Microsoft Acess, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio
Elizabeth Stutz
Littleton
Summary
Accomplished Business Analyst with expertise in Microsoft Excel and user acceptance testing. At Elevance Inc, led strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and drive cost reduction. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, delivering impactful insights and solutions. Adept at managing complex projects and fostering stakeholder relationships, achieving up to 20% improvement in decision-making accuracy.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst Consultant
Elevance Inc
09.2015 - Current
- Analyzed business processes to identify opportunities for improvement and cost reduction.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliverables.
- Developed comprehensive reports to communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Led workshops to gather user requirements and facilitate discussions on process enhancements.
- Implemented data analysis tools to streamline reporting and boost decision-making accuracy.
- Presented strategic insights to executive leadership, influencing key business decisions and strategies.
- Assisted [Type] departments and [Type] staff to improve client satisfaction.
- Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
- Generated standard and custom reports to provide insights into business performance.
- Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
Portfolio Manager
Elevance Inc
05.2015 - 09.2017
- Developed and executed strategic portfolio management plans to align with organizational goals.
- Analyzed market trends to identify investment opportunities and optimize portfolio performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance risk management strategies and improve decision-making processes.
- Led comprehensive reviews of existing portfolios, recommending adjustments based on performance metrics and market conditions.
- Worked with senior management, business partners and project management to plan and ensure project objectives are met and budget aligns with IT objectives.
- Provided strategic direction for aligning project plan of record and goals with annual operating budget, strategy, staffing and identification of budget.
- Participated in business case development and review including executive summary, use cases, financial analysis and benefits for submission as well as project closure analysis to ensure the business and financial objectives of approved projects have been met.
- Support annual capital planning process for division, including business case development and updates, expense/benefit estimates, and coordinating cross-functional reviews and approvals.
- Coordinate portfolio and project activities of the business unit and develop and maintain working relationships with key business unit personnel.
Solutions Management Business Analyst
Jeppesen - A Boeing
02.2015 - 05.2015
- Analyzed business requirements to identify process improvements and enhance operational efficiency.
- Developed data models to support decision-making and strategic planning initiatives.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement software solutions and optimize workflows.
- Conducted stakeholder interviews to gather insights and align project objectives with business goals.
Lead Business Analyst
Cricket Wireless
10.2012 - 01.2015
- Manage and lead the requirements phase of projects, provide support to the project, provide support to the business and technical teams and validate the quality of the solution prior to production delivery.
- Selects appropriate business analysis approach and develops project work-plan to manage all tasks, deliverables and approach associated with requirements and testing.
- Define business requirements to ensure business goal of the strategic initiative is properly defined.
- Oversee, define and support the definition of functional requirements with department SME’s and functional analysts to ensure business requirements.
- Partner with QA, department SME’s and Functional Analysts to define end-to end test strategy, test plan and test cases.
- Oversee user acceptance testing and defect resolution, partnering with technical team to resolve defects.
- Drive post-launch testing and support issue resolution during and after launch.
- Experience in working in an Agile environment including sprint planning, creating user stories, backlog prioritization, daily stand up meetings and spring review meetings.
- Heavy emphasis on working with product managers and product development teams to build business cases, requirements and testing for new products or modification of existing products to meet strategic objectives of product teams.
Financial Operations Business Analyst Consultant
Elevance, Inc.
12.2006 - 09.2012
- Led multiple sales compensation projects including large compensation system conversion, small system changes and lights on operational issues impacting multiple compensation platforms, including financial data conversion and reconciliation.
- Worked closely with key stakeholders to manage relationship, including developing ongoing communications as identified.
- Gathered business requirements by conducting interviews with business users, stakeholders and subject matter experts for multiple projects.
- Managed user acceptance test (UAT) planning, test case development, execution and reporting for multiple projects.
- Managed schedules and collaborated with different teams working on projects.
- Communicated and interacted on a regular basis with stakeholders, project managers, business teams and development teams.
Manger, Cash Operations
Elevance, Inc.
12.1999 - 12.2006
- Managed seven associates.
- Developed and maintained departmental policies and procedures and ensured Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA compliance for department.
- Created training programs and materials for various tools used in daily departmental operations.
- Successfully led department in system conversion impacting all operational areas in two states.
- Worked directly with various banks to establish and maintain effective relationships.
- Represented cash operations department in support of various projects and systems conversions throughout region and enterprise.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, ARSkills
- Microsoft Excel mastery
- User acceptance testing
- Software development life cycle
- SQL proficiency
Software
Timeline
Business Analyst Consultant
Elevance Inc
09.2015 - Current
Portfolio Manager
Elevance Inc
05.2015 - 09.2017
Solutions Management Business Analyst
Jeppesen - A Boeing
02.2015 - 05.2015
Lead Business Analyst
Cricket Wireless
10.2012 - 01.2015
Financial Operations Business Analyst Consultant
Elevance, Inc.
12.2006 - 09.2012
Manger, Cash Operations
Elevance, Inc.
12.1999 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Science -
John Brown University