Summary

I have more than seven years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner in outsourcing software development for 10 different projects running on Agile methodology and in the domain of Insurance (Life & General), Mortgage and Finance.  My core skills involve:  

  • Apply Agile principles and adept facilitation skills to foster an Agile mindset and Scrum practices within the development team.
  • Proactively support PO/ Client of managing Product Backlog, BA Roadmap, EPICs and User stories  
  • Able to work directly with C-level stakeholders and senior POs and Project Managers to collaborate and ensure BA roadmap meeting the Delivery roadmap.
  • Excel in handling requirements throughout their lifecycle, especially in eliciting, validating, analyzing, and managing requirements, then translating them into shippable User Stories in BDD format.  
  • Efficiently coordinate Agile ceremonies activities and tasks among team members and stakeholders to streamline product feature delivery.  
Technical proficiencies

Programming Languages: JavaScript, React

Skills: 

  • Visualization & Modeling: swimlane diagram, process mapping, sequence diagram using Miro
  • Documentation: user stories, SRS, API technical specifications  
  • Design & mock-up creation: Figma, Balsamiq
  • Project & Task Management: JIRA, Trello

Tools: Visual Studio, Jira, Trello, Slack, Teams, Figma, Miro, Confluence, Swagger

Professional experience

Broker Management and Loan Origination System – United Kingdom

Business Analyst, October 2023 – Present

Project description 

  • Building an E2E 2nd Mortgage Loan Origination System with capability for Brokers to create loan application, submit tasks and get them verified via third party checks (Credit, AML, Land Registry) and built-in Rule Engine, Risk Engine, and other Back-end components and then underwritten by the Lenders side and at the end, allow customers to e-Sign the application and get the disbursement seamlessly.  
  • The portal is designed with a customer-centric journey to streamline the lending process, improve efficiency, and ensure accurate and secure management of second-charge mortgage portfolios.
  • Also, there are set of APIs endpoints in place for integration between Brokerage and Lenders to seamlessly create loan applications.

Responsibilities 

  • Participated in maintaining and developing new requests for customer 
  • Worked as a Proxy PO – directly supporting the main PO to deliver product backlogs for the Broker & Internal Systems
  • Created a product backlog and prioritized product features to be released according to product roadmap
  • Analyzed business and system requirements, created detailed requirements, technical solutions and user stories.
  • Worked closely with Developers, SA, Release Management team to transfer requirement and unblock challenges.
  • Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.  
  • Handle customer relationships and expectations by developing a communication process to keep others up to date on the project results.

Technologies 

  • Web form, API, JavaScript, Azure DevOps, React
  • JIRA, Confluence, BPMN

P&C Insurance Digital Ecosystem – European markets

Business Analyst, June 2021 – September 2023

Project description 

  • Implement a global digital ecosystem used by business operations and vendors across a P&C Insurer.  
  • The core system is based on cloud-native entailing all required components that the organization needs for their daily operation: customer, quote, policy, billing, claim and integrating with 3rd party services such as Earnix, Twilio, Payment Gateway.  
  • The supplemental systems are mobile responsive web applications using OutSystems platform to provide handy tools for Sale agents, Appraisers, Vendors who are always on the go and from external parties.

Responsibilities 

  • Worked as a Proxy PO – directly supporting the main POs in 3 different Agile Scrum Teams to deliver product backlogs for New Business & Renewals, Claims, and Finance Journey.  
  • Liaised and gathered information from stakeholders of different departments: Sales, Underwriting, Claims, Finance...to understand and visualize the legacy and to-be business processes
  • Created a product roadmap and prioritized product features to be released.
  • Analysed and created detailed requirements, technical solutions and user stories.
  • Came up with workaround solutions to resolve issues that block the business operation during the interim.
  • Worked closely with Developers, SA, Release Management team to transfer requirement and unblock challenges.
  • Created training materials and supported end-users in UAT and Go-live.
  • Executed testing, final inspection, and manage system defects.

Technologies 

  • API, AWS, Outsystems
  • JIRA, Confluence

Life Insurance Reinstatement Module – Malaysia

Business Analyst, March 2020 – April 2021

Project description 

  • Implement a Reinstatement module running on tablets aiming to bring a great user experience for Agent in the process of reinstating lapsed policies and payment.
  • The frontend application is developed on Ionic Cordova. This application is embedded inside an iOS Native application and integrates with a payment gateway XDK.
  • The backend services integrate with the Core System through IIB and Backend Microservices layer.

Responsibilities

  • Worked directly with Client's business team in requirement elicitation, creating SRS documents and other artifacts to support the understanding of development team.
  • Be responsible for proposing ideas, creating UI/UX design, look and feel for the whole module.
  • Liaised with Solution Architect team and Clients in-house IT team to come up with the Architecture flow for whole integration and data flow.
  • Communicated proactively with third party vendors such as Document manager and payment merchant to bridge the gap and propose solution for integration
  • Gathered Q&A, analysed problems and proposed solution to tackle potential issues with the system.
  • Analysed the to handle errors and flows for end-to-end payment with payment gateway integration
  • Analysed the business requirement in Life Insurance to design the logic check for OTP/ eSign enablement and Payment launching.
  • Executed testing, final inspection, supported UAT and manage system defects

Technologies

  • Ionic Cordova, Oracle Database 18c, Microservices, Spring boot
  • JIRA, Confluence, BPMN

Oracle Procurement – USA

ERP analyst, December 2019 – March 2020

Project description 

  • Implement Financial and Procurement module of Oracle Fusion Cloud R19 and migrate data from Oracle EBS R12 for a governmental agency in USA

Responsibilities

  • Worked on-site to analyse the current Client’s Procurement business process and elicit requirements to implement configuration for Oracle Fusion Cloud – Procurement module
  • Performed FIT/GAP analysis, created document blueprint, test script and test cases
  • Configured and customize Oracle modules to meet the desired to-be process
  • Conducted training for end-users from Procurement department, Financial department, and IT department.
  • Carried out system testing, integration testing and UAT
  • Performed migration and cutover transition from Oracle EBS R12 to Oracle Fusion on Cloud R19 to complete Go-live process
  • Provided post-Go-live support and application maintenance service 

Technologies

  • Oracle
  • JIRA, Confluence

Homeowners Insurance – Singapore

Product Owner, August 2019 – November 2020

Project description 

  • Built a mobile responsive PoC application to streamline an end-to-end customer journey from buying homeowners insurance policies to make claims.
  • Incorporated high technologies including AI, OCR, e-Sign
  • Focused on UI/UX design to create a seamless customer experience

Responsibilities

  • Be the main person facing and communicating with customer
  • Worked with customer to gather high-level requirements
  • Be responsible for proposing ideas, creating product detailed requirements, demonstrating the product to customers, receiving feedback and enhancing
  • Clarified requirements and supported the development team to deliver the application within a short time
  • Created mock-up screens and collaborated with UI/UX designer to translate into prototypes
  • Executed integration testing and final inspection for deliverables
  • Provided post-Go-live support and application maintenance service 

Technologies

  • AI, OCR, E-Sign
  • LucidChart, JIRA, Confluence

Blockchain SDK – United States

Business Analyst, January 2019 – July 2020

Project description 

  • Built JavaScript & Python SDKs for the current API calls used in Blockchain
  • Built a sample application to help developers get familiar with usage of SDKs
  • Created SDK Documentation, Technical specification for developers

Responsibilities

  • Communicated with customer on weekly basis.  
  • Analysed major functionality needed for SDKs
  • Gathered high-level SDK requirements  
  • Analysed and gathered sample app requirements and created mock-up for sample app
  • Created SDK document on GitHub repo
  • Executed testing, final inspection, supported UAT and manage system defects.

Technologies

  • Blockchain, Python, JavaScript
  • Clickup, Figma

E-Learning Portal – United States

Product Owner, May 2018 – September 2018

Project description 

  • Built a customer facing learning and development platform  
  • Integrated the system with other education training platforms  
  • Re-fined the old system looks and feel
  • Migrated data from the legacy system to new system and complied with GDPR

Responsibilities

  • Worked with customer to understand the needs and requirements
  • Be responsible for suggesting ideas and proposing solutions to enhance the shortage of the legacy system  
  • Created user stories, workflows, mock-up screen, reports, and data mapping
  • Executed integration testing, final inspection and verified deliverables.
  • Supported UAT and managed system defects 

Technologies

  • Web app, CSS, JavaScript
  • JIRA, Confluence, Balsamiq

Digital Mortgage Platform – United States

Business Analyst, January 2018 – May 2018

Project description 

  • Built a mortgage servicing Blockchain-based platform for closed loans to be accessed and viewed by Secondary Market actors and Auditing actors  
  • Integrated the platform with Mortgage closing platforms
  • Implemented API requests to allow external parties to update data against a specific closed loan in the system for the purpose of servicing and auditing

Responsibilities

  • Worked with customer to gather and clear requirements  
  • Researched ideas and solutions to suggest for customers  
  • Created user stories, workflows, mockup screen, reports, and data mapping
  • Executed integration testing, final inspection and verified deliverables
  • Supported UAT and managed system defects

Technologies

  • Blockchain, XML, API
  • JIRA, Confluence, Balsamiq
Certifications
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) certification
  • LOMA FLMI Level 1 certification
  • LOMA 302 - The Policy Lifecycle: Insurance Administration

Awards:

  • Rookie of the year 2018  
  • Best performer of the year 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
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