A business analyst resume that proves you turn messy questions into requirements, data and decisions, with numbers that show what changed after you were in the room.
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Priya Raman
Business Analyst, Operations and Data
Chicago, IL | (312) 555-0187 | [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/priyaraman-ba
Professional Summary
Business analyst with 6 years in logistics and insurance, bridging operations teams and engineering. Wrote the requirements behind a claims workflow that cut processing time by 35%, and built the SQL and Power BI reporting leadership now runs weekly reviews on.
Core Competencies
Analysis: Requirements gathering, User stories, Process mapping (BPMN), Gap analysis, UAT
Data: SQL, Excel (Power Query, pivots), Power BI, Tableau
Delivery: Agile and Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Stakeholder management
Professional Experience
Senior Business AnalystJan 2022 – Present
Lakeshore Mutual | Chicago, IL
Mapped the claims intake process across 4 teams and wrote 60+ user stories for its redesign, cutting average processing time from 9 to 6 days.
Built a Power BI dashboard on SQL Server data that replaced 11 manual spreadsheets and is used in the COO's weekly review.
Ran UAT for a $1.2M policy administration upgrade, logging and triaging 140 defects before go-live with no critical issues after launch.
Facilitated monthly prioritization sessions between underwriting and IT, reducing the backlog of open change requests by 40%.
Business AnalystJul 2019 – Dec 2021
Freightline Logistics | Milwaukee, WI
Analyzed 2 years of shipment data in SQL and Excel to find route delays, informing a carrier change that saved $480K a year.
Documented as-is and to-be processes in BPMN for warehouse returns, adopted as the standard across 3 sites.
Gathered requirements for a driver mobile app with 5 operations leads; delivered on schedule with 92% adoption in 3 months.
Built a weekly KPI report on on-time delivery and damage rates that 3 warehouse leads used to set targets.
Business Analyst InternMay 2018 – Aug 2018
Midway Distribution | Chicago, IL
Cleaned and reconciled 18 months of order data in Excel, finding $65K in duplicate vendor payments.
Documented the purchase order approval process for an ERP upgrade and presented it to the finance team.
Wrote SQL queries for weekly sales by region, replacing a manual export that took 3 hours.
Interviewed 8 warehouse staff to map returns handling and identified 4 steps that could be removed.
Education
B.B.A. Information Systems, University of Illinois Chicago2015 – 2019
Certifications & Affiliations
IIBA Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA)
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Keep the structure
Summary, then 3 roles newest first, then skills grouped the way business analyst postings list them. Recruiters scan in that order.
Write your own numbers
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Section by section
What to put in a business analyst resume
What each section should say, what to leave out, and a line you can model yours on.
Section
What to write
What to avoid
Example
Summary
Years, industries, the kind of problems you solve, and one headline result.
Generic traits like "detail oriented team player".
BA with 6 years in insurance; requirements behind a 35% faster claims process.
Experience
Process, method, outcome. Include the size of the change (teams, dollars, days).
"Gathered requirements" with no product or result attached.
Wrote 60+ user stories for claims intake; processing time fell from 9 to 6 days.
Skills
Analysis methods, data tools and delivery tools, grouped.
Soft skills listed alone; show them in bullets instead.
Data: SQL, Power BI, Excel Power Query.
Certifications
IIBA (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP), PMI-PBA or Scrum certifications if held.
Expired or unrelated course badges.
IIBA CCBA, 2023.
Education
Degree and school; a relevant minor if you are early career.
Coursework lists after your first BA role.
B.B.A. Information Systems.
Bullet points
Weak vs strong business analyst bullets
A strong bullet says what you did, how, and what changed. Swap in your own numbers.
Area
Weak
Strong
Requirements
Gathered business requirements.
Wrote 60+ user stories for the claims intake redesign, cutting processing time from 9 to 6 days.
Reporting
Made dashboards.
Replaced 11 manual spreadsheets with a Power BI dashboard used in the COO's weekly review.
Testing
Did UAT.
Led UAT on a $1.2M upgrade, triaging 140 defects with no critical issues after go-live.
Data analysis
Analyzed shipping data.
Found route delays in 2 years of shipment data, informing a carrier change worth $480K a year.
Stakeholders
Worked with many teams.
Ran monthly prioritization between underwriting and IT, cutting open change requests by 40%.
ATS keywords
Keywords business analyst postings ask for
Use the ones that are true for you, in the exact form the posting uses. Tailoring does this per job automatically.
Quantify the effect of the processes you changed: days, dollars, error rates.
Name the methods you use (BPMN, user stories, UAT) as postings do.
Show the industry you know in titles or the summary.
Keep it to one or two pages with standard headings.
Don't
Don't stop at "liaised with stakeholders"; say what was decided.
Don't hide SQL or BI skills at the bottom if the posting leads with them.
Don't use diagrams or charts inside the resume; parsers can't read them.
Don't list every meeting type you have run.
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Outcomes from your analysis: processes that got faster, costs that fell, decisions your data informed. Back them with the methods and tools you used.
Should I include SQL on a business analyst resume?
Yes, if you can write queries in an interview. Most BA postings now ask for SQL or a BI tool, and leaving it out costs keyword matches.
Which certifications help a business analyst?
IIBA certifications (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP) and PMI-PBA are the most recognised. Scrum certifications help for agile teams.
How do I tailor a BA resume to a job?
Lead with the domain and tools the posting names, move the most relevant bullets up, and use its terms for methods. FastApply's AI Tailoring add-on rewrites your resume for a specific posting in about a minute.
One page or two?
One page up to about 5 years of experience; two pages are fine for senior analysts with several relevant roles.
How do I show stakeholder skills?
Through results: a workshop that settled a priority, a sign-off you secured, a backlog you reduced. Avoid listing communication as a standalone skill.
