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Woldingham, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Project Delivery LeadIdentified new growth opportunities, adapted the business to client need, maximising revenue and profit through developing trusted client relationship; and delivering outstanding infrastructure technology changes to support the client 2020 vision of effortless digital customer journey on account opening. Nominated to pick up the finance lead role as a side of desk providing financial acumen, strategic and commercial support and counsel to the team, including leadership.Key Achievements;Built and established a close working relations with client, managing up to 8 stakeholders total of 12 project portfolio  Structured, resourced and supervised a 25 strong dedicated delivery team, both technical and project managers on and offshore deliverable technical changes in client infrastructure Main client point of contact. Increased sales and revenue by 15% and 20% respectively through new opportunities and expanded scope on existing portfolios. collaboration with client and technical team produce estimates/pricing/ writing contracts Accountable for financials and ensures that projects are delivered in line with sold margins Upskilled the team through financial and commercial training sessions for pricing, forecasting and budgeting

Managed month end process, reporting and monthly reviews with leadership and work stream leads. Addressing variances with actions plan to resolve issues and ensuring implementation.Partnering with client team and senior stakeholders. The role focused on providing financial acumen, strategic and commercial support and counsel. Ensuring project compliance with GAAP, IFRS and SOX, driving the month-end, budgeting and forecasting processes as well as, managing working capital and cash flow. Led a team of 5 offshore Finance Analysts and oversaw monthly MI and KPI reporting with variance analysis and high level summary.Key Achievements: Established a partnering relationship with client team and project managers through weekly contact and understanding the deliverables to the client, enabling better reporting and MI accuracy. Delivered training on pricing tools and commercials to project managers encouraging business owner mind-set among team empowering them to be accountable for the delivered financials results. Leading budgeting and forecasting conversation and agreeing delivery strategy. Reduced considerable receivables balance with RBS from over $1.5m to $0.2m in just 2 months and applied new processes to avoid future issues; significantly increased cash flow. Pivotal role in rolling out new digital finance tools and digital MI tools across Liberty Global and RBS  Appointed as Finance representative at new joiners’ orientation delivering sessions on “How the business makes money”.

London, England, United Kingdom

Liaising with 3 divisional directors and reporting to the financials controller, the role covered overseeing all functions of the finance department, supervising 2 junior team members, and ensuring efficient running of all day to day process and meeting leadership MI reporting needs.Key Achievements: Introduced/Implemented SAGE finance system including payroll saving monthly outsourcing cost Drove budgeting, forecasting and reporting process with leadership input resulting in accurate and timely reporting to assist in management decision making  Compliant with documentation and record keeping allowing year on year successful external audit review.

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Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Accounting And Finance

Higher National Diploma, Business And Finance

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