Chris Donovan Email & Phone Number

Winnersh, England, United Kingdom

• Responsibility for developing a Data Governance Framework from scratch

Bedford, England, United Kingdom

Role includes Data Management / Data Governance and Data system ownership, Data lead on major reorganisation projects, Year End Project Manager, key player in large-scale Finance and HR transformation programmes, managing UK operational team and matrix manage 3rd party offshore technical teams.- Successfully project managed 15 consecutive financial Year Ends and was asked back to do it year after year due to the organised and controlled way I delivered it- Data lead and project manager… Show more Role includes Data Management / Data Governance and Data system ownership, Data lead on major reorganisation projects, Year End Project Manager, key player in large-scale Finance and HR transformation programmes, managing UK operational team and matrix manage 3rd party offshore technical teams.- Successfully project managed 15 consecutive financial Year Ends and was asked back to do it year after year due to the organised and controlled way I delivered it- Data lead and project manager on every large or complex reorganisation project in BT since 2008 including the creation of Openreach, the acquisition of EE and numerous examples of business units merging or splitting. I have designed the majority of BT's internal organisation structure- System owner and the central point of contact between the business users and the technical support teams, constant engagement with varied stakeholders, resolving issues, providing consultancy on developments and deployments, ensuring data quality and data integrity is maintained- Key player in the HR transformation programme leading on the complete redesign of processes, involving requirements capture, "as is" and "to be" process mapping, fully documenting changes, testing, training delivery to business users- Key player in one of Europe's largest Finance transformations from Oracle to SAP and led the complete redesign of legacy processes for the handling of Financial Master Data change collaborating with Collibra solution designers to create new approval workflows, screens and templates providing the business users with end to end training manuals, videos and training calls before deploying on time.- Continually improved data quality and constantly policed data integrity between systems. Introduced robust control checks between sending and receiving systems and was responsible for devising a process enabling closure of many thousands of codes in a safe way with no detrimental impact. Show less

Bedford, England, United Kingdom

System Owner for eOrganisation, a fundamentally important system in BT which straddled both Finance and HR as the system mastered cost centre creation , the movement of people and their associated vehicle and computing assets around the business. Central point of contact for all the lines of business and matrix management of the offshore technical Application Support Group (ASG)- Operated and maintained Sarbanes Oxley key controls to regularly pass internal and external audit… Show more System Owner for eOrganisation, a fundamentally important system in BT which straddled both Finance and HR as the system mastered cost centre creation , the movement of people and their associated vehicle and computing assets around the business. Central point of contact for all the lines of business and matrix management of the offshore technical Application Support Group (ASG)- Operated and maintained Sarbanes Oxley key controls to regularly pass internal and external audit requirements- Led Continuous Improvement forums- With my attention to detail trusted to be the final reviewer and approver of the numerous annual calendars fundamental to the correct and scheduled flow of data from multiple systems Show less

London, England, United Kingdom Up To May 2003 Then Moved Back To Bedford

Functional management role within the Finance and Accounting Policies and Procedures team responsible for all aspects of Pay processes within BT. This included writing and regularly reviewing relevant sections of the Pay Accounting Group Accounting Manuals, ensuring adherence to policy, documenting processes and delivering training to business units to better understand those processes, secretary and chair monthly forums, data and financial trend analysis of pay accruals, recharge and variances

Bedford, England, United Kingdom

Managed the general ledger Suspense Team whose purpose was to investigate and clear all rejected transactions from the numerous systems interfaces into the ledger, meeting or exceeding targets by month end deadlines.