SIMILOLUWA OLLEY
Peterborough,United Kingdom
Summary
Business Analyst with 5 years of experience specialising in data analysis and process improvement; enhanced company performance through detailed data analysis that improved decision-making capabilities by 25%. Led cross-functional teams at 2Fish Consulting Limited to ensure successful project completion on schedule and within budget constraints. Recognized for contributions with a promotion from Junior Business Analyst to Business Analyst within one year.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst
2Fish Consulting Limited
03.2024 - Current
- Led a team of six developers and two QA testers, ensuring adherence to agile methodologies and resulting in a 20% improvement in project delivery speed and code quality.
- Executed comprehensive quality assurance protocols on new software releases, ensuring 99.9% uptime and zero critical defects reported within the first month post-deployment, surpassing the expected target.
- Facilitated weekly meetings between stakeholders and IT, converting stakeholder feedback into actionable software requirements, resulting in 95% user satisfaction with new features.
- Orchestrated a new product positioning strategy that targeted underserved customer segments, leading to acquisition of 1,000 new customers in the first month of implementation, exceeding initial projections by 30%.
- Cultivated key relationships with 15+ clients by conducting weekly check-in meetings, resulting in a 98% client retention rate and positive testimonials, boosting referral traffic by 15%.
- Guided a project to revamp data collection methods, resulting in a 95% accuracy rate in sales reporting, and empowered senior leadership to make data-driven decisions in the first quarter.
- Distilled intricate market analysis reports into easily digestible formats for cross-functional teams; facilitated a shared understanding of customer needs; accelerated product development cycles by 15%.
- Uncovered 12 previously unseen operational vulnerabilities through rigorous business impact assessments, presenting findings to address the three biggest causes of downtime, preventing disruptions to the company.
- Explored new markets, analyzing data on consumer behavior and competitor strategies, and presented key findings to senior management, impacting decisions across three major business units.
Junior Business Analyst
2fish consulting limited
08.2023 - 03.2024
- Elevated analytical structure and decision-making process within the organization through delivery of refined data insights; this resulted in team leads reporting increased team performance by 22%.
- Established transparent communication channels, providing clients with weekly progress reports and addressing concerns promptly, which boosted the average client satisfaction score by 30%.
- Championed project kick off meetings with key stakeholders, defining project scope and establishing measurable goals; secured buy-in from senior management, resulting in a 90% approval rate for project proposals.
- Forged a data-driven forecasting model with a 98% accuracy rate by leveraging insights from past budget reports, providing the financial team with reliable insights for strategic decision-making.
- Facilitated change management initiatives through collaborative workshops and feedback sessions, resulting in smoother transitions during restructuring periods and a 30% improvement in cross-functional team collaboration.
- Charted existing operational procedures using process mapping software; this unveiled redundancy and bottlenecks, accelerating overall process efficiency by 25%, and eliminating 10 steps from key workflows.
- Mapped competitive landscape and synthesized findings from five SWOT analyses to pinpoint three untapped market segments, informing a new product development strategy for expansion.
- Revolutionized project workflows by implementing Agile methodologies, cutting project completion times by 25% across 4 different project teams, contributing to streamlined operational efficiency.
Timeout for Study
University of Hull
09.2022 - 09.2023
- Navigated intricate capital structure challenges within non-financial Nigerian firms, formulating actionable strategies that mitigated risks and boosted operational performance by 15% through adept financial analysis.
- Developed and implemented three new financial models for capital budgeting, improving accuracy of project selection by 15% and increasing internal rate of return by 8%.
Business Analyst
Multinational concept limited
09.2018 - 03.2022
- Gathered insights from entry-level employees to senior leadership on financial software usability; findings to fix the most critical causes of workflow bottlenecks, improving reporting efficiency.
- Guided the design of interdisciplinary action plans designed to optimize existing processes, leading to a 20% drop in operational delays and stronger working ties between departments.
- Conceptualized revised financial modelling methods that strengthened accuracy by 15% and expedited report generation by 20%, directly impacting leadership's strategic decision-making on key business initiatives.
- Probed current organizational protocols, and shared actionable recommendations to leadership that streamlined operations, resulting in an increase of positive customer feedback by 30%.
- Catalyzed a unified strategy across five teams to address key business challenges; presented findings to fix the top causes of product crashes at the monthly leadership meeting.
- Conducted thorough investigations into procedural non-compliance, identifying the three biggest causes of deviations and initiating targeted training programs that enhanced adherence levels by 35%.
- Steered 15+ clients toward revamped organizational structures and agile frameworks, delivering solutions that decreased operational bottlenecks by 25% and optimised team collaboration across departments.
Education
Master of Science - Accounting and Finance
University of Hull
09.2023
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Tai Solarin University of Education
09.2016
Skills
- SQL
- TABLEAU
- POWER BI
- DATA VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES
- DATA CLEANING
- DATA MINING
- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SOFTWARE (R PROGRAMMING, STATA)
- EXCEL
- MICROSOFT 365
- REQUIREMENT GATHERING
- BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
- REQUIREMENT MODELLING TECHNIQUES (BPMN, UML DIAGRAMS, FLOWCHARTS)
- STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT
- USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING (UAT)
- PROCESS MAPPING
- GAP ANALYSIS
- JIRA
- AZURE DEVOPS
- MICROSOFT PROJECT
- AGILE METHODOLOGIES
- WATERFALL METHODOLOGIES
- VISIO
- WIREFRAMING AND PROTOTYPING TOOLS
- AGILE METHODOLOGY
- WATERFALL METHODOLOGY
- SCRUM FRAMEWORK
- INITIATIVE TAKING
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- DATA ANALYSIS
Certification
- BCS Foundation certificate in business analysis
- Google data analytics certificate
- Azure fundamentals
Personal Information
Name & contact
Timeline
Business Analyst
2Fish Consulting Limited
03.2024 - Current
Junior Business Analyst
2fish consulting limited
08.2023 - 03.2024
Timeout for Study
University of Hull
09.2022 - 09.2023
Business Analyst
Multinational concept limited
09.2018 - 03.2022
Master of Science - Accounting and Finance
University of Hull
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Tai Solarin University of Education
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