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Mark Hargrove

Philadelphia,PA

Summary

Seasoned Business Analyst offering nine years of experience. Expert on business and systems requirements, user acceptance testing and end-user training. Accomplished at leveraging past lessons to inform future decision-making. I am also experienced in meeting needs, improving processes and exceeding requirements in team environments. Diligent worker with strong communication and task prioritization skills.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

BUSINESS ANALYST

WORLDGATE LLC
11.2022 - 06.2024
  • Conducted business analysis activities by working with functional and technical stakeholders to support the functional systems, data integrations, data validation, data cleansing, testing and overall integration of data
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
  • Implemented business application systems such as ERP (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Salesforce)
  • Translated business needs into requirements specifications and clearly communicate requirements to both the business and technical stakeholders
  • Developed high-quality documentation to support training efforts, helping employees fully understand new systems and procedures.
  • Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.
  • Supported software development projects by defining clear requirements and effectively communicating them to technical teams.

BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

PRUDENTIAL
09.2019 - 09.2022
  • Assessed business requirements to create focused solutions.
  • Identified critical issues within existing systems, providing recommendations for resolution and prevention of future problems.
  • Created process flows and conducted gap analysis for current state vs future state
  • Trained business personnel in use of systems.
  • Was responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining ERP systems
  • Facilitated communication between technical and non-technical team members, ensuring project alignment across all parties involved.

INTERFACE/BUSINESS ANALYST

ENCLARA PHARMACIA
05.2015 - 07.2018
  • Monitored all interfaces for any failed messages
  • Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
  • Created, coordinated, and managed hospice interface deployment plans
  • Provided post go-live monitoring and analysis for new interface deployments
  • Streamlined project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
  • Designed and executed A/B testing procedures to extract data from test runs
  • Improved business processes by analyzing current practices and recommending optimization strategies.

INTERNATIONAL WORKFORCE ANALYST

TRANSUNION
09.2014 - 05.2015
  • Set and adjusted to schedules to maintain optimal coverage and service levels.
  • Developed and maintained analytic and WFM reporting capabilities required for gauging and actively managing vendor performance and operational and WFM efforts, including daily/weekly/monthly KPIs, forecasting, staffing, capacity planning, scheduling, adherence, tracking billing data and validating vendor invoices
  • Interacted and worked with internal customers to gather specifications for data and report requirement for standard, recurring as well as adhoc, and custom reporting in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, macros)
  • Assisted with the preparation and scheduling of weekly/monthly/yearly business and operational reviews
  • Managed overtime, shift swaps, breaks and PTO requests.

Education

COMPUTER ENGINEERING -

DEVRY UNIVERSITY
10.2015

Skills

  • EXCEL (Pivot Tables)
  • VISIO (Workflows)
  • PROJECT
  • HL7
  • SQL
  • XML
  • Data Analysis
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Project Management
  • Financial Data Analysis
  • Systems Analysis
  • Windows 10
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Microsoft Project
  • CMS Supervisor
  • E-Quality
  • Witness
  • Online Help
  • Remote Desktop
  • Pipkins
  • IEX WFM
  • C#
  • C
  • SQL Language
  • JAVA
  • Visual Studio
  • Remedy
  • Argus
  • SAP
  • SharePoint
  • Verint WFM
  • SQL Server Reporting Services
  • WebFOCUS
  • SQL Server Management Studio
  • Helix
  • Salesforce
  • SQL Server Integration Services
  • AVAYA
  • Tableau

Certification

Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, 01/01/23

Timeline

BUSINESS ANALYST

WORLDGATE LLC
11.2022 - 06.2024

BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

PRUDENTIAL
09.2019 - 09.2022

INTERFACE/BUSINESS ANALYST

ENCLARA PHARMACIA
05.2015 - 07.2018

INTERNATIONAL WORKFORCE ANALYST

TRANSUNION
09.2014 - 05.2015

COMPUTER ENGINEERING -

DEVRY UNIVERSITY
Mark Hargrove