Leon Jacob Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Business Analyst on the government Transforming Public Procurement program.- Working on the discovery team for a new Sign in and Registration system for users and organisations- Creating AS-IS and TO-BE process flows- Gathering requirements and user stories from different teams and stakeholders- Undertaking gap analysis on existing systems to deliver the solution

London, England, United Kingdom

Owner/Director of an online retail company, selling branded footwear/clothing via own website and online marketplaces- Scaled the business by optimising processes and technology. - Built a roadmap to improve the user experience, drive revenue and reduce cost- Led the transformation of the company from an IT and Finance perspective, to grow from a garage operation into a warehouse-based £2.5M turnover company sending out up to 60,000 orders per year. - Owned the roadmap and vision for our e-commerce retail site, designing the user experience, researching the market, and thinking strategically in planning feature release and customer acquisition strategy- Gathered our requirements and implemented a third-party SaaS inventory system which enabled our inventory data to be fed to multiple online platforms simultaneously, and therefore allowed our products to be advertised to a larger online audience- Implemented the change of our business model from stock-holding to a "presell" model whereby we listed supplier stock and ordered them in once sold. This involved configuring data feeds into our inventory system to add supplier stock into our portfolio- Worked with Sage as our financial package, designed reports and implemented a third party tool to import our sales into the Sage accounting software

London, England, United Kingdom

Agile Business Analyst working on the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) with outsourced developers on internal and external projects- Defined the requirements and process flows for the company retail website from concept to final design. This included providing and maintaining backlog items and user stories, collaborating with a third-party agency to develop and implement the site, and integrating it with our inventory system - Supporting the client applications that we built, liaising with external developers to implement new features and functions- Project managing the production of jewellery catalogues for several jewellery wholesalers including photography, managing and outsourcing the print production, digitising the catalogue for website use- Created reports using SQL in order to analyse data and enhance decision making

London, England, United Kingdom

Application Developer working on several bespoke applications/projects for clientsSome examples- Developed a bespoke CRM system for a mortgage broker on Microsoft Access- Developed a transactional website for a jewellery retailer

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

I worked as a Senior Analyst/Programmer at RBS Insurance working with VB, VBA and SQL ServerOwned the Claims Tracking System from a developer perspective. Implemented enhancements and feature releases for this system and several other applications. This involved working with the business analyst for the requirements analysis, planning, development, testing as well as user acceptance testing (UAT).

Prudential Insurance - as an analyst programmer supporting various in-house applications for the General Insurance arm of the company. - Working with the Insurance Business stakeholders to gather their requirements for the in-house aplications and designing and building the enhancements and fixes into the system.- VB, VBA, SQL Server- MS Access, MS Excel, MS Office Suite

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

Graduate IT Trainee Scheme- Trainee programme taking us through the project lifecycle and then worked in three different placements - I was in the Programme Office of one of the largest Programmes undertaken by the Prudential Plc together with Andersen Consulting (Accenture), reporting to the Programme Office Manager. Collated updates from Project Managers for milestone reporting, provided input into the Board of Management (BOM) reports, and general admin tasks for the Programme Office.- Joined a development team that supported and enhanced applications in the General Insurance arm of Prudential. Trained in VB, VBA and SQL Server as well as MS Access

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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