Cristina Savin

Experience

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  Standard Life

  Jan 2006 - Oct 2016

  Key responsibilities:• Handling complex analysis• Senior stakeholder management• Providing estimates for the work to be done by the business analysis team• Representing the BA team at project level meetings (Change Request board, Planning and Estimating sessions, Defect meeting) and liaising with program manager and project leads• Mentoring junior BAs• Requirements management and change management• Working closely with third party providers (onshore and offshore teams) to ensure timely and accurate delivery of the solution• Reviewing functional and performance test plans to ensure full requirements coverage• Prioritising test scenarios and identifying critical tests• Reviewing and prioritising defects • Writing user acceptance test scripts and coordinating user acceptance testing Show less Key responsibilities:• Eliciting requirements from stakeholders across different lines of business and geographical areas in the UK• Analysis of current processes to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation and design the to be process model• Requirements management and change management• Working closely with third party providers (onshore and offshore teams) to ensure timely and accurate delivery of the solution• Stakeholder management• Reviewing functional and performance test plans to ensure full requirements coverage• Prioritizing test scenarios and identifying critical tests• Reviewing and prioritizing defects • Writing user acceptance test scripts and coordinating user acceptance testing• On boarding of new BAs to the project team• Providing support and KT to the other members of the BA team Show less Successfully delivered several projects, among which a five phase project with reporting and digital components, regulatory change projects and bespoke features for platinum service clients.Responsible for:• Requirements elicitation through workshops, interviews and other techniques• Mapping of current process and design of future (after implementation) process• Assisting the product owner in the creation of the business case• Ensuring that risks to the users are identified, assessed and controlled• User story prioritization and updates to the backlog management tool to confirm the product meets the business needs and is created according to the definition given by the product owner• Acting as a subject matter expert for the business change manager and project manager to determine the business impacts• Reviewing functional and performance test plans• Reviewing test cases to ensure they thoroughly cover requirements and provide acceptance criteria• Reviewing and prioritizing anomalies• Writing technical procedures and training material• Providing training to business users on functionality being delivered - in class training sessions or recorded training sessions via Cisco WebEx software• Ensuring business stakeholders are kept well informed of system solutions and delivery timelines • Providing post implementation support to users through daily scrums to facilitate their transition to the new applications and processes. Show less Performing complex analysis of transactions processed for the various retirement products, investigating trends to provide sound recommendations for improvements and enhancements of procedures, processes and systems and allow management to make informed decisions.Identifying and reporting weaknesses and suggesting controls to mitigate financial and operational risks.Actively participating in projects aimed at improving productivity and customer satisfaction with regards to matters related to computer systems, policies, practices, processes and legislation. Show less Providing specialized or complex information to either team members or specific clients and suggesting additional alternative solutions to meet customer needs;Making sure the operational unit databases and client files are correctly updated and maintained;Handling and resolving most complex and non-standard problems encountered by other team members and handling complex reconciliations in accordance with established guidelines;Providing coaching and consulting to other team members;Implementing new processes and procedures and taking part in the ongoing analysis of team processes;Providing input to the development and improvement of work tools (systems) and participating in continuous process reviews; Show less

  • Lead Business Analyst

    Dec 2015 - Oct 2016

  • Business Analyst

    Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Business Analyst, Product Development

    Dec 2011 - Dec 2014

  • Senior Analyst, Quality and Control

    Jul 2010 - Dec 2011

  • Analyst, Client Services

    Jan 2006 - Jul 2010
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  ProfiLogic AG (contracted to Swiss Re)

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  Business Analyst
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  Swiss Re

  Jan 2018 - now

  Group Finance ITVice-President Group Reporting Team, Finance ITAssistant Vice-President

  • Product Owner / Senior BA, Repository & BI

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Senior Business Analyst

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2019