John Sawyer

Background

About John Sawyer

Project Manager with 10 years’ experience of successfully managing multiple IT and other Business Change projects through the full project lifecycle and within the Prince 2 framework.Prince 2 Registered Practitioner since 2007.Agile Project Management Registered Practitioner.Business Transformation and culture change.ITSO Smart Ticketing Implementation.Public Sector experience, including Procurement.Private Sector experience.More than 10 years’ experience of Business Analysis and problem solving, adept at being able to understand current and changing business processes and the impact on systems and projects.Issue and Risk Management.Production and Presentation of Reports.Excellent communicator, skilled at negotiating and building consensus with colleagues at all levels, customers and stakeholders.Strong at capturing business requirements and working with technical experts to agree solutions. Equally strong at translating technical solutions into language understood by non-technical colleagues.Skilled at working with all parts of the organisation to facilitate cross-group collaboration and resolution of conflict.Thrives on working in fast paced and rapidly changing environments, and the challenges presented, having done so throughout career in both private and public sectors.Extensive Financial Services and retail experience.Excellent analytical skills, with extensive experience in Information and Data analysis, and reporting.Experienced and confident manager of 3rd party suppliers and contractors.Budget management.Team Leader in both Public and Private sectors.Skilled in MS Project, Excel, Word, Visio, SharePoint, Outlook and other generic and bespoke systems.Extensive financial services and budget management experience, having worked for almost 20 years in the banking and financial services industry. This includes five years working as Lending Fraud Investigation Manager in the Group Security & Investigations department at Halifax plc.