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London, Gb

I manage the TechnologyOne (T1) financial software for the council. It consists of Supply Chain (Creditors), Financials (General Ledger), Property & Rating (Debtors), Enterprise Cash Receipting and Budgeting & Forecasting.

London, United Kingdom

- Support of Cognos Planning, TM1, Controller and BI within Hiscox- Internal Cognos consultancy to business areas- Project management of Cognos projects - Management of Cognos project pipeline- Management of Cognos infrastructure, upgrades and fix packs- Management of Cognos Competency Centre helpdesk- Management of Cognos Competency Centre knowledge base- Management of Cognos system administration- Development and evangelism of Cognos within Hiscox- IBM license management- Cognos training- Cognos mentoring- Team management- Attend IBM customer advisory boards, proof of concept workshops and roadmap discussions- IBM Cognos reference site- Management of Cognos pages on Hiscox intranet

United Kingdom

Client guidance through scoping, designing, building, training, UAT and go-live with Cognos Enterprise Planning and Cognos Controller.Delivery of training courses in Analyst, Contributor and Controller.Mentoring new consultants

Essex, United Kingdom

Designed and built costing, profitability and budgeting system in Cognos Planning Contributor and Analyst.

London, United Kingdom

Completed development of the 2003 budget and forecast for a prior project team. Designed and developed the 2004 global expense allocations model, budget and actuals reporting model using Adaytum/Cognos Planning Analyst, Contributor and VBA. Advised and oversaw an Access project for special purpose vehicles.

Tonbridge, United Kingdom

Collected requirements from business, designed budget and actuals model in Adaytum.Built ODBC interfaces from three general ledgers (JD Edwards, Oracle Financials and Cfacs) into Adaytum and budget collection via contributor. Global roll-out via Citrix.

London, United Kingdom

Designed their budgeting and consolidation system in a system called "Analyst Financials". Built interface with Sun Systems, developed the entire product from data capture through to reporting. Trained finace team to power user level. Built insurance back office expense allocation model.

London, United Kingdom

Re-designed Adaytum system to use entire product functionality. Management accounting to New York and Paris. Redesigned general ledger stripping process in Monarch system.

United Kingdom

Ad hoc clients for Adaytum (planning and budgeting) analyst modelling and systems/software implementation. Achieved 92% pass in Adaytum accreditation as an Adaytum certified professional. Presented training in Adaytum analyst for Adaytum.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Two main clients - African Bank and Vodacom. Redesigned FDC financial consolidation system for African Bank. Developed Vodacom system to rollout phase across group. Ad-hoc clients in FDC and MPC (consolidation and budgeting tool). Training presented in FDC and VBA for FDC to external clients. Presented technical side of sales presentation to prospective clients.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Head office budgeting, forecasting and consolidation of over 99 operational companies. Quarterly management reporting. Heavily involved in statutory reporting and year-end audit. Designed management, statutory and reporting packs in excel (extensive VBA experience). Implemented PWC consolidation system (CLIME) across entire group. Reduced consolidation time from three days, three people to three hours, one person. Redesigned human resources Access system for optimisation. Training presented for CLIME, excel and access. Designed complex excel spreadsheets for companies within Group who were associates and had dual reporting requirements, to allow one report to generate reporting packs for both head offices. Helped subsidiaries with their own financial control packages ie Hyperion Enterpise, Falcon. Vision of turning CLIME into digital dashboard.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Budgeting and forecasting using a planning product called "Lightship". Monthly management accounts. "What if" scenario modelling. Close division liaison for actuals vs. budget and forecast analysis.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Cash book through to balance sheet. Floor plan finance. Buyer finance. Commissions and salaries. Signing power up to R1 million. Leasing. Debtor and Creditor control.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Cash book through to Balance Sheet. Formation of close corporations and companies. General legal administration. Administration of apartment buildings. Auditing.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Claims and financial statements analysis. Designed Lotus for Dos spreadsheets to control renewals and special claims experience. Designed complex spreadsheets (macro integrated) to calculate special quotations for Group personal accident, fidelity guarantee, motor fleet and cumed accounts.