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Kolawole A.KA

Kolawole A.

Business Analyst

€347/day
Birmingham, GB
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Kolawole

I am a strategic problem-solving Business Analyst with 5 years of experience in delivering transformation projects across government, financial services, and e-commerce in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid environments, with a strong track record of stakeholder influence and cross-functional collaboration.
Skilled in process improvement, requirements elicitation, lifecycle management and discovery, translating complex needs into actionable solutions. Analysing systems and processes to drive measurable improvements.
  • English

    Fluent

  • Yoruba

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Birmingham (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    Senior Business Analyst
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    January 2024 - January 2026 (2 years)
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Led Digital Transformation projects and supported high-profile projects at the Department of Process Improvement and the Office of the Chief Data Manager, driving efficiency, accuracy and stakeholder confidence.
    **
    Key Responsibilities and Results**
    • Mapped As-Is processes end-to-end data flows across 3 sources, identifying manual inefficiencies causing 1-week processing per dataset and to minimum 3-week consolidation delays.
    • Established a structured meeting schedule, stakeholder engagement framework and agreed on a structured project delivery approach.
    • Applied Lean Six Sigma to optimise data processes, reducing processing time from 3+ weeks to a maximum of 1 week and restoring trust in reporting outputs for policy decisions.
    • Translated 100+ business requirements and pain points into functional specifications, supporting the implementation of automated data workflows and reporting solutions by using process modelling.
    • Facilitated business change and implementation by defining a Target Operating Model (TOM) and Service Operating Model.
    • Designed and facilitated the implementation of a technological solution option using SharePoint and MS Forms to capture, store and track risks and issues centrally.
    • Designed data integration from multiple sources feeding into Power BI dashboards for real-time visualisation and actionable reporting.
    • Facilitated stakeholder workshops to validate the proposed solution and ensure alignment with PMO requirements.
    • Supported the rollout and adoption of the new product, ensuring smooth transition and consistent use across project teams, reducing abandonment risk by 85-90%.
    • Facilitated live user testing/workshops for impact and sensitivity assessments, supporting compliance by design for a procured tool, achieving 90% user turnout for comprehensive usability evaluation.
    Process Improvement Agile method Waterfall method Wargile method User Centre Design
  • AfrikExpress
    Business Analyst
    E-COMMERCE
    February 2023 - December 2023 (10 months)
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Led project and maintained Business as Usual (BAU) for a start-up e-Commerce grocery platform and grocery store supermarket.
    **
    Key Responsibilities and Results**
    • Modelled end-to-end customer order and payment journeys, facilitating stakeholder workshops to analyse onboarding behaviour and identify a 40% user abandonment rate, driving targeted process improvements.
    • Designed and optimised onboarding journeys and use cases, leveraging prototyping and stakeholder feedback to reduce feature ambiguity and enhance solution clarity for MVP delivery.
    • Elicited, prioritised and validated business requirements, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives while securing 100% senior stakeholder sign-off through collaborative journey mapping and solution validation.
    Agile method Process Improvement User Centre Design Process Improvement Process Improvement
  • Studio 14
    Business Analyst – Digital Services
    DIGITAL AND IT
    February 2022 - December 2022 (10 months)
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Worked with senior stakeholders at a socially driven digital agency, providing user-friendly and creative products for brands across the globe
    **
    Key Responsibilities and Results**
    • Produced 25+ journey maps, service blueprints, and workflows, strengthening delivery readiness and reducing sprint rework by 20% through structured backlog preparation.
    • Communicated complex service and design concepts to cross-sector stakeholders, improving shared understanding and accelerating decision-making timelines by 15%.
    Agile method User Centre Design

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Education

  • B.Sc.
    B.Sc.
  • Foundation Diploma in HR Practice
    CIPD
    Foundation Diploma in HR Practice

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