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SOFIIA YATSENKO
Business Analyst

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Chisinau, Moldova, remote

SUMMARY
Business Analyst with a background in International Relations, where research, communication, and analytical writing
were part of daily work. Built a complete requirements package for a product feature from start to finish: BRD, User Stories
with acceptance criteria, BPMN/UML models, API documentation, and low-fi wireframes. Maintained traceability from
stakeholder needs to test cases. Fluent in English, Ukrainian.

SKILLS
Requirements Engineering: Elicitation · FR/NFR · User Stories & Acceptance Criteria · Use Cases · Business Rules · BRD/SRS
Methodologies: Waterfall · Agile · Scrum · Kanban
Technical: SQL · Postman · Swagger (OpenAPI) · Chrome DevTools · Git
Project Management: User Story Mapping · Backlog Prioritization · Traceability Matrix · Change Management
Diagramming & Modeling: UML · BPMN · ERD · Data Mapping
Stakeholder & Strategy: Stakeholder Analysis · Communication Planning · MVP/MMP Definition
Prototyping & UX: Wireframing · Usability Heuristics · AI‑Assisted Prototyping
Tools: Jira · Confluence · Trello · Notion · Miro · Draw.io · BPMN.io · Figma ·
Languages: English (B2)

EXPERIENCE Mar 2026 – Sep 2026

Business Analyst
Self-employed

Project: TravelMate — Wishlist

A trip-planning platform where users can save hotels they like, organize them into lists, compare options, and get notified about
price drops and low availability.
Authored a complete BRD covering business objectives, scope, stakeholder requirements, functional/non‑functional specs,
use cases, and constraints.
Modeled business workflows and system interactions using BPMN, UML Activity/Sequence, and ERD - enabling clear
visualization for both business and technical stakeholders.
Wrote and structured 12 User Stories with Acceptance Criteria; maintained a Traceability Matrix mapping 8 stakeholder
requirements to stories and test cases, ensuring 100% coverage from business need to delivered functionality.
Documented API endpoints using OpenAPI (Swagger) and validated them via Postman; ensured that 100% of documented
endpoints matched business requirements.
Designed low‑fi wireframes in Figma; applied usability heuristics to refine UX.
Prioritized backlog based on business value and effort, defining MVP scope (3 core stories) and release priorities. Managed
backlog in Jira and maintained project documentation in Confluence.

EDUCATION ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
I. I. Mechnykov National University Business Analyst course at Mate academy Certification
Odesa, Ukraine, 2020-2025
Bachelor/Master’s Degree
in International Relations (with honors)

ACHIEVEMENTS
Published research (analytical & academic writing) in 2024–2025
author of two articles on international relations, diplomacy, and humanitarian cooperation.