-Leading a cross-functional tech team in delivering high-quality functional, regulatory & infrastructure change-Managing and mentoring testers, providing guidance on best practices in test case design & execution-Daily running of technology team to deliver all key milestones & regulatory change, cost effectively-Supporting product owner in backlog refinement & engagement with business stakeholders & end users-Collaborating with delivery, banker, operations & financial crime teams to refine solutions designs-Sole ownership of scrum ceremonies, stand-ups, planning sessions, retrospectives & change coordinationKey Projects:-Lead a technology team to deliver application & database migrations from on-premises to AWS cloud infrastructure, improving performance, stability, load balancing & document upload times-Lead a technology team to deliver, via DMS API integration, the ability for Geneva, Monaco & Dubai Private Bank pre-onboarding users to seamlessly upload corroborative documents into a cloud-based repository which reduced on-boarding cycle times & right-first-time rates.

-Conducted end-to-end functional, regression & system testing of 100+ releases for Private Bank applications-Ownership of quality assurance for 9 Private Bank & enterprise applications across 6 global jurisdictions-Collaborated with devs & stakeholders in Agile environments, defining testable & measurable acceptance criteria-Test planning & strategy for large-scale projects, ensuring comprehensive coverage aligned with business outcomes-Subject matter expertise knowledge transfers, training and mentoring for junior testers & new-to-bank colleaguesKey Projects-Key business bridge between Private Bank technology team & Financial Crime reps, performing all requirements analysis and testing of regulatory change to the Financial Crime risk model-Requirements analysis & sole test resource in the implementation of the Trigger Event workflow tool which provided UK Operations team more robust control & automation in the tracking & processing of client trigger events-Requirements analysis & sole test resource in the implementation of a real-time screening solution for Geneva, Dubai & Monaco instances of the PB application suite which enabled Front Office users to conduct screening earlier in the pre-onboarding life-cycle, resulting in significant reduction in to processing times and faster revenue growth.-Designed, tested & delivered a banker guidance tool through frequent stakeholder engagement & requirements analysis sessions, ultimately providing end users a place to easily gather pre-onboarding documentation & implementation of an admin role to maintain the platform internally.

-Conducted end-to-end functional, regression & system testing of 80+ releases for Private Bank applications-Quality assurance for 3 Private Bank application instances for the UK & Crown Dependencies-Performed thorough risk analysis to prioritize testing efforts, focusing on high risk areas to mitigate potential issues-Created and managed test documentation/artifacts, including test plans, test cases, defect reports and matrices-White-box testing of API integration using PostmanKey Projects:-Worked extensively on testing of structural reform program which ring-fenced Private & Wealth banking sectors in compliance with regulatory body expectations-Performed all functional & regression testing for implementation of GDPR functionality across the Private Bank-Sole test resource for the implementation of the Barclays On-boarding Tracking Tool, a platform for Front Office & Operations team communication & case workflow for prospect on-boarding reviews-Sole test resource & first exposure to stakeholder engagement for the incorporation of LikeOak Technologies' video conferencing solution into the International Banking platform which provided banker/client collaborative tooling, identity verification & notarized document approvals.

Engaging in university level studies across a plethora of technical modules over a span of ten weeks, I learned valuable skills in the following areas before being placed with Barclays:-SQL-Microsoft Exel & VBA-Unix-Selenium-Software Analysis-ISTQB (Certified after passing exam)