An accomplished Change/Business Analyst/Project Manager with over 10 years Industry experience across a range of disciplines including Front Office, Compliance and Data Analysis. I am an effective multi-tasker with experience of leading small teams. I work well under pressure and have a strong focus on detail. I'm also a fun and sociable team player and love working with engaging, forward-thinking people.
The Baobab Foundation
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- baobabfoundation.org.uk
- Employees:
- 12
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Operational LeadThe Baobab FoundationUnited Kingdom -
Operations & Membership ManagerAcen (African Caribbean Education Network) Jan 2021 - PresentLondon, England, United KingdomI am responsible for operational efficiency and network management across the ACEN business. I work closely with the co-directors to define strategic business operating models across functional areas. The second core strand of my role incorporates managing member engagement and working with aligned partners to widen access and opportunities for our student, parent and teacher networkIT solutions used include: GSuite, Hubspot, MSOffice and Canva -
Pmo/ Operations ManagerUltra Education C.I.C Jul 2021 - Jun 2022London, England, United KingdomMy role was to support the COO with the ultimate objective of improving organisational efficiency. This expanded to cover 4 core functional areas: 1/ Operational Change & Efficiency2/ BAU Operations3/ People Management4/ Project Management● Reviewing organisational processes and procedures and identifying areas of improvement● Working with management to define strategic business operating models across all functions● Documenting and embedding target process policies (including introduction of IT solutions)● Assisting COO in the running of day-to-day operational activities across the organisation● Managing staff - interviewing, onboarding, training, task allocation, review and support● Programme and Project management including - Migration of successful bids to project initiation - Stakeholder management - Scoping, defining, budgeting and resourcing projects - Defining, managing and tracking project plans - Business analysis, UAT and post-project reviewsIT apps used included: Hubspot, Monday.com, Slack, Gsuite & MS office -
Social Committee ChairLocal 2014 - Dec 2020London, United KingdomWorking in a not-for-profit community role, managing a team of 6 volunteers, I managed and promoted social events for local residents. This has included organising a street party for 100 residents attended by the local Mayor.
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Charity Event OrganiserVoluntary 2014 - Feb 2019Bromley, United KingdomI co-organise an annual fundraising event for the Chartwell Cancer Trust. -
Parent /School AssistantVoluntary 2009 - 2018London, United KingdomI am a DBS-checked active assistant at the local Primary School where I regularly volunteer assisting children with reading and any other support required -
Small Business AdvisorSelf-Employed Jan 2015 - Oct 2016Bromley, United KingdomI provided advice on a range of aspects of the owner of a local hair salon including: - Effective staff management - Marketing techniques to attract target demographic - Researching and identifying a new accountancy provider - Advice on engaging with web development companies to achieve desired outcomes - Creation of Business Review Specification
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Senior Business /Data AnalystBarclays Global Investment Mar 2008 - Apr 2009London, United KingdomI was invited to join the the Global Guidelines Programme which recommended the implementation of a third party package solution (Latent Zero's ‘Sentinel) to standardise post-trade guideline monitoring procedures across the organisation. Working as the Senior Business and Data Analyst within the Compliance Project Team, my role was varied but primarily focused on ensuring that the requisite data was available within Sentinel to support the Fixed Income implementation holding both FI and ET & OTC derivatives.
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Workstream Leader/BaInvesco Asset Management 2007 - 2008I was brought in to manage the largest data (CADIS) workstream , resulting in the delivery of a robust, optimised global data framework for CRD (Charles River) supporting 24 x 7 OMS trading.
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Senior Business AnalystBarclays Wealth Management 2006 - 2007Here I worked as part of the Investment Management Front Office team to define the high level Target Operating Model for the portfolio management business whilst supporting the RFP and system evaluation process. -
Senior Business AnalystCazenove Capital 2004 - 2006Working within a small front office projects team, we successfully implemented CRD to support modelling, compliance checking, and order management enabling STP with Simcorp's Dimension across all core asset classes. -
Business AnalystMellon Global Investments 2001 - 2004A Business Analyst in Mellon's Front Office Projects team, we were one of the first companies in the City to implement third party portfolio management system CRD. -
Graduate Business AnalystMerrill Lynch (Now Blackrock) 1997 - 2001I cut my teeth here, gaining experience in business analysis, programming and IT support. -
Dtp, Customer Services, Research AdministratorNatwest Markets, Nomura, Deutsche Bank 1996 - 1997I took on a range of temporary assignments working for a range of blue chip organisations in the City.
Amber W. Education Details
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Computing For Commerce & Industry -
Cfa InstituteChartered Financial Analyst Level I -
Law & French
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Amber W. works for The Baobab Foundation
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Amber W.'s current role is Operational Lead.
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Amber W. attended Open University, Cfa Institute, Bpp, University Of East London.
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