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BusinessAnalyst
Tarika Chopra

Tarika Chopra

Eindhoven

Summary

Accomplished business analyst professional offering more than 10 years of experience in the finance and technology industry. Adept at driving process efficiency through digital automation and data-driven performance insights, I come with knowledge about defining success indicators and monitoring them to ensure that business objectives are achieved. I excel in problem-solving, communication, and teamwork to drive projects to successful outcomes.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
5
5

Certifications

Work History

Senior Business Analyst - Fleet Management

Ayvens
Amsterdam
11.2023 - Current

Project 1 - Automated a commercial process for 6 countries after measuring low performance due to manual way of working.

  • Gathered business requirements to study AS IS process and translated them into features and user stories.
  • Reviewed requirements to get a sign-off from internal & external stakeholders.
  • Designed a solution of 3 products to seamlessly integrate backend operations with customer facing portals in order to make the process completely automated & self-serving for customers.
  • Analyzed data against leading value & cost indicators to monitor monthly performance to get insights post implementation.

Result - Achieved 80% process automation for the process, generating around 500 new fleet orders each month.

Project 2 - Harmonized commercial product offerings across 16 countries which were not standard & unorganized

  • Evaluated MVP (minimum viable product) features of a commercial process to standardize WoW in 16 countries.
  • Assessed AS IS state and To BE state to define gaps in functionality.
  • Standardized the product functionality and auditing & reporting process.

Result - Governance of commercial products for 16 countries became efficient by developing one report that suited all needs.

Business Process Expert - Financing Services

Philips
Eindhoven
08.2020 - 10.2023

Project 1: Automated end of contract process and tracking of used equipment

  • Analyzed AS IS and TO BE process to find out automation touch-points

Project 2: Migrated legacy contracts and enabled setup of new contracts

  • Assessed adherence of financing guardrails for leasing and accounting standards in 4 countries through user interviews & data mapping

Project 3: Config Master Data - Residual Value & Useful Life

  • Developed process improvement strategies to automate yearly cut-over activity for master data configuration S4/HANA (for e.g. Equipment class, product hierarchy, residual value, useful life and depreciation of assets)

Project 4: Led implementation of 3rd party sales tax Vertex solution

  • Evaluated AS IS process state and aligned it with Vertex capabilities to define to-be state
  • Created project roadmap and aligned features & user stories to it

Result: Achieved 100% system adoption in Iberia market

Business Architect

Odessa Inc.
Bangalore, India
06.2019 - 07.2020
  • Gathered & reviewed business requirements and process-related definition of done (DoD) documents
  • Demoed system capability to end-users during UAT
  • Designed API solution for Salesforce and Lockbox payments
  • Managed team of 5 business analysts

Result: Successful implementation and system adoption of Leasing ERP; led to winning 2 new clients in Philadelphia, USA

Senior Business Analyst

Odessa Inc
Bangalore, India
01.2018 - 06.2019
  • Recruited and mentored business analysts to support division growth
  • Studied clients' business processes to identify functional gaps and improvements
  • Performed SIT & UAT with end-users
  • Consulted and provided functional consultation for migrating legacy data

Result: Reviewed & delivered more than 100 design documents to 1 client in a month showcasing efficiency

Business Analyst

Odessa Inc
Bangalore, India
03.2014 - 12.2017
  • Worked on 4 projects to assess product gaps vs user needs
  • Knowledge of end-to-end equipment and financial leasing process
  • Created workflow diagrams to demonstrate AS IS state and created TO BE processes
  • Client onsite experience on software implementation including UAT in Toronto, Canada

Success example: Implementation with 0 critical defects during UAT for a Fleet Leasing client

Education

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Goa Institute of Management
Goa, India

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) -

Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, India, India

Senior Secondary High School -

Delhi Public School
India, Haryana, India

Skills

  • Certified SAFe PO/PM
  • BCS-certified business analyst modelling practitioner
  • Stakeholder Management skills (Power/Interest grid)
  • Salesforce CRM, MS Visio, Aris, Confluence, JIRA, and Azure

Languages

  • English
  • German (CEFR level A1)
  • Dutch (A1 Learning)
  • Hindi (Native)

Certification

  • SAFe PO/PM
  • BCS Practitioner Certificate in Modelling Business Processes, Requirements Engineering, Business Analysis Practice, Business Analysis Foundation

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Business Analyst - Fleet Management

Ayvens
11.2023 - Current

Business Process Expert - Financing Services

Philips
08.2020 - 10.2023

Business Architect

Odessa Inc.
06.2019 - 07.2020

Senior Business Analyst

Odessa Inc
01.2018 - 06.2019

Business Analyst

Odessa Inc
03.2014 - 12.2017

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Goa Institute of Management

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) -

Jamia Millia Islamia

Senior Secondary High School -

Delhi Public School
Tarika Chopra