Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Maureen Obiri

Renton,WA
Maureen Obiri

Summary

Seasoned Business Analyst offering 7 years of government and tech industry success. Expert on business and systems requirements, user acceptance testing and end-user training. Accomplished at leveraging past lessons to inform future decision-making.

Overview

6
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Smart Data Analytics

Business Data Analyst
09.2021 - 04.2022

Job overview

  • Developed and improved integrated reporting and analysis capabilities.
  • Provided evaluative judgment based on analysis of information in complicated and unique situations and contributed to formulation of standards and strategies for functional areas.
  • Integrated new products and entities into business structure.
  • Built relationships and influenced and motivated employees to drive operational improvements.

· Engineered an advanced reporting dashboard utilizing multiple transactional data sources, resulting in a 48% reduction in information retrieval time for management, enhancing data-driven decision-making.

· Translated intricate payment system requirements into tailored technical solutions, aligning stakeholder needs and leading to a 35% decrease in transaction processing errors.

· Executed comprehensive gap analysis, illustrating the evolution from current to proposed system functionalities, enabling precise decision-making and fostering a 65% increase in overall system efficiency.

· Orchestrated end-to-end SDLC requirement gathering and deployment using Agile methodologies, resulting in a 15% decrease in project completion time.

· Increased revenue by $300,000 within 6 months by converting complex data from multiple sources into easy-to-understand formats, streamlining the decision-making process for stakeholders.

· Spearheaded the creation of project documents related to business requirements, software design, traceability, user acceptance testing and use cases, resulting in a 15% decrease in project delivery timelines.

· Doubled revenue from $2M to $4M for the fiscal year by managing end-to-end data migration, conversion and data modeling via SSIS and SQL and developing high quality dashboards for data visualization using Tableau.

· Reduced fraudulent transactions by 20% through the use of deep data analysis including predictive modeling, database searches and text mining to discover credit card risks.

· Streamlined the payment system by translating requirements into technical solutions, including changes to payment gateway and terminal interfaces, improving credit card performance by 38%.

Profound experience in manual testing methodologies including test case creation, test execution, defect reporting, and regression testing ensuring the thorough

Department Of Defence

Data Analyst
08.2016 - 03.2020

Job overview

  • Produced monthly reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.
  • Identified, analyzed and interpreted trends or patterns in complex data sets.
  • Created various Excel documents to assist with pulling metrics data and presenting information to stakeholders for concise explanations of best placement for needed resources.
  • Utilized data visualization tools to effectively communicate business insights.
  • Analyzed and designed data in a SQL server database environment, transforming processes from labor-intensive paperwork to streamlined data access needing just a few clicks, leading to a 28% improvement in service provision efficiency.
  • Utilized Excel's reporting capabilities, including Pivot tables and Lookup functions, to analyze and present data, leading to a 60% improvement in data accuracy.
  • Utilized data expressions via Power BI's reporting and visualization tools to expose departmental risks, resulting in a total cost reduction of 20M Kenyan shillings through risk mitigation.
  • Adept at planning, coordination and executing user acceptance testing phases, collaborating closely with stakeholders to validate software against business requirements, resulting in seamless user experiences and successful product launches.

Education

Daystar University
Kenya

Bachelor of Arts from Communication
06.2007

Skills

  • Statistical Analysis
  • Text Analytics
  • SQL Programming
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Data Quality Assurance
  • Advanced Excel

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master-Scrum Alliance

Timeline

Business Data Analyst

Smart Data Analytics
09.2021 - 04.2022

Data Analyst

Department Of Defence
08.2016 - 03.2020

Daystar University

Bachelor of Arts from Communication
Maureen Obiri