Kathryn Smith Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Liverpool, United Kingdom

MyCSP are currently undergoing a large transformation looking at Digital and Data. I am working to Develop and Implement a Data Strategy across the organisation with immediate focus on the member data.Implementation of Data GlossariesImplementation of Meta data management and governanceImplementation of automated data handling processesImplementation of automated reporting

Knutsford

There is a requirement in the business to review and manage data governance and architecture across the group. Ensuring all projects and activity interacting with data do so correctly. Data Architecture covers the life-cycle of a piece of data, from golden source generation, lineage, ETL's, transformation, quality and security.Key Objectives Review and recommendations of current governance Implementation of required governance changes Sign off for data architecture across functions Key stakeholder for Group Wide Data Policy Implementation of Group Wide Data Policy across Functions Cover operational data architecture gaps when required Maturity plans for the Functions estate. Implementation of maturity plans for the Functions estate.

This role involves me developing group wide reporting on project and change activity. The role is newly created and supports standardisation of project management tooling. The reports are used at all levels of the business. Key data relates to activity and financials. I manage 6 BI development specialists, and augment with contractors when required. Currently working with Microsoft BI stack. Sourcing data from Oracle and Teradata environments.As part of this role I am also a member of the leadership team, focusing on projects around organisation structure and standardised performance management.Key Objectives Definition of reporting principles.  Group wide key-stakeholder management Promoting central report use across the group Gap analysis and decommission of local reporting environments Business Process Analysis Business Intelligence Analysis Report design and development Implementation of a service support framework including risk and control framework, automated testing, use of strategic development tools and release and change process working with the BAU teams Design and implementation of full reporting infrastructure, reducing the reporting estate by 7 ETL’s, 6 databases and 4 data output points. Reducing incident management and change activity by 76% Development of a standardised development process. Established Agile working pattern across the team Data augmentation to enrich the reporting base Recruitment and management of a team of 14 developers Leadership Team member

Knutsford

May 2011 - April 2014 Head of BIAs Head of the BI Team for GTIS COO I was responsible for providing reports for presentation to the Heads of GTIS and their SMT, whilst also producing reports and analysis for the business areas to successfully manage activity. The team was responsible for reporting from a range of data sets, including HR related data, operational performance data, finance data, risk data and time sheet management data. The BI team are also responsible for advising on the appropriate tool sets to be used for the production of business analysis and MI.The role required reorganisation to ensure the appropriate skill sets were available within the team. I directly managed a team of 7 DB specialists and analysts.In all work undertaken my teams apply full E2E project management methodologies. Ensuring requirements are gathered and met. In both roles I have removed manual reporting processes and streamlined reporting processes, centralising and utilising golden sources of data, improving reporting accuracy. Key Objectives Design and implementation of a Business Intelligence Strategy Development and maintenance of a central source of ‘Golden’ data for GTIS operational reporting Managing the specification and development of key reports for leadership of GTIS Managing the specification and development of operational reporting for business areas across GTIS Supporting GTIS governance forums in the provision of data and analysis as required. Management of the design and development of applications for data enrichment and augmentation. Decommission of local area reporting practices Automation of multiple reporting processes. Implementation of data quality assessment and correction processes Centralised SharePoint development for access to all reporting Recruitment and management of 6 developers, with global presence in England, Lithuania and India.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

The aim of this business was to provide business analysis support to other organisations through the analysis of current data. I offered market place and marketing analysis along with KPI development and ROI cost analysis. During the time I engaged with a wide variety of organisations in a range of different projects in the following areas• Private medical care providers• Universities• Medical Supplies• Leisure• Legal• Local Authorities

Within this role I was responsible for reporting against all research related activity, and for completing government returns based on Research data, including RAE and HEBCI.During my time at the University I lead the design, build and implement a new Research Management System. The system we built was akin to a project management system, and was developed in the Oracle development suite. The system directly linked the Universities HR system and Finance system, removing duplication of data store and management and ensuring golden data sources were used. The system had embedded project administration sections and a fully structured costing module, to provide accurate project costs. The system captured data required for reporting reducing heavily manually reporting processes. Implementation covered the training of academics across the university for using the system. Key Objectives Management of a team of 4 analysts & 6 developers University wide key stakeholder management Budget management Production of data requirements against research activity for senior managers and faculty leads Report design and development. Data analysis and recommendations for University committees CRM analysis for key industrial research partners Development of strategy for engaging high profile industrial partners Governance and management of all research related government returns, including REF and HEBCI Research Income prediction modelling – predicting at 96% accuracy. Design, development and implementation of a central Research Activity Application User training and support System integration between finance system, research system and HR system. Integrated, confidential costing tool – linked directly to the HR system to return accurate costs. Implementation of data quality assessment and correct processes Automated reporting and data access with the implementation of testing processes Project Management, Business Process Analysis & BI Analysis

Liverpool, United Kingdom

This role had been specifically developed within a re-organisation of departments. During my time there, along with my induction I was gaining insight into the mechanisms of the company, prior to the new team being formalised that I was employed to work in. I worked specifically on a multiple regression model based on purchasing sensitivity, which influenced the marketing material by grouping ranges of products bought by similar consumer profiles.

Tunbridge Wells

Within this role I was a commercial analyst, and I had two main areas of responsibility:-Support Retention Marketing Strategy• Supporting, implementing and evaluation of new initiatives by driving recommendations forward.• Develop Performance Monitors from the data requirement selection stage, through the monitor set up process, to the hand over and drive of results.• Ensure key stake holders are aware of pricing strategies Understand all pricing review changes Implement monitor for all price changes to evaluate any impacts on population Ensure key stakeholders are aware of any impacts Drive changes in pricing if impacts are detected.Support all statistical work when required.• Ensure other teams have an understanding of statistical techniques used, and why we use them.• Support fellow team members in the use of statistical techniques.• Support fellow team members in the interpretation of statistical results.• Act as a statistical consultant to projects outside of marketing responsibilities.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Process Optimisation Manager• Management of a team of 4 people• Implementation and control of statistical techniques in the manufacturing environment• Development and support of databases for inspection purposesProject ManagementManagement of a project to introduce a product tracking computerised system to the manufacturing function.• Software development lifecycle and User/System requirements• User/system training