• Traveling – South Africa, USA, Europe• Continuous professional development with CIMA • APMG change manager practitioner qualification

Successfully defined and delivered the strategic TOM design principles, and effectively administered the documentation and sign off of level 3 and 4 processes in scope for Finance.Efficiently designed and delivered transitional business TOM solutions on route to end state TOM, and developed and implemented detailed delivery plan to compete process map activities.

Developed strategic solutions to facilitate the launch of a new online loan product and EPOS platform, and developed and maintained key functional relationships with suppliers to work as strategic delivery partners.Formulated and executed high level delivery timelines with 3rd party suppliers and UK Exco Board, and administered and resolved the on-going business critical systems issues. Actively coordinated with the teams in the US and Peru as well as business in the UK to achieve organizational objectives.

Drafted and implemented the overall strategy to deploy the W&G Finance operating model as part of the overall W&G Programme, and delivered resource planning recruitment and associated HR activities. Established and delivered full target operating model for Finance covering External Reporting, Decision Support, Financial Control, Treasury and Tax.Expertly developed the target operating model with circa 250 FTE, and demonstrated expertise in W&G systems infrastructure solution to achieve technology solution architecture of circa 160 applications.Designed and delivered the technical migration and control solutions to ensure financial reconciliation of transferring legal entity assets and liabilities circa £40 billion.Efficiently managed budget of circa £30million over the 4 year timeline of the programme, and developed and pioneered multi-disciplined delivery teams in multiple geographies to implement project governance and controls.

Developed and delivered end to end plan to achieve Balance Sheet Substantiation. Initiated governance processes and procedures to resolve material issues with senior Executive.Accomplished first full reconciliation and substantiation of Ulster bank balance sheet and implemented robust corporate governance and controls to ensure on-going substantiation of balance sheet. Effectively liaised with Finance Executive to define the approach, coordinated with the Finance leadership team to ensure timely project delivery.

Managed RBSG finance, month end close timetable and post-acquisition of ABN Amro, delivered revised timescales and control processes into BAU team, and drafted and executed month-end reporting plan.Steered the assessment of critical path items and activity, and administered incident management control process to effectively deliver the month-end reporting cycle.Accelerated Financial Reporting month end close by 3 working days.

Delivered the revised operating model for Group Finance change, deliver service offerings, roles and sizing and team structure, and developed n more flexible team to manage project portfolios.Spearheaded the engagement with HR to achieve the drivers behind the re-structure, and efficiently reduced annual running costs by £5.5 million.

Delivered the systems infrastructure and associated control framework, and demonstrated expertise in the technical migration and control solutions to ensure financial reconciliation of transferring legal entity’s assets and liabilities.Effectively directed the mechanisms to successfully control the cut over migration weekend, and delivered assurance regarding “Go/No Go” decision point over circa 2.0 million customer accounts.Developed and oversaw finance programme management controls while adhering to the overall programme standards and timescales.Successfully delivered processes, methodologies and governance for a Programme with over £10 million budget and circa 85 staff.

Directed and delivered the design and documentation of the target operating model for Finance. Defined and developed daily balance sheet control processes for Mortgages Operations.Headed the Finance work stream on the multi-disciplined programme, and successfully integrated new customer systems into the Statutory and Regulatory reporting models for RBSG.Capably delivered accounting control framework, and ensured that all regulatory and statutory reporting requirements were delivered.

Evaluated and monitored accounting control framework while adhering to the regulatory and statutory reporting requirements, and developed and implemented daily balance sheet control processes for Mortgages Operations.Designed, documented and built the target operating model for Finance, and oversaw the accounting treatment for reporting in the General Ledger to ensure compliance with the Statutory and Regulatory reporting requirements.