Az Ahmed Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

My area of specialism in Executive Interim is the education sector with a focus on finance recruitment. I appoint senior interim leaders across the education spectrum; from schools and academies to further education colleges and higher education institutions.

London, England, United Kingdom

As a Consultant in the Executive Search practice covering central government, NHS and Education I provide support on an end-to-end process - from the initial brief, advertising, sourcing of candidates, interviewing through to appointment.

I specialise in senior appointments - Chief Executives, Directors, Assistant Directors and Heads of Service in local government and bluelight services.Please do contact me if you work in the public sector and would like a confidential conversation on your recruitment needs or career advice.

• My focus is to appoint finance professionals to roles in the public sector and involves:-
• Building relationships with clients across the public sector
• Tailoring specific solutions to meet clients requirements
• Project managing all stages of the recruitment process
• Identifying and interviewing prospective candidates
• Providing market intelligence for upcoming campaigns

My role involves supporting local authorities by placing qualified finance professionals in a variety of positions from Management Accountants through to Finance Business Partners through to Assistant Directors of Finance. Over time I've worked on numerous roles across the country covering all service and corporate areas.

A joint role across Executive Search and Executive Interim within Penna’s Public Sector Executive Recruitment practice. I support recruitment campaigns across all professional disciplines at an executive level, both permanent and interim across the public sector.

The role revolved around the analysis of financial management information and the development of our financial platform - Concept.I particularly focused on:-- The creation of financial MI which allowed the reporting of business performance which in turn highlighted key trends. - I developing processes and mechanisms for forecasting revenue, such as cost.

A role with a broad scope and wide variety of responsibilities including:- - Managing a team of temporary and permanent staff - Overseeing the day to day operational requirements - Analysing past expenditure on suppliers to establish a robust preferred supplier list which focuses on value for money.- Staying in contact and maintaining a large network.

A large of focus of this role was on the production of management information around equal opportunity.- Defining the most suitable graphical presentation of MI to maximise the data and highlight trends.- Liaising with suppliers of ATS systems (WCN and Bond Adapt) to ensure technical issues were resolved in a timely and efficient manner.- Implementing.

Responsibilities included:-- Judging potential candidates through sifting of applications.- Ensuring SLA’s were met and a high standard of candidate care was delivered through fast and efficient responses to emails and telephone calls.- Maintaining candidate information through the Bond Adapt database.

M.Sc, Marketing

B.A., American Studies