Summary:An experienced Senior Business Analyst and Integration/Technical Analyst with a track record across the full project development lifecycle in delivering business change, application integration and platform migration projects within the Banking, Finance and Automotive sectors.Key Skills:• Full Development Lifecycle Experience.• Requirements gathering and specification. • Business Process Modelling.• Data analysis and data migration.• Test support and testing of all test phases.• Replacement of legacy applications and integrating new application/s with applications not being replaced.• Integrating new SAP applications with existing non SAP applications.• Migration of manual processes to automated strategic solutions. • Flexible and pragmatic approach.• Attention to detail.• Working in a multi time zone, multicultural environment.• Mentoring colleagues.• Implementation and post implementation support.Business SectorsFinance and Banking: Retail and Investment Banking, Customer, SWIFT, Payments, Credit & Risk, Treasury, Credit card Automotive: Invoicing, Accounting GL & AP, Warranty, HMRC reporting, Exchange RatesTechnical Skills Include: COBOL (including DBCS Chinese character processing), CICS, DB2, SQL, JCL, TELON, APS, JSP, FTP; UNIX, ORACLE, PLSQL, Perl, OST Business Rules; IBM i(AS400), RPG, DB2; SWIFT, EDI, SAP Integration.Education: BSc Hons (2i) in Metals and Materials Technology from Manchester University. Background:Over thirty years working in IT, half as a contract Analyst. After over 10 years as a IBM mainframe/AS400 programmer ending as a Chief Programmer running on/off shore development teams, I moved in to a variety of Business Analysis, Integration and Migration roles gaining a wide range of experience and knowledge.I take pride in my work and am a firm believer in the principle of doing any task accurately the first time, as this will lead to the best outcome for the project and client.