Graham Sharp Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, GB

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Leading the production & review of all test execution governance across Finance/Actuarial projects from Test Strategy, Test Plans, Traceability matrix, Test Completion Reports, to verify software functionality and.
• Test Management multiple projects, covering Actuarial/Accounting & Treasury ‘Nile/Shannon/Waterloo/Insured Funds/Cash & Banking/Liquidity Cash Management’ - leading tests teams and business SMEs to fulfil test.
• Stand-up of daily defect triage calls pre-transition to Test Managers to chair, with internal stakeholders/3rd party delivery partners, for 4 internally managed projects, managing inputs on defects from triage.
• Providing support to all stakeholders, as single point of contact on all test escalation to Senior Management on key issues within testing.
• Production of daily/weekly status reports on the progress of testing, ensuring delivery on level 1& 2 milestones within agreed tolerance, for senior management, defect management, schedule risks/issues and escalate.
• Engagement 3rd parties test teams to collaborate and define aligned test process to support end-to-end execution between Phoenix and Abrdn.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Accountable for the test execution governance, production/quality assurance for Test Approach, Test Plans, Traceability, Test Completion Reports, Technical/Business Checkout during Implementation to verify.
• Test Management of all test phase execution/internal & external test resource, across strategic infrastructure programme for the following technologies (e.g., Palo Alto, Fire Power, F5 RAS, McAfee, Arista, Juniper.
• Third Party stakeholder management with multiple vendors supporting the test process from infrastructure execution/onsite infrastructure support on component failover/to test hardware installations. (e.g., Keysight.
• Chairing daily defect triage calls, with internal stakeholders/3rd party delivery partners, via a structured method based on a prioritisation of Testing Severity for captured infrastructure defects.
• Providing support to all stakeholders, covering both business and Technology, as single point of contact on all defect progression, as well as escalation route to Senior Management on key issues within testing
• Production of daily / weekly status reports on the progress of testing, ensuring delivery on level 1& 2 milestone within agreed tolerance, for senior management, defect management, schedule risks/issues and escalate.

Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• May 2019 – Current - Royal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow Road, Gogarburn, Edinburgh, EH12 9SB Technology Accredited Programme Test Manager/Project Manager – London Data Centre Migration Responsibilities
• Responsible author for the definition and rollout of Programme Testing Framework to support test execution, with required governance aligned to BAU P3M framework, programme reporting and Quality Assurance across.
• Established Programme Testing Working Group with key senior stakeholders allow escalation from project/Franchise testing teams with impacting risks/issues seeking programme resolution/support/promotion to programme.
• Production of Monthly programme testing dashboard covering test component progress, reflective RAG status and associated programme level risks, captured and tracked within Plan-view.
• Accountable for the test execution governance, production/Accredited quality assurance for Testing Risk Assessments, Test Strategies, Test Data risk assessments & Testing is Complete reports across 9 franchise teams/.
• Management of back-up and recovery across programme delivery teams, capturing requirements by application during chaired workshops on mandatory retention periods for data via back-ups/records mgt classification, for.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Responsibilities
• Accountable for the test execution governance production, quality assurance across BAU mortgage releases and Strategic migration programmes
• Management of all test phase execution across BAU GMS Mortgages releases & Mortgage Migration Programme/ Planning and managing the testing effort for any given release to support planned testing
• Develop daily/weekly status reports on the progress of testing, ensuring delivery on level 1& 2 milestone within agreed tolerance, for senior management, defect management, schedule risks/issues and escalate where.
• Leading discussions between operational management teams, as well as director level to resolve issues pre roll-out of application to Production/ Chairing daily testing progress and defect triage meetings/Test.
• Input and support during Request for Information RFI pre-tender process/Request for Proposal RFP, for evaluation on potential 3rd party testing partner. Transition and integration of 3rd party test partner to support.

• Responsibilities
• Accountable for the execution of detailed test plans and scripts to verify software functionality and adherence to business requirements/business process
• Implementing and evolving appropriate measurements/metrics against product and application under test for all credit cards based execution, as well as suite of retail banking products in a BAU capacity. Planning and.
• Responsible for understanding Business requirements, IT requirements, and developing domain knowledge for all areas of ownership
• Assist testing team as needed to ensure all testing completed on time, from both a test methodology and banking product understanding point of view
• Participate in review sessions on business requirements, functional requirements, test cases; test data and final build delivery, to understand business needs and considerations for test

Sydney, Rhodes, 3 Ryder Blvd

• Creation of the overall test strategy for System, Integration, UAT execution, including test scope/approach, entry/exit criteria, test roles/responsibilities, environments and defect management.
• Test Lead over multiple projects - JDE Mainframe billing change/new reporting suite, SharePoint 2013 - Legal/Contracts/Tenders, weighbridge application - system upgrade, and CRM Pricing calculator
• Leading the creation of SIT test plans/scripts for test execution. Responsible for the execution of detailed test plans and scripts to verify software functionality. Documenting all results using execution software and.
• Leading the creation of UAT Test plans in preparation for User Acceptance Testing
• Support to Senior Business Analyst/UAT Test Analyst in preparation for UAT execution via assistance on scripting, scenario planning, and defect management and application functionality.
• Defect management of all logged issues, management to resolution, within all phases of execution.

Interpoint Builing, 22 Haymarket Yards & EHQ Building, 2 South Gyle Cr Edinburgh

• Define the overall test approach, test roles and responsibilities, recourse requirements, deliverables, entry/exit criteria and creating business scenarios to conduct the end-to-end testing.
• Leading the creation of test plans and scripts for a release. Accountable for the execution of detailed test plans and scripts to verify software functionality and adherence to business requirements. Documenting all.
• Define the scope of testing within the context of each release / delivery. Implementing and evolving appropriate measurements and metrics against product and application under test. Planning and managing the testing.
• Responsible for understanding Business requirements, IT requirements, and developing domain knowledge for all UAT areas of ownership. Act as a liaison between the business and IT organization to ensure that application.
• Participate in working and review sessions on business requirements, functional requirements, test cases, test data and final build delivery.
• Develop daily / weekly status reports on the state of testing, defect management, schedule risks/issues and escalate where appropriate.

Interpoint Building, 22 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH.

• Preparation of all test documentation through project test life cycle
• Co-ordination/Test management/defect management of user acceptance testing for: - New operational business processes credit card programme - BAU system enhancements across numerous products - General Insurance (Pet.
• Transactional cross-scheme simulation/Fraud execution – Authorisation & Clearing
• Quality assurance & consultancy across numerous 3rd party relationship projects - Static (SDA) to Dynamic (DDA) data chip authentication - BAU system enhancements
• TS2 Card Guard/Operational Fraud/AML/Peps/Sanctions/Triad Credit Risk execution
• Workshop participation during requirements gathering

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Jan 2009 – Aug 2009Scottish Widows, Lloyds Banking Group, 69 Morrison Street, EDINBURGH, EH3 8YF.Business Analyst – Business Transformation - Daily Rate
• Workshop facilitation during requirements gathering
• Project planning/preparation of all documentation, process mapping of key processes
• Identification of risks and issues in accordance with project standards, escalating to relevant forums group-wide
• Support to Project Manager throughout planning stage
• QA test input to Business Continuity Test planning

22 Buckstone Terrace, Edinburgh, EH10 6YQ.

• IT capital maintenance/IT recharging analysis completed across Scottish Water Group
• Co-ordination of high level technology estimates for business funded projects
• Project planning /preparation of all documentation, process mapping of key processes
• Risks and Issues logged as per project standard/escalated as appropriate
• Workshop facilitation during requirements gatheringAchievements
• 4 year IT capital maintenance plan delivered up to 2014

4 North St Andrews Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1YB.

• Initial gap analysis to identify scope for 2nd phase of programme
• Test management support to business during business testing phase 1
• Preparation of all documentation through project test life cycle
• Co-ordination system testing for system enhancements across 15 new data feeds
• Test management/planning/test execution/defect management
• Workshop facilitation during requirements gathering /configuration of system

52 West Register Street, Edinburgh

• Preparation of all test documentation through project test life cycle
• Co-ordination of user acceptance testing for system enhancements
• Test management/planning/test execution/defect management on General Insurance Programme
• Quality assurance & consultancy across numerous 3rd party relationship projects
• Test execution of new Disability Discrimination Act legislation – screen reading/content web structure
• Workshop participation during requirements gathering

Direct Line Financial Services, 250 St Vincent Street, Glasgow EH10 6YQ.

• Analysis/evaluation of relevant options/recommendations to the project manager
• Project documentation preparation through project test life cycle
• Identification of risks and issues in accordance with project standards, escalating to relevant forums group-wide

22 Buckstone Terrace, Edinburgh, EH10 6YQ.

• Analysis on key Customer Accounting projects undertaken/shared with project team
• Management of key work-streams within overall project plan
• Preparation/input of all documentation through project test life cycle
• Process mapping for all key process changes

Younger Building, Redheughs Avenue, Edinburgh, EH12 9JN.

• Support to project manager in the preparation/ review of business cases
• Analysis/research options undertaken and documented for circulation
• Management of key work-streams within overall project plan
• Preparation/input of all documentation through project test life cycle
• Process mapping input to central mapping team
• Management of user acceptance testing to provide fit for purpose application

Centrica Plc (British Gas), Granton House, 4 Marine Drive, Edinburgh, EH1 5YB.

• Support to project manager over numerous Credit Management projects
• Preparation/input of all documentation through project test life cycle
• Analysis undertaken and recommendations provided to project manager
• Risks and issues logged in accordance to project standards/escalation to key stakeholders