This role is part of the Global Product Delivery team which supports all Securities Services (SSv) products and is accountable for the management, delivery and execution of all client related and product programmes in line with strategy and targets. The scope of this role includes medium to large size Value Stream designs and complex change related solutions. In this role I am responsible for:• End to End Solution Design: Oversee, manage and define the detailed end to end solution… Show more This role is part of the Global Product Delivery team which supports all Securities Services (SSv) products and is accountable for the management, delivery and execution of all client related and product programmes in line with strategy and targets. The scope of this role includes medium to large size Value Stream designs and complex change related solutions. In this role I am responsible for:• End to End Solution Design: Oversee, manage and define the detailed end to end solution blueprints and design for products / features in a way that supports the execution of the product strategy and roadmap, articulating and addressing associated architectural risks, issues and technical debt. • Functional & Business Requirements: Oversees, manages and translates requirements into the high-level design for a solution, ensuring the products and services meet the customer needs and expected Business Outcomes, and solutions meet the customer needs. • Commerciality: Ensures the design of the solutions are cost effective and maintained through the agile development lifecycle, managing the flow of the backlog of design activities. • Design Governance: Ensures the design undergoes appropriate level of assessment at the right stage throughout the agile process in line with the governance process ensuring adherence to Decision Driven Design and the Solution Architecture FIM. • Ensures appropriate level of governance for any decisions when deviating from standard product/ operating model definition. • Interlock: Ensures appropriate interlock with Operations, Product and Technology design governance.• Managing resourcing of programmes and determining supply and demand. Show less

This role is part of the HSS CM&D Global Change Best Practice & Business Architecture Team and reports to the Head of Business Architecture (Europe). The role is responsible for operating model development and identifying impacts of new change. The scope of this is HSS-wide across General • Develop relationships with the key stakeholders and senior management both within HSS and with other HSBC entities• Develop an indepth understanding of HSS business and products• Use this… Show more This role is part of the HSS CM&D Global Change Best Practice & Business Architecture Team and reports to the Head of Business Architecture (Europe). The role is responsible for operating model development and identifying impacts of new change. The scope of this is HSS-wide across General • Develop relationships with the key stakeholders and senior management both within HSS and with other HSBC entities• Develop an indepth understanding of HSS business and products• Use this knowledge to be able to make recommendations on approach • Keep abreast of all major planned developments and projects that may impact on those operating models• Deputise for the Head of Business Architecture as and when required• Support the creation and ongoing running of design authorities at a Regional levelArchitecture • Develop business operating models• Work with multiple stakeholders in defining preferred solutions for future architectures• Lead workshops with stakeholders • Develop an understanding of existing operating models across all HSS businesses lines• Monitor any changes to existing operating models and advise on potential impacts and risksReporting • Prepare regular stakeholder updates for senior management• Be able to communicate the contents of models and concerns Show less

Providing Business Analysis and Project Management solutions in a hybrid PM/BA role. Based in Edinburgh within HSBC Securities Services (HSS). I initially joined HSS as a contractor and went perm in August 2015. Working in a Business Design role within HSS on a contract basis for 18months prior to going permanent during August 2015. I had an increasing focus on client business architectures and operating models. My main responsibilities are:- Taking client change requests and… Show more Providing Business Analysis and Project Management solutions in a hybrid PM/BA role. Based in Edinburgh within HSBC Securities Services (HSS). I initially joined HSS as a contractor and went perm in August 2015. Working in a Business Design role within HSS on a contract basis for 18months prior to going permanent during August 2015. I had an increasing focus on client business architectures and operating models. My main responsibilities are:- Taking client change requests and managing them through the pre-project stage by:• Working with stakeholders and Business Subject matter experts in order to determine strategic and interim solutions based on a thorough understanding of the ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be processes.• Delivering impact assessments and taking them through the appropriate design authority and governance processes. Producing detailed process analysis and supporting project documentation.• Leading a team of two Business Analysts: Day to day management and development planning.- Operate as the ‘Lead Process Design Architect’ on a number of client on-boarding projects to assess client requirements, internal needs and translates these into the future end state model by assessing existing models, options and risk. - Also responsible for the introduction (design and delivery) of the ‘HSS Business Operating model’ and process collateral. To support this I have put in place sustainable standards, templates and guidelines. Show less

Compelling Reasons was a limited company set up by Brian Hunter to enable him to provide:- Consultancy- Project Management- Business Analysis- Facilitation skillsThe company has been closed after Brian went permanent with HSBC Securities Services.

After spending just over six months as a Project Manager with Standard Life in Edinburgh....The period November 2013 to February 2014 was spent looking and discussing new Change Management opportunities with employers through Edinburgh and Fife.

Project Manager, Standard Life (Edinburgh) May 2013 – Nov 2013Contracted by Hyphen Modis through their Employed Consultant Model (ECM) and deployed to Standard Life on the Regulatory Platform Payments programme (PPP-R). My remit included managing a project to decommission the legacy business platform (Sigma) in order to make the business compliant. This involved:• Scoping and constructing the project plan involving multiple Business and IT work package… Show more Project Manager, Standard Life (Edinburgh) May 2013 – Nov 2013Contracted by Hyphen Modis through their Employed Consultant Model (ECM) and deployed to Standard Life on the Regulatory Platform Payments programme (PPP-R). My remit included managing a project to decommission the legacy business platform (Sigma) in order to make the business compliant. This involved:• Scoping and constructing the project plan involving multiple Business and IT work package areas. • Putting in place effective project documentation, budget, governance and other controls including regular status reporting, action tracking, project meetings and management of risks. • Building and managing a multi disciplinary team (circa 20 team members including third parties).• Effective stakeholder engagement to deliver the project through holding regular checkpoints to track progress against overall project plan. • FCA visit (targeted review) validated the project approach during a review of the PPPR programme. Show less

Currently looking for new Change Management opportunities in Edinburgh/East Central Scotland/Fife/ Glasgow or Dundee.

Project management and delivery of Business and ICT specific projects.Brewin Dolphin One of the UK’s largest independently owned private Investment Managers. With 39 offices throughout the United Kingdom they offer a wide range of financial services with £26 billion under management.Project Manager, Delivery Responsible and accountable for the planning, management and delivery of complex projects involving new products, systems and business… Show more Project management and delivery of Business and ICT specific projects.Brewin Dolphin One of the UK’s largest independently owned private Investment Managers. With 39 offices throughout the United Kingdom they offer a wide range of financial services with £26 billion under management.Project Manager, Delivery Responsible and accountable for the planning, management and delivery of complex projects involving new products, systems and business processes, requested by an Executive Sponsor. Amongst several other projects, my main delivery was the management of the new Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) Project Initiation/ Platform Vendor Selection, Business Readiness and Implementation. I operated from Project inception through to implementation (full lifecycle). My remit for this project and others was to:• Initiate projects and ensure all documentation was produced including: Terms of Reference, Scope, Project Plan, Requirements and setting up of project Budget (£1.2 million for MPS).• Agree and secure resources with resource owners to ensure availability when required.• Establish the project environment including governance structure, controls and tracking logs (risks).• Matrix manage multi-disciplinary teams throughout the life cycle and ensure roles were understood.• Managing competitive tendering exercises to select third parties as the ongoing service provider.• Monitoring progress versus schedule, budget and quality criteria (raise change requests as needed).• Keeping stakeholders including project executives and third parties informed of project progress.• Ability to take on business analysis activities where required to scope activities, determine business requirements and mitigate project risks and issues. Show less

Working as an internal Change Consultant within the Security and Risk Business area to:• Develop functional strategies to ensure understanding of future requirements; risks; threats; opportunities and associated timelines.• Convert strategies into appropriate change programmes through detailed business analysis.• Build and maintain close senior relationships with all key sponsors, stakeholders and technology .• Represent S&R on external change programmes, e.g Project Governance… Show more Working as an internal Change Consultant within the Security and Risk Business area to:• Develop functional strategies to ensure understanding of future requirements; risks; threats; opportunities and associated timelines.• Convert strategies into appropriate change programmes through detailed business analysis.• Build and maintain close senior relationships with all key sponsors, stakeholders and technology .• Represent S&R on external change programmes, e.g Project Governance Boards.• Management of a Project Management Office, including portfolio management, budgetary responsibility, work reception and tracking budgets of £7m (tactical projects) and multi-million strategic programmes.• Advising, guiding, coaching and development of staff.• Analysis and improvement of Investment processes to ensure best practice within Security and Risk. Show less

Main focus of this role is to manage the proficient shaping through to delivery of large scale strategic and operational business programmes within Group Security & Risk (Group Manufacturing)Delivery of end to end projects within the E-Crime (fraud prevention) programme through the project lifecycle such as delivering the Strategic Payments Profiling (SPP) scoping and implementing a personal id scanning solution into high risk Branches to reduce third party fraud.Providing… Show more Main focus of this role is to manage the proficient shaping through to delivery of large scale strategic and operational business programmes within Group Security & Risk (Group Manufacturing)Delivery of end to end projects within the E-Crime (fraud prevention) programme through the project lifecycle such as delivering the Strategic Payments Profiling (SPP) scoping and implementing a personal id scanning solution into high risk Branches to reduce third party fraud.Providing matrix leadership and direction for a team of project staff (typically 20+ staff) drawn from stakeholder groups comprising of internal business subject matter experts, technology experts and external suppliers along with the coaching of junior staffManaging the completion of all required documentation as per the change framework e.g Business Case, Terms of Reference, project plan, risk & issue logsAccountable for the delivery of all project requirements ensuring a clear understanding of the compelling reason for change, scope, objectives and milestones throughout the life of the project. Working closely with Technology partners to deliver requirements and products.Liaising extensively with sponsors and executive level stakeholders ensuring expectations are managed and updates are delivered by establishing proper project governance along with linking to the appropriate programme office regarding RAG reporting. Show less

Managing a wide range projects in size and complexity throughout their lifecycle for the Group Security and Fraud’s Information Security function, with a global remit. Accountable for initiating and implementing projects including the strategic Records Management programme and the RBAC (User Access) programme:designing the RBAC Methodology, pre-project documentation, project work packages and toolset (utilising MS Project and Visio mapping software). Nominated for Excellence in 2006… Show more Managing a wide range projects in size and complexity throughout their lifecycle for the Group Security and Fraud’s Information Security function, with a global remit. Accountable for initiating and implementing projects including the strategic Records Management programme and the RBAC (User Access) programme:designing the RBAC Methodology, pre-project documentation, project work packages and toolset (utilising MS Project and Visio mapping software). Nominated for Excellence in 2006 and 2007 for this work. I personally worked with RBSG business partners across our divisions in the UK, Switzerland, Italy and the US to deliver, align and embed the RBAC toolset into their business areasResponsible for the development of the IS project culture including lifecycle processes, documentation and reporting to enhance working methods. Also championed the Lean skill set into IS culture. Show less

Successfully project managing a strategic business critical project from pre-project analysis through to project closedown on time and within budget using PRINCE2 methodology (Delivering the Training Environment Project for front office system)Providing leadership and direction for the proficient change of business processes and products driving operational improvements through structured analysis e.g Inbound Correspondence Efficiencies, Self Certification to defer payment, SAAS Make… Show more Successfully project managing a strategic business critical project from pre-project analysis through to project closedown on time and within budget using PRINCE2 methodology (Delivering the Training Environment Project for front office system)Providing leadership and direction for the proficient change of business processes and products driving operational improvements through structured analysis e.g Inbound Correspondence Efficiencies, Self Certification to defer payment, SAAS Make payments.Accountable for the initial negotiation of projects with executive sponsors enabling the delivery of workshops to capture and document ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ business processes and requirementsWorking in partnership with Technology teams to produce and implement project Business Cases encompassing both financial and non-financial cost / benefit assessments As Model Manager I was responsible for the growth of the company’s business process repository and sustainable Corporate Process Model using Casewise Corporate Modeller 8ePlaying a key role in the recruitment and selection process (interviewing) and coaching other Analysts. Show less

Working on a contract basis (15 months) within the Retail Branch Integration Programme responsible for the business and systems integration programme resulting from the Nat West Bank acquisition. Successfully designing and delivering effective transitional and contingency business processes on a large scale Change Programme for a blue chip company

Completing a contracted role (6 months) based at Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh as part of the team responsible for creating and managing the programme office for a major UK Healthcare software provider

Responsible for the delivery of pre- project and project analysis for a range of process and cultural changes across the business including process and organisational design for the Back Office Programme, processes for the new Treasury System (Millennium) and new product launches such as AAA Money Market product.Designing new and improving existing processes through proficient utilisation of the Casewise ‘Corporate Modeller’ software package and business analysis skills e.g process… Show more Responsible for the delivery of pre- project and project analysis for a range of process and cultural changes across the business including process and organisational design for the Back Office Programme, processes for the new Treasury System (Millennium) and new product launches such as AAA Money Market product.Designing new and improving existing processes through proficient utilisation of the Casewise ‘Corporate Modeller’ software package and business analysis skills e.g process mapping, waste walks, 'as is' versus 'to be' modelling. cost benefits analysis. Show less

Forward Planning Manager (Operational management for a team of ten technicians within the frontend of the electrical/mechanical division (work receipt through to quality assurance and dispatch)

Business Analysis role to analyse, design and implement process change. Trained as a Coverdale Coach and Facilitator to lead change cross divisionally. Project lead for a cross divisional logistics change project in order to identify current situation, best in class and introduce new methods based on sound analysis. Trained as an EFQM assessor and Benchmarking Practitioner through Quality Scotland and used these tools in the workplace to great effect.

I was the youngest undergraduate to have been sponsored by Babcock Defence and commenced my studies upon completion of my apprenticeship (aged 20). During my studies I would return back to Babcock's at Rosyth in order to complete my industrial and managment experience which took the shape of 4x26 weeks placements. I successfully completed time within the Industrial Engineeering department, Welding Engineering centre; Purchasing and Procurement; Training officer within Training Centre; Rosyth… Show more I was the youngest undergraduate to have been sponsored by Babcock Defence and commenced my studies upon completion of my apprenticeship (aged 20). During my studies I would return back to Babcock's at Rosyth in order to complete my industrial and managment experience which took the shape of 4x26 weeks placements. I successfully completed time within the Industrial Engineeering department, Welding Engineering centre; Purchasing and Procurement; Training officer within Training Centre; Rosyth Joinery as a Production Engineer. These placement were designed with specific objectives and satisfied the IEE requirements for Chartered Engineer training. Show less

Four year craft apprenticeship within a warship and submarine repair facility. Working also on commercial contracts in areas as diverse as fabrications for offshore; commercial property (steels) and rail carriage repair. First year within a training centre then rotated through small vessels; large ships and submarine along with workshop environments. I was nominated as apprentice of the year four years on the run as well as for my academic success.