As a Test Analyst with 4 years of experience, I have successfully tested and implemented various educational, e-commerce, financial services, dropshipping platforms and standalone systems for different clients around the world. I was involved in Scrum/Agile sprints, ceremonies and projects, and consulted with the Software Development Team throughout the SDLC to ensure timely go-live delivery. I planned, executed, and validated manual testing, logged defects found, tracked bug fixes through to resolution, and generated user cases based on structured analysis of system/business requirements. Additionally, I oversaw Customer Acceptance Testing and feedback channels of the platform, and operated in line with an Agile framework within the SDLC & STLC.

I was recruited onto the Financial Crime Project for a 7 month period and was responsible for implementing the Spotfire system, data migration from legacy to Spotfire and testing 320 reports across various stakeholders. My duties included generating daily/weekly/monthly MI reports, leading trend analysis, data manipulation and reconciliation of large datasets using GoldTier, Spotfire and Excel. I also spearheaded the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for the Spotfire reporting tool to ensure a seamless configuration and update of the tool mid-project. I was involved in Scrum/Agile sprints, ceremonies and projects within Waterfall/Agile, using JIRA, M365 to centralise testing activities. I thoroughly reviewed the requirements and design documents before beginning testing and documented test cases and results clearly and thoroughly. I also generated KPI, SLA and MI data for the Compliance Leadership Team and successfully implemented MI reports on GoldTier and SpotFire, using M365 for reports.

As a Business Analyst with two years of experience, I partnered with Project Managers on the Finance Transformation Project to facilitate smooth delivery of the product from planning through launch and move to BAU. I pivotally led User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on the Kyriba System, analysed test scope, defined test scripts, executed test scripts and reported on bugs/issues. I facilitated workshops with business and technical stakeholders to elicit and document functional and non-functional requirements for the project. I generated the weekly project report and MI for the Operations Team, supported the Finance Ops Team to develop data processes and outputs, and acted as a SME for business domain information and recommended new risk controls.

As a Data Analyst, I was responsible for setting up investment schemes, funds, bonds, equities, trusts, structured products, derivatives, and financial instruments on internal systems in line with compliance KPIs. I established robust working relationships with Bloomberg, Reuters, and Interactive Data Services to monitor system performance, validated data feeds, analysed, and resolved data exceptions in systems. Additionally, I spearheaded the production of user-friendly data reporting systems that enabled ease maintenance and rapid impact assessments for change requests. I also acted as a central point of contact for query management, specifically for queries related to data, MIS, and data modelling.

I have two years of experience as an Operations specialist. My responsibilities include gathering, quality controlling and verifying client data on target FX systems, validating daily market FX data to identify exceptions, generating insight reports for senior management, and contributing to process and system improvement projects. I have also worked in partnership with Helpdesk support to optimise service performance, and co-produced training documentation on FX systems to support user training.

As a Business Data Analyst with 2 years of experience, I have been responsible for setting up mutual funds, equities and bonds on WRAP and SIPP platforms. I have analysed user requirements to design information systems, coordinated, managed, and updated existing data to present failed trades, liaised with Bloomberg, Selftrade and Finex systems on system/pricing errors, identified issues with static data, troubleshooted and resolved data issues, investigated platform data issues to ensure a high level of system performance, and worked closely with clients to deliver services in line with SLA/KPIs.

As an Operations Control Analyst with 4 months of experience, I have been responsible for analysing data and identifying exceptions, escalating issues to senior management and delivering reports and management information. I have also established effective working relationships with stakeholders and contributed to bank, depot and balance sheet accounts, aged break, and reconciliations.