Experienced analyst with background in delivering end-to-end IT systems and business change projects. Friendly and motivating leader experienced in overseeing cross-functional teams to analyse impacts of technological change. Creates tailored solutions to core business challenges. An accomplished professional skilled in Agile, Scrum and waterfall methodologies, analyzing, documenting, translating, and communicating business requirements into technical requirements from conception to execution and deployment. Managing stakeholders, building strong relationships, and influencing decisions effectively. Prioritize, complete multiple tasks simultaneously, and follow through to ensure project success
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work history
Business Analyst
Easy Jet PLC
01.2023 - 08.2023
Project Outline: Involved in the migration of one Occupational Health provided and documenting multiple process such as managers referrals and HR system operation
Key Responsibilities
Participating in the migration of a system from one occupational health provider to another
Mapping out the processes in (HR systems) as-is and as-to-be, then modifying processes to meet the requirements of the business
Organises fruitful workshops that cover a range of topics, such as technical support, business stakeholders, and information on requirements elicitation
Collaborating with a variety of stakeholders to identify the requirements required to enhance the performance of IT services and products
Working together with technical teams to ensure that user stories were technically sound and acceptance criteria were precisely defined before development, we were able to reduce the number of issues that were identified after implementation by more than 50%
Create a clear relationship between the functional requirements and the business advantages in your documentation by being succinct and straightforward
Collaborating with the project manager to maintain management.
Business Analyst
Department of Education
07.2022 - 01.2023
Project Outline: Process Improvement aimed at automating internal IT service desk change requests, to ensure staff requests are appropriately directed and processed by relevant service teams
Assisted with understanding and documenting current processes, identify pain points, document requirements, and propose effective solution options
Key Responsibilities
Conducted discovery workshops and leveraged various analytical techniques such as value stream mapping, impact mapping, process mapping and context diagrams for process analysis
Led the capturing and documenting of functional and non-functional requirements across systems to enable critical business change and progression
Monitor and maintained change request tickets
Wrote user stories with clear acceptance criteria
I also worked with Product Managers to priorities the user stories within and Product Backlog and provide inputs to agile ceremonies, such as daily stand ups, sprint planning, show & tell and retrospectives
Documented business processes using, SAP Signavio Process Manager (BPM Process Modelling)
Prioritized the requirements using MoSCoW and ensured Must-have priorities forms part of agreed
Identified and managed stakeholders' expectations at different levels of engagement
Proactively evaluated current processes and systems and recommended solutions for continuous improvement.
Business Change Analyst
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital, NHS Trust
04.2022 - 06.2022
Programme Outline: Working on the digital transformation implementation of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) legacy system SemaHelix Theatre, using the Bluespier Theatre Management System
To improve the efficiency of the end-to-end Theatre resource process across the trust, manage and optimise scheduling utilisation capacity
Key Responsibilities
Liaised and work with senior clinical team and users in various departments to deliver change process approaches to implement best practices
Supported clinical activities and department staff in understanding and adapting to business change processes, by organising and leading workshops, supporting creating manual guides and assisting with system demonstration
Documented As-Is current state and To-Be future process flow diagrams using MS Vision (BPMN 2.0)
Gathered metrics, perform GAP analysis, impact analysis, and implement process changes as necessary
Performed requirements analysis, documentation, and quality assurance for each deliverable
Developed training materials and training strategy and ensure training delivery as needed
Ensured key deliverables align with the business strategy, goals, and objectives
Developed test cases and test plan
Managed and conducted UAT with the cross-functional business teams
Managed the sign off process for future state processes with the hospital staff and management
Worked to tight deadline to meet key project plan milestones in alignment to Go-Live date
Business Analyst
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (NHS) Foundation Trust
06.2019 - 04.2022
Programme Outline: Working on digital transformation of the legacy Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, using the Cerner programme solution
Aimed at automating several patient record manual processes across the Trust for efficiency by streamlining the business operations processes, removing pain points, reduce cost and improve user/customer experience
Key Responsibilities
Worked closely with third party software development and testing team members to design and develop robust digital transformation solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability & performance
Collaborated on all stages of software development life cycle, from requirements gathering to production releases
Worked effectively with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that elevated client-side experience and significantly improved overall functionality and performance
Documented process flows and develops requirements for functional improvements and enhancements
Liaised with stakeholders to verify business and technology alignment, recommending solutions that consistently met agreed project specifications
Mapped current business and operational processes and offered recommendations for improvement
Identifying, Analyzing and Managing stakeholders' relationship (internal/external) including third party suppliers to ensure business objectives and goals are achieved within stipulated time allotted
Engaging and eliciting business requirement from stakeholders and subject matter experts
Documenting As-Is and To-Be workflow process map using MS Visio
Gathering metrics, GAP analysis to develop Action plan for the TO-BE system, and implement process changes, as necessary
Coordinated user acceptance testing to effectively execute testing strategy, schedule resources and track test performances
Analyzed all stories considering all impacts and shared with any affected business areas to complete discussions and sign off
Part of the scrum team, collaborated with developers and testers to ensure quality of user stories in terms of design & functionality
Planned and conditioned sufficient stories for development in sprints and ensured breadth and depth of stories on Backlog cover the scope required
Department of Work & Pension (DWP
Business Analyst
01.2017 - 05.2019
Programme Outline: Business Process Improvement project geared towards the design and improvement of the new Identity and Verification of Adult and Child Disability Payment, to reduce the risk of fraudulent claim Benefits by 70%
Key Responsibilities:
Led the design and documentation of processes, procedures, capturing business rules, operational guidance, and service monitoring
Analyzed stakeholder objectives and the underlying issues arising from investigations into business requirements and problems and provided options for consideration
Interacting and communicating with users and business stakeholders to understand the current state and provide advice and support on how the future state can be designed
Conducted discovery workshops and other requirements gathering techniques such as value stream mapping, impact mapping, process mapping and context diagrams
Documenting functional and non-functional requirements to define, prepare and conduct impact analysis
Analyzed the AS-IS and desired TO-BE state of the business to identify opportunities and strength that can add value to future state
Documenting business processes using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)
Mapped the AS - IS and TO - BE process using BPMN 2
Working with project teams to agree and produce deliverables
Liaised with the sponsors, stakeholders, and system users for the preparation of business and functional specifications as well as the necessary processes, data analysis and functional architecture
Produced high quality requirements and related artefacts (user stories/customer journeys/personas with a view to produce something quick and minimize rework
Took the product/solution from discovery through implementation with a view of delivering a minimum viable product using agile/scrum principles and approaches
Pro-actively evaluated current processes and systems and recommended solutions for continuous improvement
Gathering and communicating issues as well as using appropriate resources to determine a range of solutions options
Supporting various teams to achieve business needs where necessary
Investigating impact analysis, system dependencies alongside with change
Education
BCS Business Analysis Foundation certificate -
2023
QA Agile and Scrum - undefined
2022
BCS Business Analysis Foundation - undefined
2017
Prince 2 Project Management - undefined
2016
BA Hon - Health Studies & Management
London Metropolitan University
2012
Skills
Agile (Scrum) Methodologies
Waterfall Methodologies
Change Management
Software Development Life Cycle
Business Process Improvement
Gap Analysis
Impact Analysis
MoSCoW prioritization
Process Modelling
Business Requirement Document (BRD)
Functional & Non-functional
Document Analysis
Stakeholder Management
Requirement engineering
Workshop facilitation
Process Mapping
Jira
Confluence
Microsoft Office (word, excel, PowerPoint)
MS Visio (BPMN 20)
Signavio
User Stories
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Analytical thinking
Problem solving
Adaptability
Cross-functional collaboration
Workflow analysis
Timeline
Business Analyst
Easy Jet PLC
01.2023 - 08.2023
Business Analyst
Department of Education
07.2022 - 01.2023
Business Change Analyst
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital, NHS Trust
04.2022 - 06.2022
Business Analyst
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (NHS) Foundation Trust
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