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Hi πŸ‘‹ I’m Alina

Business Systems Analyst turning technology into business value.

About me

Senior Business Systems Analyst with 7+ years of experience designing distributed, API-driven systems and translating business needs into scalable solutions.

Experienced in FinTech, CryptoTech, Transport Logistics, Retail, and E-commerce sectors.

πŸ’ͺ Hard Skills

  • Solution Design
  • Business Systems Analysis
  • BPMN, UML
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Distributed Systems
  • Microservices
  • REST API Design
  • System Integration
  • Business Process Modeling

☁️ Soft Skills

  • Team Coordination
  • Constructive Feedback
  • Process Improvement
  • Culture Building
  • Creative Problem-Solving
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Cross-functional Collaboration

πŸ›  Technologies

  • BPMN, UML, C4Β 
  • Postman
  • Swagger
  • Kibana
  • SQL, Git, Python, FastAPI
  • RabbitMQ
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • Jira, Confluence
  • Figma, FigJam, Miro
  • Notion, Craft

Pet Projects

My pet projects showcase my journey in mastering new technologies, from design to development, continually refining my expertise.

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Widget Dashboard

πŸŽ› The dashboard consists of various widgets providing useful information and functionality.

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Resume Templates

πŸ“ Free to use 3 simple Resume/CV templates in two color themes in Figma.

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Finance Tracker

πŸ€‘ Finance Tracker β€” the best way to track your money. Created at Notion.

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Subscription Tracker

β­• Track all your subscriptions in one place. Created at Notion.

Experience

System Analyst at ValueTek

FinTech

Jun 2024 β€” Now

πŸ“ Remote

Drive the design and delivery of digital banking solutions for SME and Corporate Banking within a distributed microservices ecosystem. Bridge business goals with scalable technical solutions by designing APIs, integrations, and system interactions from discovery through production.

Design solution architecture for API-driven banking systems, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Own business and functional requirements by defining User Stories, acceptance criteria, functional specifications, and technical documentation while modelling business processes with BPMN and solution architecture using UML Sequence Diagrams and C4.

πŸ’« Key achievement:
Led the end-to-end analysis and delivery of a fully digital current account opening journey for SME customers, transforming a previously branch-assisted process into a self-service experience. Since its launch, 75% of all additional current accounts have been opened digitally, significantly increasing digital adoption while reducing reliance on manual operations.

Senior Business Systems Analyst at ALLO

Marketplace Development, E-commerce, B2C

May 2023 β€” Jun 2024

πŸ“ Remote

Supported the ALLO Marketplace, by enabling partners to manage and showcase their products on allo.ua through an optimized partner portal. Focused on streamlining workflows, identifying process enhancements, and resolving product issues for seamless operations.

Authored functional and non-functional specifications along with comprehensive project documentation. Prioritized tasks by analyzing competitor and user insights and collaborating with stakeholders to align project goals with business objectives. Guided decision-making across the product lifecycle, ensuring alignment and securing approvals from key stakeholders.

Additionally, mentored junior analysts to foster their professional growth and led recruitment for critical roles, including technical writers, business analysts, and QA specialists.

Middle Business Analyst at Accellabs

Product Development, CryptoTech, B2B

May 2022 β€” Nov 2022

πŸ“ London, UK, Remote

Contributed to the CryptoTech project P2B, developing and optimizing advanced crypto-bot algorithms for automated trading.

Defined and documented business goals and functional requirements, analyzed system changes, and ensured requirements support throughout the software lifecycle. Designed control interface mockups for the crypto-bot in Figma.

Collaborated with agile teams to present product concepts, manage sprints, and oversee workflows and delivery.

Middle Business Systems Analyst at LLC Omega

Product Development, SaaS, B2B

Sep 2021 β€” May 2022

πŸ“ Kharkiv, Ukraine

OMEGA, a leader in the Ukrainian automotive components market, provides logistics and technical solutions as part of Temot International.

Led the development of the SaaS solution my.omega.page, defining functional requirements, creating interface flows, writing user stories, and managing project tasks in Jira. Maintained project documentation in Confluence and user guides in Notion.

Systems Analyst at LLC Omega (Autodoc)

Re-engineering, E-commerce, B2C

Oct 2019 β€” Sep 2021

πŸ“ Kharkiv, Ukraine

Supported the Autodoc project as a Business Analyst, enhancing the online auto parts retail shop (web and mobile) and launching a new partner service for parts supply, marketing, and training.

Defined technical requirements for systems (web services, ERP, CRM) and produced user documentation. Developed functional requirements for the online shop with SEO optimization in mind. Additionally, as a UX/UI Designer, collaborated with the engineering team to redesign the administrative interface.

Business Analyst at Basket FMCG

Retail, Logistics

Jun 2018 β€” Oct 2019

πŸ“ Kharkiv, Ukraine

Led the integration and support of a purchasing automation system across 11 Basket retail outlets.

Developed functional specifications, automated work processes, optimized stock levels, prepared monthly reports, and conducted market and competitor research, including website parsing.

Check out my experience on Linkedin, look at the shots on Dribbble, and check out my Notion & Figma assets on Gumroad.