Anmar Farage

Experience

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  Cable and wireless

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT AND COMMISSIONING OF A BILLING PLATFORM:- Captured requirements from the business ensuring all existing functionality is replicated on the new system in addition to new enhancements. - Facilitated business analysis sessions and user acceptance testing ensuring test scripts are signed off by stakeholders and traceable to functional design. GLOBAL WEB BASED SIEBEL TRAINING IMPLEMENTATION: - Carried out an evaluation of the existing training methods & processes and worked together with the training department to produce a best practice document with a new approach to training.- Reviewed a number of web collaboration products, formed an assessment panel and made recommendations to the Program Director. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  • Siebel Support Specialist

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
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  BP

  Jun 2004 - Sept 2008

  Project Manager

  FINANCE:- Led a cross functional team including third party to introduce a new financial module to enhance the capability of an existing financial system based on IBM technology. - Provided regular progress reports to the senior management team and stakeholders.- Ensured all key risks and issues are managed or escalated in a timely manner.EXECUTIVE EVENTS – EXECUTIVE EVENTS APPLICATION:- Led a team of onshore and offshore resources to design and develop an application for capturing and managing group executive events.- Ensured all key project deliverables are met in accordance with the acceptance criteria stipulated in the project charter. - Coordinated the resolution of post go-live issues and ensured a smooth handover to the Operations team.PURCHASE TO PAY PROGRAMME – ACCOUNTING LINK DEPLOYMENT (in Spain): - Managed the implementation of the Accounting Link application at the BP office near Madrid. - This application replaced a costly manual operation feeding into the month end process and SAP. Show less

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  Sun Life Financial

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Project Manager Consultant

  - Managed the successful delivery of business critical enhancements residing on mainframe platform. The implementations were related to the Disability Strategy Programme.- Led a team of 10 people, which included Developers, Architect, Business Analyst and Test Manager.

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  BOMBARDIER

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Senior Analyst PMO - Cseries

  - Worked as a key member of the commercial change management board. Responsible for assessing change requests from a quality assurance perspective, ensuring the existence of a valid business case showing a positive NPV across the lifecycle of the aircraft. - Other duties included representing the commercial team at the engineering board to review potential changes in the pipeline.

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  London Business School

  May 2016 - Dec 2021

  Senior Project Manager

  - Managed a variety of large projects to replace on-premise systems with new SaaS solutions in particular the replacement of the Recruitment, Expenses and Facilities management systems. These projects were delivered through the full lifecycle including the procurement process.- Led an Agile project team with a remit to introduce enhancements to the learning management system. Responsible for leading all Agile ceremonies including daily stand up, sprint cycle planning and retrospective.

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  Government of Canada

  Jan 2022 - now

  Senior Project Manager