Gary Townson
Schemeserve Developer at NBS Underwriting (Nationwide Broker Services Ltd)- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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NBS Underwriting
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United Kingdom
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Insurance
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1 - 100 Employee
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Schemeserve Developer
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Jan 2019 - Present
Bradford, United Kingdom Responsibilities: New and existing scheme implementation and development, Building and maintaining NBS's online platform through SchemeServe, Maintaining strong Broker relationships, Management Reporting
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Assistant Underwriter
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Oct 2017 - Jan 2019
Bradford, United Kingdom Responsibilities: Underwriting SME Commercial risks on both a New Business and Renewal basis, Reviewing Survey Reports and issuing revised policies, Developing and nurturing Broker relationships
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Business Administrator
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Aug 2014 - Mar 2017
Singapore Responsibilities: To assist the managing director to build the company from he ground up. General administrative duties, running the finances of the company. Lead a team of coaches to deliver daily coaching sessions working alongside a large number of international schools to help them to deliver a successful Extra-Curricular Activities Programme for their students. Achievements: • Led a team to deliver successful Extra-Curricular Activities within a large number of international… Show more Responsibilities: To assist the managing director to build the company from he ground up. General administrative duties, running the finances of the company. Lead a team of coaches to deliver daily coaching sessions working alongside a large number of international schools to help them to deliver a successful Extra-Curricular Activities Programme for their students. Achievements: • Led a team to deliver successful Extra-Curricular Activities within a large number of international schools • Developed existing and new business, while maintaining relationships with current clients. • Worked closely with the company Director, to help develop all aspects of a start-up business and assisting with all managerial decisions. • Solely managed the finances of the company, including budget v actual tracking • Managed the company website. • Increased the number of after school and private venue sports classes by 50% within the first 6 months thus trebling the monthly income for the company. Show less
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Business Support Analyst
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Apr 2013 - Jun 2014
Steeton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom EchoStar Corporation is a premier global provider of satellite operations and video delivery solutions and it has pioneered advancements in the set-top box and satellite industries for nearly 30 years, consistently delivering value for customers, partners and investors through innovation and outstanding quality. Responsibilities: Management reporting, data analysis using the cross-tabulation technique, year-end budgeting and monthly budget vs actuals, timesheet tracking and… Show more EchoStar Corporation is a premier global provider of satellite operations and video delivery solutions and it has pioneered advancements in the set-top box and satellite industries for nearly 30 years, consistently delivering value for customers, partners and investors through innovation and outstanding quality. Responsibilities: Management reporting, data analysis using the cross-tabulation technique, year-end budgeting and monthly budget vs actuals, timesheet tracking and reporting, product testing, data collection for external quotes, heading up a beta program. Additionally I have supported other departments such as writing test procedures, market research, employee absence reports and general business expense reports. Achievements: • Created and implemented a project tracking sheet to monitor project spend as well as resource allocation on a project by project basis to achieve their budget targets. • Tracked customer call centre logs and produced analysis on the outputs to help locate software issues. • Set up a new timesheet system, delivered training and created reports to assist with the tracking of employee time spent. • Led a product beta program both internally and externally, provided training of the input system as well as producing output reports for management to show progress of issues. • Data cleansing and analysis of 500,000 units to find batch issues and trends. • Provided value-added analysis to senior management for them to meet or exceed their financial target.
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Sales Analyst
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Oct 2008 - Apr 2013
Steeton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Responsibilities: Market research and competitive intelligence reporting, profiling of potential and existing customers, maintaining the sales plan, customer support, product demo setup for customer visits, online forum investigation and monitoring of media reviews, trade show reporting and analysis, shipping samples and products to customers and suppliers. Achievements: • Tracked sales, gross margins, operating expenses and return on investment amounting to $1,000,000+ of… Show more Responsibilities: Market research and competitive intelligence reporting, profiling of potential and existing customers, maintaining the sales plan, customer support, product demo setup for customer visits, online forum investigation and monitoring of media reviews, trade show reporting and analysis, shipping samples and products to customers and suppliers. Achievements: • Tracked sales, gross margins, operating expenses and return on investment amounting to $1,000,000+ of revenue • Provided market research reports for 45+ potential customers and 20+ target regions to assist the Sales team to contact new customers, which increased our sales portfolio by 15% from the previous few years • Implemented a sales tracking database of retail distributors and business to business sales numbers to provide analysis to accompany marketing and promotional activities. • Tracking of competitor product price points from online retail stores to guide the sales team on the market for our products. • Assisted with product set up and stand support at exhibitions in Europe resulting in an increase in the company profile throughout Europe
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Finance Assistant
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Oct 2002 - Oct 2008
Steeton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Responsibilities: Maintenance of the accounts, dealing with employee claims and expenses, processing purchase/sales invoices and credit notes, reconciling bank statements and company credit card payments, updating the cashbook, arranging currency for staff trips, banking cheques, dealing with petty cash, reconciliation of customer accounts and producing and circulating reports. Achievements: • Assisting with the production of statistics, figures and schedules for submission to… Show more Responsibilities: Maintenance of the accounts, dealing with employee claims and expenses, processing purchase/sales invoices and credit notes, reconciling bank statements and company credit card payments, updating the cashbook, arranging currency for staff trips, banking cheques, dealing with petty cash, reconciliation of customer accounts and producing and circulating reports. Achievements: • Assisting with the production of statistics, figures and schedules for submission to the parent company • Created tracking sheets for utility bills and mobile phones to report to usage to management.
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Shop Floor Manager
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2001 - 2002
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Education
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Bradford College
AAT-NVQ, Award at Accounting Level 2 -
Shipley College
GNVQ Advanced Information Technology, Information Technology