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London, United Kingdom

Employed to UAT test the introduction of International Payment functionality on the RBS group Mobile Banking App. This involved testing that all of the Business requirements were met, testing complex rules relating to International Payments, co-ordinating the checking of numerous downstream systems and ensuring the client front end met the specification.

Northampton, United Kingdom

I worked on the bPaid programme which was replacing the transactional, billing and settlement infrastructure for Barclaycard with BankWORKS. I was part of the Journey Test Team preparing the test scripts for full end-to-end testing of the solution. I was responsible for training 2 graduate resources who were new to testing. The team that I was part of were.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Returned to Parcelforce to work as the sole tester on a project to launch 2 new products to market. Completed testing for the full product lifecycle including all parcel tracking systems, the flow of parcel pre-advices through all downstream interfaces, all related tracking events including 3 new event types, handling of the new products on the drivers’.

London, United Kingdom

Senior Test Analyst on FAIS (Financial Advisory and Intermediary Solutions) Regulatory project introducing a trade monitoring solution to alert any trades that potentially breached market regulations. The solution was based on 3rd party Avaloq software. Managed the execution of test cases by traders, portfolio managers and fund managers. Raised and.

London, United Kingdom

Sole tester, working without supervision, on project to deliver reports to the Business and Central Sanctions Teams identifying customer records that had not been screened. Tested Tableau management information reporting project and multiple change requests for enhancements to screening and risk projects. Created test data for the screening application.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Wrote and executed test scripts and recorded defects for upgrades to the suite of applications used by Parcelforce customers. Tested browser compatibility for all applications and worked on other projects for SMS and Email notifications to customers, upgrades to the devices used by depots and drivers and projects delivering other benefits to the core.

London, United Kingdom

UAT Analyst on Central UAT team for the data migration project, dealing with the sale of RBS and NatWest branches. Involved with coordinating test coverage over numerous test streams to avoid duplication of testing and to ensure all requirements tested. Created and maintained traceability matrices. Provided support to UAT teams and led migration of Test.

London, United Kingdom

Tested the Enhanced Data Capture (EDC) application replacing manual forms in branches with an intranet application. Responsible for test preparation, execution and raising and tracking faults. Worked closely with onshore and offshore developers to drive fault resolution. Captured XML logs for printing faults. Met all deadlines in plan. Mentored other.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Tested migration of the Connect Finacle application to a 3rd party web application which managed home and motor insurance loan agreements. Prepared xml files to amend BACS direct debit details. Tested all output including letters from Skywire. Assisted UAT testers by creating data in SOAP, running end-of-day batches and investigating queries.

London, United Kingdom

Tested data migration from an in-house fund management application to a 3rd party application.

London, United Kingdom

Tested a new valuation analysis code (VAC) structure within the Quasar investment management application. Also tested the upgrade from Quasar to the new rhymeSIGHT application, a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) project and an enterprise single sign-on application.

London, United Kingdom

Sole tester for a life assurance and savings application developed by 3rd party company. Although a short contract the company did not have an IT department so I was responsible for building all of the test processes and documents from scratch and communication with 3rd party supplier.

London, United Kingdom

Involved from requirement gathering to test execution on project to deliver an automated cash handling machine. I also tested applications for Ulster Banks and the migration from Windows NT to XP. System tested new browser account opening application, lead tester on Offset Mortgage project.

Winkfield, Berkshire

Tested changes to branch applications for rollout to Republic of Ireland. Scripted and executed UAT cases on the cashiering and personal loan applications. Trained and mentored branch staff to script and execute UAT test cases. My scripts were used as templates for other testers

London, United Kingdom

Returned to RBS (formerly NatWest) on a contract basis after management pro-actively sought for me to return. Worked on the initial migration stages for software between RBS and NatWest.

Woking, Surrey

Planned and executed the testing on the integration project for the company’s main products, HelpDesk and ChangeManager. Visited and monitored customer sites undertaking Beta Testing

London, United Kingdom

Trained as a Business Analyst, then moved to System/UAT testing. Completed testing for upgrades and new applications for the branch network. Tested the initial NatWest Internet Banking Application.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for reporting to the Bank’s senior management on the programme to roll out Windows software to all the NatWest branches. This was the largest Windows roll-out in Europe at the time.

Dorking, New Haw, West Byfleet, Woking

Covered a wide range of banking roles with successful career progression due to my quick understanding and adaptability to business, technical and customer requirements.

Foundation Certificate In Software Testing, Software Testing

ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing

Btec National Certificate In Business And Finance, Business & Finance

BTEC National Certificate in Business and Finance

Education record

5 ‘O’ Levels