Kodanda Harsha

Result-driven Senior Business Analyst with 3.7 years of experience translating complex business needs into scalable software solutions and technical workflows across Enterprise SaaS and Fintech sectors. Adept at bridging the gap between business stakeholders, client IT teams, and engineering squads to optimize SDLC processes. Strong expertise in requirements gathering, data mapping, API integration specification, and driving Agile delivery methodologies within high-velocity environments.

Senior Business Analyst / Functional Lead at Pixelvide & Asakta HRMS (2024-04 – 2025-10)

• Acted as the primary interface for HR, finance, and operational business units to collect, synthesize, and translate intricate business workflows into detailed solution requirements, PRDs, and strict functional acceptance criteria.
• Successfully mapped out and deconstructed fragmented, manual enterprise compliance processes into automated, rule-based system workflows, leading to a 15% increase in core software feature adoption.
• Led critical Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement and sprint planning, ensuring all development user stories were complete, accurate, and completely aligned with delivery timelines.
• Owned the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and release validation cycles across cross-functional engineering and QA teams, identifying processing gaps to ensure zero-defect production deployments.
• Managed cross-functional updates, risk communication, and solution positioning to preserve absolute transparency across business development teams and executive leadership.

Business Analyst at Tera Cloud (2022-11 – 2024-03)

Supported SaaS product development by translating business requirements into technical workflows and system integrations.

• Spearheaded the technical requirements gathering and comprehensive data mapping for a native, RESTful API integration with QuickBooks, enabling automated expense accounting workflows.
• Authored end-to-end integration design documents, JSON payload validation rules, and webhook trigger logic, significantly improving data interoperability and scaling accuracy across automated financial systems.
• Managed competitive benchmarking and system performance validation loops to protect data reliability and discover critical software improvement capabilities.

Business Analyst at Teleradiology Solutions (2022-02 – 2022-08)

• Formulated data-driven competitive research reports for cloud/AI medical platforms to discover operational requirements and supply actionable design insights.
• Authored structured process documentation and delivered high-impact presentations evaluating system capabilities and field operational efficiency for corporate stakeholders.

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Business Analytics – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Bangalore (2021-08)

Bachelors of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Marketing – Savitribai Phule Pune University (2019-08)

High School in Commerce – Air Force School, Pune (2016-06)