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BA for order-to-cash. 64 stories with acceptance criteria; UAT defects 18% → 6%. SQL caught $29k duplicate payments.
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Quinn Patel
Business Analyst
Newark, NJ · quinn.patel@email.com
Summary
BA for order-to-cash. 64 stories with acceptance criteria; UAT defects 18% → 6%. SQL caught $29k duplicate payments.
Skills
Experience
Business Analyst · Eastbridge Health · 2021 — Present
- 64 user stories; UAT defect rate 18% → 6%.
- Order-to-cash map removed 3 handoffs (1.5 days cycle time).
- SQL on 80k invoices found $29k duplicates.
Education
B.S. Information Systems — Rutgers, 2019
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ATS keywords for business analysts
- requirements
- user stories
- process mapping
- SQL
- UAT
- stakeholders
- Jira
- Visio
- gap analysis
- acceptance criteria
- BRD
- workshops
Bullet formulas (bad → good)
Skip: Gathered requirements.
Write: Wrote 64 user stories with acceptance criteria; UAT defect rate 18% → 6%.
Skip: Mapped processes.
Write: Mapped order-to-cash in Visio; removed 3 handoffs and 1.5 days of cycle time.
Skip: SQL.
Write: SQL checks on 80k invoice rows caught $29k in duplicate payments.
Skip: UAT.
Write: Ran UAT for 22 testers; sign-off in 9 days vs 3-week plan.
Skip: Workshops.
Write: Facilitated 6 workshops with sales and finance; locked scope before sprint 1.
Skip: Jira.
Write: Kept Jira statuses accurate; standup questions dropped from 20 min to 8.
What to skip for this role
- Photo
- Generic 'bridge between IT and business' with no example
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FAQs
- BA vs data analyst?
- BAs own requirements and process; data analysts own models and dashboards. Overlap SQL if you have it.
- Length?
- One page for most; two if you have large ERP programs.
- Photo?
- No.
- GPA?
- Recent grads only.
- GitHub?
- Optional process maps or a sample BRD, not code.
- Projects vs jobs?
- Named systems (Salesforce, SAP) under each employer.
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