Paul Marshall Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Gurgaon, India

• For the first 6 months was the lead in India for a complex and large-scale IT change Programme delivering new finance and risk systems across the RBS group. Later transitioning to Chief Operating Officer type role.
• Led the strategy, design and build of the Programme’s offshore capability in Gurgaon. Built the capability from a zero base at the start of 2013 to a team of 250+ by the end of 2013. Build included recruitment of.
• Working with stakeholders through complex country specific legal frameworks and compliance issues, was able to re-negotiated all existing partner/vendor contracts within India to achieve a 40% cost saving to the.
• Embedded a culture of Risk Awareness across the programme in India. Resulted in deep knowledge of risk across the team and earlier awareness, escalation and resolution of risks within the programme. Represented the.
• Using prior experience coached the global teams, other members of the Management Board and the Exec on extended team model and cultural diversity and relentlessly drove for the delivery of target state. Programme is.

Gurgaon, India

• Overall responsibility for the build out of the Systems and Strategy department within the newly formed Global Finance Services division in India. Key Achievements:
• Delivered the whole transition strategy across the UK and India for Systems and Strategy from business case submission to target state delivery. Smooth and seamless delivery within timescales and budget and is still.
• Led cross-functional teams to increase efficiency and drive out waste and roadblocks to globalisation. Resulted in overall productivity increases, reduction in delays to SLA’s and increased staff engagement.
• Led a team of Senior Managers within India to imbed the culture and values of RBS through turbulent and ambiguous times.
• Relentlessly drove for operating model to be expanded fully across locations allowing for my team to have greater ownership and accountability for key business decisions.
• Levering relationships with the Risk community and Lean Partnership was able to embed a truly robust risk culture within the team.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Overall ownership and accountability for Group’s balance sheet reconciliation and integrity including consolidation of all balance sheet items.
• Led the project to increase the stability and robustness of the group Financial Consolidation Platform. Delivered a robust fit for purpose system into production and increased stakeholder confidence in it over.
• Led and developed a team of accountants to pro-actively manage all issues concerning Data Management over reporting periods. Improved data accuracy over 2 quarters, resulting in less re-work across other finance teams
• Decreased the amount of overtime required over reporting periods by 30%, which also increased employee morale and key knowledge retention

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Responsibility for business planning, resourcing, people capability, finance management and communication for the cross-Group Change function (500 FTE, £30M+). Remit included establishing change demand/management.
• Leading a team of 25 staff providing detailed project support to a portfolio of programmes at Divisional level. Including the embedding of quality governance and reporting mechanisms, risk management processes and.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ba (Hons), Accounting

Postgraduate Certificate, Valuation & Risk