Business Analyst | Fintech | Alternative Finance

• Sep 2022 - Present

• Business analysis for a loan operating system providing infrastructure to lenders and credit investors. • Business analysis for a loan operating system providing infrastructure to lenders and credit investors.

Business Analyst | Finance

• Dec 2021 - Jun 2022

• Responsible for requirements gathering and system discovery following the acquisition of another bank. • Engaging with senior stakeholders to produce business process mappings for regulatory reports. • Documenting the data lineage of regulatory reports for both banks. • Responsible for requirements gathering and system discovery following the acquisition of another bank. • Engaging with senior stakeholders to produce business process mappings for regulatory reports. • Documenting the data lineage of regulatory reports for both banks.

CAREER BREAK

• Jan 2018 - Dec 2021

Business Analyst | Strategy & Architecture Management | Risk & Finance IT

• Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

• Responsible for the analysis, design and delivery of an architecture management information system to: <1> Enable senior management to gain visual insight of KPIs and progress of architecture roadmap <2> Provide on-demand access to the data set for presentation packs and ad-hoc information requests <3> Share consolidated data with other business areas • Produced a data model for the architecture management information system. • Produced a requirements specification consisting of user stories and acceptance criteria. • Produced a functional specification consisting of wireframes for Tableau dashboards. • Produced functional test cases and documented test results. • Captured and consolidated data sets including business architecture, technology architecture, roadmap delivery milestones, programme/project data and financials into a central repository. • Performed analysis and design of management reporting dashboards for the following use cases: <1> Allocation of project spend to application architecture across Risk and Finance IT <2> Infrastructure performance metrics for regulatory compliance (BCBS 239) <3> Data-driven architecture roadmap - measuring progress towards the target architecture • Worked with Product Owner to manage the product backlog (refinement, prioritisation and estimation). • Facilitated Scrum events (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint review and retrospectives). • Worked through all stages of the project life-cycle to deliver the system using Agile (Scrum) methodology.

Business Analyst | Business Flow Monitoring | Infrastructure & Shared Tech Services

• Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

• Responsible for the analysis and design of performance monitoring dashboards to: <1> Provide visualisation of the real-time performance of end-to-end business processes <2> Generate alerts to the relevant teams when thresholds have been breached <3> Provide operational intelligence to senior management • Produced BPMs to document end-to-end business process flows from business and technology teams. • Captured and documented business process targets (SLAs and OLAs ) from business and technology teams. • Worked with solution architects and Geneos configuration engineers across the full software development cycle. • Designed wireframes for performance monitoring dashboards. • Performed analysis and design of monitoring dashboards for the following projects: <1> Measuring the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of risk and finance measures for regulatory compliance (BCBS 239). <2> Reconciliation of Reference Data <3> Global Booking and Allocation <4> Sub-ledger reporting • Supported testing activity, delivered end-user training and produced all required analysis artefacts.

Lead Business Analyst | Credit Risk | Information Technology & Services

• Dec 2011 - Apr 2013

• Led a team of Business Analysts.• Responsible for the analysis and delivery of changes to Credit Risk applications.• Managed the change request process including impact analysis and progress reporting to stakeholders.• Worked through all stages of the project life-cycle using Agile (Scrum) methodology.

Business Analyst | Credit Risk | Information Technology & Services

• Apr 2010 - Dec 2011

• Responsible for the analysis and delivery of changes to the following applications:<1> Potential Future Exposure (PFE) - used for swaps and options booked by the Oil business<2> Credit Pricing - used for calculating the cost of credit with customers• Worked with the Solution Architect to identify technical design options.• Produced functional specifications and conducted test case reviews for each release. • Supported system testing and co-ordinated user acceptance testing (UAT).• Prioritised scope and requirements with Risk Managers and Marketers.• Planned functional releases with delivery managers and other global teams.• Worked in partnership with the Quantitative Analytics team to deliver solutions.• Worked through all stages of the project life-cycle using waterfall methodology.

Lead Business Analyst | Credit Risk | Group Risk Technology

• Jan 2008 - Apr 2010

• Led a team of Business Analysts.• Managed a budget of £1.5m.• Worked with the business project team to agree scope and prioritisation of deliverables.• Recruited, trained and shaped an offshore Business Analyst team.• Performance management, mentoring and coaching in line with staff development plans.• Carried out project planning, status reporting and management of risks and issues.

Senior Business Analyst | Credit Risk | Group Risk Technology

• Jun 2005 - Jan 2008

• Responsible for documenting functional changes to meet regulatory requirements (Basel 2).• Captured requirements and ETL business rules from the Business project team.• Presented solution options for approval at the Risk Solutions Board.• Worked in partnership with a 3rd Party vendor (Algorithmics) to deliver solutions. • Worked with Technical Analysts to produce functional specifications.• Produced functional test cases and documented test results.• Worked through all stages of the project life-cycle following waterfall methodology.

Business Analyst | Credit Risk | Group Risk Technology

• Jun 2003 - Jun 2005

• Compiled business data mappings for the Group Risk data warehouse.• Defined a common set of data file structures for new feeds coming into the data warehouse.• Investigated the products and systems maintained by various source business areas.• Produced requirement specifications and extract file specifications.• Worked through all stages of the project life-cycle following waterfall methodology.

Business Analyst | Market Risk | Group Risk Technology

• Nov 2001 - Jun 2003

• Analysis, design and testing during the migration of tactical applications to the strategic platform.

Applications Support Analyst | Market Risk IT

• Aug 1995 - Nov 2001