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London

IHS Markit Technology joined Informa Technology in 2019, in 2020 we launched as Omdia, a technology publication, events and research company. I remain within the technology research area, while Television and Online Video remain my focus my role is now more centred on the creation of outputs, the aggregation of data and analysis of the industry as a whole.

London, United Kingdom

Specializing in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and Set Top Box Delivered Video on Demand (VoD); my work focuses on understanding these interesting technologies which bridge the gap between traditional linear transmission methods and the rising online media markets. I have also been heavily involved in large scale data analysis Consultancy projects for FTSE 100 Broadcasting agencies and Content Providers.• Financial Modelling• Competitor Position Analysis• Consultancy… Show more Specializing in Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and Set Top Box Delivered Video on Demand (VoD); my work focuses on understanding these interesting technologies which bridge the gap between traditional linear transmission methods and the rising online media markets. I have also been heavily involved in large scale data analysis Consultancy projects for FTSE 100 Broadcasting agencies and Content Providers.• Financial Modelling• Competitor Position Analysis• Consultancy Projects• Maintenance of data models• Forecast variance analysis• SQL Queries• Data Visualisations Show less

London, United Kingdom

Enlisted to assist in the development coordination and final construction of a Process based ROI model; this role entails designing an information gathering process to ascertain the resources required to complete each process undertaken by the company. • Liaising with senior stake holders• Coordination of project team• Correlation of data• Database design and management• Return on Investment Modelling• Process Mapping

London, England

Working within the business development team my role has been to provide analytical support to the business development team during the tender process. Examining a mixture of quantitative and qualitative data to model costs of maintenance and engineering works over the length of the contract. This was a project based role designed to provide data for the first stage of the Tender process.• Examining Conditions surveys to identify priority works• Modelling the cost of works in line… Show more Working within the business development team my role has been to provide analytical support to the business development team during the tender process. Examining a mixture of quantitative and qualitative data to model costs of maintenance and engineering works over the length of the contract. This was a project based role designed to provide data for the first stage of the Tender process.• Examining Conditions surveys to identify priority works• Modelling the cost of works in line quotes provided by suppliers• Ad-Hoc Data analysis Show less

London, United Kingdom

Supporting the preparation of invoice materials and analysis of Payroll variations as part of UCL’s joint Medical Education program. My key duties in this role include:• Analysis of Payroll data; ensuring all variations are accounted for and explained• Preparation of invoicing instructions• Reconciliation of suspense accounts and managing variance Journals• Identifying entries within suspense for movement to credit control and P/L accounts

London, United Kingdom

Enlisted to assist in business continuity during GFT's merger with Gain, my role involves ensuring the timely and accurate processing and analysis of Commissions to the company’s Representative Person (RP) partners. My duties include:• Calculation of RP Commissions based on trade volumes and performance.• Allocation of specialized commissions based on the value of trades of pre-agreed commodities• Analysis and allocation of daily interest accrued on liquidity within client… Show more Enlisted to assist in business continuity during GFT's merger with Gain, my role involves ensuring the timely and accurate processing and analysis of Commissions to the company’s Representative Person (RP) partners. My duties include:• Calculation of RP Commissions based on trade volumes and performance.• Allocation of specialized commissions based on the value of trades of pre-agreed commodities• Analysis and allocation of daily interest accrued on liquidity within client accounts• Calculation of credits to RP accounts based on interest on customer equity• Assisting the Finance Manager in analysis of the profitability of Equity Products as well as risk analysis for currency options • Preparation of rebates to affiliate companies• Assisting the account manager with transaction reporting for the FCA• Ad-Hoc Analysis to support the merger process• Answering partner queries in a timely manner Show less

London, United Kingdom

Working alongside the head of Hay’s self-bill team my work revolved around the extracting billing information from a host of third party systems and reformatting to be uploaded into Peoplesoft. This was a short term role created to assist in the transitioning of several large contracts from the Business development team to the payroll department. The role involved the creation of Macro’s to reformat large quantities of data from various sources to the output format quickly.

London, United Kingdom

Working within the companies facilities department this short term project centred on analysis of the companies building access logs in order to ascertain appropriate space allocations for each department. Reports provided by building management were merged with personnel logs to identify users then ranked according to pre-agreed criteria. Finally key department managers were met with to discuss anomalous results and exceptions.

London, United Kingdom

This short term contract role carried the brief of supporting the Management Accountant and Head of Planning with additional analysis tasks during the year end process in preparation for a larger project:• Variance Analysis: Store labour hours; plan against actual. Identifying and providing meaningful insight into variations between planned payroll expenditure and actual. Subsequently, working in partnership with the Retail Director for the UK and Germany, a new calculation tool was… Show more This short term contract role carried the brief of supporting the Management Accountant and Head of Planning with additional analysis tasks during the year end process in preparation for a larger project:• Variance Analysis: Store labour hours; plan against actual. Identifying and providing meaningful insight into variations between planned payroll expenditure and actual. Subsequently, working in partnership with the Retail Director for the UK and Germany, a new calculation tool was designed for deployment to store managers to aid in more efficient allocation of labor hours.• Variance Analysis: Advertising and Marketing budgets. Identifying and providing meaningful insight into variations in the Marketing budgets, identifying campaigns which exceed budget and retrospectively calculating to Net Present Value with the sales data for the period• FX Reconciliation: Examining the effect of variations in booked and recorded exchange rates over a prolonged time frame across multiple periods. Using historical FX rates all international transactions were checked to ensure that AP and bank records fell in line• Tender Reconciliation: Working across multiple currencies; comparing historical logs from store side PDQ machines against bank accounts and till records to ensure that all variations between recorded and charged tender are accounted for and corrected.• KPI Reporting: Production of an array of KPI reports for both the Finance and Retail teams as well as providing meaningful insights into variations between Plan and Prior Period performance and making adjustments to short term Plan figures based on input from the Retail team and over/under performance.• Budget Preparation: Working with the Retail and Marketing Directors preparing a budget template for the next financial year; calculating accruals for CAPEX and Fixed Assets as well as forecasting for revenue driven expenditure. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Bonus and Commissions Calculations: Using sales data provided by Management Accounts the individual payments for all staff were calculated in accordance to their allocated scheme. Anomalies were investigated and revenue was redistributed as necessary to ensure joint deals were fairly remunerated. This required a complete understanding of the principles and calculations of all active bonus schemes as well as excellent attention to detail when dealing with large data sets. Also a great deal of… Show more • Bonus and Commissions Calculations: Using sales data provided by Management Accounts the individual payments for all staff were calculated in accordance to their allocated scheme. Anomalies were investigated and revenue was redistributed as necessary to ensure joint deals were fairly remunerated. This required a complete understanding of the principles and calculations of all active bonus schemes as well as excellent attention to detail when dealing with large data sets. Also a great deal of spreadsheet trouble shooting to ensure that all calculation sheets continued to perform in line with specifications.• Performance Forecasting and Bonus Accruals: In order to aid the group Management Accountant variance analysis would be performed to ensure that each branch was performing in line with plan, and Bonus accruals for the up-coming month and quarter were recalculated in line with results. This process required maintaining a constantly updating modeling structure incorporating each months performance and reassessing the likelihood of each individual meeting schemes requirements,• Bonus Scheme Modeling and Policy Writing: In preparation for 2013 bonus scheme changes were modeled in accordance to the specifications provided by the company’s Managing Director. Impact analysis was then performed based on these changes and results were then presented to the MD and Head of Bonus and Commissions for approval. • Extensive data reconstruction: In order to ensure that all end of year Bonuses were correctly calculated I worked closely with the Regional Managers across the brand to create a single accepted scheme history across the brand, this history was then used in Pro-rata calculations to ensure all consultants were correctly remunerated in accordance to their varied entitlements throughout the year. This project required extensive coordination with the companies 2 Operations directors and subsequent delegation to the 5 Regional Directors. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Data collection and process supervision: As part of the monthly billing cycle I was responsible for ensuring that all timesheets were collected and accurately processed. This involved monitoring the status of all jobs as well as the performance of the data entry team. • Correlation of data and error checking: Once all timesheets were received I undertook an extensive error checking process; exports from the companies in house system were checked in Excel, using a range of checks designed… Show more • Data collection and process supervision: As part of the monthly billing cycle I was responsible for ensuring that all timesheets were collected and accurately processed. This involved monitoring the status of all jobs as well as the performance of the data entry team. • Correlation of data and error checking: Once all timesheets were received I undertook an extensive error checking process; exports from the companies in house system were checked in Excel, using a range of checks designed by myself to identify potential anomalous entries which were then queried and corrected as required in time for the automated month end export.• Customer Data requests: Outside of the monthly process I was also responsible for the designing and delivery of a number of custom reports for our clients, providing specialized demographic and usage reports and requested.• Sales support: As part of the tender process I worked closely with the sales team providing demographic data for new clients as well as modelling travel feasibility for interpreter groups.• Internal audit process: At the request of the Managing director I designed and implemented a quarterly internal audit process to ensure that timesheet records were in line with standards outlined by PWC Audit. This process has led to the redevelopment of a number of department procedures; including the redesigning of our filing record, a change which resulted in a productivity increase of more than 100% in the data processing team. Show less

As Face to Face Coordinator my roles was to Allocate incoming onsite interpreting positions based on locality and suitability of the Interpreter to the case in hand.

As a contractual administrator my role is to provide short term administrative support to my clients in times of increased workloads. This role has seen me placed in a range of industries including Education, Civil Service, Legal and Scientific administration. In each of these fields I have gained valuable skills and had excellent feedback from my clients.

Clients: Blackadder’s’ Solicitors, Dundee University, NHS Professionals, South London and Moudsley NHS Trust, Abertay University. Scottish Crop Research InstitutePlaced with the above companies my role has been to provide onsite short term Administrative and Secretarial support to the agencies clients. This role has seen me perform a wide range of tasks including:• Data Processing, Integrity checks and Reporting. Processing, Organizing and compiling reports from large quantities… Show more Clients: Blackadder’s’ Solicitors, Dundee University, NHS Professionals, South London and Moudsley NHS Trust, Abertay University. Scottish Crop Research InstitutePlaced with the above companies my role has been to provide onsite short term Administrative and Secretarial support to the agencies clients. This role has seen me perform a wide range of tasks including:• Data Processing, Integrity checks and Reporting. Processing, Organizing and compiling reports from large quantities of information, often of a confidential nature.• Receptionist duties: Call screening, directing enquiries, announcing calls. Processing incoming and outgoing mail• Secretarial Duties: Event and Diary management. Liaising with external contacts; preparation of presentation resources, organizing refreshments, arranging travel and accommodation both domestic and international, expenses management, organizing couriers both international and domestic (with mind of quarantine and data protection laws in handling of biological specimens and legal documents), conference preparation and document management.• Administrative systems design: Designing and implementing internal systems to aid in day to day duties such as inventories, and comprehensive attendance monitoring systems. Show less

2:1, Geography (Urban Land Use Management And Settlement Development)

Activities and Societies: GeoSoc, My focus of study was primarily on human geography with particular focus on Urban Land Use Models.

A-Levels: English Literature (B), Geography (B), Information Systems (C)

Activities and Societies: Rowing, Athletics, Rugby, Fencing, Duke of Edinburgh Award (Silver and Gold)