AMI SONI

Tel: 848-219-9255
Email: AmiiSonii@gmail.com

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Objective:

Experienced professional with various industry experience seeking a Senior Business Analyst / Project
Manager position to serve as a liaison between technology and business management. Senior Business Analyst with an unrelenting
customer focused and exceptional documentation and communications skills. Recognized as a self-motivated, goal-driven and
detail-oriented individual with an advanced problem solving and analytical skills. Driven by new challenges in a fast-paced
industry with dynamic environment and a desire to be successful in all endeavors
Professional ITIL v3 Foundation, Agile Methodology, SharePoint, Informatica Powercenter, Business Processes, IT
Competencies: Operations, Global & Cross-functional teams, SDLC, Waterfall, Risk Mitigation, Compliance, Resource
Management, Advanced Microsoft Excel, Access, Visio, Lotus Notes, Adaytum, SQL Server, Imany - GP, Citrix
- CARS, SAP-Business Analyzer, WebEx, Go-To-Meeting, Voyager

Career
Experience:
12/10

Avaya
Senior Business Analyst

05/07 -

Created, managed, and tracked actual vs. projected revenue realization results within an $18 M FY project
target used for executive communication and effective decision making
Created functional specifications to define business and IT requirements for automating manual Data
Quality processes resulting in 30 percent process efficiency
Created & managed pivot tables and waterfall reports for monthly finance reports to provide business with
quick and reliable information for effective decision making
Developed & managed detailed functional requirements, use cases, and corresponding business process
flows using MS Visio and MS Office
Utilized advanced problem-solving methods to analyze the data trends; outcome of which was leveraged by
business and stakeholder for continual data quality improvement
Led various requirements gathering initiatives with subject matter experts to document business
requirements, coordinated team meetings and published meeting minutes for workshops utilizing Microsoft
SharePoint.
Performed root cause analysis on failed revenue collection efforts resulting in changes to the corporate
process
Generated executive financial summary reports, revenue and cost forecast report, trending reports, monthly
status reports to the finance department on a monthly basis while ensuring project is on track and within
budget resulting in optimal resources utilization
Managed performance testing and regression remaining testing for several objects in production
Developed and conducted functional acceptance testing for various development projects
Performed SWOT analysis on projects and determined projects potential risk, prioritized task, identified
gaps by risk mitigation, and addressed areas of improvement.
Created, defined and streamlined various critical business processes and hand them off to the global team to
manage it, while served as a subject matter expert on it
Partnered with various business teams to implement best practices ensuring that project comply with
existing standards throughout the life cycle of the project

Watson Pharma, Inc

Senior Business Analyst
08/06 - 03/07
Business Analyst - Consultant
09/05 - 02/06
Developed and presented procedures to senior level mgmt to demonstrate inconsistencies in data, identified
areas of improvement, maintained data accuracy, and provided recommendations
Calculated variances between various quarters by building macros and creating pivot tables in Excel to
provide financial reports to internal/external customers and Senior Management
Analyzed data by creating and querying various reports using SAP Business Analyzer and Imany
Dedicated to implementing on-site business requirements for application upgrades
Worked directly with IT directors to manage site-specific development expectations and deliverables
Led process improvement initiatives in the upgrade project by creating flow/process diagrams using Visio

Designed and created test scripts for IT/UAT testing in Excel to support new initiatives and requirements for
the Upgrade
Managed monthly and quarterly pricing reports and data reports to various Government agencies
Performed detailed, precise pricing analysis by consolidating data from several data warehouses using vlookups, and if statements in Excel
Created pricing structures and strategies to ensure maximum financial return while satisfying
customer/market competitive needs
Created and maintained database in Access for the annual sales data, and perform data analysis

United Parcel Service

04/04 - 08/05

Business Systems Analyst

Defined and evaluated IT/UAT test plans and assessed resulting data. Reviewed all phases of testing,
through final acceptance with IT developers and submitted results to management for production approval.
Responsible for the reviews, analysis and evaluation of applications to verify and improve quality of all
components of the UPS Enterprise Billing Systems
Provided application test data and strategy to coordinate Enterprise Release Integration and User Acceptance
Test Plan. Actively participated in both System and Integration/User Acceptance test activities. Prepared,
executed, interpreted, and documented test cases according to test plans to ensure defects from occurring in
production
Multi-tasked effectively and demonstrated innovation in problem solving techniques to clearly identify,
define and report system defect issues to developers, communicate status and issues to management, and
interacted with both internal project teams as well as application development teams
Identified defects and documented them during test execution and was point of contact for external system
groups
Facilitated external system meetings to discuss impacts and cross organizational responsibilities for Releases

Imclone Systems Incorporated

06/03 - 02/04

SAP Technical Assistant

Provided daily support for all SAP functions, this included, but not limited to ordering supplies through
SAP, issuing goods to batch records, delivering records in SAP and confirming batch record completion by
Manufacturing and delivery to QA
Maintained accuracy of all data into SAP for issuing goods and delivery of batch records and final bulk
Managed materials supply for Manufacturing via SAP ordering module
Assisted Senior Management with Manufacturing and Processing needs
Retrieved information from SAP database to aid in controlling costs and aid in CGMP compliance
Tested wireless protocol in the manufacturing plant for SAP duties

Internships:

American Express
Summer Intern at Global Establishment Services Risk Management

06/02 -

08/02

Created, developed, and maintained reports in MS Excel by querying an internal database

Conducted a research and computed annual charge volume for vendors
Developed and presented detailed research on business model for (P2P) Product Analysis on five market
leaders
Presented data analysis for developing risk management strategies
Performed research with Director, on Europe legal issues on charge back along with internal credit card
business models, and how to utilize them in the American Express business structure

American Express - Summer Intern at Global MIS (Finance)

06/01 - 09/01
Reviewed and reconciled departmental monthly expenses
Analyzed companys financial data integrity originating from various sources including ODB (mainframe)
Developed innovative ideas for design of a user interactive financial intranet site
Validated functionality of tools used in the financial self-servicing, web enabled tool upon new releases
Operated Lotus notes, MS Access and MS Excel tools to consolidate lists of current users in order to aid
CRL (Customer Relation Leader) in their operational management sector of the business unit

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Management with specialization in Management Information Systems

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

US Citizen