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Working within Group Change, successfully migrated of core legacy systems Pension systems data held on Navision, Salesforce and Access in Malta and Gibraltar via a 3rd party migration specialist provider to the in-house BOSS Strategic Pension Administration system.

Gogarburn, Gb

• Senior Business Analyst within Financial Crime within the Second Line of Defence, responsible for developing a bank-wide Product Risk Rating model and supporting methodology, obtaining sign off from the Chief Financial Crime Officer and subsequent training and roll-out across the various Financial Crime product Centres of Excellence and franchises following close engagement with KMPG• Responsible for Target Operating Model (TOM) design and implementation in addition to updating AML Policy and supporting mandatory procedure annual re-fresh consultation with Business SMEs and key stakeholders, ensuring that documents were robustly reviewed as part of a major Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Programme rollout• Interim In-Life work-stream lead responsible for both tactical and strategic CDD operational and process updates to the Programme driven by Event Driven Re-views, involving weekly project working groups and bi-weekly Project Boards• Interim Exits work-stream lead responsible the strategic rollout of a bank wide Ex-its process and operational procedures, ensuring compliance with internal audit and Anti Money Laundering regulation (5MLD).

East Sussex, Sussex, Gb

• Project Manager within the PMO responsible for delivery and implementation of a new co-insurer scheme on Home Direct and Home Premier policies on the core un-derwriting and brokering system. Successfully implemented the project ahead of the target implementation date, following close management and execution of a detailed project plan and RAID log.• Ensured successful delivery by close liaison with Project Executive and Steering Committee, regular Working Group meetings and 3rd party vendors including AXA and price comparison aggregators. Ensured that issues and defects were resolved as effectively as possible via daily catch-ups with core SMEs and SIT/UAT test teams.• Additionally, produced detailed HR swim lane process mapping and supporting pro-cess documentation and undertook a Strategic Cost review of savings centered around printed documentation sent from the legacy CDL system and associated telephone call charges, prioritising changes based on cost effectiveness to eliminate premium rate and legacy telephone numbers following detailed analysis.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

• Responsible for definition and stakeholder sign-off of the Project Charter and de-tailed Business requirements, including ‘as-is’ business processes and ‘to-be’ Target Operating Model process definition to stop AML Transaction Monitoring alert sampling in Germany following findings from the Bafin German Regulator and a subsequent KPMG internal audit. • Responsible for close engagement with Senior German Stakeholders on a number of work streams within the Programme via weekly Project Working Groups, including transaction monitoring analytics, resource recruitment, process and procedure definition and training • Responsible for close engagement with a leading AML 3rd party transaction monitor-ing analytics solution provider to integrate a bespoke solution for enhanced alert scoring and prioritisation for deployment within the German Financial Intelligence Unit within Deutsche bank, in addition to close liaison with internal Analytics and IT teams• Provided close support to the Project Manager to produce project plans and Project Working Group packs in order to gain early traction on the project due resistance from senior German Stakeholders and intense timescales for project delivery. Ensured that detailed Business Requirements were fed into the internal Jama tool for internal review, approval and traceability.

Gogarburn, Gb

• Responsible for detailed Coverage and Completeness gap analysis of the AML Transaction monitoring system within Institutional Banking and Markets to support Regulatory compliance, resulting in increased transaction monitoring coverage for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas regions as part of the Continuous Improvement work stream. • Liaised with senior stakeholders from the Financial Intelligence Unit and Subject Matter Experts in weekly working groups to ensure prioritized enhancements were implemented in a series of structured deliveries. In addition, ensured close liaison with the off-shore development and test teams, ensuring requirements were correctly delivered.• Responsible for the production of the Mantas Correspondent Banking business UI requirements in addition to supporting enhancements to the tactical solution during the interim period. Undertook detailed functional and data analysis of the TM sys-tem, including system mapping, alert thresholds management and false-positive re-duction.• Reconciliation of TLM and Intellimatch feeds to settlements, incorporated additional feeds from FX trade booking and settlement and Derivative systems into the Actim-ize SAM 3.6 transaction monitoring system, increasing coverage. • Implemented a successful Segmentation and Tuning upgrade, involving a detailed review of the current Actimize Markets business rules and thresholds targeting core rules and customer groupings, in addition to producing a formal governance struc-ture to provide a signed-off audit trail of both implemented changes and risk accept-ed items to support post attestation to the Regulator.

London, Uk, Gb

• Responsible for defining a Global AML Transaction Monitoring Strategic Roadmap approach, timeline and solution options for legacy Transaction Monitoring systems replacement during the scoping phase of the Strategic Transaction Monitoring Up-grade Programme.• Close liaison with Global Transaction Compliance Enterprise Data Architects respon-sible for the IT shared service to obtain a detailed understanding of as-is systems source feeds and architecture, in addition to target the vision to-be state. • Obtained a detailed understanding of 2015 planned changes, governance, licensing, support and potential implementation considerations whilst undertaking a vendor due diligence process via engagement with leading Transaction Monitoring 3rd party ven-dor. Produced a 3rd party vendor functional matrix and preparation of a presentation pack for senior management for a Roadmap mobilization session walkthrough.

Belfast, Gb

SBA responsible for the definition of a Target Operating Model to support AML Transaction Monitoring processing within Ulster Bank within the Actimize system upgrade programme.Close liaison with Group Operations and Ulster SMEs to define 'as is' and 'to be' processing, holding a series of working groups in addition to 1 to 1 sessions to elicit low level functional and MI requirements, whilst ensured regulatory compliance with RBS Group Compliance, AML Operations and ultimately with the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI).

London, Uk, Gb

• Senior Business Analyst responsible for incorporating International Payment Screening into the Pega Case Management System via the UK Payment Gateway within the Financial Sanctions Unit. • Ensured close liaison with Business SMEs in order to obtain requirements and traceability whilst utilising synergy with the North American Payment Hub Programme and the SWIFT Gateway Consolidation project to centralize the infrastructure through the UK.

London, Gb

Senior Business Analyst responsible for the detailed definition of UK Retail finance business processes within the Financial Transformation Programme responsible for upgrading the General Ledger whilst adhering to the Global Finance Gold standards

London, Uk, Gb

Senior Business Analyst instrumental in the integration Your Finances retail banking Sales work-stream functionality into the LTSB Halifax and BoS branded instances.Undertook a quality assurance role adding value by close liaison with Business SMEs, Design and 3rd party development and test resource

Gogarburn, Gb

Business Analyst/Project Manager within the Manufacturing Division responsible for the reverse engineering and subsequent in-sourcing of Credit Card processing from a 3rd Party, employing a phased roll-out by Brand/Channel after implementation of a successful Pilot.Also responsible for the analysis of the existing business model/definition of the target operating model focusing on back office financial transaction processing, defining detailed functional and non-functional requirements.

London, England, Gb

• Business Analyst responsible for the upgrade of the existing Internet Banking site, of Strategic significance to Lloyds in order to produce a market leading portal. Detailing new and existing use case requirements on is possibly the largest Internet Banking Programme under development in Europe at the time.• Produced Sales and Service use-cases with close liaison from Subject Matter Experts from both the Business and IT and external build agency, incorporating regular stage reviews to ensure accurate detailed requirements, whilst understanding the end-to-end customer journey. • Intense review cycles undertaken with the Design, Build and Test teams were held capturing details at source, ensuring quality deliverables captured using IBM Rational toolset, ensuring full traceable, resulting in a central repository of use cases Business Rules and Letter and Data Catalogue.

Gogarburn, Gb

• Business Analyst responsible for implementation of an e-flex web application system to provide a £2bn securitisation deal for the UK Corporate Banking market designed to reduce UK Corporate assets relating to commercial property lending. Analysis required close liaison with senior project stakeholders reporting directly into the Chief Executive of UKCB, such was the strategic importance of the project. • Personally responsible for the definition of business and functional requirements through to the development and execution of detailed test plans.• Instigated the scoping of the second phase of a Relationship Manager desktop application being rolled out throughout the Global Banking and Markets division.

Munich, De

Business Analyst responsible for a variety of business change and IT projects using structured methods liaising with senior stakeholders, business experts and project managers from both the business and ITResponsible for the Business Process Re-engineering of the Claims review of the Administration system utilising process flow mapping techniques, use cases, data modelling incorporating structured methodsTeam Leader responsible for implementing bespoke development solutions to receive bulk new business client files utilising process flow analysis and design via a series of workshops with key business representatives and Prince 2 deliverables. Management and delivery of migration from a legacy Extended Warranty system to a GUI Oracle system which was of significant strategic importance to the Division. Responsible for the initial project scoping, third party supplier software selection and implementation, delivering to time and cost and reporting into the Project Board.

New York, New York, Us

• Business Analyst with significant project responsibility for various projects within Global Research and Development in the Informatics Portfolio. • Delivered a portfolio of products and services to customers within the Enterprise Applications area, using a structured in-house methodology.• Implementation of document scanning solution, incorporating the evaluation, implementation and training of a 3rd party ad-hoc reporting solution• Defined process changes for IT training resulting in implementation of streamlined business procedures.• Developed a departmental web-site to assist communication of risks, issues and project status within the Informatics portfolio.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

• Successfully implemented a new fleet management tracking application, enabling a potentially significant business advantage to be achieved within the fleet industry.• Liaised with country support managers throughout Europe, clearly defining business requirements for a third party Offshore Development Centre, producing detailed test scripts prior to delivery and acceptance testing.• Business analyst, instrumental in the deployment of the Euro compliance project within the centre of excellence for the most successful fleet management organisation in Europe.• Undertook detailed impact analysis of the complex fleet management system spanning several application areas comprising of several hundred relational tables, using web-based technology to track and progress system enhancements.• Functionality enhancements were achieved within a very dynamic environment, often within intense timescales employing a tightly managed code control infrastructure

Luton, Gb

• Business Analyst responsible for the re-engineering of factoring systems for a major high street bank, adopting a structured client methodology• Business Analyst with significant project leadership involved in the redevelopment of a Customer Contact system for a major water services provider as part of a business re-development programme, utilising a Rapid Application Development approach. • Responsible for production of detailed functional specifications for a major high street bank for the development of a Client/Server Corporate Billing system• Analysis of several military systems for the MOD providing a framework for the development of future systems, incorporating data and process modelling techniques, delivering a Corporate Data Model using Oracle CASE*Dictionary•

Gb

• Facilitator in workshops using a RAD approach to model the business requirements of engineering systems using the Information Engineering structured methodology• Developed and implemented complex engineering systems including the pipework monitoring system for the largest structure in Europe, incorporating over three years 4GL experience.• Monitored spending and reported progress against agreed targets to senior sub-contractor management• Clarified customer requirements and assessed the viability of customer proposals, providing alternative solutions to business problems which saved one customer several thousand pounds of their annual budget• Provided concurrent computing support for several projects, each costing several million pounds to construct, with a total number of users in excess of one hundred