Available for London based contract roles late January. Experienced and versatile Business Analyst and Project Manager professional, specialising in the Digital world. I have over 8 years experience as a Business Analyst working within the UK Insurance and Finance industries. My passion and specialist skill set lies within Digital. I have spent the last 5 years leading and delivering world class and innovative digital programmes of work. Fully qualified ISEB Business Analyst and hold Prince 2 for Project Management. Versatile and fully competent in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Director at Purple Tree Consultancy Ltd.

Lead Digital Business Analyst (Contractor) @ Programme Digital Business Analyst for one of the largest digital programmes of work within Barclays Plc. I am currently responsible for a team of Business Analysts within an expanding programme of work. The programme has currently delivered 4 projects and is looking to deliver a further 14 including: a world class innovative Online Banking Experience including architectural and interface overhauls, and a complete redesign of the public facing website. My role started with finalising the multi and cross-channel strategy, defining the overall scope and splitting the programmes into their individual projects. I'm currently assigned to 2 key projects within the programme. As well as being responsible for ensuring my team are delivering quality documentation, and best in class stakeholder management to cement the successful delivery of all the projects, it is also my responsibility to oversee all of the Business Analysis work to ensure consistency, remove duplication and provide a holistic representation at steering group meetings. Prior to this programme I was also the Lead Digital Business Analyst on a global roll out of a new Social Media Listening tool. Along with creating the supporting Operations Model within Barclays. The objectives of the project were to align Barclays Social Media teams across the world and migrate them onto one single listening platform. I've worked with colleagues around the world including America, Africa and multiple teams in Europe. I designed and implemented a global cost model, on-boarded the 3rd party product, assisted in contractual agreements and set up global training events. This implementation brought in large annual cost savings to Barclays PLC From July 2013 to Present (2 years 6 months) London, United KingdomLead Digital Business Analyst (Contractor) @ Assisting with the global role out of a new content management system - CQ5. Designing colleague workflows, producing use case models and use case scenarios as well as reviewing and feeding back on proposed new responsive design page creations. From April 2013 to June 2013 (3 months) Digital Business Analyst @ Working in the Aviva UK Digital team responsible for +70 websites across the Aviva brand. My main responsibilities are to ensure the business needs are met by implementing the right digital solutions. Techniques and skills include: Strategy analysis Environment analysis (internal and external) Business case and scope development Stakeholder identification and management Investigation techniques Requirements lifecycle development Process mapping Logical data modelling Functional specifications Solution options and development Producing test scripts User Acceptance Testing In addition to the responsibilities and accountabilities listed above, I have also taken on a Project Manager’s role to various projects as part of my on-going career development. Experience and responsibilities include: Project time lines and full planning Continuing assessment of the business case against the Full project governance Stakeholder management Facilitating weekly project team meetings Frequent status reporting to the sponsor and wider project team Resource planning Successful delivery of high profile projects Benefits realisation & post implementation reviews From August 2010 to April 2013 (2 years 9 months) Project Change Consultant (Business Analyst) @ Working within the Chief Operating Officers team I was responsible for working alongside and within the project team, on behalf of the business unit requesting the changes. The role was unique and required a great level of negotiation skills to ensure the business needs were met, whilst ensuring the project delivered the objectives on time and within budget. Experience and responsibilities included: Defining scope in line with business Product specifications development Requirements elicitation and documentation Data mapping Information and quote systems Facilitating workshops for requirements development Numerous investigation techniques with various business units (including interviews, document analysis and scenarios) Subject Matter Expert (Retirement products) From October 2006 to August 2010 (3 years 11 months) Development Consultant @ From March 2004 to October 2006 (2 years 8 months)

Sprowston High School From 1991 to 1995 Karen Edwards is skilled in: ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis, Requirements elicitation, Functional Specifications, Project Planning, Project Governance, Change Management, Waterfall, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Workshop Facilitation, Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis, Business Process Mapping