Stephen Philip

Business Analyst (BA) - roles and responsibilities

Quality Analyst (QA) - roles and responsibilities

Test Planning:

• Develop test plans and strategies.
• Define test objectives and success criteria.

Project Manager (PM) - MyFitPod Startup

Helped build MyFitPod's IT department from scratch, supporting the startup in creating an effective workout video platform.

• Built the IT department, hired resources, and acquired necessary equipment and software.
• Facilitated the scrum agile workflow and coordinated with the product owner on feature development.
• Developed project plans outlining scope, schedule, budget, resources, and risks.
• Defined project objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Created a detailed work breakdown structure (WBS) to manage tasks.
• Identified, assessed, and managed project risks and developed mitigation plans.
• Facilitated communication between team members, stakeholders, and other parties.
• Addressed team concerns and resolved conflicts.
• Developed and managed project budgets, ensuring expenditures aligned with the approved budget.
• Defined and implemented quality standards for deliverables.
• Tracked timelines and milestones, implementing strategies to stay on schedule.
• Managed changes to project scope, schedule, and costs.
• Conducted quality assurance reviews for compliance.
• Ensured stakeholder involvement throughout the project.
• Remained flexible and adaptable to changes in project scope or objectives.

Business Analyst (BA) - roles and responsibilities

Quality Analyst (QA) - roles and responsibilities

Business Analyst (BA) - Roles and Responsibilities

Maintained the SAP application and managed inventory for Coca-Cola, including daily calls and system monitoring of sales, orders, warehouse application, and logistics. Utilized Agile SDLC.

• Analyzed complex data flows from front office to finance systems, identifying gaps and inconsistencies.
• Interacted with Sales, Risk Management, Product Control, Finance, Underwriting, Operations, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and create enterprise-level flows and system architecture.
• Conducted Daily Standup meetings to ensure changes met established standards and procedures.
• Led Sprint Planning, Sprint Estimation sessions, Sprint Retrospectives and Reviews, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
• Coordinated with offshore development teams and tracked progress through project tollgates.
• Completed Data Mapping for Wealth Management to convert client assets.
• Worked with SAP modules for inventory control.
• Provided Agile coaching to other groups within the company.
• Created SQL queries for reporting details on derivative trades.
• Reported counterparty exposures for all clients across the firm.
• Collaborated with upstream/downstream data consumers, developer leads, QAs, and PMs to monitor test plans, UAT, post-implementation checks, and future enhancements.
• Managed over 500 data feeds from various systems of records.
• Assessed overnight releases and worked with release managers.
• Tracked post-deployment progress and resolved existing issues.

Quality Analyst (QA) - roles and responsibilities

Maintained the SAP application and managed inventory for Coca-Cola, including daily system monitoring and logistics management. Utilized Agile SDLC.

• Monitored data flow from front office to finance systems, identifying and addressing gaps and inconsistencies.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure solutions met standards.
• Conducted Daily Standup meetings to review changes and project progress.
• Led Sprint Planning, Estimation, and Retrospective sessions, ensuring quality and adherence to Agile practices.
• Coordinated with offshore development teams, tracking progress and quality through project tollgates.
• Conducted data mapping and validation for the Wealth Management segment.
• Worked with SAP modules to manage inventory control and ensure data accuracy.
• Provided Agile practices coaching and support to other teams.
• Created and executed SQL queries for detailed reporting on derivative trades.
• Reported and tracked counterparty exposures across clients.
• Collaborated with developers, QAs, PMs, and data consumers to monitor and validate test plans, UAT, and post-implementation checks.
• Managed and validated over 500 data feeds from various systems.
• Assessed overnight releases, collaborating with release managers for smooth deployment.
• Tracked and resolved issues post-deployment, ensuring smooth business processes.

Business Analyst (BA) - Roles and Responsibilities

Maintained the SAP application and managed inventory for Coca-Cola, including daily calls and system monitoring of sales, orders, warehouse application, and logistics. Utilized Agile SDLC.

• Analyzed complex data flows from front office to finance systems, identifying gaps and inconsistencies.
• Interacted with Sales, Risk Management, Product Control, Finance, Underwriting, Operations, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and create enterprise-level flows and system architecture.
• Conducted Daily Standup meetings to ensure changes met established standards and procedures.
• Led Sprint Planning, Sprint Estimation sessions, Sprint Retrospectives and Reviews, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
• Coordinated with offshore development teams and tracked progress through project tollgates.
• Completed Data Mapping for Wealth Management to convert client assets.
• Worked with SAP modules for inventory control.
• Provided Agile coaching to other groups within the company.
• Created SQL queries for reporting details on derivative trades.
• Reported counterparty exposures for all clients across the firm.
• Collaborated with upstream/downstream data consumers, developer leads, QAs, and PMs to monitor test plans, UAT, post-implementation checks, and future enhancements.
• Managed over 500 data feeds from various systems of records.
• Assessed overnight releases and worked with release managers.
• Tracked post-deployment progress and resolved existing issues.

Quality Analyst (QA) - roles and responsibilities

Maintained the SAP application and managed inventory for Coca-Cola, including daily system monitoring and logistics management. Utilized Agile SDLC.

• Monitored data flow from front office to finance systems, identifying and addressing gaps and inconsistencies.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure solutions met standards.
• Conducted Daily Standup meetings to review changes and project progress.
• Led Sprint Planning, Estimation, and Retrospective sessions, ensuring quality and adherence to Agile practices.
• Coordinated with offshore development teams, tracking progress and quality through project tollgates.
• Conducted data mapping and validation for the Wealth Management segment.
• Worked with SAP modules to manage inventory control and ensure data accuracy.
• Provided Agile practices coaching and support to other teams.
• Created and executed SQL queries for detailed reporting on derivative trades.
• Reported and tracked counterparty exposures across clients.
• Collaborated with developers, QAs, PMs, and data consumers to monitor and validate test plans, UAT, and post-implementation checks.
• Managed and validated over 500 data feeds from various systems.
• Assessed overnight releases, collaborating with release managers for smooth deployment.
• Tracked and resolved issues post-deployment, ensuring smooth business processes.

Business Analyst (BA) - Roles and Responsibilities

Enhanced the SITA software for Air India, improving passenger check-in, boarding, ticket booking, and overall flight handling.

• Ensured stakeholder involvement throughout the SDLC and identified necessary implementation tasks in the project plan.
• Developed and reviewed Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and facilitated meetings with subject matter experts.
• Conducted JAD sessions for requirements elicitation.
• Used Microsoft Visio to model business processes, creating use case, activity, sequence, and collaboration diagrams.
• Ensured timely deliverables.
• Developed business process models in AGILE to document existing and future processes.
• Performed extensive requirement analysis, including data and gap analysis.
• Monitored test plans, test cases, UAT, and post-implementation checks with data consumers, developers, QAs, and PMs.
• Provided 24x7 maintenance support, including on-site support at the airport during flight handling.
• Interfaced with technical, data operations, program management, and research teams for product development.
• Assisted product manager in managing pre-release internal customer programs and support activities.
• Authored weekly progress reports for the project manager.

Quality Analyst (QA) - Roles and Responsibilities

Enhanced the SITA software for Air India, improving passenger check-in, boarding, ticket booking, and overall flight handling.

• Ensured stakeholder engagement throughout the SDLC and identified implementation tasks.
• Reviewed and ensured BRDs were decomposed into functional requirements.
• Conducted JAD sessions for requirements gathering.
• Used Microsoft Visio for UML modeling, creating use case, activity, sequence, and collaboration diagrams.
• Ensured timely deliverables and adherence to project timelines.
• Developed AGILE business process models to document processes.
• Conducted requirement, data, and gap analysis.
• Collaborated with data consumers, developers, QAs, and PMs to monitor test plans, UAT, and post-implementation checks.
• Provided 24x7 maintenance support, including on-site assistance during flight handling.
• Interfaced with technical, data operations, program management, and research teams for product development.
• Assisted product manager with pre-release internal customer programs and support activities.
• Authored weekly progress reports for the project manager.