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Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Boscombe, England, United Kingdom

• Retained knowledge of current menu selections for accurate, reliable customer guidance.• Enquired about guest satisfaction, anticipated additional needs, and fulfilled ad-hoc requests.• Delivered exceptional and fast customer service to process high-volume food and drink orders at peak times.• Arranged alternative selections for guests with food allergies through careful collaboration with kitchen teams.• Resolved customer complaints promptly, escalating larger operational concerns to management.• Upsold, cross-sold, and recommended additional items to customers to grow restaurant sales.• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with team members from diverse backgrounds, fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Business partnering with local banks to secure promotional campaigns to drive GMV, order numbers, app registrations, and buyers, building strong relationships with stakeholders.• Efficiently allocated monthly budgets amongst departments and strictly monitored spending, maintaining marketing and EBITDA efficiency targets through positive cross-functional collaboration.• Successfully completed the project to restructure the ‘Late Payment Fee’ revenue model for better customer retention following successful collaboration with the data science and traffic ops teams.• Facilitated the process automation for merchant payouts, querying data using SQL to increase efficiency. • Assisted in creating budgeting and forecasting financial models utilsing scenario modelling and statement-integrated models focusing on growth, aiding management decision-making.• Effectively managed company capital through strategic financial planning and cost-saving initiatives. • Supervised and mentored finance executives, ensuring high-quality work and reporting.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Streamlined the processes and implementation of ERP integration with the SQL database, a cross-functional project with the regional finance and ERP teams. • Implemented financial processes and SOPs to ensure the smooth flow of the business as a start-up. • Prepared monthly management reports inclusive of financial analysis, variance analysis, and KPI’s, communicating key findings to stakeholders during monthly business reviews. • Managed the company income statement and balance sheet, delivering revenue recognition, cost analysis, accruals, CAPEX, and accurately logging ERP entries, ensuring the precision of transactional processes. • Utilised MS Office Suite, G Suite, and JIRA to enhance financial data management, reporting, and analysis.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Conducted fundamental and financial analysis on companies in the banking, material, and manufacturing industries listed in the CSE.• Analysed macroeconomic trends and completed financial models on relevant companies to assist the research team with ongoing reports.• Examined non-financial information of the companies such as industry study, SWOT analysis, and competitor analysis which stemmed from communicating with specific clients in the industries mentioned above.• Collaborated with management and team members on end-to-end project needs, organizing materials, facilitating communication, and proofreading work.• Analysing and reporting daily stock market trends in the Colombo Stock Exchange.• Responsible for reporting updates on the banking sector to clients immediately after the relevant publications of banks.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Conducted market and industry research for the team in preparation for several deals.• Assisted in the preparation of due diligence workings that involved a significant volume of data from the hospitality, logistics, and financial services industries in connection with their proposed transactions• Performed extensive analysis of historical earnings, net assets, and working capital, including the review of income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and commercial agreements.• Assisted in building complex models utilizing Microsoft Excel skills. • Translated raw or imperfect data from annual reports and articles into thoughtful analysis to deliver to senior executives.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Assisted the Equity Sales team on the trading activities that took place on the Colombo Stock Exchange such as stock trading, rights issues, debenture issues, initial public offerings, buybacks, etc.• Analysing share price trends for various companies listed in the CSE using the Bloomberg Terminal.• Forecasting target prices using historical data, macroeconomic trends, and annual reports.• Assisted senior advisors to regularly advise clients and keep them informed of investment opportunities.• Responsibility for handling CDS account openings and customer queries in the Documentation Department.

Master'S Degree, Management With Business Analytics, First Class

Achievements - Bournemouth University Academic Excellence Award (2023) Semester 1, - Data Driven Management - Business Intelligence.

Bachelor'S Of Business And Commerce, Applied Economics And Banking & Financial Management, Upper Second-Class

Achievements - Monash High Achiever Award (2019) Semester 1, Corporate Finance Introductory Macroeconomics Managerial Economics Business.

Monash College Diploma Of Business, First Class

Semester 1, Microeconomics Marketing Theory and Practice Business Law Business Statistics Semester 2, Foundations of Finance Introduction.

Education record

GCE A/Levels and O/Levels