Son Goku
Systems Analyst · Chennai, India
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Summary
I map how systems behave before anyone touches the code. Over 8 years I have documented 40+ process flows across banking and logistics teams, and I once found a duplicate settlement path that had quietly run for 3 years. I like the boring diagram that saves the loud incident.
START · B.Sc. Information Systems, 2015
first job
Junior Business Analyst · Kaveri Retail Systems
2015 – 2017
- Wrote requirement docs for a point-of-sale rollout across 22 stores, cutting billing disputes by 18%.
- Ran 30+ user interviews and turned them into flow diagrams the dev team actually referenced.
Stay in retail?3 years in, growth flat
NO · move to finance
Chose the harder domainSettlement systems, real deadlines, real money moving nightly.
YES · comfortable path
Not takenWould have stayed on POS maintenance. Passed on it.
Systems Analyst · Marina Financial Networks
2017 – 2021
- Traced a duplicate settlement path running silently since 2018, saving roughly ₹4.2M in reconciliation labor per year.
- Modeled 14 batch jobs into a single dependency map, shortening the nightly close from 6 hours to 3.5.
- Trained 9 analysts on the internal flow-notation standard I drafted.
Grow into lead?team of 3, more scope offered
YES · take ownership
Lead the analysis functionOwn the standards, mentor the juniors, sit in the design reviews.
NO · stay hands-on
ConsideredPure IC track. Good work, narrower reach. Set aside.
Lead Systems Analyst · Bay Logistics Cloud
2021 – present
- Lead a 4-person analysis pod supporting a shipment-tracking platform used by 60+ freight clients.
- Cut requirement rework by 27% by putting decision diamonds into every spec before sign-off.
- Reviewed 120+ change requests in 2025 and flagged 11 that would have broken the audit trail.
current state
YOU ARE HERE
open to lead / principal analyst roles, 2026
Tools
SQL, BPMN, Lucidchart, Jira, Confluence, Python for data checks, Camunda.
Methods
Process modeling, requirement tracing, gap analysis, UAT design, root-cause mapping.
Education
B.Sc. Information Systems, Anna Coastal University, 2015. CBAP certified, 2020.
Languages
English (fluent), Tamil (native), Hindi (working).
every arrow here was a real choice · no dead paths kept for looks