Oluseyi Olorunhundo

Oluseyi Olorunhundo

$50/hr
Experienced Business Analyst | Expertise in Requirements Gathering
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Hourly ($/hour)
Location:
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Experience:
7 years
 Curriculum Vitae OLUSEYI J. OLORUNHUNDO BUSINESS ANALYST ◆ - ◆ - PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Experienced Business Analyst with over 7 years in requirements gathering, data mapping, UAT facilitation, and system integration across diverse domains. Skilled in documenting business needs, conducting process analysis, and creating functional specifications for software migrations, ensuring regulatory compliance. Proficient in JIRA, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI, leveraging data insights to optimize workflows. Adept at collaborating with stakeholders and development teams to deliver user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability matrices. Known for bridging business and technical teams, solving problems, and enhancing user satisfaction through innovative solutions and process improvements. SKILLS Business Analysis Scrum Master Functional software testing Data Analysis Change Control Management Stakeholder Management RACI Roadmap Delivery Requirement Traceability Matrix Stakeholder Management MI Reporting Banking Operations Bank branch and customer relationship management Strategic Team Leadership Communication Skills Conflict Resolution Team Collaboration Time Management Highly Organised TOOLS Collaboration Tools: Confluence, Slack, Google Workspace, Jira, SharePoint, Zoom, Teams, Asana Technical Tools: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Visio, Power BI, Tableau, SQL query language Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban. PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS Authored and facilitated requirements-gathering sessions with SMEs to clarify business needs and developed a comprehensive BRD for a CRM application, ensuring alignment with project goals. Directed Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, fostering a 40% improvement in team communication and problem-solving efficiency. Coordinated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with remote teams, ensuring seamless validation of deliverables and alignment with user requirements. Simplified workflows for a construction project, reducing project timelines and enhancing resource utilization by leading stakeholder workshops and prioritizing key deliverables. Contributed to the setup of a high-performing, product-focused team by streamlining internal processes and enhancing documentation standards. Conducted gap analyses on BID and RID documents, identifying ambiguities and ensuring comprehensive coverage of business requirements. Led release planning, backlog refinement, defect triaging, and sprint goal negotiations, achieving a 10% reduction in project delivery timelines. Designed and facilitated brown bag sessions to share knowledge and improve team collaboration on process improvements. Championed process improvements and internal documentation updates, resulting in streamlined delivery workflows and improved project outcomes. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Business Analyst June 2023 - Current LexisNexis (Contract) - Remote Elicited requirements from stakeholders for migration testing of financial background check systems, including their functionalities. (Risk Narrative/True Narrative). Documented and analysed requirements for corporate/personal background check, credit check, and mortgage calculation systems. Captured functional and non-functional requirements for system integrations, focusing on UI and back-end data integrity. Validated data integrity during migration by collaborating with testing teams and ensuring business logic compliance. Created detailed requirements and mapping documents to ensure data alignment with business rules across financial checks. Analysed workflows for background check systems, proposing efficiency and accuracy improvements. Developed process flow diagrams to illustrate data journeys from integrations to dashboard/report outputs. Authored user stories for housing, mortgage, and credit-check system enhancements, defining acceptance criteria for testing. Maintained a traceability matrix to ensure requirements were testable and addressed gaps. Performed static testing to resolve ambiguities and ensured traceability of business goals. Coordinated UAT/BAT sessions, enabling users to validate system functionality against real scenarios. Acted as a liaison between end-users and test teams, gathering feedback to align with business objectives. Participated in defect triage, prioritizing issues based on impact and refining requirements as needed. Communicated project updates to stakeholders, covering data migration, system integrity, and functional requirements. Collaborated with development and testing teams to clarify requirements and align project goals. Business Analyst June 2022 – May 2023 IFGL Group (Contract) - Remote Collaborated with stakeholders to identify and clarify business needs in life insurance, pension, and mortgage services for system enhancements and migrations. Documented requirements for Core Suite migration, ensuring regulatory compliance and data accuracy benchmarks. Developed data mapping resources for life, pension, and mortgage migrations, aligning with system rules. Partnered with QA teams to validate migrated data against business rules and integrity standards. Conducted gap analysis to identify workflow inefficiencies and recommend process improvements or automation. Created user stories for mortgage calculations, UI enhancements, and insurance functionalities. Used process flows and customer journey maps to visualize insurance and mortgage interactions. Defined acceptance criteria and maintained a traceability matrix to ensure thorough requirement coverage. Reviewed documents to address gaps and align requirements with objectives. Led UAT/BAT sessions to verify data accuracy and system alignment before release. Acted as a liaison between stakeholders and testing teams to clarify requirements and resolve discrepancies. Participated in defect triages, prioritizing issues and refining requirements to meet business goals. Verified resolved defects against requirements to ensure accuracy before deployment. Updated stakeholders on progress, findings, and adjustments to maintain alignment. Engaged in Agile ceremonies to represent business priorities and clarify requirements for developers. Business Analyst Oct 2020 – July 2022 De Canwood Nigeria Limited, Lagos Nigeria Managed Change Requests with stakeholders, ensuring proper processes were followed. Participated in project kick-offs, using the RACI matrix to identify and analyze stakeholder needs. Built KPI dashboards to foster a data-driven project management culture, focusing on feature development and lifecycle. Acted as a liaison between product and IT teams to prioritize the roadmap based on customer demands. Owned the product backlog, achieving 96% on-time feature delivery by addressing roadblocks with development teams. Developed requirements using user journeys, personas, epics, and user stories aligned with INVEST principles. Collaborated with technical teams on end-to-end testing, including documentation and acceptance criteria ownership. Supported Scrum ceremonies like sprint planning, prioritization, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives. Participated in two-week sprints and communicated the product vision based on the business scope. Worked cross-functionally to translate customer pain points into actionable user stories. Acted as relief Scrum Master, facilitating Agile ceremonies and promoting best practices. Business Analyst Feb 2019 – Sept 2020 Stephens-Ella Engineering Limited. Lagos Nigeria Collaborated with stakeholders, including architects and contractors, to document business requirements aligned with project scope and deadlines. Led workshops to prioritize and refine deliverables, ensuring stakeholder alignment. Identified workflow inefficiencies and recommended changes that improved timelines and resource utilization. Acted as the primary contact, conducting regular meetings to provide updates, address project needs, and manage expectations. Developed and implemented change management plans to handle scope shifts and design changes while minimizing disruptions. Maintained comprehensive documentation, including requirements, workflows, and quality standards, to support consistency and process improvements. Business Analyst Feb 2009 – Feb 2012 Oceanic Bank International Plc. Projects office, Lagos Nigeria Supported SAP Business Suite integration to enhance efficiency in finance, customer relations, and risk management. Collaborated with SAP consultants to align configurations with bank requirements, ensuring seamless data integration with core banking systems (Finacle). Gathered and documented requirements from finance, risk, compliance, and branch management for the SAP rollout. Analysed workflows, identified automation opportunities, and documented AS-IS and TO-BE processes to reduce manual tasks and boost productivity. Participated in UAT sessions to validate SAP functionalities in transaction processing, CRM, and reporting. Defined data mapping requirements for migration from legacy systems and ensured accuracy, completeness, and data integrity during the transition. Coordinated SAP training sessions for staff, focusing on transaction processing, report generation, and CRM functionalities. Created user guides and support materials to facilitate adoption and iterative improvements. Recommended process enhancements to streamline operations, improve inter-branch transactions, and boost customer satisfaction. Conducted functional testing, created test cases, and analysed results to ensure solutions met business objectives and compliance standards. Regional Cash Officer Oct 2008 – Feb 2009 Oceanic Bank International Plc. Ikeja/Isolo Ogba Zone, Lagos Nigeria Managed cash operations across 40+ branches, interfacing with the cash management unit to optimize regional cash shipments. Supervised branch vault operations, teller functions, and ATM management, ensuring efficiency and a fraud-free environment. Improved customer service responsiveness by resolving branch queries and escalating issues as necessary. Head Branch relationship management team June 2006 – Oct 2008 Sterling Bank Plc, Oba Akran Ikeja Lagos Nigeria Customer relations and account management Branch Management and oversight Budgeting and performance analysis Business development ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor of Science: Estate Management University of Lagos Gomycode Lagos Data Analysis/Data science Certification Certiprof Scrum Foundation professional Certification REFERENCES Available on request
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