Sameer Sofat

Sameer Sofat Business Analyst| Master Of Information Systems| Data Analytics & Visualization| Entrepreneur| http://www.linkedin.com/in/sameersofat-- Professional Summary: Solutions driven analyst with experience in working with cross-functional teams for the development, documentation and delivery of process innovations driving towards the business goals. Possess strong interpersonal, effective communication & leadership skills, essential to transform company practices into fresh, cost effective solutions. Experience: Business Analyst Intern, Xap Technologies (Melbourne) Duration: August – November 2019 • Translating requirements into intuitive and detailed functional specifications and user stories for the Xap 2.0 version • Develop, update, and automate master reports and dashboards using the visualization tool, Tableau, and ensure data quality, data integrity and provision of clean and accurate data • Hands on experience on tools like Jasper Soft and Power BI to find correlations in complex data sets in order to translate and simplify requirements • Demonstrated experience in an Agile delivery environment whilst collaborating with the stakeholders and working across the business and IT teams Customer/Grocery Team Member, Woolworths (Melbourne) Duration: November 2019- Present • Manage and supervise operations, SOH management, customer service and POS handling • Handle complaints, provide appropriate solutions and alternatives by providing exceptional customer service • Generating gap scan and stock fill reports in order to have a positive impact on inventory management and to generate new orders in time. Associate(Client Centric), EY(Ernst Young) (Bangalore, India) Duration: July 2015 – July 2016 • Structuring and performing analysis, and conducting primary research to uncover the insights that support recommendations by translating data into meaningful insights and recommendations • Recognize potential audit issues or unusual relationships from basic analysis of the financial statements and communicate them to the assurance team • Working with volumes of raw financial data to identify patterns and anomalies after performing the standard data quality/cleansing checks using MS Excel • Preparing end to end documentation with functional and technical specifications for the onshore team and the client in order to understand the business and technical significance of each attribute. Education: Master of Information Systems (Specialization: Business & Marketing Analytics) Deakin University (Burwood), Melbourne Relevant Coursework: Business & Marketing Analytics, Supply Chain and Logistics, Project Management. Awarded a 20% scholarship based on the grades of my undergraduate degree. Bachelor of Commerce (Majors: Business Development/Marketing) Christ University (Bangalore), India. Achieved: CGPA 3.2/4 • Facilitated a Startup: Just Shawarma- Bangalore (India, 2014) • Event Coordinator/Volunteer for various inter-college events/fests Professional Skills: • Technical Skills: Data visualization and analytical skills, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Communication & Collaboration, Problem Structuring, Project Management, Business Development • Analytical Tools: Tableau, Rapid Miner, SQL, MS Excel/Office, MS project, IBM Watson, Jasper Soft, Jira , Power BI • Soft Skills: Teamwork, Communication and Leadership Skills, Customer Service, Organizational skills, Creative thinker, Inbound and Outbound calling, Lead Generation Projects/ Extra- Curricular: • Performing cluster and segmentation analysis, anomaly detection, creating estimation models i.e. regression (Cross-validation/grid optimisation) on reviews (Text Data) provided by customers to the restaurants in Bangalore while estimating & predicting the future ratings of new restaurants using datasets through the open source Kaggle. Tools Used: Rapid Miner, Excel and Tableau • Acting as Business Consultant/ SCM consultant to review an organisations(23 Digital, Melbourne) supply chain practises and synthesising high quality research on social and environmental issues in its supply chain • Organising various events in association with different clubs and societies with Deakin University Student Association(DUSA) • Helping Event Workforce Group(EWG) create workforce legacies for major events across Melbourne by being part of the organising team in events like Deakin Open day • Worked as a Sub- Contractor at Star Track assisting Australia Post in providing seamless service to its customers • Worked as a Sales Representative with ALO Marketing agency, Melbourne in promoting the governments VEU program for LED lights upgrade