
Mangali Raja
Business Analyst at NEXT CLOUDWAVE SOLUTIONS
Salary / Daily rate
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Results-driven Business Analyst with 3+ years of experience in Banking, Retail, Logistics, Insurance, and Digital Transformation projects. Skilled in requirement gathering, stakeholder management, Agile delivery, business process modeling, gap analysis, user story creation, and UAT coordination. – Experienced in working closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development, QA, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable business solutions. Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, API integrations, process optimization, data analysis, and customer-centric digital platforms. – Proven ability to translate business requirements into functional solutions, improve operational efficiency, and support enterprise-level digital initiatives. – Adept at creating BRDs, FRDS, RTMs, user stories, acceptance criteria, workflow diagrams, process documentation, and business process improvement strategies.. – I gel and work effectively with business stakeholders to gather requirements from them. – Played a crucial role in the overall development of the software application by explaining the requirements to the Technical/Project Stakeholders. – Having knowledge of working in both Waterfall & Agile methodologies. – My day-to-day work involves creating product backlog by writing user stories & acceptance criteria from the requirements I gather from client. Usually, these requirements are large features or epics and I break them down into user stories with the help of Product Owner and upload them to Jira. – I have experience working with US, UK and Indian clients. – I understand and adoptive in business processes in various domains. – I have created various documents like RTM, Product Backlog, BRD, FRD etc. with the help of both business and technical/project stakeholders. – I was involved and played a crucial role in all the scrum ceremonies like Sprint planning, review and retrospective meetings, also worked well with Product Owner in backlog grooming sessions. – To gather requirements, I have implemented various elicitation techniques Document Analysis, Interviews, Workshops and Observation. – Worked with design teams (UX/UI), dev team (both frontend and backend) and produced various documents like HLD, LLD & FRD documents respectively. – Analyzed requirements by conducting SMART, Moscow, GAP, SWOT & Root Cause Analysis. – Have worked on understanding the Business Process (BPM) and presenting them using UML diagrams (Use case & Process flow diagrams). – Handled various Change Requests (CRs) effectively by conducting impact analysis.
Work experience
NEXT CLOUDWAVE SOLUTIONS
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Business Analyst
Jun 2024 - Present
2 years 5 months
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Project: Loyalty Account Information (Banking & Rewards Platform) Project Description: The Loyalty Account Information (LAI) platform was developed as an enterprise service to provide customer account insights and rewards management. It enabled financial institutions to retrieve and manage account details such as reward balances, eligibility features, and customer-card relationships. The service offered REST APIs to deliver account-related data in real-time, helping banks and partner organizations enhance customer engagement and streamline loyalty programs. Responsibilities: ● Collaborated with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document requirements for account information and loyalty reward services. ● Created Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications, and User Stories in Jira. ● Conducted gap analysis to align existing account systems with the new LAI service. ● Facilitated Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint retrospectives. ● Worked with developers and QA to ensure requirement traceability and validate API responses. ● Assisted in UAT planning and execution, ensuring smooth adoption of the solution by business users. ● Suggested UI/UX enhancements to improve customer experience in accessing loyalty information. Business Value Delivered: ● Improved customer transparency by providing real-time account and reward information. ● Reduced manual dependency for loyalty queries, lowering customer support overhead. ● Enhanced customer engagement and retention through better visibility of loyalty benefits.
Business Analyst
Jan 2023 - May 2024
1 year 5 months
Project: Easy Deals (Retail & E-Commerce Platform) Project Description: The Easy Deals platform was designed to enhance customer shopping experience by offering personalized promotions, discounts, and retail deals through both in-store and online channels. It allowed customers to view, select, and redeem deals across multiple categories, integrating seamlessly with retail systems, loyalty management, and e-commerce platforms. Responsibilities: ● Conducted requirement gathering sessions with product owners and retail stakeholders to define deal structures and promotional workflows. ● Documented user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows (UML diagrams) for development and QA teams. ● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design wireframes and UI mockups, ensuring business requirements were accurately reflected in the interface. ● Maintained and prioritized the Product Backlog in Jira, ensuring alignment with business objectives. ● Supported UAT planning and execution, working with SMEs and end-users to validate functionality. ● Acted as liaison between business stakeholders and offshore development teams to ensure requirement clarity and timely delivery. Business Value Delivered: ● Improved customer engagement and satisfaction through a seamless deals and promotions experience. ● Enabled Colruyt to optimize promotions strategy, leading to better sales conversions. ● Strengthened integration between retail loyalty programs and digital commerce platforms.
Education
KLR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, PALVONCHA
Associate's Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2008 - 2012
4 years 5 months
Grade: 70.17%