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BusinessAnalyst

Odiame Ajibade

Business Analyst

Summary

Experienced and delivery-focused Business Analyst with 5 years of experience driving enterprise-level digital transformation and process improvement across housing, e-commerce, and other sectors. Proven expertise in leading end-to-end business analysis — from stakeholder discovery and requirements gathering to solution design, testing, and post-launch support. Known for applying critical and analytical thinking, data-driven decision-making, and agile delivery principles to solve real business problems. Highly skilled in crafting INVEST-compliant user stories and acceptance criteria, defining BRDs, driving As-Is/To-Be process redesign, implementing API integrations, facilitating UAT cycles, and supporting continuous delivery. Strong command of requirement gathering and reengineering, MoSCoW prioritisation, process modeling, and stakeholder alignment across technical and non-technical teams.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Business Analyst

Tech Ascend Consulting
11.2023 - Current
  • Facilitated workshops across tenancy, finance, maintenance, and compliance teams to gather, validate, and prioritise requirements
  • Translate insights into INVEST-compliant user stories, acceptance criteria, and epics within Jira; maintain documentation in Confluence
  • Map current state (As-Is) and future state (To-Be) processes using Visio and BPMN standards to highlight pain points and redesign workflows
  • Support the Product Owner in backlog refinement, MoSCoW prioritisation, roadmap shaping, and scope control
  • Collaborate with UX/UI designers to enhance tenant-facing interfaces and improve digital engagement
  • Conduct impact analysis for change requests, ensuring traceability to business goals and avoiding scope creep
  • Define UAT strategy, develop test cases, coordinate business testers, and triage bugs with QA and development teams
  • Deliver structured walkthroughs and training for housing officers, system users, and operational teams
  • Build Power BI dashboards to track user adoption, portal activity, and KPI performance trends
  • Partner with developers and IT teams to integrate with NEC Housing, define API payloads, and trigger automated workflows
  • Developed high-quality documentation to support training efforts, helping employees fully understand new systems and procedures.


Key Achievements:

  • Reduced average void period from 8 weeks to 3 through automated status updates and streamlined inspection-to-repair handoffs
  • Launched self-service tenant portal, reducing contact centre calls by 35%
  • Automated over 40% of manual tasks by integrating NEC workflows
  • Delivered 98% staff adoption for new NEC modules within 90 days

Business Analyst

Unit 1 Networks
03.2021 - 11.2023
  • Led end-to-end analysis and redesign of the retailer onboarding lifecycle, removing manual handoffs and improving activation speed
  • Collaborated with sales, legal, integration, and customer success teams to identify pain points, system gaps, and compliance blockers
  • Created relevant epics, user stories, and testable acceptance criteria aligned with INVEST principles for two Agile squads
  • Created detailed KYB/KYC, registration, and catalogue upload workflows using Visio and Lucidchart
  • Supported UX/UI optimisation for self-service onboarding portals and ensured accessibility best practices
  • Actively participated in all Agile ceremonies including stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint demos, and planning sessions
  • Designed and deployed interactive Power BI dashboards tracking onboarding drop-offs, conversion rates, and average time-to-activation
  • Led UAT preparation, coordinated testing, and ensured stakeholder sign-off for go-live
  • Created and delivered training materials for internal CS teams transitioning to Salesforce
  • Managed post-launch change requests, impact analysis, and enhancement iterations


Key Achievements:

  • Cut retailer onboarding time from 30+ days to under 10 days
  • Boosted onboarding completion rate by 20% through automation and guided journeys
  • Introduced real-time dashboards used by senior leadership for strategic performance tracking

Business Analyst

Dynat Technology
02.2020 - 03.2021

Project: Social Media Management Platform – SaaS Development
• Led the analysis and redesign of end-to-end user workflows across social scheduling, publishing, and reporting modules, improving operational efficiency and user engagement.
• Facilitated requirements gathering workshops with marketing, product, and customer success teams, translating insights into actionable user stories and epics within Jira.
• Mapped As-Is and To-Be processes using Visio and BPMN standards to identify pain points, eliminate inefficiencies, and optimise digital engagement journeys.
• Supported the Product Owner with backlog refinement, prioritisation, and sprint planning to ensure alignment with strategic platform objectives.
• Collaborated with UX/UI designers to enhance usability and accessibility of tenant-facing interfaces.
• Defined and executed UAT strategies, coordinated business testers, and triaged issues to ensure high-quality feature delivery.
• Developed Power BI dashboards to monitor feature adoption, portal usage trends, and client satisfaction metrics.
• Partnered with integration and development teams to support API design and deliver seamless connectivity with social media platforms.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

University of Benin
04.2001 -

Skills

Requirements Engineering Functional & Non-Functional Analysis User Personas Agile (Scrum/SAFe) & Waterfall Delivery Sprint Execution Backlog Management Epics User Stories INVEST Criteria Acceptance Criteria Use Case Modelling Stakeholder Management Change Management Cross-Functional Collaboration As-Is / To-Be Mapping Gap Analysis Root Cause Analysis Target Operating Models (TOM) BRDs BPMN MoSCoW Prioritisation Process Re-engineering Data Migration Strategy Visio System Integration Requirements Workflow Automation UAT Planning & Execution QA Collaboration Training & Go-Live Support Reporting & Insights SQL Power BI KPI Dashboards Change Impact Assessment

Certification

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Alliance

Tools And Technologies

Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, Camunda BPMN, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, As-Is / To-Be Mapping, MoSCoW Prioritisation, BRD, RACI Matrix, User Journeys, Use Cases, Acceptance Criteria (INVEST), Target Operating Models (TOM), Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, Balsamiq, Proto.io, Salesforce CRM, NEC Housing System, SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics 365, Agile (Scrum, SAFe), Waterfall, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, UAT/Test Script Design, Change Request Management

Timeline

Business Analyst

Tech Ascend Consulting
11.2023 - Current

Business Analyst

Unit 1 Networks
03.2021 - 11.2023

Business Analyst

Dynat Technology
02.2020 - 03.2021

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

University of Benin
04.2001 -
Odiame AjibadeBusiness Analyst