AKUA KWAYISI
No ** River Drive South Newport Jersey City 07310
Email : ********@*****.***; *****@*************.***
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EDUCATION
Certificate in ISEB foundation Course
Subjects: Implementation, Preparation, Execution March 2010
BCOM Economics- University of the North West, Mafikeng South Africa Feb 2001- June2004
Clarendon Girls High School, East London, South Africa Jan 1994- Nov 1999
Subjects: Geography, Mathematics, Accounting, English, Afrikaans, Biology
WORK EXPERIENCE
JOB TITLE: Operations: Analyst Trainee
Organization: Morgan Stanley City: New York Date: Sept 2012- present
SIRen capture, enrichment and confirmation, position reconciliation: to learn key processes in the SIRen life cycle
SIRen capture to the final settlement, and then identify and resolve breaks from discrepancies dealing with security information, settlement date, executed quantity, commission, prices and settlement locations.
Assisting with Data mining, business analysis, modeling/reporting and documentation: be responsible for the preparation and compilation of test scripts, to ensure that thorough business analysis is performed and that accurate business requirements are documented in accordance with internal policy.
System testing: use systems effectively and efficiently to mitigate risk and develop strong relationships with IT colleagues to design, develop and test/implement technology platforms to deliver solutions to business requirements.
Teamwork: collaborate with team members of all levels to complete daily tasks; share market and systems knowledge
Develop best practice methodologies and approaches for business analysis
Issue follow up and escalation
Responsible for the development of the SIRen Training guide
JOB TITLE: Test Analyst
Organization: Old Mutual City: Pinelands-South Africa Date: Nov 2009- August 2012
Accountable for systems testing on newly developed systems.
Applying basic (e.g. boundary value analysis and equivalence class partitioning.
Intermediate e.g. path flow analysis and design logic tables and advanced testing techniques.
Logging faults and review fault logs
Reviewing test cases and make recommendations and optimizing them
Tracking faults and prepare metrics on faults.
Developing and developing refining test cases and test procedures
Preparing management reports
Ensuring proper test prioritization according to risk based methodologies
Using test management techniques to calculate the amount of time it will take to test the project.
JOB TITLE: Tester
Organization: Old Mutual City: Pinelands-South Africa Date: Sep 2008- Oct 2009
Developing and Implementing test plans on Microsoft excel
Creating master test plans
Ensuring that agreed testing standards are met
Leasing with senior testers in order to identify and implementing testing needs
Maintaining continuity of system knowledge- specialty in Max Income
Logging faults and reviewing fault logs
JOB TITLE: Senior Administrator
Organization: Old Mutual City: Pinelands- South Africa Date: Nov 2004-Oct 2009
Determining standardized processes such as coding max income products
Delivering on daily production standards and adhering to service and quality standards
Providing an indirect service to customers and intermediaries
Responding to immediate requirements within procedure with regards to urgent cases that needs to be authorized
Performing quality checks on own work
Capturing LSI’s regarding cases that have already been authorized.
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook. Siebel, Quality Center, SIS WEB, Internet explorer.
INTERESTS
Charity Work: WYA (World Youth Alliance), Adopt an Orphan Charity Programme
Other: Reading, Writing and Socializing