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England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

promotion into AM role but moved back to product team after short stint in risk due to resource requirements and project knowledge

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Developing the testing procedure within software projects for Midland Heart and undertaking the test lead role in upcoming projects.

Birmingham

Business Support analyst specialising in reporting on asset maintenance. Use Business Objects* (including central management console for scheduling and account management), Crystal Reports, Total Repairs, Opti-time, Keystone & Northgate HMIS to script and update reports around Gas, Responsive Repairs, Void Repairs and Planned Maintenance.*webi and rich client versionsUndertaken and project managed numerous internal investigations into contract management, performance monitoring, financial performance, cost saving measures and SLA adherence.Project Management and lead tester on implementation of new compliance software covering asbestos, fire risk and electrical safety data. Also involved in PMO function on mobile working project investigating use of live video feeds on handheld devices. Technical advisor to second tranche of mobile working project as specialist for iOS including application & software support, training, device configuration management and reconciliation of user feedback for project scope, additionally second line support for Android and Windows 8 based tablet technologies. Investigation and authoring of cross platform electronic forms with further scope for back end systems integration.Bespoke project reporting using complex functionality in both Business Objects (local universes, force-merges, foreach, forall and in functions) and MS Excel (index match, array formulae & visual basic), authored a new suite of financial reports to mirror in one day what takes 15 days to be manually produced.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Fixed term contract until October 2011Data analysis and reporting of corporate assets. Cleansing of data within main asset management system and validation of data for integration with legacy systemsExpert user with Technology Forge Asset Management systems and IPMS (based on ArcGIS 9), exposure to Manhattan and Voyager CST (SAP systems) in order to ensure full data integration between main database and mapping and financial systems.Training of additional staff and support function within TechForge data system.Ad-hoc report authoring through MS-Access to provide standardised and bespoke reports used by directorates across BCC and external audit commission.Document control and data-realignment across a number of business critical criteria within Technology Forge system. Project lead on preparation of data for Carbon-Reduction-Commitment Scheme new software implementation.

Bimingham

Promoting Sonisphere festival through various media outlets during spare time:Flyering, promotional events at local venues, advertising in local independant stores, web based campaigns, forum posting

Central Projects Team monitoring all projects and financial reporting across a number of platforms specialising in Oracle ERPReporting on financials (revenue and capital expenditure) using Insight Reporting and currently training on Oracle OBI for initial roll-out.Reporting monthly on period, year and inception to date figures, authoring of a suite of monthly reports.Authored and implemented a number of ad-hoc data validation reports and update schedules to ensure continuity of data across modules within Oracle ERP system.Generating Revenue and Capitalisation of fixed assets (both labour and materials)

Stock Officer monitoring largest public sector housing stock in the UK.Specialised in database Management and data validity across number of systems:MS AccessPIMSSNorthgate HMISInnovation ApexReporting Suites Used to formulate numerous reports including but not limited to:Business ObjectsCrystal ReportsInnovation ApexMS AccessMS Excel (pivot tables, lookups, arrays)Project Management skills for full lifecycle implementation of Innovation Apex suite including:Requirements definitionData Mapping and StrategiesRisk AssesmentsTechnical ReportingTesting Planning and ImplementationData ValidationInterface design and implementationLead Officer during and post Stabilisation period

This role has developed my communication skills whilst also improving customer relationsData entry of electrical certificatesResponded to customer queriesLiaised with customers and contractors through various methods of communicationMonitored contracts through in-house toolsProduced weekly technical reports for management Key AchievementsTrained and supported additional clerical staffImplemented new business module as business needs requiredCreated new monitoring systems that are still in use todayDeveloped a noteworthy reputation causing migration into current role

Master Of Science (Msc), Business Computing, Distinction

Studying part time for MSc In Business Computing whilst working full time Modules Include: Business Systems Modelling Business.

Computer Science Bsc. (Hons), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Computer Science department open day guide, rock society, paintballing societymodules include: Networks, Maths.

Gcse & Science A-Levels (Maths, Physics, Chemistry)