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Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Analysing and presenting data about business benefits. Exploring insights that can be made from data to support existing and suggest new avenues for business interventions.

Wellington

Primarily working on the implementation of Te Mataaho-a-Iwi | Education Dashboard (https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/topics/dashboards-and-infographics/dashboards/iwi-education), supporting developers, testers and the business owner. Developed the Power BI report and have assisted with road map development.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Providing the full range of business analysis skills for a project combining remote sensors with centralised rule evaluation. Started with revised business case, through requirements and specifications, and now post implementation data analysis.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Working at MFAT again.Primarily responsible for eliciting and documenting the business requirements for integration of transactions (where one business transaction will cross more than one system) and Data Migration from legacy to new systems.

Wellington

Responsibilities in the role:* Assist with development of an Indicative Business Case conforming to the Treasury Better Business Case model* Discover and document requirements and business processes to support Commercial off the Shelf product selection and configuration* Assist with procurement processes (Expression of Interest and Request for Proposal) to select Commercial off the Shelf products and vendors * Ensure, in collaboration with architects and product experts, that the solution would meet business needs and fit within the MFAT technical environment* Produce documentation, technical and business focused, to accurately reflect the design and clearly communicate it to business and technical audiences

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Objective:To assist with implementing a system to calculate the amount of carbon sequestered in a forest. The responsibilities of the role were to:* Document requirements for developers and testers to work from* Assist the subject matter expert to develop and prove the implementation of the science behind the calculationsAchievements while fulfilling this role:* Developed a prototype carbon calculation process using XML technologies and R script to support the subject matter expert to discover and validate the calculation method* Acknowledged by the subject matter expert as being quick to get to a level of understanding to be able to offer valuable support* Adapted to an agile development methodology, and supported the wider team in its adoption* Met time and quality targets for technical requirements, working within short timeframes* Used data models to ensure accurate translation of XML to database storage

Wellington

Role Objective:To actively support the Chief Information Officer in the business of delivering technology solutions for NZQA by providing accurate and timely information and analysis. The responsibilities of the role were to:* Accurately and promptly deal with ad-hoc requests for information and advice on behalf of the CIO* Take responsibility for the quality of information reported from Information Services* Represent the needs and opinions of NZQA to other organisations* Ensure department wide planning and monitoring was accurate, consistent and accepted by senior management and the NZQA Board* Be responsible for the development and maintenance of the Information Services Strategic Plan* Recruit and manage team membersAchievements while fulfilling this role:* Successfully responded to senior management requests for information within short timeframes and to high standards of accuracy and presentation, in a readily understandable style* Acted as CIO as required* Improved the quality of project reporting to senior management and Board such that the Board told the CIO “we trust the information you provide and know the [capital] programme is being well run”* Actively implemented department wide restructures with minimum disruption to ongoing operations* Performed duties of Release Manager in addition to those of substantive role

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Role Objective:To provide the leadership for the team of Business Analysts in Information Systems. The responsibilities of the role were to provide:* Technical direction and methodology development* Resource planning and task assignment* Recruitment of team members* Performance management of team members* Business and systems analysis as requiredAchievements while fulfilling this role:* Successfully established the position of team leader* Built and maintained high trust relationships with client business units to ensure issues were raised and positively addressed* Introduced document content standards that were accepted by all Business Analysts within NZQA* Made significant contribution to new Information Systems Strategic Plan* Successful documentation of new work governance process for Information Systems* Created and implemented a team resource plan* Established and maintained regular team reporting

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Role Objective:To provide business and systems analysis support to ensure accurate and timely system delivery.The responsibilities of the role were to provide:* Requirement discovery and documentation* Support of business processes* Maintenance of standards and processes* Training and support of less experienced Business AnalystsAchievements while fulfilling this role:* Established and maintained good working relationships with NZQA client business units during a difficult implementation* Facilitated and documented exchange of business requirements between internal business client and external vendor system development team* Ensured success of a project with a fixed and public deadline by delivering requirements and by supporting development* Supported critical business processes with a fixed and public deadline to successful conclusion using SQL to ensure millions of rows of data conformed to business rules* Developed Use Case templates and guidelines for use by all NZQA business analysts