Geraint Evans
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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German Elementary proficiency
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Welsh Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management
PeopleCertMay, 2018- Oct, 2024 -
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
APMG InternationalOct, 2017- Oct, 2024 -
BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering
BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITJul, 2017- Oct, 2024 -
Managing Benefits Foundation
APMG InternationalJan, 2017- Oct, 2024 -
Better Business Cases Foundation
APMG InternationalOct, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
AgilePM Agile Project Management Practitioner
APMG InternationalJul, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
AgilePM Agile Project Management Foundation
APMG InternationalApr, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Experience
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vast:visibility
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Romania
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Analyst
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Feb 2019 - Present
Vast Visibility is a technology provider to the insurance industry. Its main products include insurance comparison websites, providing whitelabel solutions for well-known brands like GoCompare, MoneySuperMarket and ASDA Money. It has strong links to motorbike insurance and powers the UK’s first motorcycle insurance website, The Bike Insurer. • Acted as gatekeeper of change requests queue for all internal and client-suggested product changes. Converted requests into specifications with enough detail for software developers to work on. Evaluated all requests for impact on range of perspectives (technical, commercial, operations, compliance, marketing) and how they would fit with internal systems. Researched and elicited further specification when required. Investigation and assigning to the right person.• Managed email inbox of client requests and issues. Acted as bridge between external clients, internal relationship teams and product development teams. Managed these requests from end-to-end in contributing to prioritisation, providing regular updates to clients, co-ordinating external testing, approval and release.• Creating, refining, and prioritising product backlog items, including UI improvements, conversion and completion rate improvements, client changes.• Championed introduction of Confluence as a documentation system to be used business-wide. Presented demonstrations and training on the aims and use of new system to 70 users. Acted as point of contact for operational, best practice and migration questions.
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Shop Direct
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Programme Support / Business Analyst
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Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
• Created packs for weekly working groups and steering committees. Tracked decisions and actions from the meetings.• Consolidated plans from four workstreams into single view and distilled down to a plan on a page• Analysed product options against several criteria, including impact on regulation and implementation • Tracked programme finances against supplier invoices and timesheets.• Coordinated future state review sessions with internal and external stakeholders• Co-ordinated collation documents from 4 workstreams into final output for senior stakeholders• Managed migration of Jira and Confluence from suppliers' to internal space• Created an end-of-phase slide deck for senior stakeholders.
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GRAYCE
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Analyst
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Jan 2016 - Feb 2019
Grayce is a niche consultancy that embeds versatile and high-performing resources into clients’ organisations to deliver change projects. While at Grayce I worked on client site at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and Shop Direct.• Grayce Engagement Lead for Liverpool team: supported new starters by helping them prepare for client introductions and initiated monthly drop-in coffees for analysts across four client sites to foster a team community and allow colleagues to talk about their work and ask for advice.• Delivered presentations on career skills and the pensions industry as part of analyst knowledge exchanges.• Completed several professional certifications: BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering, BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering, BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering, AgilePM Agile Project Management Practitioner
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Universities Superannuation Scheme (Ltd)
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Business Analyst
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Jan 2016 - Nov 2018
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is the principle pension scheme for universities and similar institutions in the UK and has assets of over £60 million.Lead BA on a project to reduce risk in signing contracts with suppliers by designing a custom SharePoint tool to support supplier onboarding. • Worked with senior stakeholders in Legal, Finance and Procurement teams to translate needs into requirements. Managed and tracked requirements over Agile lifecycle through MoSCoW prioritisation and change control• Performed system and user acceptance testing throughout sprints.• Led lessons learnt workshops and documented outcomes for project closure.Lead BA in implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM system• Defined iterative approach to requirements gathering and prototype development, including user stories and data dictionary.• Mapped to-be processes for multiple departments. Created Dynamics workflows to reflect these.• Worked in partnership with the developer to create solution using stakeholder feedback. Focussed priorities through daily stand-ups.Lead BA in delivering USS’s triennial actuarial valuation, in particular the consultation that the 350 sponsoring employers carry out with their members• Created and managed requirements log for consultation websites, including functional requirements and wireframes. Worked with the Digital team to test and bring websites in line with user experience best practice.• Reworked process for collating data from 100+ employers and cross-referencing with USS data to minimise data errors and increase transparency.Worked with USS’s business architect to create a proof of concept for service and process architecture• Developed SharePoint repository and interactive VBA model to demonstrate benefits to senior audiences.• Led workshops with business areas to investigate and update business architecture documentation.• Created Visio as-is/to-be process maps and impact assessments.
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Avox Limited
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India
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Textile Manufacturing
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Business Change Analyst
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Oct 2014 - Jan 2016
Avox (now part of Thomson Reuters) was a leading provider of reference data to the financial services industry, having over 2 million legal entity records on its database. I worked primarily on changes to internal applications and client-facing products, with a strong focus on testing.• Wrote project documentation including business cases, business requirements documents and user stories.• Used workshops, interviews and protocol analysis to understand stakeholders’ current processes and future state, which were defined in process maps and wireframes.• Mapped business processes using Flowbreeze and Gliffy.• Created test scripts and acceptance criteria to ensure that releases were technically fit for deployment and met all requirements.• Carried out and co-ordinated testing using subject matter experts from relevant business areas to provide sign-off that release could be deployed.• Worked closely with the IT development team to manage the raising of bugs and changes through JIRA.• Managed implementation of operational change to support a new product, including keeping stakeholders informed and monitoring progress of development.• Wrote implementation documentation, such as release notes and user guides, to ensure successful delivery of change into the business.• Designed SQL queries to extract data for impact assessments, analysis and testing.
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Onboarding Specialist
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Apr 2014 - Oct 2014
Worked as part of a specialist team that assists the DTCC with onboarding clients to the Global Trade Repository, which allows them to report OTC derivative trades. • Verified client-provided regulatory documents for accuracy, reaching out to them for clarification if needed.• Designed and carried out training to colleagues to create a multi-skilled team.• Co-ordinated with internal stakeholders and clients across locations and time zones to promote the smooth running of the tasks.
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Data Analyst
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Sep 2012 - Apr 2014
Member of a 25-person team that registered legal entities for a GMEI, a unique identifier that aims to bring about significant regulatory reform.• Researched company information using variety of techniques and online sources, ensuring that data provided by client was accurate and reliable.• Provided quality assurance on work completed by colleagues and gave feedback on how to improve.• Answered customer queries, helping clients to understand the GMEI initiative as well as giving operational and technical support.• Collated my own and others’ working knowledge into standards documents for research teams including address guides for more than 10 countries to ensure consistent approach to formatting.• Designed and delivered induction and training package for new analyst as part of a small team. Acted as a point of contact throughout their initial period, overseeing their progress.
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Durham University
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Student Librarian
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Oct 2008 - Jun 2011
Worked part-time in the college library while at university.• Provided customer service to patrons, helping them to find books and use resources of the library.• Sat on library committee giving feedback to senior staff on the use of the library and any issues that had arisen. Worked part-time in the college library while at university.• Provided customer service to patrons, helping them to find books and use resources of the library.• Sat on library committee giving feedback to senior staff on the use of the library and any issues that had arisen.
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Education
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2008 - 2012
Durham University
MMath, Mathematics
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