Farhan Ahmed
Romford, England, United Kingdom- linkedin.com/in/farhanahmed79
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~-e21dc2e62bc
Experience
Technical Compliance Writer, IT Trainer, Regulatory Analyst Jan 2019 - Present Freelance
As a Compliance Writer at AlRaqeeb, one of my tasks is to draft compliance policies and procedures for numerous industries to ensure the company's operations comply with the regulatory framework. I work closely with stakeholders like the legal team, senior management, and external auditors to understand the requirements and create comprehensive and effective policies, to get approval from relevant authorities. As a result of my efforts, companies can pass regulatory audits and get their corporate policies approved.
I review and update the company's code of conduct if it is outdated and does not reflect the current regulatory environment. to ensure that it complies with current regulations and industry best practices. I do extensive research on current Regulations and codes of Conduct in the industry and work with key stakeholders to ensure that the updated code of conduct accurately reflects the company's values and culture.
I analyze and evaluate current compliance practices, identify potential risks and provide recommendations to mitigate risks. I am responsible for creating and maintaining training materials and providing training and support to the staff on policies and procedures, resulting in improved compliance and adherence while conducting regular reviews and updates of policies and procedures to ensure they stay current and relevant.
Technical Writer, Skills Trainer, SQL Analyst Jan 2015 – Dec 2018 Freelance
Led a team of technical writers at AlRaqeeb: to help customers create a fully-functional knowledge base that can solve problems and make it easy for everyone to understand product functionality
Writing and proofreading technical proposals, requirements specification documents, user manuals, API documentation, and quick reference guides
Using my multilingual ability and industrial experience: I transformed many hopeless souls into; motivated, organised, employable individuals, 60% of which successfully recruited.
Used SQL skills and VBA experience and joined multiple data sources to create reports for providing meaningful insights
Used various creative teaching methodologies to engage learners from diverse communities by translating complex concepts into understandable terms
Used first aid and health safety skills to perform a risk assessment for a safe environment for all
Created many meaningful and engaging multimedia-based educational resources using MS Office, Adobe, Paint, and online media editors
System Analyst Aug 2011 - Dec 2014 Freelance
Provided analysis services to UK-based businesses, designed business processes and introduced IT functions to improve the business processes
Extracted data from various data sources such as Excel, ERP and CRM packages for branches of care homes to assist managers in decision-making
Used different database reporting services to find the well-being of care home tenants on an hourly/daily basis
Technical Writer Jun 2008 - Jan 2010 ISF
Writing and proofreading the proposals and helping BDMs in bidding
Creating Software/System Requirements Specification documents SRS
Development of Software Design Documents and Prototypes
Writing User Manuals and Quick Reference Guides
Software developer Aug 2007 - May 2008 ESoftSol
SDLC implementation
Software development for various international companies
Technical writing and proofreading
ICT Teacher Jan 2005 - Aug 2007 Public School
Preparing and delivering lessons to secondary and higher secondary students
Constructing schemes of work to include assessment methods, learning resources and creating teaching strategies
Administration of (annual exams like) mock tests once every month for secondary school students and pre-university students
ICT Instructor Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 CIT
Preparing and delivering lessons in Visual Programming, Compiler Construction, and Database Programming to undergraduates
Managing resources usefully to recruit students/faculty and also maintaining IT equipment
Coordinating among faculty members and management
Developing reception and other management-related software using VB6 and SQL
Education
Pearson Online Academy UK Jun 2018 - Jan 2019 Award in Education and Training, Education PTTLS
Coventry University 2010 - 2011
MSc, Management Information Systems, General
The Open University 2002 - 2007
BSc Computer Science
Take your teaching online - Open University
Cert Prep: PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner - LinkedIn
First Aid at work level 3 - Pearson
Health and safety at work level 3 - Highfields
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner - The Open University
Digital Marketing Level 3 - Google Digital Garage
Experiences of assessment - The Open University
Coaching others to coach - The Open University
The ‘why’ and ‘what’ of educational leadership and management - The Open University
Level 2 Safeguarding adults - The Learning Curve Training
Level 2 Equality and diversity in the workplace - The Learning Curve Training
Level 2 Introduction to data protection & security - The Learning Curve Training Level 2 Anti-bribery - The Learning Curve Training
Level 2 Professional Numeracy and Literacy Skills - Department for Education
Level 2 Awareness of child sexual exploitation & human trafficking - Burnley College
Skills
• Technical Training • Reporting & Analysis • Training Course Development • Content Writing • Business Analysis • PRINCE2 • Project Management • Microsoft Excel • Microsoft Word • Training Delivery • Technical Documentation • Proofreading
System Analysis and Design
• Legal Office Management System • Property Management System • Front Desk Information System •
Information System for Hospital • Payroll System • IT Change Management for Welfare Trust • Software for Auto Show Room • Bio Metric Time Attendance System • Inventory System for Medical Store • Students Fee Account System • IT Change Management of Institute • LAN Based Mess Management System • Online Complaints System • Inventory Control System
Tools used
VB6, MS Access, Barcodes Registration, MS Visio, MS Excel, Adobe Template Design, PHP, MySQL, MS Excel, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Thumb Recognition Device API, MS Excel, Oracle 10 Forms PL/SQL, HTML, CSS, VB.Net, Filing device API, MediaWiki, MS Word, Confluence, Postman, Lucid Charts, Visily
Internships & Awards
Star of the year - Retail
Dec 2018
Used reporting tools in the retail market for profit protection purposes
Certificate for excellence – Networking Department
Jun 2006
Six months duration Internship to develop 1400 node LAN plus WAN for Open University and learned Software and Hardware Troubleshooting, Installation of different Operating Systems, Installation and Configuration of LAN, Configuration of Switches, Assist in Server Maintenance/Management, Configuration of DNS and DHCP Servers, Installation and Configuration of Active Directory, and Centralized Antivirus Management.
Certificate for excellence - IT Department
Jun 2003
Digitisation of IT department using VB, SQL, and Excel skills