Inan Tariq
London,United Kingdom
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in workflow, data, and gap analysis, specialising in business process improvement and automation. Proficient in maintaining sprint backlogs and leading sprint ceremonies, leveraging agile methodologies to drive efficiency. Skilled in process capture and mapping using tools such as Lucid Chart, Visio, and IBM Blue Works Live. Demonstrated experience in automation and identifying improvement opportunities. Adept at risk mitigation, test case scenarios, cost-benefit analysis, and change management. Utilises Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps to facilitate workshops and manage projects effectively. Committed to enhancing organisational processes through strategic analysis and innovative solutions.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
2012
2012
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Senior Business Analyst
PremFina
London
2022.04 - 2026.01
- Led development of yearly and quarterly roadmaps across all product areas.
- Conducted analysis and gathered requirements for a new lending platform.
- Created business cases to support proposed solutions.
- Facilitated workshops with stakeholders and SMEs to identify requirements.
- Performed gap analysis by determining As-Is and To-Be workflows.
- Collaborated with vendors on feasibility studies and process gap identification.
- Produced artefacts including process maps, use case diagrams, and benefits cases.
- Managed and maintained backlogs in Azure DevOps and JIRA, producing low-level requirements.
- Facilitated regular prioritisation and scope review sessions with stakeholders.
- Collaborated with UX designers to align requirements and designs.
- Organised user acceptance testing with business users, structuring and documenting scenarios.
- Worked collaboratively across teams during 3 Amigos, refinement, and sprint planning sessions.
- Mentored Business Analysts to enhance professional development.
- Streamlined Business Analyst workflows and facilitated forums for continuous improvement.
Business Analyst
C.Hoare & Co
2019.10 - 2022.04
- Identifying automation opportunities in existing manual processes relating to account opening, loan management as well as a number of manual operational processes.
- Creating Business Cases and identifying benefits, cost, justification for the proposed changes.
- Participating in and leading several sprint ceremonies including sprint demos, daily stand ups and sprint review sessions.
- Facilitating workshops and interviews (in person and virtual) with various stakeholders to elicit requirements.
- Ensuring any legal and regulatory requirements for processes are captured and taken into consideration prior to the development.
- Creating As-Is and To-Be process maps, creating end to end Customer/ user journeys for workflows and highlight key changes / efficiencies made in line with the business requirements.
- Conducting feasibility studies including GAP analysis to compare various solution options.
- Conducting prioritisation sessions with stakeholders to ensure the MVP can be identified.
- Creating backlog for future enhancements and organising regular review sessions with the business
- Structuring requirements into Epics, Features and Stories in line with the delivery approach for the project.
- Creating user stories and conducting review sessions with delivery teams (onsite and offshore).
- Guiding and supporting UX teams and developers as well as facilitating and documenting UAT testing
- (Private Bank)
Business Analyst
Auction Technology Group
2019.04 - 2019.10
- Gathering and analysing requirements from internal and external stakeholder and documenting them.
- Creating process maps As-Is, To-Be for a range of scenarios.
- Organising workshops onsite and offsite to gather requirements.
- Working with the product owner to ensure that the solution is fit for purpose and value is delivered.
- Presenting findings and propositions to senior stakeholders.
- Creating user stories and aiding test team in the creation of test cases.
- Providing ongoing support to developers and testers (onsite and offshore).
- Regularly prioritising backlog with the product owners.
- Creating and maintaining the backlog of PBIs for sprints and ensuring the project is completed within the budget and timeframe.
- Organising and leading regular sprint ceremonies such as daily stand ups, refinement sessions, 3 amigo sessions, sprint planning, retrospectives and sprint demo sessions.
- Tracking benefits and ROI for solution.
- Creating business cases for proposed solutions from the business.
- (Online auction technology provider)
Business Analyst
Close Brothers Premium Finance
2016.10 - 2019.04
- Contact Centre Transformation (Involvement in project: 6 months)
- Working with the operations teams and external vendors to identify and implement a solution to transform the contact centre and automate a number of operational procedures.
- Analysing the business needs using a variety of methods including workshops and focus groups.
- Deriving requirements for IT teams by engaging with external vendors and internal stakeholders, on-site and off-site.
- Documenting the current processes and identifying gaps between As-Is and To-Be process.
- Conducting feasibility studies to determine the appropriate solutions based on business requirements
- Providing guidance to development and test teams on and offshore during key stages ;
- Tracking benefits post-delivery to ensure ROI is as expected
- Process Simplification & Automation – (Involvement in project: 24 months)
- Working with multiple functions within the business to automate and streamline their processes using robotics technology (Blueprism).
- Analysing internal processes to automate and simplify using lean methodology.
- Documenting processes (Visio and IBM Blueworks).
- Identifying process inefficiencies and cost saving opportunities through gap analysis.
- Interviewing key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Impact analysis on process change.
- Conducting feasibility studies to determine the best automation solution based on business needs.
- Providing guidance to robotics teams and automation teams during development and testing stages.
- Broker Application Development – (Involvement in project 12 months)
- Documenting and assessing existing manual processes for automation.
- Working with user experience, customer journey and web application specialists to develop wireframes.
- Facilitating workshops, focus groups and conducting interviews with internal staff and external brokers / customers to derive business requirements.
- Creating process maps / workflows (As-Is and To-Be) for various processes.
- Creating business case for approval and presenting to COO and members of the executive committee
- Consulting with Governance, InfoSec and other areas to ensure the application is in line with regulatory standards.
- Creating User Stories for developers Organising 3 amigo sessions (BA, Dev, Test) to review user stories.
- Developed wireframes, site maps and content inventories.
- Mapped current processes and offered recommendations for improvement.
- (Insurance finance provider)
Education
ICT - Business Environment
Queen Mary University of London
Skills
- Workflow analysis
- Data analysis
- Gap analysis
- Maintaining sprint backlog
- Leading sprint ceremonies
- Experience in process capture, process mapping (Lucid chart, Visio and IBM Blue Works Live)
- Experienced in Blue Prism robotics automation
- Agile methodologies
- Business process improvement
- Automation opportunity identification / assessment
- Risk mitigation and management
- Test case scenarios
- Cost benefit analysis
- Facilitating workshops
- Change management
- Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps
- Understanding of SDLC
Timeline
Senior Business Analyst
PremFina
2022.04 - 2026.01
Business Analyst
C.Hoare & Co
2019.10 - 2022.04
Business Analyst
Auction Technology Group
2019.04 - 2019.10
Business Analyst
Close Brothers Premium Finance
2016.10 - 2019.04
ICT - Business Environment
Queen Mary University of London