Jonathan N.

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About Jonathan N.

Versatile, highly motivated and experienced IT professional with a comprehensive and practical knowledge of the full development/project lifecycles gained within a competitive commercial environment. In-depth knowledge of the finance industry and a confident, strong communicator at all levels. • Effective business/systems analysis & design - on complex, strategic applications.• Full software development lifecycle expertise from pre-sales consultancy/gap analysis, requirements capture, functional design, development support, testing and post implementation support.• Extensive practical knowledge of UML use case analysis, class modelling, process thread modelling, business process modelling (BPM).• 5+ years specifying and designing multi-tenanted Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions using Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) web services.• Experienced at defining all layers to a solution from user experience to database.• Strong and creative problem solving - passion for delivering high quality, practical and innovative solutions.• In-depth knowledge of retail finance industry lending cycle - particularly instalment credit and premium finance.• Experienced and respected pre-sales consultancy.• Strategic product development and planning.• Strong and confident communication skills at all levels, used with great effect when liaising between clients and technical teams.• Disciplined project management and implementation skills with reputation for getting results, Prince 2 certified.• Effective team and account management.• Sound practical knowledge of accounting, forecasting, cost/benefit analysis.• Experienced at integrating solutions with third parties & managing the third party relationship.• Senior management experience, comfortable reporting at Board level.Specialties: Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, BPM, OO Analysis & Design, UML, Finance industry, Prince 2, Full lifecycle, Pre-sales, XML, SQL, Microsoft Project, PM, Account Management