Varun Rugbeer
Senior Business Analyst
Durban
Summary
Dedicated and results-driven Senior Business Analyst with professional experience. Seeking a reputable organization with a stimulating and challenging work environment. Known for high ethical standards, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to develop mutually beneficial relationships. Consistently delivers exceptional results, whether working independently or as part of a team. Expertise in mediating between businesses and external service providers. Eager to learn and take on new challenges. Strong work ethic and collaborative mindset makes me an asset to any organization.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2020
2020
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Business Analyst
Derivco (PTY) Ltd
10.2019 - Current
- Leadership & Strategy: Provide guidance to teams, manage backlog priorities, and ensure alignment with business and customer needs.
- Decision-Making & Problem-Solving: Navigate complex business challenges, assisted in the making of informed decisions that balanced risks and opportunities within the business.
- Stakeholder Management: Cultivated strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, negotiating expectations and driving collaboration across the different operators globally.
- Process Improvement & Business Analysis: Conducted workshops, walkthroughs, and business/system process analyses to optimize workflows and identify opportunities for innovation. Experienced with managing UI/UX design requirements as part of the analysis process. Clearly articulated business needs, mediated conflicts and influenced stakeholders to drive consensus.
- Change Management: Lead teams through business transformations and ensured smooth adoption of new processes and technologies.
- Project Management: Oversee project deliverables, documentation, schedules, planning sessions and risk assessments, ensuring smooth execution and tracking progress. Managing of Dev teams and their work items to ensure delivery milestones in each sprint.
- Technical Collaboration: Worked closely with developers and testers, offering business insights and ensuring quality assurance in implementation.
- Mentorship & Team Development: Lead and supported junior analysts, fostered growth and knowledge-sharing
- Key Projects: Ecosystem (Vue.JS), System Administration(.Net), Batch Update (.Net), Security Manager (.Net), Sweepstakes, Bet Settings, Auto-grouping rules migration from Player segmentation to Virtual Pitboss, Yearly Ecogra Operator Audits across the different markets.
Business Analyst
Masscash Wholesale
08.2011 - 09.2019
- Project & Stakeholder Management: Maintain issue logs, risk registers, and submit weekly status updates to track project progress.
- Facilitate meetings, document minutes, and liaise with technical teams, service providers, and stakeholders.
- Oversee change management, ensuring smooth transitions and adoption of new processes.
- Business Analysis & Process Optimization: Conduct gap analysis, impact analysis, and stakeholder analysis for new projects.
- Define As-Is and To-Be business processes, ensuring efficiency and alignment with business goals.
- Elicit, document, and obtain sign-off on business and system requirements.
- Testing & Implementation: Develop solution designs, functional specifications, and test plans for system enhancements.
- Coordinate UAT testing, ensuring validation and sign-off before deployment.
- Oversee data migration, infrastructure setup, and deployment execution for new projects.
- Training & Post-Implementation Support: Prepare training environments, user guides, and ensure training completion.
- Provide post-implementation support, documenting lessons learned and transferring open issues to ongoing support logs.
- Key Projects & Initiatives: Cash Up & Banking application, Arch Point of Sale System maintenance and changes, Microsoft Dynamics, Trade Creditor Scanning Solution, Trade Creditors Payments Solution, GRV Scanning Solution.
Claims Clerk
Telesure Group Services
05.2009 - 06.2011
- Company Overview: Permanent Entry Level position in the insurance sector
- Permanent Entry Level position in the insurance sector
- Reason for Leaving: New Career Opportunity
Education
Business Systems Analyst - Online Course
University of Cape Town
ISEB Certified Tester - Testing Foundation Level 1
SQS
System Analysis & Design - Business Analyst Introductory course
Radical Training
Business Analysis & Design - System Analyst Introductory course
Radical Training
BCom - Marketing & Management
University Of Kwazulu Natal
Senior Certificate - Grade 12/Matric, English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Accounting, Biology, Geography
New West Secondary School
Skills
- Problem Solving
- Analytical
- Accountability
- Agile methodology
- Operations analysis
- Business process improvement
- Business process mapping
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication
Next Job
- Senior Business Analyst
- Service Owner
- Team Manager
- Product Owner
- Project Manager
Drivers License
B1, 01/06/03
Preferred Benefits
- Medical Aid
- Pension/Provident
- Car Allowance
- Cell Allowance
- Laptop
- Funeral Benefit
Personal Information
- Notice Period: One Month
- Date of Birth: 11/24/84
- Nationality: South Africa
- Marital Status: Married
Tools
Confluence, Sharepoint, Teams, Jira, Azure Boards, MS Projects, Visio, Lucidcharts, Figma, Adobe XD, Microsoft Office Products, SQL, Kibana, Power BI, BI Portal, Workday, Chat GPT & CoPilot.
Timeline
Senior Business Analyst
Derivco (PTY) Ltd
10.2019 - Current
Business Analyst
Masscash Wholesale
08.2011 - 09.2019
Claims Clerk
Telesure Group Services
05.2009 - 06.2011
ISEB Certified Tester - Testing Foundation Level 1
SQS
System Analysis & Design - Business Analyst Introductory course
Radical Training
Business Analysis & Design - System Analyst Introductory course
Radical Training
BCom - Marketing & Management
University Of Kwazulu Natal
Senior Certificate - Grade 12/Matric, English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Accounting, Biology, Geography
New West Secondary School
Business Systems Analyst - Online Course
University of Cape Town
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