Test manager for major Oracle system.

Responsibilities :-Managed releases to the Oracle Resource Management system, ensuring accurate planning and delivery with fully auditable delivery. Identified environment requirements and availability, issues are reported/ resolved and that access is administered in a secure and appropriate manner.Liaised with multiple stakeholders and suppliers, engendering a collaborative approach to the accurate and timely refresh of multiple test environments. Ensured that any item to be released has been appropriately tested and are in an acceptable state for release. Planned and managed testing across the business throughout various stages of the testing lifecycle. Lead multi-supplier defect management meetings, liaising with relevant stakeholders agreeing appropriate resolution. Managed a small team of Project Management support staff.Key Achievements • Introduced a system to secure and control access to multiple environments.• Actively participated in numerous major IT releases on multiple systems across various suppliers and client base.• Redesigned MI reporting outputs of testing, providing greater statistical detail to management.• Proposed, designed and implemented new MS Access databases for the Change Control and Defect Management processes, introducing a more consistent approach with a strong feed to the end to end test and release management processes.

Responsibilities : - Maintain and update plans (MS Project plan and PCN), monitoring progress against plan and reporting risks as appropriate.Provide support to senior management at Project meetings.Produce weekly progress report for Finance Director General.Ensure the relevant documentation in place to allow the project to progress through the appropriate governance route.Key Achievements : -• An active member of the project team that successfully delivered the Oracle version 12 upgrade.• Prompt and accurate progress reporting to senior management and senior Departmental boards.• Implemented and lead on regular multi-organisation reporting workshops. • Enhanced existing knowledge of Project Methodology (Prince2) • Reviewed and amended project documentation for the Project Delivery Manager• Conducted a review of the test PC’s across the business and arranged for the procurement of additional equipment where required.

Responsibilities : -Liaised with clients and stakeholders to confirm business requirements, agreeing reporting solutions.Investigated reporting defects and potential solutions. Planed, designed and conducted the functional testing of newly built / updated reports as required. Managed of all aspects of User Acceptance Testing for multiple clients base (Designed test scripts, ensure secure system access, created test data, arranged production of output report for management).Key Achievements : -• Functional testing lead for multiple Government Department onboarding exercises. • Designed and implemented the first catalogue of available reports across multiple client groups for publication. • Designed and implemented a database for Discoverer that automatically created a detailed specification document.• Utilized strong project disciplines (E.g. Planning/Issues/Risk/Reporting), led on the testing elements of a major client reporting transformation, designing and developing a number of testing tools to manage the schedule of testing and delivery of reports.

Responsibilities : -To meet a Government White Paper requirement for Parliament, conduct a fact finding exercise around the Social Fund debt reconciliation process and investigate alternative solutions to the process, fully utilising IT packages available. Key Achievements : -• Investigated and considered all data sources available across multiple IT platforms.• Documented findings and delivered presentation to senior management and stakeholders, advising of options, fully detailing the benefits of the revised approach.• Built and implemented an IT solution using an MS Access database that created considerable resource efficiencies and reconciled the accounts to millions of pounds greater accuracy.• Fully documented the new process and conducted training of staff using the new system.