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Heather Buck

Summary

Results-oriented Senior Business Analyst with extensive experience in driving data-driven decision-making and optimizing processes. Proven ability to foster team collaboration and deliver impactful results in dynamic environments. Expertise in stakeholder management, requirement gathering, and strategic planning ensures alignment with organizational goals. Known for strong analytical thinking, adept problem-solving skills, and exceptional communication abilities that facilitate effective project execution.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Business Analyst

Conduent
03.2021 - 10.2025
  • Developed multiple weekly and monthly reporting packages to identify process improvements.
  • Developed process improvement initiatives that enhanced operational efficiency across business and IT departments.
  • Analyzed complex data sets to identify trends and inform decision-making processes.
  • Collaborated with Senior Leaders to define business requirements and deliver strategic solutions.

Sr. Consultant

Cumberland Consulting
03.2020 - 01.2021
  • Consulted with Client as a member of the Quality team with Reporting and ITIL process improvement responsibilities

Business Analysis Sr. Specialist Advisor

NTT
02.2019 - 03.2020
  • Participant on Account Operations Program
  • Analyzed current operations to address shared support functions in order to implement process improvements, cost efficiency, and capacity for Client Executives and account leadership to focus on client

Business Analysis Sr. Specialist Advisor

NTT
11.2016 - 03.2020
  • Key member of Client Satisfaction team that integrated NTT and Dell Customer Satisfaction programs
  • Consulted on survey design, sample methodology, and report design
  • Analyzed results in order to develop key themes and action plans for improvement
  • Reported current and trended results to management

Enterprise Process Owner, Reporting

Dell
05.2013 - 11.2016
  • Developed and presented framework for operational and external reporting
  • Ensured alignment of Reporting within the ITIL framework and other main ITIL processes within the organization
  • Transitioned clients to new ITSM tool while ensuring their reporting needs are met and streamlined
  • Chosen to work on the Balanced Scorecard project, responsible for the initial design and framework
  • Consultant on Net Promoter Score Customer Satisfaction program

Senior Data Analyst, Service Design

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
03.2011 - 05.2013
  • Served as key liaison between Enterprise Technology Group and Business Unit senior leadership for operation metric reporting and analysis
  • Daily oversight of key performance indicators of ITBSM tool
  • Provided ad-hoc analysis for senior management for client reporting
  • Gathered requirements and develop reports for process improvements on ITIL processes
  • Developed and presented scorecards on various ITIL processes (Incident Management, Problem Management, Request Management)
  • Facilitated an initial implementation of VMware (formerly Digital Fuel) ITBSM tool. Included requirements gathering, data source gathering, observing and documenting processes.
  • Configured 27 internal SLA agreements
  • Trained and mentored new internal team members on report configuration as well as led a class to train an external department on report configuration
  • Served as a key liaison between vendor and Fiserv to ensure ITBSM tool availability and functionality

Senior Business Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
10.2010 - 03.2011
  • Facilitated execution of internal SLA agreements
  • Gathered requirements from Business Unit leadership, met with ITIL process owners and facilitated negotiation of contract thresholds
  • Documented gaps in requirements and capability

Senior Business Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
05.2006 - 10.2010
  • Provided weekly reporting to senior management on quality status for multiple divisions
  • Gathered and reported data that is used to report on client Service Level Agreements
  • Performed monthly and quarterly analysis to provide meaningful, actionable items to improve quality
  • Assisted in developing framework for program expansion from CheckFree to Fiserv
  • Lead multiple expansion projects from executive and associate kickoffs to metric research, daily process creation, and implementation
  • Drove quality program extension into other lines of business
  • Presented analysis to senior management on a regular basis
  • Provided ad-hoc analysis for senior management to provide to clients

Customer Satisfaction Senior Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
01.2003 - 01.2005
  • Managed Tier 1 Customer Care Consumer Survey including data collection, data modeling, reporting, and improvements
  • Managed Consumer Product Survey for multiple products and sponsors including data collection, data cleansing, data modeling, reporting, and improvements
  • Used Minitab, SPSS, and Six Sigma Methodologies to provide key items (verbally and graphically) to Executive Management and project teams so that actionable items to improve customer satisfaction can be taken
  • Drove the integration of customer satisfaction data into numerous divisions of the organization so that customer satisfaction is understood and improved
  • Led several Six Sigma sessions to share project results, lessons learned, and application of tools

Business Process Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
10.2001 - 12.2002
  • Consistently used Minitab and statistical based tools to gather and analyze data to allow the Customer Care division to make improvements to enhance the customer experience
  • Led numerous projects and consistently deliver key items (verbally and graphically) to Executive Management
  • Communicated with a variety of internal clients (Customer Care, Finance) to clearly understand their needs and work diligently to provide them with quality information

Management Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers
01.2001 - 10.2001
  • Provided organizational assessment analysis in support of the DPPS implementation at the DFAS Columbus Center
  • Assisted in the preparation and delivery of numerous DPPS application and business process change documents

Management Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers
09.1999 - 12.2000
  • Administered market research focused surveys for a variety of private, government and internal clients
  • Managed a team of 3 members on a high-profile study of venture capital including the following tasks: survey mailout to more than 1000 venture capitalists, fax and email data collection, cleaning and editing the collected data, managing six Lotus Notes databases, and producing reports for the firm and for the media.
  • Presented this project to other consultants in the survey research center and to other persons within the firm.

Education

Masters of Business Administration -

Otterbein College
Westerville, Ohio
08.2005

Bachelor of Science in Business - Decision Sciences, Minor in Marketing

Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
05.1999

Skills

  • Requirements gathering
  • Agile methodology
  • Stakeholder management
  • Business process improvement
  • Advanced Excel and PowerBI skills
  • Information modeling
  • Attention to detail
  • Multitasking and organization
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Analytical thinking
  • Team collaboration

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with Senior Leaders to establish reporting standards and meeting cadence to implement a culture of high standards and process improvement thinking
  • Implemented and managed accurate and efficient reporting that allowed identification of process improvements to achieve a sustained reduction in high priority incident counts
  • Mentored junior team members on best practices of the reporting lifecycle which allowed for team growth and achievements

Timeline

Sr. Business Analyst

Conduent
03.2021 - 10.2025

Sr. Consultant

Cumberland Consulting
03.2020 - 01.2021

Business Analysis Sr. Specialist Advisor

NTT
02.2019 - 03.2020

Business Analysis Sr. Specialist Advisor

NTT
11.2016 - 03.2020

Enterprise Process Owner, Reporting

Dell
05.2013 - 11.2016

Senior Data Analyst, Service Design

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
03.2011 - 05.2013

Senior Business Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
10.2010 - 03.2011

Senior Business Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
05.2006 - 10.2010

Customer Satisfaction Senior Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
01.2003 - 01.2005

Business Process Analyst

Fiserv (CheckFree Corporation)
10.2001 - 12.2002

Management Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers
01.2001 - 10.2001

Management Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers
09.1999 - 12.2000

Bachelor of Science in Business - Decision Sciences, Minor in Marketing

Miami University

Masters of Business Administration -

Otterbein College