Dapo Olasiyan

East Tilbury, Essex – 079******** – adc7k1@r.postjobfree.com – linkedin.com/in/dapo-olasiyan/

Senior Business Analyst

Business Analysis

Requirements Gathering

SDLC Management

Agile & Waterfall

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Mitigation & Control

Service Improvement

Technical Issue Resolution

Accomplished and resourceful professional with extensive experience as a Senior/Lead Business Analyst within the Insurance / financial services industry

Demonstrated success running workshops, gathering requirements, gaining consensus and implementing agreed IT solutions

Instrumental in harnessing talents of teams, managing projects at micro- and macro-levels, adjusting to challenges presented, and delivering on promises

Articulate and refined communicator; establish and sustain strong relationships with peers, staff, management, and clients

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP London, UK

Role: Senior Business Analyst Nov 2017 - Nov 2019

Contributed to the success of a major acquisition project for the Insurance arm of LBG (Scottish Widows), this included managing all the HR data requirements for the 1,500 TUPE’ed colleagues and its migration to Lloyd’s HR systems. Reviewed all the Zurich AS-IS operations pensions and investment processes and updated them with new TO BE processes to allow integration with LBG’s FNZ and PEGA Platform while adhering to LBG’s policies and guidelines. This resulted in ensuring they were able to legally separate systems and are now well on the way to technical separation.

Role: Senior Business Analyst Sept 2015 - Nov 2017

I orchestrated the roll out of a new collaboration tool called Jive, we analysed various AS-IS processes of Lloyd’s business areas and recommended effective solutions which would drive the onboarding of users and utilisation of the tool to meet the project objectives of cultural change. I conducted muliple workshops, oversaw a series of planned releases, and enforced end-to-end controls for compliance with EU GDPR. This resulted in a 90,000 plus user rollout which ended with our team being recognised for exceeding industry benchmarks in terms of utilisation and engagement.

Other Highlights:

Developed new financial reconciliation processes that enhanced the current audit checks for all monies in & out

Created a framework for the on-boarding of new user groups to Jive; coached 100,000+ users

ISBAN, SANTANDER Milton Keynes, UK

Role: Lead Business Analyst July 2014 - Sept 2015

I steered change programmes and medium-size projects; gathered requirements, drafted functional requirements, and managed various process changes as part of the Innovation team. Coordinated with IT engagement managers and other stakeholders to deliver this programme of change using a flexible agile methodology. Formulated and communicated progress reports to head of CIP for data-driven decision making.

Spearheaded migration of production letters from legacy system to Doc1 system

Improved compliance and regulatory conformity by devising a robust supplier assessment process

Mitigated and controlled risk of fraudulent attacks by eliminating security holes

Addition of a Holiday Flag functionality to the mobile app, prototyped it using Axure wireframes

CLOSE PREMIUM FINANCE Tolworth, UK

Role: IT Delivery Manager Jan 20011 - April 2014

Directed execution of all CPF core Insurance financing application major changes as well as delivery of small changes and bug fixes for business continuity and core system stability. Led customer technology integration, application support, change, business intelligence, and test teams. Coordinated with offshore teams for testing and extra development resource. Provided reports to COO and head of IS for informed decision making.

Role: Business Analyst / Team Lead Sept 2006 - Jan 2011

Oversaw business analysis team, change programmes, requirements gathering, functional specification writing, new products, process changes, and B2B integration of external applications with organisation’s award-winning i-prompt application. Headed, coached, and mentored a team of seven analysts. Managed all aspects of use cases, scenarios, prototyping, daily scrums, walkthroughs, and business process modelling.

Ensured that client on-boarding in line with AML and KYC requirements

Drove transition from Waterfall to Agile change methodology; introduced use of Scrum teams and Sprints

Steered EDI/XML integration with multiple software houses and insurance brokers

Reduce the overnight batch processing time from an average of six hours to 1.75 hours

Led business analysis team in the acquisition of two major competitors, KSF and Amber Credit

Deployed a digital client self-service portal for main Oracle/Java-based application, i-prompt

Introduced a new APR calculator to meet new regulatory requirements

Introduced a tiered fee allocation and refund system that saved business £1M and earned them £2M

Recognised with the 2013 “TESTA” award for my efforts in managing the test team

Additional experience as Business Analyst/Systems Deployment Analyst at CSC, Aviva (Norwich Union) and Royal Mail

SYSTEMS

Lloyds: FNZ, DXC, Tableau, Oracle, PEGA, BACS, Jive, Resolve, ServiceNow,

Santander: Axure, Doc1, BACS, Cards, Oracle

Close: i-Prompt, BACS, EDI/XML, Oracle, Acturis, SSP, Open GI, Jira

EDUCATION

JSB: ILM level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management 2014

BCS/ISEB: International Diploma in Business Analysis 2012

UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON: Master of Science in Business Information Systems 1996

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN: Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

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