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Sonali Das

Business Analyst - Elastic Engineering
Tallahassee,Florida
Sonali Das

Summary

Project and Program management professional with 16 years of successful global project portfolio, project team management, and end-to-end business operations management experience. Strive at providing exceptional service for leadership and internal/external customers; leading teams through acquisition and organizational changes; creating motivating work environments through associate empowerment and team engagement. Extensive experience with process improvement, project/program management and portfolio management. I thrive in ambiguous and challenging environments where I can optimize my skill set to produce successful project outcomes and create long lasting client relationship.

Overview

15
years of professional experience
3
Certifications

Work History

Rackspace
Tallahassee, FL

Business Analyst
10.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Create standardized statistical models for use in enhancing and streamlining reporting processes.
  • Communicate clearly with employees, and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.
  • Execute analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
  • Performe gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.
  • Generate business intelligence reports to inform strategic decision-making.
  • Interacte with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
  • Update and developed scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.
  • Provide technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
  • Analyze data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
  • Generate ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.

Vodafone Shared Services
Pune, Maharashtra

PMO Manager
06.2015 - 07.2021

Job overview

  • Designed technical upgrade paths, incorporating requested functionality and performance enhancements.
  • Researched and acquired new tool to maximize system functionality and meet required performance metrics.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Leveraged project management processes and tools to define and execute projects.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
  • Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Set aggressive targets for employees to drive company success and strengthen motivation.
  • Addressed and resolved technical, financial, and operational concerns by working with team members and directors.
  • Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.

Maersk Global Service Center
Pune, Maharashtra

PMO Assistant Manager
07.2014 - 06.2015

Job overview

  • Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
  • Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
  • Developed and implemented project plans and budgets to ensure successful execution.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.

Mphasis An HP Company
Pune, Maharashtra

Project Analyst
05.2008 - 06.2014

Job overview

  • Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
  • Met with manager weekly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
  • Planned, executed, and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with contractual requirements.
  • Produced quality standards, checklists, report templates, and processes.
  • Set up and managed team meetings.
  • Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
  • Provided ongoing cost and estimate analysis reporting and managed cost allocation.
  • Recruited, hired and supervised resources to staff project team.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
  • Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.

Unit Manager | SAP MM functional | Bristol - Myers Squibb

  • Trained and mentored junior staff on SAP system operations and functionality.
  • Collaborated with upper management to drive strategy and implement new processes.
  • Analyzed existing systems and databases and recommended enhancements to solve business needs
  • Troubleshot incidents reported by end-users to schedule system changes and identify permanent solutions.
  • Communicated and explained business requirements to team members to understand and implement functional demands.
  • Performed internal system acceptance to deliver well-tested enhancements and meet business requirements.
  • Solved functional and technical obstacles and worked closely with project team from different streams.
  • Documented and maintained technical specifications for SAP applications.

Education

Hislop College
Nagpur

Bachelor of Arts
05.2001

Skills

    Business process mapping

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Certification

CSM

Software

Confluence

Jira

MS Office

Visio

SharePoint

SAP

Sonali DasBusiness Analyst - Elastic Engineering