Experience

Dublin Business School

• Ireland
• Education Administration Programs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Academic Systems Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Managing academic systems and student and staff timetabling for a large private college. Managing academic systems and student and staff timetabling for a large private college.



Science Foundation Ireland

• Ireland
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Business Analyst

  • Mar 2011 - Jun 2016

  Business Analyst and Functional Lead for Science Foundation Ireland's Grants Management System. Over 5 years led a large number of successful projects. I have an excellent track record in gathering business requirements and implementing projects and expanding functionality across the system. I have over 4 years experience in leading extensive UAT cycles and writing testing scripts. I coordinate all training cycles for a wide range and volume of users. In the last year I successfully led expansions to the system which have greatly benefited users. I am highly adept at analysing ideas and requirements from users and how they fit around our system to enable the most effective solution for the organisation.Key Achievements:Management of Science Foundation Ireland Grants Management System, SESAME, including team task management, making configuration and implementation decisions, drawing up project plan, task assignment, attending stakeholder meetings, and document preparation for configuration changesEnd to end implementation and delivery of SESAME system to all usersCoordinator of all SFI programme implementations on SESAMEIdentification and monitoring of SFI business requirements and how they can fit across the SESAME platformSkilled business process analyst and best practice implementerLead on ORCID implementation on SESAME which will allow SESAME users to directly connect their ORCID iD to SESAMEBusiness knowledge base for the SESAME team, assisting in strategizing and making decisions for the direction of future projects and ensuring optimal configurations Show less

• Executive Assistant

  • Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

  Administration assistance of key SFI programmes such as Principal Investigator, Research Frontiers Programme, Waltons and NanoSci-E+ among others.Planned and organised panel reviews: room organisation, document collation, presentation set-up, visitor management ensuring the smooth running of the panel reviews.Maintained accurate records of the SFI database containing sensitive programme information.Assisted in the review of filing procedures, creating a database of hard copy records.Assisted Programme Officers with programme related queries and preparation of meetings. Show less



Forfas

• Administrative Assistant

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2007

  Built solid relationships with numerous state Departments as well as various Forfás stakeholders and consultants. Assisted in the administration of various steering groups including: Tax Advisory Group; Climate Change Steering Groups and the Small Business Forum. Coordinated the Enterprise Areas programme and was responsible for reporting updates to the Forfás Management Committee. Provided business report research and coordination. Nominated to be the SuperUser for SharePoint system roll out including training. Coordinator for resolution of IT problems and training. Show less



Santander Totta

• Administrative Assistant

  • Apr 2002 - Dec 2005

  Personal Assistant to General Manager of International Bank. Liaised daily with the accounts department in Portugal. Organised end of month statements for senior accountant and made payments. Personal Assistant to General Manager of International Bank. Liaised daily with the accounts department in Portugal. Organised end of month statements for senior accountant and made payments.