Michelle Yorath Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

VWFS provide finance to the retail used and new car markets, Volkswagen Bank provide wholesale finance to the Volkswagen Brands retailer network. I was asked to return to VWFS to support a number of projects utilizing my in-depth knowledge of VW Bank. These include integration of Dealer Management Systems to VW Bank Systems to streamline the funding.

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Allica Bank exists to empower small and medium businesses to succeed. Built on tailored expertise, local relationships and modern tools, Allica Bank delivers expert banking for business Britain. Acting with integrity, working collaboratively and being straightforward are the values Allica Bank lives by.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

• Initially (3 months) I worked on a number of initiates, alongside Solution Architecture to develop feasibility studies to be presented to the BOM. Initiatives ranged from the potential implementation of API’s to.
• Redesigning the business architecture to establish two set of business processes one for each business, according to the Target Operating Model provided.
• Analysis of all IT systems to establish which organisation owned and used each system. Where systems are shared prove that there was a separation of data.
• Assisted in the development of the shared services agreements between the organisations, defining the services and associated KPI to be used for service monitoring.
• For the last 3 months, I led a team of 3 Business Analysts undertaking a deep dive review and update of all VW Bank business processes, used to support the revising of the Target Operating Model.

Northampton, United Kingdom

• The Travis Perkins Group consists of over 20 businesses and 19 product brands operating in the General Merchanting, Plumbing and Heating, Contract Merchanting and Consumer sectors, with an annual revenue of approx..
• Writing of user stories and acceptance criteria
• Participation in all scrum ceremonies (refinements, planning, retro session etc)
• Assisting the Scrum Master in the management of the backlog using Jira
• Review and contribution to Project Documentation using Confluence

Searchlight Consulting is an independent consultancy specialising in aligning ITstrategy with business strategy and supporting the delivery of businesstransformation programmes. We help our clients deliver Enterprise Solutions(ERP, CRM & BI) via the provision of:- board advisory and risk management services- strategic architecture and planning services.

Working within the Advocacy area of the bank, I worked as the Senior Business Analyst on the Package Bank Accounts Programme (PBA). Delivering various change projects succh as process changes, systems development and the identification, elicitation and provision of relevant internal bank evidence, from legacy systems.

Using the ‘AGILE’ methodology worked in a wider team to develope an in-house replacement for the VWFS point of sale (POS) system. POS is a core system used by the majority of internal users and over 800 retailer sites. As the Implementation Change Analyst, working directly for the Project and Programme Managers and the key Business Users

Dunstable, England

Whitbread is a major hospitality company which owns several High Street brands, including Premier Inn, Beefeater Grill and Costa Coffee. As a Lead Business Analyst I worked both autonomously or leading various sized groups of BA’s on several projects across the Restaurant business.

London, United Kingdom

As a Lead Business Analyst I worked and lead groups of BA’s on two different programmes. Between Dec 2011and Jan 2012, I was responsible for the Business Analysis and Change on the Case and Intelligence Management System.Between Feb 2011 and December 2011 I worked as the lead Business Analyst on the Liquidity Programme I was responsible for leading a team.

Northampton, United Kingdom

Working on the Mortgage Market Review Programme with the responsibility for the analysis of Final Notices issued by the FSA for contravention of MCOB rules, with the aim of gaining further insight into how the FSA apply the rules.

London, United Kingdom

I held two roles at the FSA, the first as aLead Business Analyst. I worked and lead groups of BA’s on several programmes and projects from strategy pieces to system implementations and legacy system enhancements following regulation changes. (3rd Money Laundering Directive/MifiD/Unclaimed Assets)I then move to the business lead Change Management group. As.

London, United Kingdom

The Office of Communications is the industry regulator of the Communications industry. I held the role of Lead Business Analyst for the phased implementation of SAP and Siebel, covering Finance, HR and project and portfolio management, contact and case management.

Royal Leamington Spa, England

Lead Business Analyst in the across two phases of a Siebel roll out and team management for a mixed team of permanent and contract Business Analysts across the business, working on a diverse range of projects and initiatives.

Tamworth, England

Client facing role, responsible for the implementation of an automated CRM/Sales System (Respond) to five regional sales businesses across the UK using the Prince2 Methodology.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Business analyst on a major programme to deliver a workflow solution to the Special Educational Needs Department, to track the progress of ‘requests for assistance’ (Case Management) for pupils who require help to gain an education.

London, United Kingdom

Management Consultant on a variety of major programmes delivering solutions including:Norwich City Council – Business Analyst on an IT strategy project.Schering Healthcare - Schering Health Care is a marketer and retailer of pharmaceuticals in the UK. I worked within the Siebel Configuration team as an Application Architect.iPharma – Deputy Project.

Crawley, England

I held several Team Management positions within In-flight Provisioning Division before changing direction of career into IT. Within IT I held several roles progressing to an internal J. D. Edwards Consultancy role