Clare Boothman

Clare Boothman

Trainee Business Analyst

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  • About me

    Test Lead

  • Education

    • St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School

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    • Isle of Man College

      1994 - 1995
      National Vocational Qualification Business Administration and Management, General
  • Experience

    • Aberdeen Asset Management

      Jul 1995 - Aug 1997
      Trainee Business Analyst

      Old Mutual International, Isle of Man, British Isles - Investment and Insurance Provider Input and reconciliation of data input for conversion of products to Life/400.Life/400 Maintenance of security controls and table changes.

    • Royal London 360

      Sept 1997 - Jun 2000
      Business Analyst/Tester

      Scottish Life International, Isle of Man, British Isles - Investment and Insurance Provider Full responsibility for system backups, restores, user access and table changes.Designing and executing testing strategy for large scale IT project involving multiple stakeholders.

    • Bsolved

      Jun 2000 - Jan 2003
      Systems Analyst/Tester

      bsolved, Isle of Man, British Isles - Life Assurance Solutions Test Execution of browser-based client/server system enabling branch/broker/client self-servicing over internet/intranetDevelop and execute test plan and data for Web based information systems including Intranet, Internet and Web services applications.Manipulate and maintain test data to satisfy test scope

    • Royal London 360

      Feb 2003 - Dec 2003
      Senior Test Analyst

      Scottish Provident International, Isle of Man, British Isles - Life Assurance ProviderTest plan and execution of internal printing interface to provide document printing capabilities both for batch runs and individual requests. Functional and regression testing of in-house application, LIFEfit.

    • LCL Services (IOM) Limited

      Jan 2004 - Aug 2004
      Systems Supervisor

      LCL Acquisitions Limited acquired FIT Administration (IoM) LtdSystem backups, batchruns and restores. User IT support, including LIFEfit and Network Security. QA testing, product analysis and application of Production upgrades.Review testing outputs, assist in the auditing of testing artefacts

    • Friends Provident International

      Sept 2004 - Dec 2005
      Senior Test Analyst

      Develop and execute test plans, cases and test data for Web based information systems (Intranet, Internet and Web Services applications) Review output and provide expert comment and revision as required Execution of System and UAT for full policy lifecycle of converted data.Data checking and sign off of reconciled migrated data.Compose SQL queries for data analysis purposesLiaise directly with IT and Business Personnel

    • HSBC Securities Services (Isle of Man) Limited, British Isles - Alternative Fund Services

      Jan 2006 - May 2006
      Super User

      Liaise with business users globally to ensure periodical User Acceptance Testing Test coordination and guidance to the global team of Super Users.Responsible for the production of User Guides and user training

    • Asteron Life

      Jun 2006 - Sept 2007
      Test Lead

      Manage and schedule work for a team of 8 test analysts with varying levels of expertiseOversee effects of Change and Release Management on testing environmentsLife400 - Delivery of test planning, execution and reporting for System and UAT effortComposer and Life400 - Provide specialist testing advice on product complexities, and test approach to ensure test coverage was accurate and the financial data accuracy remained intact.

    • CommInsure

      Sept 2007 - Oct 2008
      Test Lead

      Assist the Test Manager in co-ordinating workloads for team membersAct as mentor and coach to team of Business Analysts assigned as test resourceWork in parallel with numerous project resources including business customersIntroduce structured testing, test planning and reporting across the disciplines of system testing.Manual reconciliation of migrated data using data mapping specifications.

    • Asteron Life

      Oct 2008 - Oct 2009
      Test Lead

      Production of Test Strategy for Electronic Application projectProduction of Test Schedule whilst incorporating Vendor schedulesUtilise and reconcile XML,flat files and Batch interface outputContact point for both business users and external vendorsProvide guidance and support of the approach to reliability, stress, security and performance testing.

    • Friends Provident International

      Nov 2009 - May 2011
      Test Manager

      Isle of Man, British Isles - Life Insurance ProviderKey Responsibilities Production of Test Strategy as gateway into Performance TestingProvide time and resource estimates for test activitiesCreation and maintenance of a detailed test scheduleReview and sign-off of Testing Progress documentation.

    • RACQ

      Jul 2011 - Dec 2013
      Test Lead

      Production of Test Plan/Strategy for system integration of Document Solution.Conducting SQL for reconciliation of Document and MIS solution components. QA Test Cases and Test Scripts for team members.Full involvement in the analysis during Defect Triage process.Effective coordination between development team and testing team.

    • RACQ

      Feb 2014 - Mar 2018

      • Gather and document business requirements through relevant artefacts (BRDs, User Stories, Use Cases, etc). Including functional, non-functional, reporting and transition requirements • Support the leader or Project Manager with scope and change management activities• Engage and support Development, Infrastructure and Testing teams throughout the project lifecycle• Examine, evaluate and interpret the customer’s business and processes to understand the desired business outcomes • Ensure the traceability of business requirements through the delivery of the projects Show less •Oversee the management of the Customer Communications Management platform, including identifying opportunities to improve organisational capability in line with strategic business and brand positioning•Elicit, analyse and document the businesses customer communication requirements•Review and understand business data and business logic•Develop and enhance communication templates in xPression •Manage customer communications implementations – stakeholder engagement, staff communications, deployment co-ordination and other required tasks •Assist in the identification of testing requirements, training and business readiness needs•Assist with defect analysis and resolution post implementation•Document test plans and execute test cases Show less

      • Business Analyst at RACQ

        Oct 2016 - Mar 2018
      • Senior Digital Communications Analyst

        Feb 2014 - Oct 2016
    • Bank of Queensland

      Apr 2018 - Jun 2020
      Test Manager
    • Bank of Queensland

      Sept 2020 - Dec 2021
      Test Manager
    • Idiom australia pty ltd

      May 2022 - Dec 2022
      Test Lead
    • Pro Global

      May 2023 - now
      Test Lead
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Advanced Test Analyst

      ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
      Jan 2011
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    • Advanced Test Manager

      ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
      Jan 2012
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    • Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Oct 2014
    • BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Apr 2015
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    • BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Jun 2015
    • Intermediate Software Testing

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Mar 2011
    • BCS Certificate in Modelling Business Processes

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Dec 2015