Simran Sood (Sim) Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

-Directed analysis and discussions to elicit targeted business requirements that are fit for purpose -Prepared comprehensive business requirements documents that meet the needs of business stakeholders and achieve operational best practice -Reviewed and dissected ‘As Is’ process and establish necessary changes required to ensure optimal ‘To Be’ processes are defined.-Defined and managed plan to ensure deliverables are completed within agreed time frames and are in accordance with agreed client specifications. -Identified Risks, Issues, and Assumptions & Dependencies to the Project Manager with mitigating actions where applicable.-Actively supported Technical Analysts in the completion of technical specifications and participate in solution design.-Supported all stages of testing such that the implemented solution reflects all of the agreed requirements and support defect management and any change requests that may emerge.Co-ordinated with the Project Manager, managed post implementation support to minimise disruption to the business.-Implemented a Agile methodology to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.-Diligently followed-up any outstanding issues with business users or IT developers to ensure that projects and change initiatives are closed out promptly. -Driven business improvements through visibility of ongoing quality issues and initiatives-Review team working practices/procedures to identify opportunities to improve quality or productivity.-Mentorship to business analysts for planning and execution-Created an interactive dashboard that allowed stakeholders to quickly and easily monitor key performance indicators in real-time.Experience using - JIRA, Business IntelligenceRole as Lead BA-Managed the planning, tracking, reporting and quality of analysis for the team of business analysts assigned to the project.-Managed stakeholder such as project managers in the planning and delivery of the analysis components of the project

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Event/Risk Management• Works with internal and external stakeholders to improve processes, mitigate risks, and remediate vulnerabilities• Supports security processes by reviewing scans of all critical assets, performing ticketing, remediation, and follow-up on all reported critical/high vulnerabilities• Provide technical expertise and support to our Enterprise teams through the end-to-end management of a portfolio of risk events.• Support event triage process by gathering all relevant event information required to commence the triage process, and ensure all events are triaged in a timely manner and in line with enterprise expectations.• Management of non-complex events along with performing root cause analysis on events as required.• Assist with investigation and analysis activity as required. • Support coordination of all event communications on behalf of the event management team.Stakeholder Relationships• Enhance the reputation of the Event Management function by establishing trusted relationships with peers, stakeholders, and the team.Technical• Maintain an appropriate level of expertise in all Insurance Products, Business Processes and Systems to assist with event management.• Manage and track centralized data extract process and rectification/remediation system tickets in collaboration with TechnologyRisk & Compliance• Achieve 100% compliance by ensuring you operate within MLCL requirements pertinent to role and in accordance with regulatory, legal, compliance, risk, and business requirements.• Escalate events, issues, or breaches as they are identified

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Chandigarh Area, India

•Maintaining and analyzing data for various departments in support of management & customer requests using Excel.•Undertaking data analysis and financial reporting which included analyzing the results and using creative techniques to produce reports and dashboards to meet user-end needs. •Responsible for research, extraction and validation of financial reports of Senior Management of the company.•Assist various international offices of the company in managing data and executing various analysis on their behalf.•Assisted FP&A manager in preparing monthly forecast and budget reports•Responsible for reviewing and refining existing reports and procedures further drawing conclusions and developing recommendations•Creating high level dashboard and analysis in Business Intelligence (OBIEE). Also, involved in data modeling for better visualization of data. •Closely tracked the operational data and responding to client requests in a timely manner•Responding to worldwide calls in case of downtime emergency and lodging respective data into company software for further investigation.•Checks and appropriately responds to all email correspondence received at the office•Successfully planned and coordinated weekly team meetings and company events•Fulfilling ad-hoc duties as requested

Chandigarh Area, India

The position was under the Consumer price index (CPI) base change for the year 2015. The CPI index base is renewed every 10 years. The 2015 change is to be published in 2018. • Setting up surveys for data collection • Scrutiny of collected data by delegating work among interviewers• Assisting in sample selection process and compilation of weekly prices • Updating the staff regarding the updated data• Liaise with researchers to ensure understanding of the project requirements and familiarity with screening and questionnaire design• Calculating the weights and the weighting diagram for further analysis

Masters In Economics, Economics

Bachelor In Economics (Hons)

Activities and Societies: * Captain of the College Basketball team * Captain of the Korfball Team

Grade 11Th-12Th

Activities and Societies: * Captain of the school Basketball team* Secured second position in the Inter-Carmel tournament held in New Delhi

Grade 1St-10Th

Activities and Societies: * Captain of the School Basketball Team * Member of the Elocution Club of the school * Part of the Declamation.