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Educated to degree level, with ISEB Software Testing accreditation, Jon is a senior test manager specialising in banking and financial services. Jon has over fifteen years experience of working in varied client-based project environments. During his career he has undertaken a number of additional disciplines including business analysis, project management, systems integration, software development and staff management...

Educated to degree level, with ISEB Software Testing accreditation, Jon is a senior test manager specialising in banking and financial services. Jon has over fifteen years experience of working in varied client-based project environments. During his career he has undertaken a number of additional disciplines including business analysis, project management, systems integration, software development and staff management providing him with complete experience and appreciation of the full project lifecycle: - Recognised as someone who turns strategies into reality, Jon always delivers. With years of analytical experience he leads from the front with the knowledge and confidence to challenge when needed. - Jon has excellent stakeholder management experience from working in varied complex programmes and is comfortable negotiating scope, boundaries and expectations. - Jon is confident at managing his own work with the aptitude to supervise and motivate those around him. - As a business-centric professional Jon has a proven track record of delivering considered and robust test preparation and execution frameworks satisfying exacting client requirements. Jon has extensive experience of building effective teams through exacting recruitment. - With considerable experience of delivering global software releases and re-engineered business processes Jon is proficient and confident with all aspects of managing and executing functional and user acceptance software testing. - Committed to the highest standards of work, producing precise and structured results, Jon is creative in providing solutions to problems, with the ability to manage and co-ordinate their delivery. - Jon has excellent communication skills, liaising with maximum effect at all levels of operational and managerial staff, with the ability to disassemble complicated technical situations and present them in a comprehendible business-oriented format.Test Manager - Financial Markets Risk and Valuation @ From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Test Manager - FX @ From January 2015 to July 2015 (7 months) UAT and SRT Manager - Siebel, SAP & Telephony @ With terms of reference to deliver User Acceptance Testing and Service Readiness Testing for the end-to-end business processes and upgraded technology for Barclays Group Human Resources division, Jon integrated into an existing and longstanding project team. The main technology changes included an upgrade to Siebel 8.1, new telephony solution, call centre management software and a new management information suite through Business Objects. Jon successfully delivered the final two test phases within pre-defined timelines. Working closely with the four global service centres based in the United Kingdom, Lithuania, India and South Africa he devised and delivered a test approach capable of evidencing to stakeholders and end users the readiness of the solution to enter cutover and go live. Noteworthy accomplishments were: - Stakeholder management within the core project team and senior personnel within HR areas including Resourcing, Employee Data Management, Payroll, Learning Services and Organisation Management. - Co-ordination of over one hundred global users through test preparation and execution. - Constructing execution schedules accommodating varied business priorities, phased technology drops throughout the test phases and test environment constraints. - Interfacing into the on-shore and off-shore development teams involved in the end-to-end solution including in-house development project management, the telephony team, Oracle and Accenture teams. - Training of all users in ALM (Quality Center) to ensure consistent execution evidencing and defect capture. - Co-ordinating the daily defect calls, producing execution statistics and enforcing the overall testing methods and framework. - Working with SMEs to validate test coverage across the following systems and solutions: Siebel, SAP, Business Object Reports; Avaya telephony, TotalView Workforce Management, Kana Live Chat and Verint Call Recording. From June 2014 to October 2014 (5 months) London, United KingdomUAT Manager – EMIR Trade Reporting @ With Programme terms of reference to deliver UAT for the business and technology changes required to conform to the trade reporting regulations defined by European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Jon took responsibility for all derivative asset classes within HSBC Investment Bank. - Working with front, middle and back office stakeholders and the existing Programme test team Jon injected best practise to the test preparation. - With a strong risk based methodology Jon ran focused sessions with traders and change managers across the asset classes to enable them to build test coverage which would provide them the assurance of quality and accuracy required for go live. - Jon introduced execution schedules to the core test team and change managers. These were constructed for each asset class and was a powerful communication tool when agreeing resource profiles required (front to back) to execute and support execution. - Jon delivered test preparation on time and signed off. - Execution saw Jon managing a core team of eight test co-ordinators spanning Interest Rates, Credit, Emerging Markets (London and New York), Global FX, Global Equities and Exchange Traded Derivatives. - Jon ran the daily execution and defect calls and provided status reporting into the Programme. - Each asset class executed front to back exercising all in-house and third party vendor technology changes. Trade reporting validation was undertaken via the Global Trade Repository with Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) for all trades booked. - Jon managed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) regression testing which was already live. - As part of Jon’s role he managed the preparation and execution with the following systems: DSL - DSMatch - Global Calypso - IceLink - MarkitWire - Murex - Summit - XFOS - NFOS - Apollo - DMWIM - Thunderhead - DTCC - Phoenix – Sophis. From October 2013 to February 2014 (5 months) Programme Test Manager - Securities and Fund Services @ With Programme terms of reference to deliver the business and technology changes to enable Citigroup to be the sole fund accountants and middle office service provider to Threadneedle Asset Management Jon was approached to provide test management across the projects devised to deliver this. Part of the Programme Management Board Jon’s key achievements included: - Providing senior client and internal stakeholder management reporting into the Executive Programme Team Jon delivered pragmatic and realistic structure and influence for all aspects of testing. - Built and delivered the programme test strategy and project specific master test plans - Constructed resource profiling, subsequent recruitment and team structuring to deliver to plan - Managed geographically disparate teams to deliver test preparation and execution including the multi-organisation joint testing - Facilitation deep dive workshops to drive out requirements where documentation was lacking and enforcing strict review and sign off procedures to help drive up quality - Created and deployed reporting standards and metrics used across all test preparation, execution and defect management. From February 2013 to September 2013 (8 months) Programme Test Manager - R2P (SAP SRM) @ With Programme terms of reference to deliver a global procurement solution for the Barclays Group, with projected spend throughput of £3.6 billion per year and a cost saving of £60 million, Jon accepted the opportunity to provide test management across this programme of deliverables. Joining a Programme which had not previously incorporated structure testing into its delivery methodology Jon worked from the ground up to increase quality. From February 2012 to December 2012 (11 months) Test Manager - HBOS Integration Live Trials (UAT) @ As the Corporate Markets Test Manager for the largest banking integration programme the United Kingdom has seen Jon accept the terms of reference to prove the post integration target operating model is fit for purpose and the customer experience is as expected once the HBOS accounts are migrated onto the Lloyds Banking Group platform. From September 2010 to September 2011 (1 year 1 month) Test Lead - Business Acceptance Testing – Group Protection @ As a direct result of his performance and professionalism whilst contracted to Nationwide Jon was recruited for this role to deliver end-to-end business process testing and application functional testing with Legal and General (L&G). With the ultimate goal of decommissioning their mainframe-based Risk Information Management System (RIMS) the Group Protection division of L&G engaged in a £20 million programme with Mumbai-based Mastek to provide a bespoke instance of Elixir to facilitate the management of their Group Protection business. From December 2009 to September 2010 (10 months) Senior Test Analyst - Asset Management (Joint SIT and UAT) @ Joint System Integration and User Acceptance Testing With terms of reference to increase the funds under management from £2.7 billion to £4 billion the project delivered a broader financial planning portfolio through partnering with Legal and General. Offering new asset management products, an extended range of investment funds, enhanced customer services and crucially more accurate management information functionality the project was deemed an undeniable success under difficult economic times. The key products in-scope were: - Individual Savings Account (ISA) - Unit Trust (UT) - Guaranteed Equity Bond (GEB) - Guaranteed Equity Bond / Individual Savings Account (GEBISA) - Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) - Investment Bonds (IB) From October 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 2 months) Project Manager @ :: Central Trust, regulated by the FSA, specialise in the brokering, marketing and administration of mortgages :: Part of the management team reporting through the Director of Mortgages Jon took responsibility for initiating a project to review the end-to-end business and system-based processes involved in brokering mortgage deals for Central Mortgages. From December 2007 to May 2008 (6 months) Project Manager / Business Analyst @ :: Clifford Thames is a tier one provider of consultancy and specialised information management services to the automotive industry :: As sole Business Analyst and Project Manager of the Ford of Europe Parts Supply & Logistics account Jon built excellent relationships with his clients enabling him to provide them with the highest level of understanding of all their business objectives resulting in him delivering creative, robust and exacting solutions. His role encompassed three keys disciplines - business analysis, project / client management, and line management to my team. From November 2005 to November 2007 (2 years 1 month) Technical Implementation Manager - Global CRM @ Having built an excellent reputation in my previous contract role with Jaguar Land Rover, Jon was asked to join a new project team with terms of reference to design and deliver a structured sales process across Europe which will: - Enable improved CRM capabilities and targeted marketing in the future - Provide market level activity and performance Management Information - Increase European vehicle sales From February 2003 to November 2005 (2 years 10 months) Senior Business Change Consultant @ From June 2000 to November 2005 (5 years 6 months) Business Test Analyst @ As part of the merger and acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover by Ford Motor Company, my remit was to enable the decommissioning of a legacy dealer database which was heavily integrated into Land Rover systems. From August 2001 to December 2002 (1 year 5 months) Business Analyst - [email protected] @ Part of the European Net Revenue team Jon undertook varied analysis and interface design activites for this financials data warehouse. From June 2000 to July 2001 (1 year 2 months) Systems Analyst @ :: A subsidiary of Warman International, Girdlestone designed engineered and manufactured pumps for the chemical and petrochemical industries :: Reporting to the Financial Director, Jon's role was to support the business on a day-to day basis, from an IT perspective. His primary achievement during this period was the design and implementation of a bespoke Lotus Notes based Works Order System. He also delivered and Electronic Document Management System, providing the company with a fully indexed searchable document repository. From September 1997 to May 2000 (2 years 9 months) Business Systems Analyst @ :: Paxman Diesels Ltd. designed and manufactured large high speed diesel engines used in industries ranging from the railways to Royal Navy submarines :: As part of the Business Systems team Jon was trained in the application development tool ProIV and SuperLayer and delivered analysis and recommendations to expand the functionality of the Contract Costing module of the bespoke MRPII system developed in-house From June 1996 to September 1997 (1 year 4 months) Jon Rolinson is skilled in: Test Management, Test Strategy, Test Execution, Test Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Business Transformation, Business Analysis, Quality Center, SAP SRM, SAP BI/BW, SAP Portal, SAP Netweaver, Banking, SAP SRM 7.0, User Acceptance Testing