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Brighton Sussex

Operating within the Document Services area of Business Services, I worked within the Triage Team to impact assess large scale printing requirements, for both centrally and locally produced documentation. This was to determine whether requirements could be delivered within the strategic TOM, or would have to be outsourced. I also provided input on triage governance and stakeholder engagement processes, for both waterfall and Agile/Scrum projects. I also took part in a planning review to help prioritise projects within the large E2E simplification programme, within resourcing constraints, and directed by benefits, cost of delay, and regulatory factors.

London Canary Wharf

Collaborated on the Vendor Management Workstream Programme, with Business, Risk, Vendor, Global Sourcing and Legal Representatives, to achieve savings on data usage and software licensing for Risk Systems (Decision Analytics)Savings were to be achieved by the rationalization of systems and data, the renegotiation of pricing structures, and the use of Global Enterprise Licenses, where cost effective. First year savings of £1 Million were targeted, and £740K was achieved during this assignment.

Requirements gathering and benefits analysis for the PPI (Process Performance Improvement) Programme, an enterprise wide exercise looking at significant business transformation. I particularly focused on the Licensing and Testing Services area, which was responsible for all applications for examinations for flight crew and engineers. This covered everything from application to exam, and the granting of licenses for both UK and overseas candidates.As part of the Enhanced Safety Performance Programme, I assisted in the design of the Safety Action Group (Regulatory Engine) processes, which provided the governance structure for high level oversight. I acted as secretary to the stakeholders working group, and produced both narrative and process map documentation.

London

Assisted in the review and optimisation of MI reporting for both tactical and regulatory purposes, and critical processes, between LBG and Certus. (An independent services company based in Dublin, rebranded from the Bank of Scotland Ireland). This was set up to help with LBG’s strategic exit of the Irish Market.Liaison with, and travel to stakeholders in Edinburgh and Dublin.

A programme to indentify holders of removal media with a security vulnerability, and recall and replace these items in a robust and traceable manner, from a potential user base of 5,000 staff. As well as close monitoring of the programme execution, I was heavily involved in the production of the related high quality communication materials. The design and rollout of processes to enable much tighter control on ownership and access to unstructured data held on Network Shared Drives and MS SharePoint sites. For both LTSB and HBOS heritages, from a user base of 60,000. Again this required the production of high quality comms materials, and procedural documentation.A programme to impose tight controls on internal user accounts, this was rolled out over 60,000 accounts, and required daily liaison with user representatives and IT staff. As well as monitoring the programme, processes had to cater for rollback, where access permissions had unanticipated effects on devices attached to the accounts.

Developed the Business Requirements, Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria, Communications Plan, and ITT documents, for the Security Access Control Project. A fully integrated system to encompass physical access control, automated CCTV patrols and recording, intrusion detection, and future proof security passes.Assisted in the process of formal gateway reviews, and tender response evaluation, with all major stakeholders.

Collaborated with the Special Needs Transport programme manager to compile data and other criteria critical for modeling costs for an optimised service offering.Met a tight deadline for producing data for a route creation project, overcoming the absence of a key software supplier, by developing creative solutions for simulating route costs.

Developed requirements for a Road Management department permitting project, spearheading a series of workshops to outline functional requirements and enforcement/legal issues.Delivered a business impact assessment encompassing the department’s staff, systems, and processes in preparation for the implementation of the Traffic Management Act.Liaised with a new software supplier to create a gap analysis and define core functionality.

Eased the process of migrating functions offshore to India by creating detailed, effective process designs/maps appropriate for the diverse needs of cross-functional technical, regulatory, and customer service professionals, and ensuring that changes to the TOM were clearly documented. Liaison with internal and external stakeholders as required.Facilitated numerous workshops to determine “To Be” processes including content management, workflow systems, and related documentation, for areas including Account Closures, BACS Recalls, Debit/Credit Card Fraud, and CHAPS and Foreign Payments. Use was made of Lean and Six Sigma techniques.

Developed a detailed business impact assessment for a new Web site, identifying opportunities for business process re-engineering and coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT). I produced detailed process maps for the envisaged new structures within CA, designed to feed and support the new site. The target was to increase donation income by 400%. In addition to internal UAT, I liaised with external testers to ensure compliance with accessibility legislation.

Gathered and documented requirements for a replacement Flight Planning System focused on increasing planner productivity and driving fuel savings estimated at £5.5 Million. This necessitated working closely with representatives from Finance and Flight operations, and interviewing all Flight Planners.I produced a detailed Statement of Requirements for inclusion in an RFP.

Contributed to a complete review and mapping of the existing processes within 3 separate county departments, liaising with all major stakeholders and holding workshops where required.Facilitated the development of forward-focused organisational structures and processes for a new Integrated Passenger Transport Unit, estimating costs and outlining the basis for IT support through the transformation.

Carried out comprehensive review and process mapping of all systems within the Passenger Transport Team using VISIO. Consulted with other County Councils and Solution Providers, before recommending process re-engineering options and potential replacement systems. The PTT dealt with the operation and management of Subsidised Passenger Transport, Home to School Provision and Social Services Transport requirements. I was involved in evaluating responses to the ITT, utilising a model I helped instigate with the business, prior to procurement.Project managed the initiation of several smaller projects, involving upgrades to software and hardware (Youth Offending Information System), the procurement of a Complaints Handling and Correspondence Tracking System, and an Image/Video MediaStore product. For the latter, I carried out a cost benefits analysis and cost of ownership review, working with staff in different directorates.Produced feasibility studies on Distributed Service Hubs for the Libraries and Trading Standards departments, as part of the Access Programme which incorporated SAP CRM. These looked at possible benefit realisations. I also liaised with workstreams in Transport & Environment and Social Services, with regard to cross departmental use of SAP CRM, and assisted the SAP consultants at in house workshops. This prior to the formal blueprinting process. I was involved in capturing baseline information for use in post implementation benefits evaluation.The in-house PM methodology used in all cases was PRINCE 2, encompassing PIDs, Project plans, Risk and Issue Logs, and Project Reporting.

Investigated options for implementing a Current Cost Accounting Fixed Assets Register (package or bespoke). This to aid negotiations for allowable depreciation with the water regulator OFWAT, and valuations for insurance purposes. Improved geographic positioning of assets, assisted in reducing insurance costs. Liaised with internal departments and external vendors.

Creation of an Internet Bond Offering System Development ProposalCorporate Data Management Business Case (DACE). Reviewed the cost savings possible by the use of more accurate centralised data (including licenses) by the business, using discounted cash flows and determining the NPV (Net Present Value)when looking at the business caseAssisted in the Initial Proposal, organised and helped facilitate the European workshops, and jointly produced the Functional Specification for RAPID an Intranet based Credit Proposal/Approval system to be used globally by 9/10,000 users. The internal client for this was the global Risk Management Division. OOAD techniques and UML Processes including Activity Diagrams and Use Cases were utilised on this project as well as the RAD Methodology DSDM. VISIO was the mapping tool.Carried out analysis to aid the baseline assessment (of organisational structure and architecture) for IT Transformation within in the bank, in conjunction with Andersen Consulting (Accenture). This following a bank wide strategic review and splitting of the bank into three Strategic business units (Wholesale Clients, Consumer & Commercial Clients and Private Client/Asset Management)Drafted business support processes and information flows for two merged units after a review, using UML where requiredAssisted in evaluation of ITT responses from 3rd parties for a Learning Network systemProduced an ITT for the Graduate/MBA recruitment website and candidate tracking system and evaluated the responses using the RISC2 methodology before initiating procurementProject managed a team of three for the Tactical London Compliance Project, providing reports on trader actions, potential Market Manipulation, and Mandatory Quote Failures, taking feeds from ARNIE, FIDESSA Trading systems and Reuters/Reference data systems where necessary.

Whole lifecycle involvement in the implementation an E-commerce site for a speciality coffee and confectionery business. Mapped processes using UML/VISIOEvaluated competition, retail packages and site hostsNegotiated agreement with host and secure payment services provider NetBanx, to set up Customer Billing and Customer Service Function

Documented standards for new and existing systems (Encompassing BASDA Accounting Standards), and assessed possible Sterling to Euro changeover methodologies Participated in the design and development of a process and system inventoryContributed to the Core Impact Assessment Report produced for the board (incorporating As Is: and potential To Be: scenarios)Carried out extensive EMU tools search, reporting findings and recommendationsInstigated a search for offshore providers of manpower and machine resources making initial contacts with companies in Ireland and AsiaContributed to the development of an estimating/ extrapolation model, to quantify the impact and resource profile required for the modification of 500-1000 systems accessed via 9000 PC/Workstations. This financial model gave a range of cost estimates from £90 to £250 Million.

Produced a high level architecture impact assessment report identifying systems, interfaces, market reference data feeds, providing an initial analysis of those potentially affected by EMU Liaised with all relevant stakeholders, EMU Programme Office, business divisional management, users and IT personnel

Carried out a feasibility study and costs benefits analysis into laser printers for the production of letters, cheques, tax vouchers and mandate forms for dividend cheque reissues and mapped the processesSpecified the changes to interface the DEC alpha systems with the printing subsystems. This BPR exercise was estimated to produce savings of £300,000 per annum, with a payback in the region of three to four months.Liaised with the business stakeholders to determine client customer requirements, with external printing solution providers, and with APACS for approval of a high security cheque I designedDefined the software for interaction with CREST, including viewing of Corporate ActionsMade proposal to improve reporting of RUR Message statistics from CREST

Managed and implemented systems support, primarily for LSI, a trade capture, position management system, and ONS, a back office settlement system, with users; Promoted improved relationships with the business user departments in UK and USA

Project managed a team of three for six years at BZW adding functionality and providing support and change control for IAS, the International Settlements System, which interfaced and took trades from FISCAL. IAS catered for back office settlement of international equities and some Swaps, Futures, Options, OTC's, Eurobonds and Warrants Liaised between IT and the business managers, sitting on the steering committee which prioritised work and achieved virtually a hundred percent record for delivery to agreed time-scales over the six year period. Whole SDLC involvementProduced all documentation and estimates for sign off, elicited requirements, took part in the development and organised testing and co-ordinated UATsEnhancements to IAS for Safe Custody, Counterparty Risk, Client Money, Stock Valuation, with feeds to Stock Borrowing and Stock Lending SystemsExtended the system for Stock Control, Trading Book Reconciliation and provided feeds to Cost of Fails and Cashbook Management systems and linked with a PC system to process outgoing and incoming SWIFT messages Organised the migration of Client Counterparty and Stock data to a new UNIX/ORACLE/HP large scale settlement system (ARIES), catering for both international and domestic settlement prior to the closedown of IAS

Provided support and development within the MIS departmentCreated Biotechnology Investment databaseDeveloped software to monitor staff dealing practices for Compliance Composed Bank of England reporting on Capital Adequacy

Designed and documented the EuroBond database and created a system to handle issues using the rapid development product SMARTSTAR, involved for whole SDLCDBA responsible for day to day operations, and new functionality

Developed a trading information system, to provide timely accurate data to facilitate rapid marketing decisions dependant on passenger movements.Acted as the DBA for the system

Developed a time and materials Project Control System for MarconiCreated a Security Pass Administration System for British Airports Authority, coordinated the UAT, and designed and presented the training course to usersProduced a simulator for employee clocking-on for Ford and modified software to dramatically improve performanceProvided consultancy to the M.o.D. for a high security tape management systemAuthored a section of Digital's Project Development Methodology dealing with the determination of customer requirements and ensuring their quality

Trouble-shooted and converted to multi-user operation, a sales ledger interfaced with a trade fair and exhibition space booking system

Process modelled and developed a complete simulator for training oil refinery controllers, praised for the quality and robustness of its softwareCreated a control system for a large American brewery

Built a general Traffic Control System written in FORTRAN and Assembler, running on clustered PDP 11's

Constructed a loan checking system for a subsidiary of Nationale NederlandBuilt control programs for television tubes manufacture

Analysis of scanned OMR documents for commercial and government bodies including travel and transport surveysEnhancement of a retail outlet auditing system

Trained Libyan students drawn from various government departmentsDeveloped TRADER, a foreign exchange system

KEY TRAINING COURSESSales Skills and Effective PresentationsSystems Cost Benefit AnalysisAnalytical Trouble shootingConducting/Facilitating JAD WorkshopsUnderstanding XMLBusiness Analysis/Process Mapping using UMLIntroduction to Client/Server Computing

M.Sc, Computing For Commerce And Industy

Computing for Commerce & Industry OO Software Technology (SmallTalk) Knowledge Engineering/Expert Systems Implementation of New.

B.Sc., Computer Science