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A business focused Project Manager, with experience of delivering large complex software applications within the financial services industry. A strong, successful track record in project and line management has created respect as a manager and credibility as a results oriented team player. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Created and developed high performing, multi-skilled team, which delivered exceptional results in challenging timescales• Managed an IT team of 20 staff in the delivery of one of the most complex application solutions required within business unit with a budget of $6m• In-depth participation in new client business requirements enabled rapid agreement of specification• Concurrently managed the support for two applications, one achieving an annual income of £2m in royalties and another bringing in an income of more than €1m in licence fees and royalties• Overall customer satisfaction survey results for previous complex deliveries are ‘very satisfied’ and ‘extremely satisfied’
Experian Consumer Direct
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Senior Project ManagerExperian Consumer Direct Apr 2009 - PresentNottingham, United Kingdom• Managed a team of project managers through regular 1-2-1s and appraisal whose remit covered the set up, maintenance and upgrade of D2C services provided by Experian. Full project audit process set up and carried out to ensure quality objectives met.• Provided end to end project management through the initiation, planning, execution and closure stages for a variety projects relating to the Experian CreditExpert service• Wide stakeholder engagement needed for most projects involving sponsor, champion, Business Analysis, Product Management, Marketing, Cheetahmail, Technical operations, compliance, legal, infosec, technical team based in US and Quality Assurance.• Responsible for the establishment of a full Project Development Life Cycle template process for managing projects across the Credit Services division both within US and UK, involving regular trips to Costa Mesa, California. -
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Project ManagerExperian Apr 2006 - Mar 2009Nottingham, United Kingdom• Provided business consultancy, systems consultancy and project management for the development and implementation of a consumer credit bureau solution for the Japanese market. • Managed a UK-based team of 20 contracted development and test resources from a variety of agencies alongside 5 permanent development team leader resources.• Managed 2 contracted business analyst resources required to document new legal requirements to be developed post go-live.• Responsible for the co-ordination of development and test resources, acting as the interface to systems test contractor resources, the interface between the development team and other divisions within Experian such as Technical Services.• Worked intensively with senior project stakeholders across divisions within Experian, to formalise the delivery and communicate accordingly.• Provided in-depth consultancy for design and approach necessary for delivery to client in a phased manner: o to replicate existing functionality, ensuring successful migration of existing data, o to provide enhanced credit bureau service using Experian know-how, o to plan for provision of value-adds and new legal requirementsThis project was particularly challenging due to high levels of complexity and understanding required the need for regular client visits to Tokyo, regular communication with client and third parties over 8-9 hour time differences, involving much work to be conducted outside of normal working hours, and cultural differences -
Project ManagerExperian Jan 1998 - Apr 2006Nottingham, United Kingdom• Managed Hunter (application-based fraud detection) projects using virtual teams, as a part time secondment to MCL based in Southport. • Managed the delivery from initial solution design through to final installation of Hunter solution for Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society.• Initial management role for the delivery of a generic Hunter solution for Spanish market.• Management of Hunter solution delivery for GE in the Polish market. • Line and project manager responsible for the delivery of a new consumer credit bureau solution for the German market.• Managed team of 13 contracted and permanent staff to develop solution to fulfil agreed business requirements for credit bureau:Bureau Enquiries, CAIS Data Update, Fuzzy Matching & Retrieval, Self Enquiry, Blocking & Comments, Bureau Configuration and Address parsing.
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Simon Last works for Experian Consumer Direct
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Simon Last's current role is Project Manager at Experian Payments.
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Simon Last attended University Of Portsmouth.
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