Experience

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  Diocesan college preparatory school for boys (bishops)

  Apr 1995 - Sept 1996

  Music teacher
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  None

  Oct 1996 - Apr 1998

  Travelling
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  Edward stanford ltd

  Apr 1998 - Dec 1998

  Credit controller
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  None

  Jan 1999 - Jun 1999

  Travelling
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  Daniels chilled foods/johnson’s fresh products

  Jul 1999 - Dec 1999

  Senior credit controller
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  None

  Jan 2000 - Jun 2000

  Travelling
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  Daniels chilled foods

  Jul 2000 - Dec 2000

  Senior credit controller
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  Nedbank

  Nov 2001 - Jan 2003

  Process engineer

  My first role as a Business Process Analyst! This is when I realised I was an analyst, not a developer. My favorite work was the investigation/feasibility phase of a Paperless Branch banking environment. I also did several smaller works driving process efficiencies through time standards, Aris modelling and Straight-through Processing.

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  Barclays uk

  Jun 2003 - Aug 2004

  Business analyst

  I worked as a Business Analyst on KYC and Sarbanes-Oxley projects.

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  Woolworths

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2016

  I worked on several projects in various domains such as Value-added Services (Digital), Finance, Governance, and Foods.Projects: => Led the successful re-platforming of the Airtime offering(Project Manager)=> Led the migration between Acquiring Banks (Project Manager and Business Analyst)=> Analysed requirements and initiated PCI DSS Compliance (Project Manager, Business Analyst)=> Conducted Business Case development for Pre-Paid Electricity offering (Project Manager)=> Conducted full Requirements Gathering and Specifications for Project Voyager (Business Analyst) Show less

  • Project Manager, Senior Business Analyst

    Feb 2010 - Mar 2016

  • Senior Business Analyst, Project Manager

    Jan 2005 - Mar 2010
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  Accenture

  Apr 2010 - Sept 2010

  Senior business analyst

  Placed as a Senior Business Analyst at Old Mutual Plc Wealth Division wrapping up the Testing Phase of a platform consolidation project.

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  The shoprite group of companies

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  Senior project manager

  The delivery of a new mobile banking product in a multi-phased retail fintech program. The program enables an entirely new FinTech product for Africa’s largest retailer that would eventually engage millions of people.Additionally, I worked on smaller projects concurrently and successfully delivered the acceptance of several payment mechanisms through Point of Sale (POS) and Payments Switching projects.Led a virtual team of over 100 internal and external resources over the multi-million, multi-year, multi-phased program in hybrid Waterfall and Agile environments.Multi-organisational and cross-functional program and project management.Co-ordinated change management, marketing, Finance, Operational, IT, business, and external vendor workstreams.Worked on multiple projects simultaneously in an ambiguous and complex environment.Successfully overcame several ‘show-stopper’ challenges en-route to project launch Show less

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  Woolworths

  Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  Senior data analyst

  Performed various data and business analyst functions in the roll-out phase of the JDA Assortment & Space project in the Foods business unit.

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  Trade ocean

  Aug 2018 - Feb 2022

  Erp project manager & business analyst

  e2e Project Management and Business Analysis for the implementation of a multinational ERP (NetSuite) system.

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  Panthera corporate projects pty ltd

  Aug 2019 - Feb 2023

  Owner

  Panthera is a small company assisting companies with all facets of IT projects, and my own journey into opening and running a legal business. I closed it down in favour of moving to Europe.

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  Cgi nederland

  Mar 2023 - now

  Senior business consultant

  Serving in one of Europe's largest and most respected global banks in the Digital Platform tribe supporting the bank's app and website, focussing on Customer Onboarding.A enterprise scaled Agile environment. Road Manager, Product Owner and Business Analyst responsibilities.Cross-functional, cross-team, and cross-tribe stakeholder management.Influencing, leading, analysing, planning, communicating.Data-driven, outcomes-based.