Experience

New Zealand Electoral Commission
• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Consultant

  • Mar 2022 - Present

Department of Conservation (DOC)
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Senior Business Analyst

  • Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

Ministry of Health New Zealand
• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Senior Business Analyst

  • Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
• Consultant

  • Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
• Lead Business Analyst - Booking Services Project

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2020

  Successful implementation of SaaS booking service for DOCs Great Walks. This included functionality for flexible pricing, the ability for customers to manage their own bookings and a vastly improved customer experience on AWS infrastructure. Successful implementation of SaaS booking service for DOCs Great Walks. This included functionality for flexible pricing, the ability for customers to manage their own bookings and a vastly improved customer experience on AWS infrastructure.

• Senior Business Analyst

  • Aug 2016 - Oct 2017

  Responsible for the security Certification and Accreditation process for the electoral systems prior to the 2017 General Election. Working with external security consultations to ensure that the information and associated technologies were safe, and that risks were properly identified and mitigated and so that governance responsibilities could demonstrably be met. Responsible for the security Certification and Accreditation process for the electoral systems prior to the 2017 General Election. Working with external security consultations to ensure that the information and associated technologies were safe, and that risks were properly identified and mitigated and so that governance responsibilities could demonstrably be met.



Link Group (LNK)

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst

  • 2014 - 2016

  System Migration Project LINK administers finances for over 2,500 clients globally, servicing an underlying stakeholder base of over 10 million superannuation account holders and over 25 million individual shareholders. The transition project was formed to migrate all member data from the existing Superpartners systems on to the aaspire platform. My role within the project is to interpret configuration functionality and business rules; and configure the aaspire platform to match. System Migration Project LINK administers finances for over 2,500 clients globally, servicing an underlying stakeholder base of over 10 million superannuation account holders and over 25 million individual shareholders. The transition project was formed to migrate all member data from the existing Superpartners systems on to the aaspire platform. My role within the project is to interpret configuration functionality and business rules; and configure the aaspire platform to match.



Superpartners

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Business System Analyst

  • 2012 - 2014

  Legacy System Rule Extraction projectBusiness rules contained in Legacy systems were not accurately documented and had become out of date. A vendor was engaged to analyse the legacy code base and identify all business and system rules. These rules were then extracted and transformed for future project reference and use and as a baseline for requirement validation and ongoing transformation activities.Deliverables:• Provide confirmation/clarification to vendor developer queries • Validate business rules • Facilitate vendor and solution architect workshopsSystem Configuration Analysis ProjectConfiguration Analysis project to identify functional gaps between the current build of replacement system and the production version of the legacy system. The main objective was to identify business critical functions and assess Day 1 release requirements. Deliverables:• Define and apply decision framework to determine functionality gaps• complete analysis on 280 Gaps• Identify 127 function changes• Produce recommendation pack for steering committeeOutbound Communications Standardisation ProjectDelivering new communication capabilities and integrating with an online portal for communication template creation/modification. This solution was successfully implemented in 2013 producing automated letters for 400 correspondence templates with the capability for ongoing updates to be made through the portal.Deliverables:• Produce multiple functional requirements specification.• non-functional requirements specification.• Requirements Traceability Matrix for over 7000 requirements and 5 systems.• Articulated requirements across multiple internal and external systems.• Define exception handling solution • Maintenance of project level Risks & Issues register. Show less

• Associate Business Systems Analyst

  • 2010 - 2012

  Legacy System ReplacementEnterprise wide business transformation programme including the replacement of a Core Administration System servicing over 7 million accounts and holding over $160 billion in funds under administration. The replacement system was designed to reduce complexity and increase flexibility enabling more effective change management resulting in greater speed to market for new campaigns or changes to legislation and improved data accuracy. It was launched and implemented in 2012.Deliverables:• operational reporting business requirements specification • financial reporting functional requirements specification• post implementation production supportOutbound Communications Standardisation ProjectDelivering new communication capabilities and integrating with an online portal for communication template creation/modification. Focus on the creation, generation, and production of electronic and paper correspondence to clients removing risk and providing the ability for communications to be tailored and sent via multiple channels with copies returned to a document management system. This solution was successfully implemented in 2013 producing automated letters for 400 correspondence templates with the capability for ongoing updates to be made through the portal.Deliverables:• Produce multiple functional requirements specification.• Produce non-functional requirements specification.• Maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix for over 7000 requirements and 5 systems.• Articulated requirements across multiple internal and external systems.• Define exception handling solution involving changes to architecture and workflow.• Maintenance of project level Risks & Issues register. Show less

• Business Process Analyst

  • 2008 - 2010


Standard Life UK
• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Financial Analyst

  • 2005 - 2007

Scottish Water
• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee
• Project Associate

  • 2004 - 2005