Martin Johnson Email & Phone Number

Leeds

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Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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Leeds, United Kingdom

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Leeds

• TfN is a Sub-national Transport Body (STB) formed to transform the transport system across the North of England providing the infrastructure needed to drive economic growth through the Northern Powerhouse. The.
• To de-risk the Invitation to Tender (ITT) using a series of tactical Process Mapping Workshops focusing on the priority areas of Operator Onboarding, Compliance and Marketing & Communications. Drawing on earlier User.
• To create a new Single Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Organisation by defining the Processes, Organisation, Location (Infrastructure), Information, Suppliers and Management Systems (Operating Model Canvas POLISM). Focusing on a.

Leeds And Halifax

• The team is dedicated to meeting customers’ needs through Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and iWeb brands using Agile Methodology in Jira. With an execution only dealing service Stockbroking are one of the big five.
• Central Securities Depositary Regulation (CSDR) Programme- One of the key European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regulations Martin took over responsibility for the delivery as Project Manager. Key.
• Data Protection Act (DPA)- As lead of a Scrum team focusing on Business-only changes Martin was responsible for managing a new process for the retention the deletion of Colleague Data held for ten years. Key.
• EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Programme- Martin was responsible for the Scope and Requirements for Stockbroking in line with the Group approach. Martin led the analysis with the business for complex.
• Stockbroking Marketing Preferences- The legislation, as it was, stated that, to be compliant, consent must be freely given, specific, informed and a positive choice;
• Intermediaries Improvements- Martin was responsible for the Scope and Requirements to bring Intermediaries Processes and Systems into line with the Group’s Policies.

Leeds And London

• The team was responsible for managing the strategic level relationships with supplier partners. Key responsibilities:
• Flexible Delivery Centre (FDC) Requirements- Feasibility work to assess how FDCs could complement and support the Department’s Target Operating Model (TOM) through leveraging supplier assets including accommodation.
• Internal Team Target Operating Model (TOM)- Definition of Vision, Mission, Outcomes and Services to help determine the team structure and focus. The result was a clear and agreed mandate for the ways of working of the.

London And Leeds

• The Case Management System (CMS) is the core IT application used by the department’s case workers and administrators. Identified by the GLD board as a priority for investment to improve the quality of the legal work.
• IT Solution Delivery- Martin was responsible for the business and systems analysis on individual workstreams within the project adopting principles of Agile Development:o Close Case- ensuring all tasks are complete.
• Operating Model;
• Business Case;
• Project Management Office (PMO) support;
• Assurance; and

Blackpool And Leeds

• Martin joined the project at a critical time when a change of scope had caused a significant increase in supplier costs and disruption of the plan. Led the activity to challenge and negotiate across the team to make.
• Senior Business Analyst responsible for the delivery of interfaces - facing off to suppliers to ensure the solution integrates with ~7 interfaces and supplier plans;
• Supplier Performance- establishing and refining new ways of working (IBM & HP-ES), weekly tracking of resources burn against estimates to ensure best use of the project budget;
• Senior Business Analyst responsible for the Integrated Planning for the project- developing a clear structure plan and chairing the weekly ‘Delivery Review’ for the project leads and suppliers to report and track.
• Phrase Capture- led a multi-supplier team to design and manage three successful runs of the update process;
• Project Management best practice – simplifying the checkpointing process making best use of people’s time, identifying and putting Lessons Learned into action.

Halifax

• The largest mortgage integration programme undertaken in Europe combining the sales system used by HBoS and the existing servicing platform used by Lloyds and C&G. The programme consisted of a series of releases to.
• Providing a lead role for the team managing the workload against the plan and developing best practice;
• Facilitating workshops to gather and document requirements and functional areas of change;
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with developers (onshore and offshore) and testing teams;
• Ensuring requirements were traced through analysis, design, QA System Test and UAT (see below);
• Maintaining relationships with 3rd parties (Accenture and Unisys) for effective team working;

Blackpool And Leeds

• Senior Business Analyst responsible for the provision and management of test and production environments. This was a challenging area on the project requiring strong project and supplier management skills to establish.
• Identification of opportunities and suggest approaches for efficient reuse of existing environments;
• Pro-actively manage environment provision activities and IT delivery risks and issues;
• Facilitation and development of commercial agreements, resolving issues and timelines between suppliers;
• Technical Review and Assurance of proposed solutions against requirements.

Sheffield And London

Business Consultant responsible for ensuring recipients of Management Information (MI) benefit from the new Shared Service from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) of HR, Finance and Procurement. Managed the project plan and gap analysis matrix to support the necessary hand-offs to other strands on the programme. Responsible for liaising with the.

Leeds

Lead Business Analyst responsible for agreeing requirements for the DWP Change Programme projects and work with suppliers to deliver component-based estimates, resourcing and plans. Responsible for agreeing the approach across a large stakeholder group to Senior Programme Manager level. Facilitation of a series of workshops to communicate and agree the.

Norcross And Leeds

• Business Analyst responsible for high level cost estimating models in collaboration with third-party suppliers (Booz Allen & Hamilton, Accenture, EDS and BT) to modernise the delivery of DCS benefits. Key activities.
• ‘My DWP’ project- Following a change in Project Manager quickly assess the suitability of the Business Case for a high-risk project drafting associated Scoping Papers, Project Plans, appropriate Organisational.
• For the Portfolio and Programme Management function within the DCS ISD bring together the heads of functions to understand how best to support the management of new work into the Directorate.

Blackpool And Leeds

• Senior Business Analyst responsible for the provision and management of test and production environments. This was a challenging area on the project requiring strong project and supplier management skills to establish.
• Identification of opportunities and suggest approaches for efficient reuse of existing environments;
• Pro-actively manage environment provision activities and IT delivery risks and issues;
• Facilitation and development of commercial agreements, resolving issues and timelines between suppliers;
• Technical Review and Assurance of proposed solutions against requirements.

Leeds

• Senior Business Analyst engaged on a number of concurrent projects on a consultancy basis. Ability to engage and integrate in established project teams and to retain a clear focus on delivery demonstrating excellent.
• Lead Analyst National Pension Savings Scheme (NPSS) Operating Model and Programme Planning. Key member for the commercial tendering for a supplier to deliver an early Operating Model. Day-to-day working with McKinsey &.
• Lead Analyst contributing to the delivery of a full Operating Model for the Reinstatement of Deficiency Notice Project in partnership with Accenture. Facilitation of early stakeholder workshops to identify processes.
• Lead Analyst for the e-enablement of Retirement Pension claims. Responsible for the Feasibility Study, Requirements Analysis and facilitating requirements workshops;
• Lead Analyst responsible for the delivery of the requirements set for Real-time Pensions Forecasting including the development of a technical standard for the transfer of pension information in partnership with Origo;
• Analysis Model Architect establishing initial framework for Use Case models and providing training;

Bingley

• Senior Analyst then Project Manager of the external interfaces team:
• Requirements Analysis and Interface Design following PRINCE2 approach to planning;
• Third-party management to ensure interfaces are complete;
• Established a new team ‘culture’ by controlling scope & setting clear goals for the team.

• Textbook application of RUP using UML in Rational Rose;
• Facilitation of Joint Application (JAD) Workshops;
• Business Process Modelling and Requirements Analysis.

Accounts at Barclays Home Finance and Halifax Building Society