Adrian De Graaf Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Co-ordinate feature delivery for the development team.• Reported on project progress by tracking activities and issuing progress reports.• Acting as primary liaison between development team of 8+ developers, testers and business stakeholders.• Eliciting and validating requirements to define project scope and deliverables• Conducting requirements workshops and user story mapping• Creating visual models such as BRP process flows, sequence diagrams, and ERDs.• Running… Show more • Co-ordinate feature delivery for the development team.• Reported on project progress by tracking activities and issuing progress reports.• Acting as primary liaison between development team of 8+ developers, testers and business stakeholders.• Eliciting and validating requirements to define project scope and deliverables• Conducting requirements workshops and user story mapping• Creating visual models such as BRP process flows, sequence diagrams, and ERDs.• Running ceremonies that follow Agile Scrum and SAFe methodologies as well as facilitating agile ceremonies and PI Planning sessions.• Responsible for user story creation, prioritization and backlog management.• Querying databases using SQL as well as experience with REST and SOAP API’s.• Took the lead on process improvement initiatives within our project team and client to ensure better overall delivery and tracking.• Managing project delivery, accountability, and expectations throughout the SDLC with various senior stakeholders.• Provided training & mentoring to fellow analysts for their professional growth Show less

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Led cross functional agile delivery team teams using SCRUM methodologies.• Planned and managed product delivery strategy across multiple ongoing projects.• Negotiated project timelines and complexity to determine budget and delivery dates.• Prioritized feature delivery based on customer feedback and required milestones.• Created delivery plans/roadmaps for internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management and reporting of delivery from inception through to… Show more • Led cross functional agile delivery team teams using SCRUM methodologies.• Planned and managed product delivery strategy across multiple ongoing projects.• Negotiated project timelines and complexity to determine budget and delivery dates.• Prioritized feature delivery based on customer feedback and required milestones.• Created delivery plans/roadmaps for internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management and reporting of delivery from inception through to closure.• Analyzed individual client needs to identify opportunities for product improvement based on their feedback and market trends.• Demonstrated technical understanding by analyzing the technical constraints of the product for feature delivery.• Translated client requirements and system technical constraints to a team of business analysts and developers.•Advise both the client and consulting team on platform functionality best practice.• Responsible for project milestone reporting between internal and external stakeholders.• Identified and addressed issues and challenges in product development, proposing solutions and mitigating risks to ensure project success.• Provided leadership, coaching, and mentoring to motivate team members and ensure career growth. Show less

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Led a Client Reporting team of 4, responsible for producing automated documentation for the financial services industry.• Provided effective team leadership and people management, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.• Analyzed client service life cycle to identify and implement opportunities for improvement• Analyzed monthly support system metrics to identify technical bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.• Responsible for reporting to internal… Show more • Led a Client Reporting team of 4, responsible for producing automated documentation for the financial services industry.• Provided effective team leadership and people management, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.• Analyzed client service life cycle to identify and implement opportunities for improvement• Analyzed monthly support system metrics to identify technical bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.• Responsible for reporting to internal stakeholders and clients on production status in order to align with SLAs and KPIs.• Analyzed change requests in order to determine what the scope of the change is and plan when to deliver the work in order to have the least impact on operations.• Developed and managed the change control process, including change request templates, analysis templates and testing plans.• Implemented tailored team training and development programs, enhancing skill sets and maximizing team performance and productivity Show less

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Worked as a support analyst within an automated reporting team• Responsible for development and maintenance of T-SQL scripts used for data extraction and report generation• Responsible for development and maintenance of ETL data loading tools for data ingestion.• Troubleshooting of report generation errors across data loading, SQL scripts or overall system.• Conducted quality assurance checks to maintain the accuracy and integrity of produced documents.• Responsible for… Show more • Worked as a support analyst within an automated reporting team• Responsible for development and maintenance of T-SQL scripts used for data extraction and report generation• Responsible for development and maintenance of ETL data loading tools for data ingestion.• Troubleshooting of report generation errors across data loading, SQL scripts or overall system.• Conducted quality assurance checks to maintain the accuracy and integrity of produced documents.• Responsible for client communications and management during the monthly document production runs.• Supported monthly reporting process by reporting on production progress on a sub-set of the over all document delivery Show less

Cape Town

Cape Town

Worked part time while completing my degree.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Worked part time during high school.

Bachelor’S Degree, Finance, General, 70%

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society. I was part of the Golden Key Honour Society

Matric, Matric