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London, England, United Kingdom

• Management and oversight of a USD 12m annual portfolio budget and resources with projects of varying sizes across multiple service lines• Project management of a multi-year platform upgrade (USD 12m) of the core IT system resolving software end-of-life and critical InfoSec issues, reducing operating costs and transitioning to an internal cloud platform• Implemented scaled Agile with a bespoke scaling model using practices from Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) and Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) • Implemented Lean thinking at portfolio level through hypothesis driven prioritisation and business model canvases• Facilitation of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) workshops

London, England, United Kingdom

• Workstream lead on new initiatives including bringing Foreign Exchange (FX) Options and FX Forwards clearing to market which was and still is an industry first increasing revenues by USD 6m year on year • Composing papers for regulators and second line risk for new product and operational risk approvals • Capturing and documenting business and customer requirements

London, England, United Kingdom

• Workflow, process and solution design• Creation and development of risk models for new product approval • Market data analysis and back testing for new product approval• Functional, user acceptance and regression testing

London, England, United Kingdom

Rotations in:• ForexClear Programme Management- FX and CDS market analysis of Central Bank and BIS surveys- Automation of DTCC SDR data download, consolidation and analysis- Creation and implementation of a revenue forecasting model - Preparation of materials for regulatory meetings • CDSClear Risk Change- Correction and enhancement of a VBA based pricing tool used in the Default Management Process - Creation of a VBA based model to calculate the Short and Liquidity Charge under new ISDA definitions - Development of a business case for product expansion- Production of market and competitor analysis • SwapClear Risk and Reporting - Daily risk reporting and analysis- Operational risk management and procedure documentation- System Integration Testing (SIT), Functional Testing (FT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)- Process and System mapping

Bracknell

• Financial Planning and Analysis for a USD 40m base cost portfolio.• Active role in a multi-billion dollar company reorganisation.• Monthly and quarterly closing activities.• Forecasting and budgeting activities.• Account analysis and reconciliation.

Bsc Mathematics, Mathematics, 1St Class Honours

A Level, Math-A, Further Math-A, Biology-B