Delivering analytical support and critical challenge to the Transformation programme through effective business partnering. My responsibilities include:1 Cost Management for the Crown Transformation programme budget (£125m) by developing and delivering periodic expenditure reporting packs for the programme manager and the transformation board.2 Management accounts reporting to the Transformation programme by reviewing and presenting periodic P&Ls for the Crown network branches.3 Drive performance by providing financial modeling and scenario analysis to support strategic planning and business decision making for successful delivery of the Crown Transformation Programme 4 Forecasting full year expenditure periodically to provide a 3 year expenditure view to the programme board.5 Highlighting benefits realised by programme activities by developing and delivering monthly benefits tracker, KPI reports and Balanced Scorecard.6 Providing support to the programme for preparing and submitting annual budgets7 Supporting the programme in preparing business cases and evaluating the financial viability of the cases by challenging costs and conducting investment appraisals8 Conducting analysis of planned initiatives and strength testing assumptions identified to achieve Crown P&L profitability

Working in a challenging and fast paced commercial environment, my responsibilitiesinclude:Ensuring that the Commercial UK business achieve corporate targets by developing anddelivering accurate weekly and periodic commercial performance reports and effectivelymanaging costs to budget at period end.Providing insight on the Commercial UK head office costs by delivering and analysisngperiodic cost reports from the ledger and ensuring cost control to *60m budget.Supporting internal stakeholders - Trading, Law and Technical (*10m income generatingbusiness) and Commercial HR depts manage costs to their budget through accurate andeffective periodic and adhoc cost analysis, budget planning and identifying cost savings.Preparing and delivering annual budgets for the internal stakeholders (c.*5m) by engagingrelevant department managers and directors in apportioning top down budgets accurately.Engaging the commercial category business analysts to gain weekly insight on trade andtrade drivers (inflation, competitors activity) and communicating this to the boardfinance and commercial directors.Helping drive business process change by identifying opportunities for improvingreporting and engaging relevant stakeholders.

CIMA professional level stage - passed finalist

Working in a dynamic and driven team, my responsibilities included:Helping the IBO team effectively gain visibility and insight on performance by deliveringtimely and accurate weekly KPI reports on the central european own brand business.Developed a comprehensive weekly KPI report using the internal Tesco business reportingsystem for the produce department summarising weekly performance of internationally andlocally sourced produce in central europe.Helping the IBO team identify supplier efficiency by developing and delivering weeklysupplier service level reports analysing supplier performance across central europehighlighting best performers by country and also conducting sensitivity analysisHelping drive business process change by identifying opportunities for improvingreporting and engaging relevant stakeholders.

Working in a challenging public sector environment, my responsibilities included:Ensuring that the CPS as a whole is driving towards cost efficiency savings in its ICTusage, through delivering the ICT usage programme across CPS and working closely withLogicaCMG consultants.Acting as a formal point of contact and communication channel when resolving conflictsbetween internal CPS clients and the IT and Telephony partners on contractual issues andcharges.Helping CPS effectively manage the IT and Telephony contract and budget through efficientcost management, accurate financial reporting and data analysisCollaborating with CPS business analysts in improving efficiency of internal CPS businessprocesses through assessment and automation using IT. Developing comprehensive spreadsheet tools for effective data analysis to highlighttrends.