Prasad Puttaswamy
Senior Business Analyst @AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Business Analyst @AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
Columbia, SC, US
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business units (e.g, retail banking, corporate banking, risk, compliance) to understand their needs and strategic goals.Requirement Gathering: Conduct workshops, interviews, and surveys to elicit functional and non-functional requirements.Documentation: Create clear and comprehensive artifacts such as Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications, and Use Cases.Process Analysis: Analyze current business processes, identify gaps, and propose improvements or automation opportunities.Solution Evaluation: Work with IT and vendors to ensure proposed solutions align with business needs and regulatory requirements.Testing & Validation: Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by preparing test cases and validating outcomes against requirements.Compliance & Risk Awareness: Ensure all solutions adhere to banking regulations, data privacy laws, and internal risk policies.
EDUCATION
Ramaiah Institute Of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Engineering
University of South Carolina
Master's degree, Engineering
ABOUT PRASAD PUTTASWAMY
With extensive expertise in the Automotive Finance (Auto Finance) sector, I specialize in Loan Origination System (LOS), Underwriting, Pricing Rule and Credit Scoring policies. My experience includes collaborating closely with Stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Executive Leadership to elicit and define clear business requirements by through structured methodologies such as JAD Sessions, GAP Analysis, AS-IS and TO-BE Model analysis and Brainstorming.• Created a comprehensive Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Specification Documents (FSD), Use Cases, Process Mapping Diagrams by utilizing Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) standards and MS Visio tool.• Proven expertise in data migration and legacy application transitions, leading efforts to align enterprise systems with advanced technological solutions • Demonstrated expertise Data Processes such as creating Source to Target Data Mapping, Data Modeling, Data Profiling, OLTP and OLAP processes, Data Warehouse, Data Catalog, Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality, Data Lineage and Data Governance.• Proven technical proficiency spanning Snowflake cloud data platforms, ServiceNow, MS SQL Server, Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipeline, ETL tools (Informatica, Alteryx), API Integration and Data Visualization (Power BI, Tableau)• Experienced in multiple software development (SDLC) methodologies, including traditional Waterfall, Agile and SAFe frameworks. Proficient in leveraging Agile tools such as JIRA, TFS, Confluence and Miro to streamline collaboration, project tracking and iterative delivery • Authored Epics/User Stories with measurable Acceptance Criteria. Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Reviews and Retrospectives. Managed product backlog refinement to ensure sprint-ready deliverables.• Leveraged the full suite of Microsoft O365 applications—including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint—to enhance collaboration and productivity. Additionally, designed dynamic Power BI dashboards to transform project metrics into actionable visual insights
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