Financially appraise new strategic partners to protect and grow group turnover and customer base using bespoke NPV models.Present a weekly MI report to the MD and GM to advise on performance of new and existing strategic partners incorporating an internal balance score card approach to consider both financial and non-financial benefits to the Lakethorne Group.Other responsibilities include reporting directly into the MD on process improvements, meeting with strategic partners on… Show more Financially appraise new strategic partners to protect and grow group turnover and customer base using bespoke NPV models.Present a weekly MI report to the MD and GM to advise on performance of new and existing strategic partners incorporating an internal balance score card approach to consider both financial and non-financial benefits to the Lakethorne Group.Other responsibilities include reporting directly into the MD on process improvements, meeting with strategic partners on a regular basis, working closely with the sales teams on business lead generation to assess conversion rates. Show less

Lead finance & business analyst on Radio Reference Offer for the BBC incorporating information from around the business and checking the validity of the information provided within the pricing model to ensure it stands up to external audit by OFCOM and BBC. High profile Terrestrial Broadcast project and analysis work identifying Capex and Opex reporting process weaknesses and possible solutions to central finance in preparation of Regulatory Audits.Responsible for Regulated… Show more Lead finance & business analyst on Radio Reference Offer for the BBC incorporating information from around the business and checking the validity of the information provided within the pricing model to ensure it stands up to external audit by OFCOM and BBC. High profile Terrestrial Broadcast project and analysis work identifying Capex and Opex reporting process weaknesses and possible solutions to central finance in preparation of Regulatory Audits.Responsible for Regulated Assets Base to be maintained in line with the statutory fixed asset registers whose output is to be used in the reference offer pricing models both TV & Radio Show less

- Finance contractor to assist the Head of Finance in a number of varied duties including managing the P&L and Balance Sheet entries for a large portfolio of projects worked on behalf of HMRC.-Involving strong reconciliation and reporting skills to ensure all project work is carried out within HMRC approval limits thus working closely with Project Managers and Commercial Finance.-Produce Monthly Board Review Finance Pack for the portfolio including upto date assumptions on… Show more - Finance contractor to assist the Head of Finance in a number of varied duties including managing the P&L and Balance Sheet entries for a large portfolio of projects worked on behalf of HMRC.-Involving strong reconciliation and reporting skills to ensure all project work is carried out within HMRC approval limits thus working closely with Project Managers and Commercial Finance.-Produce Monthly Board Review Finance Pack for the portfolio including upto date assumptions on project cashflow and risks and opportunities.-Produce a monthly client report for HMRC which reports cost to complete information on all current projects with a full financial summary explaining variances and latest cost assumptions. Show less

-Produce the project’s monthly profit and loss account covering sales, cost of sales, discounts, compensation/refunds and overheads. -Produce monthly finance pack detailing the full month’s activities including variance analysis commentary and identification of risks and opportunities.-MI – Reviewing the output from the MI team covering the daily and weekly dashboard with commentary. -Pricing – Provision of financial analysis to input into pricing decisions and review… Show more -Produce the project’s monthly profit and loss account covering sales, cost of sales, discounts, compensation/refunds and overheads. -Produce monthly finance pack detailing the full month’s activities including variance analysis commentary and identification of risks and opportunities.-MI – Reviewing the output from the MI team covering the daily and weekly dashboard with commentary. -Pricing – Provision of financial analysis to input into pricing decisions and review of job margins.-Business Plan – Assist Head of Commercial Finance with building the business model incorporating up to date marketing and operational assumptions.-Constantly review Cost to Serve calculations including agreeing Call Centre capacity plans to validate FTE resourcing needs and related cost assumptions. Show less

-Build and develop financial models and tools that enable business decisions to be evaluated. These include building up spreadsheet models that include full and indicative rates, modeling 5 year NPV’s for marketing campaigns through to new business evaluation.-Working closely together with the Underwriting, Marketing and Trading Teams to constantly revise the assumptions for new campaigns and initiatives. Make joint recommendations that will then go to the Finance Director and Head of… Show more -Build and develop financial models and tools that enable business decisions to be evaluated. These include building up spreadsheet models that include full and indicative rates, modeling 5 year NPV’s for marketing campaigns through to new business evaluation.-Working closely together with the Underwriting, Marketing and Trading Teams to constantly revise the assumptions for new campaigns and initiatives. Make joint recommendations that will then go to the Finance Director and Head of Commercial Finance for approval.-Assist with ongoing development of a post evaluation process to track progress against key decisions taken. Periodically provide summaries of progress to draw out learnings and changes to initial assumptions.-Work closely together with Financial Planning & Analysis teams so that all plans and re-forecasts reflect the latest thinking in terms of marketing and new business activity. Show less

-Quarterly Budgeting and Forecasting responsibility for npower’s Customer Contact, Finance & Managers and Residential HR Business Partners areas.-First point of contact for finance issues/advice/guidance for the above mentioned areas of the business.-Fully responsible for producing 5 year business plan incorporating business assumptions such as customer numbers, pensions, RPI etc.-Provide adhoc support to senior Finance managers on process improvement and innovation… Show more -Quarterly Budgeting and Forecasting responsibility for npower’s Customer Contact, Finance & Managers and Residential HR Business Partners areas.-First point of contact for finance issues/advice/guidance for the above mentioned areas of the business.-Fully responsible for producing 5 year business plan incorporating business assumptions such as customer numbers, pensions, RPI etc.-Provide adhoc support to senior Finance managers on process improvement and innovation, (PDG/FTE).-Maintain financial controls by ensuring all PO’s, accruals and prepayments are fully documented to comply with business/statutory audit requirements.-Responsible for integrity of Protect, Defend and growth contingency funds reporting directly to the npower Retail Managing Director.-To provide adhoc modeling support based on current attrition affecting impending sales propositions. Show less

-Manage Direct Sales Events and Winback Sales Channels with full responsibility of checking Commissions Payrolls prepared by analysts as well as providing analytical data upon request.-Intermediate Point of contact for Sales and Marketing senior managers in testing and identifying flaws in proposed changes to commissions and bonus schemes. -Technical responsibilities include automating excel spreadsheets, building databases within MS Access & formulating scheme changes within… Show more -Manage Direct Sales Events and Winback Sales Channels with full responsibility of checking Commissions Payrolls prepared by analysts as well as providing analytical data upon request.-Intermediate Point of contact for Sales and Marketing senior managers in testing and identifying flaws in proposed changes to commissions and bonus schemes. -Technical responsibilities include automating excel spreadsheets, building databases within MS Access & formulating scheme changes within the payrolls.-Produce and update LWP’s for major Commissions areas such as Direct Sales.-Manage a team of 4 analysts and have overall responsibility for their work and development requirements.-Deliver detailed presentations to groups of 30+ sales advisors and senior sales team staff on changes in commission schemes and process deliverance.-Strict weekly and monthly deadlines including Accruals figures for Finance. Show less

-Produce Management Information reports and adhoc analysis on KPI’s such as customer numbers and number of complaints. -Build and develop databases within Microsoft Access to store and run queries on large datasets to produce meaningful MI to Sales managers.