Business Consultant at SSP
Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Business Consultant at SSP
Tonbridge, United Kingdom
I am a professional business consultant specialising in operational and both business and systems process engineering, functional design and regulatory compliance.
From a career to management level in general insurance, software solutions, and currently as a freelance, I have strong skills and experience as a consultant, analyst and project manager in freelance and associate roles for the insurance, finance, software solutions, public sector and outsourcing service provider industries in the UK and international markets.
As an international contractor my goal is to enjoy adding skills and experience from working in challenging, dynamic, "can do" environments worldwide, but would consider changing to a longer term role with a dynamic organisation operating under a "can do" culture.
Business Process analysis, modelling, improvement, engineering, conceptualising, genericising.
Software systems consultancy/analysis.
Insurance/Reinsurance u/w, operations, product development, r&d, management.
FSA & SOX Compliance consultancy. Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning.
Project Management.
Thinking & seeing the world differently. Conceptualising, catalysing, facilitating, interfacing & translating between business, technology, finance, operations.
CAN DO
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
Business Analyst and SME
(Management Consulting industry)
January 2008 — September 2008 (9 months)
Building development - New tech - Eco build.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)
Process and Quality Manager. Developing BA Resource interface with outsource/offshore service providers. Process analysis and consultancy. Quality process design. Risk analysis. Software support tools selection.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
April 2007 — July 2007 (4 months)
Associate providing SME role in tendering for and performing work for U.S. Software end client. NDA applies regarding end client identity. Work involves advising on countrification of functionality, alignment with business operations and processes and compliance with regulatory requirements for UK & EU markets.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Human Resources industry)
July 2006 — February 2007 (8 months)
Sarbanes Oxley, SAS 70, FRAG21, Compliance Control Reporting support & strategy analyst. Mitigation and Remediation consultant, process, compliance and control frameworks - UK/Global liaison.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2006 — July 2006 (4 months)
Functional design architecture, end-to-end general insurance operations and business processes consultant.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2006 — July 2006 (4 months)
Operational & Business end to end process modelling and consultancy.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 2006 — March 2006 (2 months)
Associate providing specialist conceptual business process analysis and improvement, process modelling, BPMN methodology and System Architect training skills to consultancy on government agency project in Newcastle.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
November 2005 — February 2006 (4 months)
Operational and business process analysis and re-engineering. Operational analysis and re-structuring.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
May 2005 — September 2005 (5 months)
Swiss consultancy partnership. Associated Project Lead for Disaster Recovery project.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
October 2004 — January 2005 (4 months)
Business Consultant - Compliance Project
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)
April 2004 — September 2004 (6 months)
Business consultant - operational re-engineering, siftware replacement, business process modelling and re-engineering.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
September 2003 — February 2004 (6 months)
RebusIS Genius analyst - implementation upgrade project.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)
March 2003 — July 2003 (5 months)
Project manager - FSA compliance project initiation. Audit. Systems consultant.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2002 — January 2003 (4 months)
System analyst - new product process and function analysis and design.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2001 — May 2002 (1 year 3 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — May 2002 (3 years 5 months)
Business consultant - Insurance industry, underwriting, finance, reinsurance, configuration.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)
September 1988 — December 1998 (10 years 4 months)
Part of CGU (originally NZI Insurance - GA Bonus - CGU Bonus now absorbed into Aviva / Norwich Union group org.
Underwriting team leader (max 50 staff), resource development and management, client relationship development and management, r&d, strategic analysis and design, project management, compliance, audit, MI analysis and reporting.
Company level technical expert referral point.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
September 1988 — May 1993 (4 years 9 months)
Account Exec.
(Insurance industry)
September 1988 — January 1989 (5 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
October 1981 — August 1987 (5 years 11 months)
1965 — 1971
Classic Cars. Self organised World travel.
Chartered Insurer, ACII
Prince2 Practitioner