Business Consultant on a Payment Improvements Programme to increase Payment STP rates. The role included analysing Payment repairs and assisting and approving Epic and User Stories to deliver STP solutions by System, code and process changes. Requirement and solution changes for Phase 1 completed and future changes added to the Product Back Catalogue.

Business Consultant on a Payment Improvements Programme to increase Payment STP rates. The role included analysing Payment repairs and assisting and approving Epic and User Stories to deliver STP solutions by System, code and process changes. Requirement and solution changes for Phase 1 completed and future changes added to the Product Back Catalogue.

Test analyst working on the testing of International payments onto the Open Plan Framework (OPF) / Clear2Pay system. Test duties include defining test scenarios, test cases and script preparation and execution. test cases

Payments Test Team Lead role working on the Williams and Glynn delivery, primarily the new Complex Payments systems ProPay and ProDirectory and the supporting architecture. Responsibilities include creating a test approach, test planning and estimates. The oversee of the test script, test condition and run plan builds. The training of the test and operational resource.

A test analyst role working on dotcom changes using both Agile (JIRA) and Waterfall test methodologies. The role involves test planning, scripting and execution as well as code release management using JIRA.

UAT Test Analyst role working on a Payments Migration Project to interface existing client channels with the new installation of the GPP Payment Engine for SEPA CT and SEPA DD’s (Core and B2B). Phase 1 interfaced a Commercial Payment System for SEPA CT’s with the GPP Payment Engine via the message routing system MRP. This involved processing payments as a Commercial customer for various European Payment Offices and tracking the payments into GPP Payment Engine or the Host Mainframe Payment System depending on the business rules and checking the accounting leg(s) results. Also the testing of Operational Reports which involved comparing the GPP Payment search results with the Reports output.Phase 2 interfaced various H2H client file formats such as SAP IDOC PEXR 2002 and 2003, XML ddv1,CTv2 and CTv3 for SEPA CT’s and SEPA DD’s via the middleware to the GPP Payment Engine and the Accounting Platform. This included the testing of the new IBAN enrichment process interfacing with the Accuity systems. Both test phases required test scripting from the documented Test Plan and the associated data. The test execution and defect management via Quality Centre. The role included a QA role to review completed test scripts in order to confirm that the functional requirements and test script evidence had been adhered to.

UAT Test Analyst role working on a series of RTGS projects including a maintenance release of Change Requests and the introduction of a new CHAPS Member. The role involved corresponding with Member Banks setting up parameters such as bilateral limits, caps and RMA’s, answering queries and questions to support their Trialling testing using the STAR Gateway, STAR Alliance and Settlement Systems. Working with Operational and Technical areas to define test conditions from the business requirements. Producing and executing test scripts to timescale. Recording and documenting test output for Business signoff including the creation and distribution of Daily Progress Reports.

6 month contract in a UAT Test Analyst role for a Data Migration Project, for the rebranding of commissioned customer data for onward sale to a potential buyer. The role involved data mining, producing test scripts in accordance with the Business Operational Model.

3 month contract extended to 6 months performing a System Test analyst role for a Payments Credit Risk Project that re-engineered the earmarking of the funds balance position. The role activities included analysing Change Requests, test scope, producing test scripts, recording results and raising defects in Quality Center. Payment processing experience using the third party payment software from Fundtech called Global Payments Processing (GPP).

International Payments Operational clerical background moving into managerial positions, including the secondment to several Technology projects as the sole Business User for User Acceptance Testing until 1999, 2000 - 2006 Senior UAT Test Lead.Reporting directly to Test Manager for a 6 Phased Project to migrate the International (NOSTRO/VOSTRO), Euro (EBA, ChapsE and Target) and CHAPS payment traffic onto new Payment Architecture using the ProPay Payment System and the ProDirectory Data Engine for RBS and Nat West brands. This also included mandatory initiatives such as new payment messages such as MT103+. and compliance changes such as Money Laundering, FATF7, ICP Compliancy, PSD, Credeuro, SEPA. Responsiblities included the documenting and review of test documentation such as Test Plans, Test Completion Reports. Test case and condition peer reviews. Assisting Test Manager in Project Planning.2006 - 2011 Senior Payments System Test Analyst. Senior Test analyst for new mechanism migrations for Target2 and Sepa Direct Debits and the migration of Ulster Bank ionto the new Payments Architecture.. Responsibilites included supporting the Offshore System Test Team in regards to Test documentation peer reviews, scoping of Payments Test scope, data mining using SQL to interrogate DB2 tables and Payments SME reference point for Payment Processing questions.