Amber W.

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Operational Lead @ The Baobab Foundation
United Kingdom
Amber W.'s Location
United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Amber W.

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.

Amber W.'s Current Company Details
The Baobab Foundation

The Baobab Foundation

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Operational Lead
United Kingdom
Employees:
12
Amber W. Work Experience Details
  • The Baobab Foundation
    Operational Lead
    The Baobab Foundation
    United Kingdom
  • Acen (African Caribbean Education Network)
    Operations & Membership Manager
    Acen (African Caribbean Education Network) Jan 2021 - Present
    London, England, United Kingdom
    I 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
  • Ultra Education C.I.C
    Pmo/ Operations Manager
    Ultra Education C.I.C Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
    London, England, United Kingdom
    My 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
  • Local
    Social Committee Chair
    Local 2014 - Dec 2020
    London, United Kingdom
    Working 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.
  • Voluntary
    Charity Event Organiser
    Voluntary 2014 - Feb 2019
    Bromley, United Kingdom
    I co-organise an annual fundraising event for the Chartwell Cancer Trust.
  • Voluntary
    Parent /School Assistant
    Voluntary 2009 - 2018
    London, United Kingdom
    I am a DBS-checked active assistant at the local Primary School where I regularly volunteer assisting children with reading and any other support required
  • Self-Employed
    Small Business Advisor
    Self-Employed Jan 2015 - Oct 2016
    Bromley, United Kingdom
    I 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
  • Barclays Global Investment
    Senior Business /Data Analyst
    Barclays Global Investment Mar 2008 - Apr 2009
    London, United Kingdom
    I 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.
  • Invesco Asset Management
    Workstream Leader/Ba
    Invesco Asset Management 2007 - 2008
    I 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.
  • Barclays Wealth Management
    Senior Business Analyst
    Barclays Wealth Management 2006 - 2007
    Here 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.
  • Cazenove Capital
    Senior Business Analyst
    Cazenove Capital 2004 - 2006
    Working 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.
  • Mellon Global Investments
    Business Analyst
    Mellon Global Investments 2001 - 2004
    A 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.
  • Merrill Lynch (Now Blackrock)
    Graduate Business Analyst
    Merrill Lynch (Now Blackrock) 1997 - 2001
    I cut my teeth here, gaining experience in business analysis, programming and IT support.
  • Natwest Markets, Nomura, Deutsche Bank
    Dtp, Customer Services, Research Administrator
    Natwest Markets, Nomura, Deutsche Bank 1996 - 1997
    I took on a range of temporary assignments working for a range of blue chip organisations in the City.

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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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