Senior Consultant

• Jul 2020 - Present

Providing project and change consultancy across various industries working with clients to problem solve or deliver specific portfolios of work. Currently delivering a new payment product for Argos Financial Services and Sainsbury’s Bank. Providing project and change consultancy across various industries working with clients to problem solve or deliver specific portfolios of work. Currently delivering a new payment product for Argos Financial Services and Sainsbury’s Bank.

Programme Manager (Contract)

• Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

Director

• May 2018 - May 2021

Freelance/Contract Project and Programme Management Consultancy operating in the UK. Providing consultancy and direct project management within FS/FinTech organisations. Freelance/Contract Project and Programme Management Consultancy operating in the UK. Providing consultancy and direct project management within FS/FinTech organisations.

Global Project Manager (Contract)

• Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

Managing global IT projects across 22 countries. Currently delivering Office 365 and PowerBI rollouts. This has involved security remediation, license agreements, designing/implementing operating models and migrating users from single to global tenants. Managing global IT projects across 22 countries. Currently delivering Office 365 and PowerBI rollouts. This has involved security remediation, license agreements, designing/implementing operating models and migrating users from single to global tenants.

Senior Project Manager (Contract)

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2019

Managed delivery of a new piece of regulation to introduce a new product into the market in the Securitisation space. This involved implementing new regulation in UK law, with a technical framework that allowed the FCA to authorise and supervise both product and attached firms; it also introduced new standards of disclosure using xml schemas as an industry standard. The project was heavily influenced by EU Withdrawal (Brexit) which resulted in a phased delivery of interim and strategic solutions, with various planning scenarios.

Project Manager

• May 2015 - Jun 2018

Managing improvement and growth projects across the business change and digital portfolios; including remediation, new product launches and regulatory programmes all within the credit card space. A highlight was delivering several capabilities underpinned by a Programme to deliver a new Unsecured Personal Loans business line. This included MI & Report modelling, business readiness & cross-product integration between cards and loans) Managing improvement and growth projects across the business change and digital portfolios; including remediation, new product launches and regulatory programmes all within the credit card space. A highlight was delivering several capabilities underpinned by a Programme to deliver a new Unsecured Personal Loans business line. This included MI & Report modelling, business readiness & cross-product integration between cards and loans)

Programme Manager | Interim Head of Business Transformation

• Dec 2011 - May 2015

Responsible for managing a team of PMs, BAs and PMOs to deliver all strategic and business change projects for the authority. Prior to this role I was a Project Manager from 2013 & a Project Officer from 2011.During these roles I held the responsibility of directly managing or managing a team to deliver a property rationalisation programme, a new authority-wide operating model and the design, build & business readiness of a new headquarters.

Operations Manager

• May 2010 - Dec 2011

Within my first role at Derby City Council, I was responsible for operation of customer service, management of building and stock and leading a team of ten employees. As a brand-new business, I was responsible for marketing and running a launch campaign, as well as establishing a growing a new customer base. In this role I recruited, trained and developed direct reports, managed regular events, managed an annual budget of ~£200k, and worked in partnership with several third parties..

Assistant Manager

• Aug 2008 - May 2010

This was my first role out of University, and as part of the management team I was responsible for managing the business operations and a team of 20 employees within a busy retail unit. The business offered a book and gift shop, as well as a cafe serving hot and cold food. Annual turnover was ~£500k. I also worked on the project team to open a sister store, which led to me providing management across two stores and teams. This was my first role out of University, and as part of the management team I was responsible for managing the business operations and a team of 20 employees within a busy retail unit. The business offered a book and gift shop, as well as a cafe serving hot and cold food. Annual turnover was ~£500k. I also worked on the project team to open a sister store, which led to me providing management across two stores and teams.