Pranav Somani

Experience

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  Cognizant

  Jul 2010 - Nov 2018

  • 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst with working experience in Property and Casualty and Insurance brokerage domains in Cognizant Technology Solutions• Experience in Business Analysis, Requirement gathering and documentation• Conducted requirement gathering and requirement prioritization sessions with the Client SMEs• Conducted requirement walkthroughs with the development and quality assurance teams• Assisted quality assurance team by reviewing test cases• Proficient with MS Word, PowerPoint , Excel , MS Visio and Oracle DB• Proficient in drawing the UML diagrams , Activity flows and the Process diagrams( AS-IS and TO-BE)• Proficient with Team Foundation Server tool• Experience in Agile and Waterfall models• Responsible for developing monthly reports on database needs and issues.• Responsible for checking new data for accuracy and removing inaccurate or corrupted data.• Trained employees on the proper ways to access and utilize the company database.• Preparing and updating of the data model diagrams Show less • 5 years of extensive experience in Functional Testing in Cognizant Technology Solutions.• Knowledge in BFSI (Loans, Wealth Management (Equities and Mutual Funds)) and Insurance domain.• Liaison with business analysts and clients to understand and analyze the functional requirements• Resource planning and allocation for quality assurance teams within projects• Preparation of Requirements Traceability Matrix, defect tracking reports, defect analysis reports, test phase summary reports• Provided domain trainings to quality assurance resources to ensure better functional know how within the team• Provide effort estimates for assigned work packages • Creation of test plan, test strategy document, test scenarios, test cases and driving their execution• Identifying, analyzing defects, questionable functions, errors, and inconsistencies in the application based on the Requirements Show less

  • Business Analyst

    Jul 2010 - Nov 2018

  • Quality Analyst

    Jul 2010 - Jun 2015
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  HCL Technologies

  Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

  Business Analyst
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  Sony India Software Centre

  Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

  Project Lead
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  CGI

  Dec 2021 - Feb 2024

  Lead Business Analyst

  Responsibilities• Refinement of the requirement backlog• Understanding the existing app and coming up with the AS-IS and TO-BE• Client demo of the product• End to End validation• Stakeholder management• Product release planning and product backlog refinement• End to end implementations of couple of Change requests worth 4-6 million USD.Impact• Led to the immediate improvements in the pricing product my team worked on.• New product released in the market which lead in easing the reporting of the fuel prices• Delivery of million $ requirements leading to profits for the organization.Awards• Was recognized and awarded by the Pricing European head of Shell.• Was awarded at CGI as the performer of the quarter. Show less

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  Thermo Fisher Scientific

  Feb 2024 - now

  Product Owner