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Trinidad And Tobago

Position organization to achieve initiatives by focusing on change and risk management in a role requiring oversight of strategy, marketing, communications, business analytics, and support services. Manage a team and allocate an annual budget across projects and programs. Report to the CEO.• Reduce deviations from targets by developing dashboards that enable managers to measure and evaluate performance to ensure organizational effectiveness and data governance.• Boost transparency for… Show more Position organization to achieve initiatives by focusing on change and risk management in a role requiring oversight of strategy, marketing, communications, business analytics, and support services. Manage a team and allocate an annual budget across projects and programs. Report to the CEO.• Reduce deviations from targets by developing dashboards that enable managers to measure and evaluate performance to ensure organizational effectiveness and data governance.• Boost transparency for senior leadership by highlighting market data and local insights to quantify business cases and marketing plans outlining potential markets for strategic growth.• Maximize return results by identifying risk profiles for the Enterprise Wide Risk Management function (ERM) and business segment activities, capturing and analyzing metrics for profitability. Show less

Trinidad And Tobago

Stewarded M&A activities that included the acquisition of a local competitor while leading a team of three. Integrated an interactive dashboard and other pivotal financial analytics KPI's to ensure perpetual audit readiness and up to date information. Reported to the CEO.• Minimized M&A costs by negotiating medium and long-term financing for the organization's strategic plan at below average market rates,• Established a robust month-end close process via an exhaustive CFO checklist and… Show more Stewarded M&A activities that included the acquisition of a local competitor while leading a team of three. Integrated an interactive dashboard and other pivotal financial analytics KPI's to ensure perpetual audit readiness and up to date information. Reported to the CEO.• Minimized M&A costs by negotiating medium and long-term financing for the organization's strategic plan at below average market rates,• Established a robust month-end close process via an exhaustive CFO checklist and an early warning system of at-risk budget targets.• Reduced risk exposure by implementing a vigorous post-investment reporting structure. Show less

Trinidad And Tobago

Improved operational oversight by designing and executing a dashboard of metrics measuring both operational and financial indicators resulting in reduced customer churn and increased up and cross-selling. Reported to the Strategy Executive.• Enabled the organization to capitalize on tactical and strategic plans and decisions by integrating divisional business intelligence user interfaces.• Facilitated more robust documentation and a repository of a lessons-learnt database by… Show more Improved operational oversight by designing and executing a dashboard of metrics measuring both operational and financial indicators resulting in reduced customer churn and increased up and cross-selling. Reported to the Strategy Executive.• Enabled the organization to capitalize on tactical and strategic plans and decisions by integrating divisional business intelligence user interfaces.• Facilitated more robust documentation and a repository of a lessons-learnt database by establishing financial modelling into departmental project decision making frameworks. Show less

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Master'S Degree, Applied Analytics

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.667

Cpa (Certified Public Accountant), Public Accounting

Fcca, Chartered Accountant

A Levels, Accounting, Business And Computer Science