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IT Business Analyst with a 1st class BSc (hons) Business Information Systems degree. 3 years experience in the retail industry, specialising in HR systems. An enthusiastic and committed problem solver with focus on delivering the optimum solution to the business requirement.

Key skills:
- analyst
- functional specification documents
- UAT lead
- managing and chairing meetings with business, development and suppliers
- project planning
- training and producing user manuals

Currently on an HR transformation project, aiding to create a Service Centre and employee self-service intranet system, saving the business circa £3.8m per annum. Personally responsible for a large and complex area of the system functionality, and in addition the overall look and feel of the system. Followed by managing a UAT (user acceptance testing) team for 4 test cycles.

Seeking similar project or other Business Analyst opportunities.

Based in:

United Kingdom

Work experience

5 years in employment in full time jobs

Previous jobs

2003 - 2004   Debenhams ltd
Business Analyst ? HR Systems

Currently on an HR transformation project, aiding to create a Service Centre and employee self-service intranet system, saving the business circa £3.8m per annum.

Personally responsible for a large and complex area of the system functionality, and in addition the overall look and feel of the system. A high standard of documentation was produced in order to manage the business requirements and expectations for the redesigned processes.

Managed a UAT (user acceptance testing) team for 4 test cycles; delegating and monitoring all process test streams, alongside liaising with development on fixes, and with the business on implementation prioritisation.

Throughout the project a thorough, detailed and organised approach was taken to planning, analysis and documentation of system requirements. Experience was gained in leading and managing meetings, with all levels of management and suppliers. Contributing knowledge and ideas, while embracing expertise from a large team, across various departments and locations, proved challenging yet enjoyable.
2002 - 2003   Debenhams ltd
Management Trainee - Graduate programme

Aim: to experience and understand the business, aiding my future as a Business Analyst
Placements: 10 weeks Store, 10 weeks Buying and Merchandising ? with accompanying projects and presentations, 6 weeks of day placements around the business, 3 months Finance and Administration systems as a trainee business analyst.

The systems placement provided opportunity to manage a number of small and medium sized projects for Property and Finance departments. Enhancing business analyst skills; liaising with customers and internal / external developers, producing various systems documentation and project plans, whilst managing the project budget.
2000 - 2001   Debenhams ltd
Trainee Business Analyst - HR systems (University placement yr)

Tasks: document writing, liaison with the business, developers and management, system testing, process flow charts, training HR system to Store and Head Office users, system support.

Education

   BSc (hons) Business Information Systems - 1st class

Skills

Skill Experience Arrow down Level Last used
Word (Microsoft)  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Visio  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Video Conferencing  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Powerpoint (Microsoft)  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Outlook (Microsoft)  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Human Resources  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
HR  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Excel (Microsoft)  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Documentation  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Business Analysis  5 years professional  4 of 5 2007
Test Director  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Systems Analysis  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Sales - retail  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Sales - resourcing  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Project Management  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Project (Microsoft)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Presentations  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Organisational Change/Restructure  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Office (Microsoft)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Internet Design  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
HTML  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Frontpage (Microsoft)  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Dreamweaver  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Change Management  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Business Change Management  2 years professional  3 of 5 2007
Training (IT)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Retail experience  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Publisher (Microsoft)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Process Modelling  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
e-learning  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Database design  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Call Centre  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Access (Microsoft)  1 years professional  2 of 5 2007
Voice Recognition    1 of 5 2007
SQL databases    1 of 5 2007
Client/Server    1 of 5 2007
Citrix    1 of 5 2007
1 = Lowest level, 5 = Highest level

Language Skills

Language Oral Written
English  5 of 5 5 of 5

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