QUINTELLA PARRISH
Business & Integration Architecture Specialist
Clayton,NC
Summary
Detail-oriented Business Analyst with over 10 years of experience conducting analysis and research to come up with solutions to common business problems. Aligning technology with business strategy, analyzing, assessing and documenting business processes. Instrumental in implementing business transformations project from end to end.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst
Accenture
Raleigh, NC
07.2022 - Current
- Analyze and assess the optimization of the organizations critical, complexed business processes and communicating resolutions to end users.
- Document, review and communicate gaps and streamline the process.
- Worked with the business operations and security leads to optimize the on-boarding & roll off process for resources end to end. Streamlined the process from weeks/months to days for onboarding.
- Standardized and automated the recoverability reporting for Gross revenue, net cost, profit, and CCI% per team (monthly).
- Documenting, analyzing and assessing the organization business model and user access to Global One applications.
- Documented and mapped over 300 current business processes for the Finance Department.
Functional Specifications Designer
Accenture
Raleigh, NC
04.2021 - 07.2022
- Delivered 175+ functional design specifications for a complex membership platform
- Project value ~35 M
- Coordinated and facilitated internal team and client meetings/workshops to ensure the desired results were in alignment with scope and client
- Assist in driving requirements, use cases and functional specifications into test conditions for expected results for product, performance, user acceptance, and operational acceptance testing
- Serve as liaison to the Client, Stakeholders, QA team, Architects, Developers and UX designers
- Provide business consultancy to client during the implementation of business transformation to new platforms
- Estimated and track level of effort and size of use cases for project scope and time frame for United States & UK
- Ensured the team was accountable for the commitment to deliver 95% or above for each sprint batch deliverable.
Business Analyst
Accenture
Raleigh, NC
11.2019 - 04.2021
- Documented the current functional business processes, system capabilities and technology integrations
- In an effort to maximize efficiencies for business transformation
- Analyzed requirements for fit gap analysis
- Research, and assess the current functionality, requirements and technology from the as is to the to-be business model and provide recommendations and feedback
- Developed the capability Architecture IT integration mapping business model with 30+ application current and future state IT roadmap
- Researched and presented requirements, assessments, recommendations and findings to stakeholders during Architecture Review Board meetings.
Business Analyst
Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
Durham, NC
03.2014 - 11.2019
- Analyze, define current business functions and processes
- Documenting clients’ requirements, and creating user stories with acceptance criteria and integrations
- Partnered with internal teams and vendors for assisting with data conversion and related duties
- Assist QA with testing functionality and outcome
- Created Supporting Operating Procedures and Functional Specifications for end users
- Evaluate business process for fit gap analysis and technology best practice, and business changes for implementation
- Led as key resource in the business transformation implementation of 2 platforms NetForum (CRM) and Oracle ERP Cloud Platform
- Subject Matter Expert for NetForum (CRM) platform
- Maintain, track, and report status of 200+ use cases, defect resolution and UAT testing in JIRA
- Facilitated and assisted with Sprint Planning (scope and review) Daily Stand- Ups, and Backlog Grooming
- Liaison to the Clients, Stakeholders, QA team, Architects, Developers and UX designers onshore and offshore
- Manage, facilitate and plan workshops with clients and internal teams.
Staff Accountant
Indiana CPA Society
Indianapolis, IN
09.2007 - 02.2014
- Preparing daily reconciliations and monthly financial statements for several different entities within the organization
- Managed and trained accounting assistants
- Produce and analyze financial data for preparation of budgeting and forecasting in areas of income, expenses, revenue based on past, present and projected operations
- Processed and maintained all accounts receivable and payables
- Spearheaded & coordinated the year end audit with accountant.
Education
Accounting And Computer Science
George Rogers Clark College
Indianapolis, IN05-1990
Skills
- Requirements analysis and documentation
- Business Model Strategy
- Business Process Analysis tools
- Business Process Design
- Business Case documentation
- Business Process Improvement
- Functional Designer
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Business transformation/implementations
- Managing Project Work
- Financial Analyst
- Microsoft Office 365
- NetForum
- Oracle EBS, ERP
- Siebel
- SQL
- Salesforce
- Confluence
- JIRA
- Visio
- Diagramnet
- Google docs
- Crystal Report
- Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid Methodologies
Timeline
Business Analyst
Accenture
07.2022 - Current
Functional Specifications Designer
Accenture
04.2021 - 07.2022
Business Analyst
Accenture
11.2019 - 04.2021
Business Analyst
Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
03.2014 - 11.2019
Staff Accountant
Indiana CPA Society
09.2007 - 02.2014
Accounting And Computer Science
George Rogers Clark College
References
- Alma Semak - Manager/Consultant/ Business Transformation, 1-407-470-8993
- Cojonia Martin-Jones - Senior Manager- It Global Business Operations, 1-919-667-5380
- Jennifer Yongco - Packaged Application Development Manager, 1-919-408-2678
References
- Alma Semak - Manager/Consultant/ Business Transformation, 1-407-470-8993
- Cojonia Martin-Jones - Senior Manager- It Global Business Operations, 1-919-667-5380
- Jennifer Yongco - Packaged Application Development Manager, 1-919-408-2678
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