Simon Kick Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

I am currently engaged in the Head of Testing role, managing a team of 6 staff. Responsibilities include: - Supporting the programme of change through managing the test resource effectively for the delivery of all aspects of system, integration and regression testing. - Ensure users are fully supported through the User Acceptance Testing process - Define and agree the over-arching test strategy - Pro-actively develop test processes and procedures to improve quality and… Show more I am currently engaged in the Head of Testing role, managing a team of 6 staff. Responsibilities include: - Supporting the programme of change through managing the test resource effectively for the delivery of all aspects of system, integration and regression testing. - Ensure users are fully supported through the User Acceptance Testing process - Define and agree the over-arching test strategy - Pro-actively develop test processes and procedures to improve quality and delivery of testing. - Manage and maintain efficient & effective testing procedures, templates & re-usable scripts Show less

London, United Kingdom

The DMO is an Executive Agency of Her Majesty's Treasury. The DMO's responsibilities include debt and cash management for the UK Government, lending to local authorities and managing certain public sector funds.Project ManagementEngaged in a senior project management role to succesfully deliver a major HM Treasury exercise to procure gilt registration services. The successful project was for services relating to managing a register of government bonds to the worth of circa £1.2… Show more The DMO is an Executive Agency of Her Majesty's Treasury. The DMO's responsibilities include debt and cash management for the UK Government, lending to local authorities and managing certain public sector funds.Project ManagementEngaged in a senior project management role to succesfully deliver a major HM Treasury exercise to procure gilt registration services. The successful project was for services relating to managing a register of government bonds to the worth of circa £1.2 trillion. I have experience of delivering multiple projects, including• Automated bid capture for Treasury bill tenders (move from phone bidding)• Local Authority – Self Financing, which saw a transfer of local authority loans from Corporate to HM Treasury accounts. Transactions to the sum of £15bn were created on one day. It was my responsibility to ensure the successful delivery on all fronts – loan booking, trade creation, confirmation and settlement arrangements.• New Gilts Products (Launch of the 50 year Gilt)• Strategic Debt Analysis (Optimal Portfolio)• Trading System upgrade• SmartOffice (Electronic Documents and Records Management)Business/Data Analysis• Delivery of trade and data analysis dealer tools for Gilt Auctions and Treasury Bill Tenders using SQL, database and VBA programming skills• Implementation of the Algorithmics financial risk management system – responsible as the data/business analyst on this project to prove expected results from the various Algorithmic scenario engines against data sets from the DMO’s internal trading system (TradeThru) and other market data system feeds (e.g. Reuters)• Scoped the requirements and managed the testing of the DMO’s data warehousing project for the provision of web reporting on the public website• Delivery of Phase 1 of the Government Banking project, including the mapping of process and transaction flows Show less

I was responsible for delivering a variety of operational projects and initiatives, which consistently built and improved the performance, efficiency and profitability of the business whilst mitigating risks. Key responsibilities included:• Project management of multiple, concurrent projects • Evaluating technical solutions for diverse business functions, e.g. cash management and MIS.• Work stream leader for regression testing for the in-sourcing of the James Hay pension business… Show more I was responsible for delivering a variety of operational projects and initiatives, which consistently built and improved the performance, efficiency and profitability of the business whilst mitigating risks. Key responsibilities included:• Project management of multiple, concurrent projects • Evaluating technical solutions for diverse business functions, e.g. cash management and MIS.• Work stream leader for regression testing for the in-sourcing of the James Hay pension business into the Abbey mainframe system environment.• Scope, design and develop in-house solutions, e.g. retailer processing and reconciliation systems using database skills and VBA.• Scoping, analysing and submitting proposals for business solutions both locally and bank-wide. Show less

London / New York

Responsibility for delivery of IT related strategic and operational projects including the development of end user applications and upgrade or enhancements to existing systems. Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Scoped and developed the Treasury Analytics database for the trading floor, which used to produce a global liquidity Management Information pack to top tier management.• Developed a reconciliation solution to compliment the New York entity version of a global… Show more Responsibility for delivery of IT related strategic and operational projects including the development of end user applications and upgrade or enhancements to existing systems. Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Scoped and developed the Treasury Analytics database for the trading floor, which used to produce a global liquidity Management Information pack to top tier management.• Developed a reconciliation solution to compliment the New York entity version of a global product development known as the Foreign Exchange Product Control Application (FXPCA). This involved my secondment to the New York offices for three months.• Managed and compiled test scripts for Year 2000 testing for local, intra business and corporate/mainframe systems.• Assisted with Euro testing of corporate mainframe systems.• Provided ad-hoc analysis of data to provide MI for senior management and explore cost saving opportunities. Show less

Business Development Manager, Money Transmission ServicesAs part of a newly formed development team I was required to project manage a variety of projects driving towards the creation of a flagship payments/money transmission centre. Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Developed a key system to process the branch network cash requirements; this fully automated an otherwise manual process.• Developed other key operational databases used to run the day-to-day business… Show more Business Development Manager, Money Transmission ServicesAs part of a newly formed development team I was required to project manage a variety of projects driving towards the creation of a flagship payments/money transmission centre. Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Developed a key system to process the branch network cash requirements; this fully automated an otherwise manual process.• Developed other key operational databases used to run the day-to-day business effectively.• Acted as Plan Author for the operational contingency arrangements.• Undertook capacity planning using Genetik simulation software. This enabled us to model various scenarios to evaluate the most effective use of resource against activities. Show less

Various

As a project leader, my brief was to manage the implementation of key projects within the Group. Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Implemented the Coutts Bank resource management techniques project.• Evaluated then ‘cutting edge’ technologies such as videoconferencing and multimedia.• Undertook various business process-reengineering projects such as NatWest Primeline (telephone banking service).Various positions held including:-NatWest Consultancy, Research… Show more As a project leader, my brief was to manage the implementation of key projects within the Group. Key responsibilities and achievements include:• Implemented the Coutts Bank resource management techniques project.• Evaluated then ‘cutting edge’ technologies such as videoconferencing and multimedia.• Undertook various business process-reengineering projects such as NatWest Primeline (telephone banking service).Various positions held including:-NatWest Consultancy, Research Associate then promotion to Project AnalystGroup Organisation & Methods, Forms Design/Control OfficerClerical, London Processing Centre Show less