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Glasgow, Gb

Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Agile PM/Delivery Lead within the Risk Value Stream maintaining, enhancing and protecting the operational stability and performance of the Risk Data Warehouse. Also, providing data to key business processes and systems as well as satisfying our regulatory reporting commitments. By doing this our team can maintain and enhance existing reporting capabilities within the Risk Data Warehouse by Improving breadth, depth and quality of data for our Commercial customers and beyond and reacting to changes in regulatory demands from our Risk, Finance and Commercial Reporting Teams

Glasgow, United Kingdom

FDM Group Ltd is a global professional services provider with a focus on IT and business recruitment for graduates and veterans. As a participant in the Ex-Forces programme, FDM Group Ltd provides a 6-week internal course to Ex-Forces providing commercially relevant and industry-specific project management training to fulfil an IT or business consultant role.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Project Manager to the Corporate Domain Programme to manage the migration of the ASI Internal Group Audit reporting tool as part of the Transitional Service Agreement following the sale of the Phoenix Group from the business. Responsible for ensuring data preparation, data extraction from Phoenix located data, trabnsfer of data from Phoenix data centre to ASI data centre and load of into the new ASI located instabce of the internal reporting tool. Also responsible for the decommissioning of the internal audit reporting tool and legacy data archive applications following successful migration.Activities ensured applications and data where migrated to allow ASI full autonomy of the internal audit tool removing service support and maintenance dependencies of an external organisation and allowing Phoenix to focus on their new strategic solution post separation.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

FDM Group Ltd IT Consultant placed at Aberdeen Standard Investments employed in the Investments Technology Solutions (ITS) Department in the role of Project Manager.ITS is responsible for developing and delivering IT Strategy, managing data, managing change programmes, developing and implementing software solutions, as well as maintaining the integrity and performance of systems, infrastructure and applications for Aberdeen Standard Investments.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Project Manager, Corporate Domain Programme – Aberdeen Standard InvestmentsProject Manager to the Corporate Domain Programme to define, design and deliver the decommission of a number of applications as well as the migration of archive data from the Phoenix Group data centre to the Standard Life Aberdeen target environment following the sale of the Phoenix Group from the business.Responsible for ensuring the in scope applications are decommissioned and archived data migrated in line with business needs and data retention schedules. Also managing the development of front end interfaces to allow the business to continue to have access to the data within its new target location. Activities ensured removed applications allowed the business to realise significant savings through the reduction of licensing costs as well as the removal of the dependency on 3rd party data centres to manage the data storage.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Project Manager, HR Transformation Programme – Aberdeen Standard InvestmentsProject Manager to the HR Transformation & Integration Programme to deliver an enterprise-level HCM software solution fit for purpose to the merged user population of heritage Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments.Responsible for the management of the delivery of an integrated single Learning Management System across the project lifecycle for all users accessed through the provision of SSO across both heritage intranets. Further integrations of 5 bespoke Learning Application Platforms into the Learning Management System, again through SSO access for the users as well as ensuring migration of user learning profiles.The delivery of centralised learning through the Learning Management System resulted in providing the business with a modernised approach to learning and development within the workplace. This also provided a more effective and efficient user experience with short term analysis showing an increase of users accessing the available learning content.Further responsibility through the support to the PMO team ensuring governance is followed in all respects and the standards for project management is adhered to by all work stream leads ensuring timely execution of all planned work against planned key milestones is practiced. Also responsible for overall coordination of programme logistical support.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Project Manager, Wealth Hub Programme, Standard Life WealthProject Manager to the Discretionary Fund Manager Standard Life Wealth Hub Programme to deliver an E2E resilient and scalable Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform allowing the business to transform and allow further organic and inorganic growth, making future acquisitions simpler with a robust client platform in place as well as increasing operational efficiency and providing an enhanced client digital experience.Responsible for the management of the delivery of the CRM’s complete suite of MI Reports across the project lifecycle. Streamlining the businesses MI reporting by moving away from an array of reporting tools to a single reporting function comprising of over 90 sets of requirements. This resulted in a vast reduction of hours across the organisation through modernising and streamlining their reporting processes. Also responsible for the management of the delivery of the CRM’s Client Portal across the project lifecycle by providing the client with a professional, organised and holistic digital relationship with their portfolio managers. This resulted by providing both the client and business a more secure, effective and modernised tool to allow the management of all portfolios inline with industry best practice.Further responsibility across other key areas of the programme through supporting the migration of the client portfolios, disaster recovery testing of the new platform, management of digital client risk questionnaire error testing and providing early life support to new releases into production.

Camberley

Technical Inspector to the Veterinary Services Training & Advisory Team. Providing QA to all HM Armed Forces and Government Military Working Dog organisations. Responsible to the HM Armed Forces Veterinary Services Chief Regulator in instilling a culture of welfare, enrichment and pride of position across all organisations.Facilitated the QA of all Government and Defence projects that involved Military Working Dogs. All projects had to be compliant to UK Home Office regulations and the animal welfare act. This included procurement, trials and implementation of all projects. SME for all project leads when new infrastructure projects were being scoped.

Worldwide

Germany

Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant (Facilities Manager) for 105 Military Working Dog squadron. Providing full logistical and supply support to the organisation within barracks. Whilst deployed out of barracks, within tented temporary accommodation, responsible for ensuring full capability for the functioning HQ was maintained at all times, mostly within austere environments.