (CBRE)
  • MS Suite 2013-2016 Basic and Advanced Training (Ozran Consulting LLP)
  • Introduction to Derivatives (Corporate Finance Institute)
  • Six Sigma Green Belt (TUV SUD)

Languages

Hindi
Proficient
C2
English
Advanced
C1

Timeline

Business Analyst - Financial Automation

Hinduja Global Solutions
09.2022 - Current

Associate Business Analyst / Product Owner

HCLTech
08.2020 - 09.2022

Internship - Associate Research Analyst

Orion Market Research Pvt. Ltd.
02.2019 - 05.2019

PGPM - Finance (Major) & Operations

ICFAI Business School

Bachelor of Science - Zoology

Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University
Pratik Paresh