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Harrogate, England, United Kingdom

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

- Producing monthly management accounts for clients, analysing the accounts, identifying trends and irregularities, highlighting key metrics, and providing financial and business advice to the client. This requires understanding a client’s industry as well as their unique business needs.- Producing financial projections for clients to submit to banks to gain government financial support during the Covid-19 crisis.- I am accomplished at producing monthly management accounts and financial projections without any prior training. Among other achievements, I used my management accounts to advise a client on a change of sales strategy that resulted in the client doubling their year-on-year revenue.

Leeds, United Kingdom

- Managing and building upon a portfolio of strategic partners in the primary care market, including day-to-day account management and up-selling additional services to achieve personal and team sales targets. I managed over thirty existing accounts and a pipeline of over fifty prospects.- Primary care market expert for partner products and markets, keeping heads of EMIS Group divisions and their sales teams informed of new partner products and changing market conditions.- Providing accurate and complete weekly revenue forecasts to Senior Management.- Commercial Lead for an app library product and partner programme.- Project Lead on re-design of the division's commercial model.- Led the team on a project to streamline EMIS' assurance process.

Leeds, United Kingdom

- Creating and managing commercial relationships with new partners to generate new business. This involved: understanding the partner’s services and technical requirements, a full comprehension of EMIS’ technical services, commercial and contractual negotiation, and ongoing account management.- Managing a portfolio of existing partner accounts. This involved re-negotiating existing contracts, up-selling additional services, and identifying and executing new business opportunities.- Providing accurate and complete monthly revenue forecasts to Senior Management.- Partner Team Lead for two national contract bids.- Project Lead for upgrading the division's commercial agreements used with customers.- I delivered a presentation for the launch of a new app library product at the EMIS National User Group to over one-hundred GPs and industry experts.- Cross-functional chair for the development of a new EMIS product.- I was awarded ‘Senior Management Choice for Outstanding Contribution to the Team’ at the end-of-year awards evening in December 2018.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Targets-driven sales role to generate new business leads for our new UK office. I held calls with prospective clients and managed existing client relationships.Highlights and achievements:• Acquired customers for and hosted a series of UK-wide conferences held for our UK launch, including networking and providing product demonstrations to clients. • Hosted a stand and provided demonstrations at a major industry conference.• Became an expert on a new product released whilst at PANALITIX. I wrote user guide documentation and provided technical assistance to our UK clients.

During summer and winter holidays from education, I worked for my father's accountancy business. I learned to do basic accounting on Sage accounting package and on Excel. I attended meetings and dealt with client queries, corresponding by letter, email and telephone.

Bsc (Hons) Economics And Finance, Economics

Graduated with Honours in Economics and Finance. Key modules include Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Behavioural Finance.

Education record

GCE A-level: Mathematics - A Physics - A Chemistry - A GCE AS-level: Biology - B GCSE: A* (7) including Mathematics and all Sciences A (2).