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Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Guiding companies in leveraging their data assets to deliver value adding and actionable outcomes by way of Data Storytelling and Visualisationhttp://www.youranalytix.com/

London, United Kingdom

Strategic role responsible for Global KPIs and their alignment / relevance to the Target Operating Model (TOM)Through thought leadership and development of best practice KPI methodologies the tasks / achievements were as follows...- Stress test of KPI landscape against existing strategic direction- Challenge the thinking around what a KPI actually is.

London, United Kingdom

Identifying Critical Success factors and their underlying KPI'sTraining management and staff in best practice application and real time usage of KPI'sCreating and deploying visual dashboards / balanced score cards to facilitate the KPI's and ensure alignment to company strategy

Developing company wide Visual reporting decksBuilding in house forecasting models for assessing and controlling Burn Rate by Project by Client

• Reporting (SAP Web Intelligence (WEBI) & SAP Business Objects Dashboards 4.0 (Xcelsius)- Assessing business need in terms of data to support intelligent decision making both at Senior management level and in the.
• Business Alignment to Time Warner Head Office- Aligning Business process and objectives to Time Warner objectives and plans in Home Office- Align all functions regards fiscal objectives to operate at and be accountable.
• Profitability- Develop full Account planning contribution by Customer by way of enhancing Siebel functionality and Sales forecasting process
• Critical Path Planning (Workflow)- Swim Lane methodology (current state vs. future state)

• Responsible for all interaction between the Business and IT regards existing systems and required solutions and the introduction of Siebel as a full Customer Relationship Management solution (Siebel Business Lead UK)
• Critical Path Planning / Change Management using Swim lane methodology (current state vs future state)
• Developed Sales forecasting tools that dovetailed into Financials for reporting to NewsCorp (these were built in real-time and alerted Senior Management to problem areas within the business)
• Responsible for training the all members of Commercial Planning team regards understanding financial and full forecasting process down to contribution
• Responsible for developing a Full Account Planning system capable of forecasting and tracking all aspects of commercial deals down to contribution
• Developed Xcelsius Visual Business Intelligence dashboards for Sales and Finance teams

• Instrumental in planning, analysing and tracking all Q4 forecasts and financial commitments for the Virgin Retail Group
• Responsible for communication of above to Senior Management
• Responsible for collating and reporting of all disparate data sets

Patandi Village, Tengeru, Tanzania

Volunteer - Taught English to Year 7 and 10 students (200 children)

• Instrumental in developing, assessing and monitoring the Fox European Budgets for Home Entertainment for FY 03 and FY 04
• Developed matrixes for what-if scenarios with respect to above budgets
• Responsible for training the Finance, Marketing and Sales teams throughout Europe in Business process (required numerous territory visits)
• Liaised with IT on a regular basis regards improvements to Business Process at system level
• Developed, implemented and maintained numerous KPI reports that were then implemented worldwide
• Assisted European Directors (Finance, Marketing, Sales & Op's) in their need for accurate and timely sales data on a by country basis, European basis and International basis

• Prepared and analysed Time and Motion studies for proposed warehouse
• Analysed sales of approx 2 million books per annum
• Reported on the busiest months for sales, most popular genre’s, pick pack ship frequencies at warehouse level and Sales turnaround histories
• Assisted in developing models (in Access, Sequel Server and Excel) that incorporated above data and produced crucial evidence in final recommendations to the Pearson Education and Penguin Board of Directors

• Reported directly to the European, Middle East and Africa Vice President for finance and operations
• Involved in the transition of all Nordic licensees (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) to full subsidiary status grouped under one umbrella
• Visited the Nordic territories regularly to assist with on-site set up and training of staff with new intra-net system (forecasting, budgeting and marketing tool)
• Involved in the 2003 budget for 20th Century Fox, assisted both subsidiaries (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Spain) and Licensees (Baltic’s, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland.
• Involved in the quarterly re-forecasting of the above countries.
• Created, implemented and maintained a KPI (key performance indicator) reporting model for Europe – this was updated weekly and looked at actual sales, estimated future sales and market breakdowns by genre, by.

• Created and maintained Excel spreadsheet solutions for forecasting models i.e. various “What-if” models for forecasting and budget purposes.
• Provided scenario analysis for different sections in the forecasting process i.e. changes in Net Price, Revenue, Cost of Sales, Marketing and Contribution.
• Produced annual budgets for both Fox and MGM.
• Assisted the subsidiaries (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Spain) with their budget reporting and day to day running of business.
• Responsible for the licensee’s, budgeting and day to day forecasting, (Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates).
• Involved in initial forecasting and subsequent re-forecasting for above subsidiaries and licensees, this including using phasing models for revenue, units, returns and cost of sales.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Economics, Marketing And Tourism

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