Michael Canning Email & Phone Number

Cork, Ie

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Head of Operations and Change @ https://blinkparametric.com/#1

London, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Nyc And Cork

BELVELLY CONSULTING LTD was incorporated to deliver business transformation, programme management and management consultancy services. Key Programmes include:Actis (www.act.is) - 3.5 year+ contractGlobal Programme Director / Head of Strategic Projects & Programmes covering 30+ projects and programme/projects best practice advisory:• Corporate Target Operating Model development programme to support growth plans of Actis from including: Fund Services operating model optimisation, Corporate / Firm Architecture restructure, distressed fund recovery• Operations team governance and delivery optimisationUBS (10 month contract) • Designed solution/processes optimising available MI to support Operational Risk Control related thematic analysis, trending and lessons learned previously un-available to the Investment Bank• Implemented programme structure, PMO, governance models, risk management and stakeholder management approachesLloyds Banking Group(10 month contract) • Developed business / IT vision and strategy (combining different supplier IT solution sets with client backend systems) and presented/received sign-off on robust business cases for uncovered opportunities from a varied stakeholder set, across executive, mid-management and operational levels• Integrated proposed payment solutions into wider procurement and Accounts Payable processesPWC (20 month contract) • Designed best in class SAP solution and received sign off from appropriate Executive stakeholders• Led go-live implementation across initial Wave one countries, including development of go-live approach, communications and activities listRichmond Housing Partnership (6 month project via SKT Consulting):• Digital transformation programme to transform how a not for profit organisation serves its customers more effectively and efficientl

London, England, United Kingdom

Global Programme Director / Head of Strategic Projects. Programmes, Portfolios and projects delivered include:• $50m+ budget, 10+ external advisors / consultancies and implementation partners across 50+ internal project team members• COO, Operations Committee (OpCo) and Executive Committee (ExCo) advisory • COO Chief of Staff (acting) covering Global Operations team (London, Delhi, Luxembourg, Mauritius, US) governance and efficiency/delivery optimisation o Including co-ordinating multiple major offsite team events, including Operations All Hands (120+ global colleagues) 3 day event in Goa, India with a significant executive / partner presence• Complete Integration of distressed fund (Abraaj, BBC Abraaj documentary) to satisfaction of internal Actis Exec Committee and 80+ impacted investors / LPs (Limited Partners) covering people, processes, technology , data, governance and a number of open and pending litigations• $300m investment raising programme , working with Goldman Sachs and numerous external legal firms• Front office, middle office and back office Target Operating Model optimisation programme ($10m+ budget), supporting growth from $15BN Assets Under Management (AUM) to $70BN AUM. Projects delivered include:o Fund Accounting / Investor Reporting operating model optimisation (migrating from FIA/eFront to Allvue)o Finance system (Navision) upgrade and optimisation o Corporate / Firm / Tax optimisation architecture restructureo Investment process and governance optimisation including deal pipeline and portfolio management & reporting optimisation (using Dealcloud.com)o HR Information System optimisation (implementing www.Workday.com) o ESG / sustainability reporting optimisation (implementing www.reporting21.com )o In-house Self built Data and Application platform (centralised data warehouse on Amazon Web Services (AWS))

Los Angeles / London

Appointed to develop, implement and embed a PMO/Target Operating Model / programme management structure and culture across DSC technology eco-system and also run a number of strategic business transformation, corporate development and technology programmes. Led teams of 25+, with full accountability to the CTO and VP of Info Systems. Global strategic programmes I have led include:- compliance (Data privacy (GDPR, CCPA2020)- payments (PCI) compliance- Cyber Security- Data Systems- Digital product development- Agile methodology implementation and Target Operating Model embedding

London/Nyc/Los Angeles

Appointed to create and embed a FinTech programme management structure/PMO/ToM across the B2B payments team and their day-to-day operations and also run a number of strategic client/partner facing FinTech programmes. Led teams of 50+ people with oversight of $100m programme budgets and accountability to SVP of B2B payments and EVP of Corporate Payments. Programmes included:B2B Payments Optimisation New Product launch: Leadership of programme to launch innovative commercial payment SaaS solution and direct partnership/investment worksteams(with AvidXchange and banking partners) with revenue potential of $1bn+.Operational Excellence: Entrusted to improve key client relationship and transform all touch points and embed Agile delivery processes into more effective, efficient and repeatable processes to improve structure, visibility and progress across technology programmes.Partner on-boarding and migration:Tasked to oversee the migration of a partner bank from Visa based B2B product set to Mastercard based product set, covering systems development and integration, data migration and overall programme governancePartner Divestment and migration: Tasked to identify a migration strategy and programme plan and subsequent decommissioning activities (systems, integrations, data) due to an existing key partner exiting the market.

London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam

Programmes/Projects include•Head of Purchasing Infrastructure and Data (Separation, Integration & Divestments) Programme (ABN AMRO takeover)(Separation, Integration and divestment programmes to separate all purchasing relating data and infrastructure to appropriate owners and to integrates all RBS destined regions, data and infrastructure into RBS environment as efficiently and effectively as possible, to optimise synergies enjoyed by RBS)•Head of Global Procurement Compliance Programme, Group Purchasing.(Programme to significantly increase global compliance to preferred/approved suppliers and to approved P2P/purchasing channels (P2P solution, pCards), in order to minimise supply chain risk and optimise cost savings)•Head of Global vendor payments optimisation programme, Group Purchasing.(Cross departmental (Purchasing/Accounts Payable/Group Tax) programme to optimise payments to vendors, so as to reduce supply chain risk, maximise internal efficiencies relating to invoice payments and optimise revenue opportunities for RBS. Leveraged eInvoicing, pCards, Corporate Cards)•Global demand management programme, RBS Group Projects.(Programme to reduce the cost base of RBS by changing group wide attitudes and behaviours in relation to incurring costs/engaging in expenditure on behalf of RBS)

London, United Kingdom

Programme to identify innovative solutions to business development challenges, by identifying and implementing to go-live a number of new initiatives to reach new clients and markets, and to develop stronger relationships with existing clients.•Developed Commercial Card (pCard, B2B Corporate Card) Partnerships and Alliances strategy from initial idea to partner identification and recruitment, through contract negotiation, to development of supporting sales and marketing collateral. Exceeded Partnerships and Alliances Strategy targets, signing up 100% of first year target within 3 months of campaign commencement.•Managed, from idea to implementation, enhancement of B2B commercial card product and solution sets.

London, United Kingdom

•Project managed the design and implementation of commercial card solution suite for new clients and expansion opportunities in order to achieve business development targets and efficient and timely implementations that deliver value to customers, and revenues to Amex.

Dublin

•Professional Services team•Responsibility for the account management and implementation of a web based ecommerce (procurement / Invoicing/business intelligence / integration) solution across multi-national organisations, at an executive and operational level, and also running several strategic, award winning internal BPR projects.

Dublin, Boston

Dublin

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Distinction (Top 5% Of Class)

Final Project: Best practice people integration during Mergers and Acquisitions, focusing on: - merging of cultures. - human resources due.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Economics, Finance, Ecommerce., 2H2

Computer Science, 2H1