Business Analyst · Fresher · 0 yrs
Niharika Salunke
Business Analyst (Entry-Level)
Professional summary
Commerce graduate and aspiring Business Analyst who turns ambiguous business needs into clear requirements, process maps and decisions backed by data. Comfortable writing BRD/FRD documents, querying data with SQL, and translating between stakeholders and delivery teams in an Agile setting. Pairs structured analysis with crisp documentation — demonstrated across an analytics internship and two end-to-end requirements projects.
31
Requirements authored (BRD/FRD)
9→5
Process steps removed
1.1M
Rows analysed in SQL
Skills
Analysis
Documentation
Tools
Ways of working
Work experience
Business Analyst Intern · Aldermere Consulting
Jan 2025 – Jun 2025Remote
- Documented 24 user stories with acceptance criteria for a retail loyalty module, accepted by the product owner with zero rework in sprint review.
- Mapped the as-is order-to-cash process in BPMN and ran a gap analysis that surfaced 5 manual handoffs, 2 of which were automated in the next release.
- Wrote SQL queries against a 300k-row sales table to validate requirements, catching a discount-logic defect before UAT.
- Facilitated 6 stakeholder walkthroughs and maintained the requirements traceability matrix in Confluence, keeping 100% of stories linked to a business need.
Featured projects
End-to-end BRD/FRD and process redesign for a small clinic's booking workflow.
- Conducted 4 stakeholder interviews, authored a BRD/FRD with 31 functional requirements, and modelled the to-be process reducing booking steps from 9 to 5.
- Built a Power BI no-show dashboard from SQL extracts that quantified a 22% weekly no-show rate and justified an automated reminder requirement.
Self-directed SQL + Excel analysis of a public retail dataset to drive recommendations.
- Wrote 18 SQL queries (joins, window functions) to segment 1.1M transactions, identifying that 3 categories drove 64% of margin.
- Translated findings into a one-page recommendation deck with prioritized requirements for a stock-reorder rule.
Education
B.Com (Hons.) — Business Analytics
2025Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce, Pune
CGPA 8.5/10 · Coursework: Statistics, Database Systems, Operations Management, Business Communication
Certifications
Business Analysis Foundations
LinkedIn Learning · 2025
Google Data Analytics (Professional Certificate)
Coursera · 2024
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