Oct 29, 2024

Lew Lightfoot

  • MI Analyst
  • Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, UK
Contractor

Personal Summary

I am Lew Lightfoot, a seasoned professional with extensive experience in change programs across UK Government, banking, telecoms, and aerospace sectors. I excel in data analysis, cleansing, and creating management information to support decision-making. My expertise includes developing dashboards and reporting tools using MS Excel, Access, and other software. I am known for delivering solutions that meet stakeholder needs and have a track record of contract extensions due to my performance.

Skills

  • MS Excel expert
  • MS Access advanced
  • MS Office advanced
  • Service Now competent
  • Visio competent
  • MS Project competent
  • SharePoint competent
  • SAP BW & Business Objects user
  • Jira & Confluence user
  • Power BI & Tableau basic

Licenses and certifications

  • Prince 2 foundation
  • ISEB PSO Foundation Certificate

Awards and achievements

  • Winner of 2011 Group Operations Programme of the year
  • 4 separate Contractor Nominations for exceptional performance at Lloyds Banking Group

Work Experience

Lead BA (MI) - Strategic Change, Client moves
Jan 2024 - Sep 2024 Lloyds Banking Group (Commercial Banking)

Manual analysis of multiple data sources to identify current operational units, revise and align legacy OUs, and deliver a new target hierarchy. Managed data cleansing activities and alignment with multiple dependent systems.

Senior BA & FinOps Champion
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023 Lloyds Banking Group (DCS Lab)

Supported the Senior Leadership team by developing MI and insight solutions, financial forecasting tools, and managing data quality projects. Achieved multiple contractor nominations for exceptional performance.

Data Lead - Project Horizon
Jan 2020 - Jun 2022 DEFRA (Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)

Provided insight to stakeholders and developed the Defra blended working blueprint. Acknowledged by senior officials for critical support in delivering Project Horizon.

MI Analyst - Software Rollout & Remote Mortgage
Aug 2015 - Nov 2019 Lloyds Banking Group

Provided MI solutions and reporting for video mortgage appointments and software upgrade programs. Developed efficient MI tools that significantly reduced reporting time.

BA - Flexible office space
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 Nationwide Building Society

Engaged stakeholders and managed business change for a flexible working program. Developed tools for faster definition of divisions' flexible working capabilities.

Lead BA - Flexible office space
Aug 2010 - Nov 2011 Lloyds Banking Group

Led a team of BAs to embed flexible working for 6000 people, winning the 2011 Group Operations Programme of the year.

SC cleared BA - resource management
Dec 2008 - Aug 2010 Airbus

Analysed resource forecasting and developed a roadmap for process improvement. Engaged with senior management to clarify the roadmap.