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Key responsibilities include:o Management of capital expenditure for Fleet Investment & Network Planning - responsible for cap-ex budget, producing the 5-year Fleet business plan and 1-year financial plan, and tracking against these monthly by providing detailed variance analysis in the period to senior management.o Accountable Finance Manager for new aircraft specification projects - controlling drawdown costs for configuration from capital business cases, requiring significant… Show more Key responsibilities include:o Management of capital expenditure for Fleet Investment & Network Planning - responsible for cap-ex budget, producing the 5-year Fleet business plan and 1-year financial plan, and tracking against these monthly by providing detailed variance analysis in the period to senior management.o Accountable Finance Manager for new aircraft specification projects - controlling drawdown costs for configuration from capital business cases, requiring significant stakeholder management to consider trade-off between cost control and customer satisfaction, as well as attention to detail to ensure accurate fund drawdown.o Providing robust financial analysis behind planning and strategy decisions for long-term Fleet projects, comparing various supplier proposals and presenting back findings to the BA Board, showing significant commercial awareness on decisions that will impact the direction of BA for up to 25 years.o Enacting high-value aircraft delivery payments to suppliers, ensuring that all invoices received are reconciled to complex contracts (and liaising with suppliers) and that payments are signed off by appropriate directors ahead of delivery.Key skills gained at British Airways:o Applying problem-solving skills to creatively cut financial data in robust and innovative ways. Ability to communicate these findings clearly and concisely to a range of senior stakeholders, with excellent results. o Budget control: Ensuring that correct processes are followed, and that any deviations are fully explained and signed-off.o Commercial investment acumen: developing a strong understanding of the commercial realities affecting the business.o Assessing and challenging business cases: Exercising professional judgement when challenging key assumptions and assessing financial viability of any investments being made. Show less

Key responsibilities included:o Production of Route Profitability Reporting pack, detailing a P&L for each route, as well as commentaries and key action points for any outlying data. This was updated and sent monthly to senior management including CEO and BA Leadership team as well as being used extensively by Network Planning to influence key network and fleet decisions.o Performed numerous ad-hoc analysis tasks based upon Route Results data and presented findings to the Director of… Show more Key responsibilities included:o Production of Route Profitability Reporting pack, detailing a P&L for each route, as well as commentaries and key action points for any outlying data. This was updated and sent monthly to senior management including CEO and BA Leadership team as well as being used extensively by Network Planning to influence key network and fleet decisions.o Performed numerous ad-hoc analysis tasks based upon Route Results data and presented findings to the Director of Network and Alliances and other senior management.o Interacted with finance line areas of numerous Directorates (including Operations, Treasury, Engineering and Customer) to support business cases, as well as challenged monthly cost submissions to ensure that they are timely and accurate. Show less

Planning, performing and completing statutory audits for companies and groups under UK GAAP and IFRS. Audits completed for a range of industries (including AIM-listed retail and media, and charity) up to in-charge level.Key achievements in this role:o Audit In-Charge for numerous high-profile clients with up to 10 direct reports for each audit.o 5 KPMG Employee Excellence Awards for adding value and commitment.o Next Generation Audit (NGA) Champion, a firm‐wide initiative to… Show more Planning, performing and completing statutory audits for companies and groups under UK GAAP and IFRS. Audits completed for a range of industries (including AIM-listed retail and media, and charity) up to in-charge level.Key achievements in this role:o Audit In-Charge for numerous high-profile clients with up to 10 direct reports for each audit.o 5 KPMG Employee Excellence Awards for adding value and commitment.o Next Generation Audit (NGA) Champion, a firm‐wide initiative to drive continuous improvement and implement efficiencies in the audit process through better planning and regular debrief sessions.Key skills gained at KPMG:o Relationship building: Extensive experience of effectively engaging with a variety of stakeholders at all levels across the firm and with clients, learning the value of an important first impression and being the representative for the company.o Planning the resources and timings for each audit before the start of each engagement. Reviewing and billing clients based on resources used (and profit uplift) at the end of the engagement.o Leadership, coaching and teamwork: Responsible and accountable for delivering high quality work, meeting daily targets, training team members and providing on‐going support and feedback. Show less

Audit Assistant with experience of working on clients from a variety of industries, including TV production, communications, health & beauty, and oil & gas, having passed all 15 ACA professional qualification exams.

- Assisted with the day-to-day running of languages department, from organising foreign school trips to analysing department exam results.- Worked with the school's Data Manager to create spreadsheets and analyse data, by re-writing all of the templates for school exam results analysis on Excel.- Covered absent teachers.- Provided Maths tuition for several academically weak students who are on the C/D borderline for their Maths GCSE exams, with excellent results.

Contacted Alumni of the University of Birmingham, to keep them in touch with the university, whilst also informing them about a £160million charity campaign run by the university.I also sat on the fund distribution panel, consisting of several high-profile members of the university (including the Vice-Chancellor), to decide which of several innovative projects the £100,000 of money raised by the campaign should be distributed to.