Sachin Tandon Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

United Kingdom

Leading Financial Planning (FP&A) efforts to support the Growth / Corporate Strategy, and growth ambitions of a Private Equity backed S.M.E. (Leep @ Media City, U.K.), undergoing a period of significant change & growth.Reporting to the C.F.O. and external Private Equity Investors (primarily); C.E.O., and Director of Sales (occasionally)Employing Career skills (M.B.A., A.C.A., M.Eng.), and broad network of alumni contacts from the University of Cambridge (U.K.), M.I.T. (U.S.A.), and Manchester Business School (Global), to: - Foster and encourage innovation (through advanced technologies), to stay at the forefront of progress.- Generate economic and educational value for the company and its stakeholders, to sustain growth and create a positive impact / influenceApplying a variety of (futuristic) technologies to deliver / exceed on: C.E.O., C.F.O., & Private Equity (i.e. Investor) requirements:- Creation of several new Data Lakehouses & Data Warehouses - (old, incomplete solution had a total running cost in the order of c. £500,000…Delivered single-handedly, from scratch, in < 5 days, at a cost of < c. £2,000)- Lead & Cycle times reduced from c. 3 weeks to < 15 mins, having also created 150+ new datasets- Python (various libraries, e.g. Pandas), M-Code, D.A.X., LAMBDAs, PowerShell, GitHub- Data Flows, Data Pipelines, One Lake, E.T.L.s, Fact / Dimension Design, Forecast Models- Data Engineering, Data Science, SQL, T-SQL, SQL Views & Stored Procedures, TDS- Visual Studio Code, Azure Data Studio, Power B.I., and Script Optimisations using LLMs- PySpark (Python), Spark (Scala), SQL Spark, and SparkR (R) - on distributed Apache Spark clusters- Gantt Chart Activity Workflow Optimisation; Connecting & Optimising Business Systems- Using the above to implement new Data Quality checks, Reports, and Financial Models, with a strong focus on designing & building intuitive, automated & well-integrated: processes & systems.

Led key financial processes for the 3D-V.F.X. volume unit (c. 250+ Crew Members) of the Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks H.E.T.V. production: “Masters of the Air”; Budget: $250 million. (sequel to: "Band of Brothers", and "The Pacific");Exploring SaaS idea to drive innovation in the U.K. Film & H.E.T.V. industry (worked with a local business innovation hub to: develop product-market fit, business strategy, product & technology, design, use-case, assess scalability, etc.). Idea is still in development, design, engineering & prototyping…

London, England, United Kingdom

Supported Finance department with key financial processes of the H.E.T.V. series: “House of Dragons” (prequel to the award winning: “Game of Thrones”)

London, England, United Kingdom

Transformed and innovated the agency's Finance & H.R. functions to help it deliver on its strategic growth initiatives, e.g. at the time, the agency's acquisition of GPlus Europe, a European political and communications agencyReported to: C.E.O., C.F.O., and Managing PartnerAgency: Portland Communications

London, England, United Kingdom

Innovated reporting of one of Diageo's Corporate Venture Capital funds, setting up new processes, introducing greater automation, and applying better analytics, to ensure higher quality investment decision-making, and better service & engagement with its customers

London, England, United Kingdom

Transformed and innovated critical areas of Finance and H.R. functions - through the use of modern technologies, to ensure the continued delivery of high quality and value to WPP's clients and stakeholdersReported to: U.K. C.F.O., E.M.E.A. C.F.O., E.M.E.A. F.D., Global C.F.O., U.K. C.H.R.O., and Global M.D.sAgencies: Wunderman Thompson, Possible, Geometry Global, Hogarth

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Optimised internal procurement strategy for a large retail multi-national (2,200+ retail outlets, 21 countries), through research, analysis, and use of new technologiesReported to: Global C.F.O. and the Global Head of Procurement

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Delivered accurate car inventory numbers for all of Jaguar Land Rover’s U.K. vehicles, to help meet the reporting needs of C.F.O. (& team), its Parent Company (the Tata Group), and external auditors (Deloitte), helping transform the team’s work, and introducing new processes to guard against future financial reporting inaccuraciesReported to: Global Head of Product Accounting (U.K. + International)

England, United Kingdom

Led and co-led several commercial business projects, both in the UK and Internationally:★ Walt Disney - Animation & Entertainment (Advanced Strategic Management Project)★ Nintendo Group - Games & Entertainment (Corporate Recovery & Turnaround Project)★ B.M.W. Motor Group - Global Automobiles (Advanced Strategic Management Project)★ The Landmark Group - (Retail & Hospitality Conglomerate - 2,200+ Outlets) across the Middle East (Intl’ Business Project)★ Gold Medal Travel Group - Travel & Leisure (U.K. Consulting Project)★ Associated British Foods - U.K. Listed PLC (Mergers & Acquisitions Project)★ Big Life Group - Nursery & School Education (Marketing & Advertising Project)For details, see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rbJkQZvLloKm6rjzAlUKXgPEw6dOrwXy/view?usp=sharing

London, United Kingdom

Pursued Chartered Qualification (A.C.A.), whilst leading and supporting several diverse & multi-cultural teams on business assurance projects, over 5 years, for a range of U.K. F.T.S.E. 100, and foreign multi-nationals, across a variety of sectors.+ Key clients: - The Wellcome Trust - (Charity - £38bn, Investment Assets); - Balfour Beaty - (Engineering / Alternative Energy); - Johnson & Johnson (Healthcare); - Momentum Global Investments (Investment Management); - Deutsche Bank RREEF (Real Estate);- Land Securities (Real Estate)+ Secondment to: Prudential (Insurance)+ Member of the Media & Entertainment Group+ Chartered Qualification (ACA) - first time passes

London, United Kingdom

Within "The Strategy Group” division of the firm's "Transaction Services" department, I assisted with Commercial Due Dilligence projects (around 3-4) for London-based Private Equity houses, and the Investment divisions of London-based Investment Banks+ Key clients: Barclays Private Equity (P.E. House), Bridgepoint Group (P.E. House), DH Private Equity Partners (P.E. House)

Japan

Fourth year Masters of Engineering project: - In collaboration with the University of Cambridge (Institute of Manufacturing)Sourced foreign placement with Hitachi at their pilot test facility in Fujisawa, Japan, with help through Father's University Alumni NetworkWorked with a Senior Engineering Research & Development team to introduce lean manufacturing practices by automating a stage in the manufacturing process of Consumer Hard Disk Drives (at the time, World's first 1 T.B. Consumer HDD)1. Rigorously tested new equipment to quantify relevant benefits in terms of: W.I.P., lead time, robot utilisation, throughput & floorspace efficiency gains2. Developed a simulation model to help accurately detail out the costs & benefits (operational & financial) that would be gained from such automation

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Two Research & Development projects (Gap Year, and University Summer Internship) in the field of High Precision Metrology (Science of Measurement).Gap Year: - Software Design & Technology - Manufacturing & Assembly - Performance simulation and testingTo improve measurement performance of one of the company's flagship, non- contact laser measuring devices (NC4)Research and Lab testing work resulted in a patent application for the companySummer Internship:- Product Innovation- Feasibility StudiesTo test the technical feasibility (force limits) of using Piezo- Electric actuators in high precision metrology equipment (instead of Electro-Magnetically driven linear actuators)Applications of both projects to the a range of industries:Medical, Aerospace, Automotives, Trains, Sports, Music, Movies, Fashion, Media etc.

London, England, United Kingdom

Developed a better understanding of new Digital Broadcasting Technologies (Hardware, Compression, Resolution, Transmission) being introduced into the B.B.C., as it's C.C.A. (Central Communications Area) Department, gradually transitioned from "analogue" to "digital" systemsWrote and shared a user manual describing the new "digital" systems being introduced, to assist with the national ‘digital’ rollout of such systems across all relevant B.B.C. offices in the U.K.

Meng & Ba, 1St Class, Engineering, 1St Class (All 4 Years), Gonville & Caius College

Exchange Year 2005-06, Manufacturing Systems & Product Design, Finance & Economics, Japanese, Photography, 5.0 Gpa, Theta Chi Fraternity

Mba, Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Gmat 700+/800 (90+ Percentile)

Leadership; Marketing; Strategy; Negotiations; Corporate Finance; Advanced Strategic Management

Finance, & Accountancy (Chartered), Finance & Accountancy

1st time passes; qualified since 2011

Bachelor’S Degree, Exchange Year 2005-06, Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology

High School, Maths, Physics, Economics, Further Maths, 4As (A-Levels); 1A (As-Level)

Secondary School + Igcses, English, Maths, Science, German, Drama, I.C.T, Business Studies, Etc., 7A*S, 2As (I.G.C.S.E.S)

Primary School, Various

Activities and Societies: Football, Swimming, Reading

Primary School, Various