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Zakaria B.ZB

Zakaria B.

Business Analyst / QA Tester

€570/day
4 projects
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Zakaria

I am currently looking for a mission as a Business Analyst / Tester.

With 10 years of experience, including 8 as a Business Analyst, I have participated in all stages of a project's life cycle:

Framing and gathering requirements,

Writing user stories,

Backlog management and planning,

Design and execution of functional tests,

Writing test plans and test cases,

Organization and coordination of business acceptance / UAT (User Acceptance Testing),

Up to deployment, user training, assistance and support requests.

I position myself as a true intermediary between the different stakeholders of the project. I make sure to precisely understand the business needs and translate them into clear and usable deliverables for the technical teams.
I pay particular attention to the quality of deliverables: I design detailed test scenarios, I ensure their follow-up and I manage the test campaigns in connection with the end users.
Proactive, I do not hesitate to challenge, solicit and involve users throughout the project to guarantee a reliable solution that meets expectations.

Dynamic, curious and proactive, I am at your disposal to discuss if you have an opportunity corresponding to my profile.

Functional skills:
Project monitoring

Definition and management of the schedule

Collection and formalization of needs

Facilitation of business workshops

Writing functional specifications

Interface with development teams (MOE)

Writing test plans and test cases

Execution of functional tests and coordination of UAT

Anomaly tracking and validation of corrections

Change management

Technical skills:
CRM Salesforce

HP ALM

JIRA / Confluence

SQL

REST API

Agile Methodology
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Apave
    Functional Business Analyst
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 7 months)
    Paris, France
    • Participation in the industrialization of inter-application flows of the Apave IS
    • Writing functional specifications: business objects, mappings, pivot formats (XML/JSON)
    • Facilitation of workshops with business lines, MOA and functional architects
    • Development of use cases and MOE test specifications
    • Execution of flow and non-regression tests on several environments
    • Performing API tests with Postman
    • Analysis of flows via Kibana and data via SQL queries
    • Monitoring of anomalies and contribution to their prioritization
    • Writing reports, analysis reports and shared documentation
    API Kibana SQL
  • Johnson & Johnson
    Business Analyst
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    April 2024 - December 2024 (7 months)
    Participation in the development of an AI solution as a quality-oriented Business Analyst, with strong involvement in testing:

    Writing test plans, test cases and release notes

    Preparation and coordination of UAT with country teams

    Anomaly tracking and functional validation of deliverables

    Ensuring compliance with security, confidentiality and compliance standards

    Updating training materials and facilitating user sessions

    Ticket tracking, incident resolution and contribution to continuous improvement

    Environment: Agile / TPO / Salesforce / UAT / Confluence / JIRA / Product documentation
    UAT Salesforce Marketing Cloud User Testing Jira/Confluence
  • Société Générale - CIB
    Business analyst
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    May 2023 - February 2024 (10 months)
    Paris, France
    Mission within the Investment and Financing Bank (GBSU/CLD) on the SGMKYC project aimed at optimizing the client onboarding process:

    Facilitation of business workshops and formalization of needs

    Writing user stories and managing the product backlog

    Interface between business, MOE and UX

    Monitoring of Agile sprints (development, testing, delivery – 4 environments)

    Prioritization and escalation of anomalies

    Steering of monitoring committees and end-of-sprint demonstrations

    Performing non-regression tests and sanity checks before going into production

    Environment: Agile / Jira / Confluence / UX / KYC / API / UAT
    UAT Functional testing Business analysis Agile Methodology (SAFe) API

Reviews

5.0

Out of 1 rating

A

Antoine

J&J Innovative Medicines EMEA

Reviewed on 12/20/2024

Context: As part of the JO.E project, Zakaria played a key role as a Business Analyst, with a particular focus on managing User Acceptance Tests (UAT). His direct involvement in this process was crucial to the success of the project. Rigorous organization of UAT: Zakaria demonstrated excellent organization during the user testing phases. He ensured that each step was clearly defined and that users were well prepared, which optimized the time spent on testing. Consideration of business needs: His active listening and commitment to understanding user needs were essential. He was able to translate these needs into clear test criteria, ensuring that the results obtained were in line with the expectations of stakeholders. Rapid identification of anomalies: Thanks to his methodical approach, Zakaria was able to quickly detect anomalies during testing. This allowed the team to react promptly, establish effective solutions and limit the impact on the project schedule. Facilitation of communication: Zakaria acted as a bridge between the different teams involved, strengthening collaboration and communication. His ability to coordinate efforts greatly contributed to keeping the project on track.

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Education

  • Master in innovation and knowledge management
    SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ
    2014
  • Master in chemical engineering specializing in process engineering
    SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ
    2013

Certifications

  • ISTQB Fundation
    ISTQB
    2019

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