Gavin Caldwell Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Redhawk Consulting is an accountancy practice specialising in contractor accounting and small businesses.

Petts Wood, Kent, UK

Independent Project Management contractor.

London, United Kingdom

• Led three large financial crime compliance engagements with major international banks:1) Led a team of 10 to deliver a forensic investigation into a large volume of trade finance transactions at a large global bank..
• Being the principal point of contact with the client and maintaining a constant dialogue to prioritise activities, plan the work and manage risks and issues.
• Liaising with client legal and procurement teams to agree the scope of work, budget and detailed terms.
• Working with the client to develop the approach/methodology for the project.
• Detailed project and budget management to ensure that the work was delivered on schedule and to budget. This was particularly challenging in the latter case, where a number of key budget assumptions changed.
• Managing multiple sub-teams with complex interdependencies.

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Role: Interim Head of Programmes – Business Change. Responsible for initiating a large Corporate Services Transformation programme, overseeing various projects and setting up the Portfolio Office team ensuring high.
• Programme Manager for a major back office transformation programme (£3m) focusing on setting up simple, effective governance and driving the creation and board approval of the business case.
• Recovered a failing £0.5m project through re-scoping, re-planning and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Set up the Portfolio Office (5FTE) including management reporting, capacity planning, resource management, risk management and dependency management. Significant benefits achieved through the delivery of accurate.
• Introduced highly effective prioritisation and resource allocation processes to ensure that the IT and change teams were focusing on key business priorities.
• Engagement with and relationship management of C-Suite stakeholders.

London, United Kingdom

• As a Programme and Project Management Consultant, I supported the set up of the IT Portfolio Management Office by developing and implementing a set of standards, processes and guidance covering all aspects of.
• Tailoring best practice to fit the needs and working practice of the Trust.
• Specific responsibility for development of End-to-End Programme and Project Lifecycles and Finance, Benefit Management, and Governance Frameworks.
• Definition and implementation of an effective Portfolio Governance Model which improved control and decision-making over initiatives.
• Redesigned portfolio, programme and project reporting processes which improved the visibility of progress against objectives and benefits.
• Development of a range of templates with embedded guidance to facilitate and standardise portfolio, programme and project documentation.

London, United Kingdom

• As Project Manager, I was responsible for the design of a new Target Operating Model to define how the organisation should be structured to successfully deliver the corporate objectives. The project had a budget of.
• Overall co-ordination and management of all project activities for the project team of 9 full time team members, including 5 Heads of Services.
• Selection, commercial engagement and subsequent vendor management of big 4 consultancy partner.
• Business case development
• Set up of Project Organisation Structure and Governance Model
• Reporting to Project Board, Design Authority, Executive Team and Board

• As Interim PMO Lead, I set up from scratch and ran the corporate Project Management Office (PMO) to provide oversight of the corporate transformation portfolio (budget £6m over 3 years) to improve Executive visibility.
• Definition and roll out of common a Project Management approach including reporting, standards, templates and tools
• Extensive training and coaching of around 20 Project Managers which significantly improved the level of project management understanding and capability across the organisation
• Structuring of the portfolio to enable effective oversight, prioritisation and benefit realisation
• Coaching of the Executive Team to improve portfolio management and prioritisation
• Introduction of formal project approval, budgeting and cost tracking processes

At PwC, I advised a range of clients on programme and project management methodology and best practice to help sponsors and their teams deliver on time and on budget while maintaining good controls over the project risks. I advised on multiple, large-scale business transformations with FTSE100 companies and large private companies including:Vodafone NewCo.

• Role: Business Analyst then Project manager. Worked within the Investment Banking Product Control team to project manage the implementation of a bespoke global financial disclosure system relating to Fair Value.
• All phases of the project lifecycle including initiation, requirements gathering, testing, roll out, handover to BAU and post-implementation review
• Ownership of project documentation including Project Plans, Risks and Issues Logs, Business Requirements, Testing Plans, Handover documents, Stakeholder Communications and Training Materials
• Co-ordination of user testing and provision of sign off to IT
• Liaison with key stakeholders including Project Sponsor, key customers and suppliers
• Resourcing for the project team, including recruitment, delegation of tasks and line manager responsibilities

London, United Kingdom

• Role: Programme manager for a suite of projects within the ‘Connectivity and Mobility’ area for PwC, delivering solutions to the PwC Assurance practice:
• Ensured alignment of solutions with global strategic direction and best fit with business strategy
• Project managed end-to-end implementation of ‘Connectivity’ tools (BlackBerrys, 3G wireless cards, USB Memory Keys) to the PwC Assurance Practice, from proof of concept to roll out, training and communications and.
• Ensured alignment of proposed solutions with global strategic direction and best fit with other relevant business strategies.

London, United Kingdom

Audit assistant manager working in the Consumer, Industrial, Products and Services Group.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics With Italian, 2:1

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