Experience

Cookdom

• United Kingdom
• Mobile Computing Software Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom



The Common Table

• Founder and Chef Patron

  • Jul 2019 - Apr 2022

  London, Greater London, United Kingdom



Ametsa with Arzak Instruction

• Chef

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2018

  London



sketch London

• United Kingdom
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chef

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2018

  London, United Kingdom



Calcutta Street

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services

• Chef Patron

  • Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

  London



Tredwells

• United Kingdom
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Temp Chef

  • May 2017 - Jul 2017

  London, United Kingdom



Cisco

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commercial Finance Solutions Executive

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  Feltham, UK - Acted as the main contact for review and approval of non-standard deals and contracts for Northern Europe (Nordics & Benelux) and Service Provider sectors. - Managed multi-year contracts of up to $500M with multiple complex non-standard T's&C's - Focussed mainly on financial, commercial and market risk reduction by repackaging deal and contractual terms - Regularly coached and mentored team on end-to-end deal management processes - Constant cross-functional partnership with… Show more - Acted as the main contact for review and approval of non-standard deals and contracts for Northern Europe (Nordics & Benelux) and Service Provider sectors. - Managed multi-year contracts of up to $500M with multiple complex non-standard T's&C's - Focussed mainly on financial, commercial and market risk reduction by repackaging deal and contractual terms - Regularly coached and mentored team on end-to-end deal management processes - Constant cross-functional partnership with Business Units, Treasury, Capital Financing, Tax, Legal, and Geo Finance teams to secure winning business in line with company strategy - Carried out regular analysis of discount and margin trends followed by corrective action along with the geo Finance teams to ensure effective P&L results and predictable margin forecasts - Presented large deals to EMEAR CFO for review as a part of a weekly process - Catalyst for change through development of new global business protocols to standardise processes. - Ensure compliance with SOX methodology

• Senior Finance Manager - EMEAR FP&A, Sales Forecasting & Analysis

  • May 2013 - Mar 2016

  Feltham, UK - Managed the Sales weekly/monthly forecasting process, reviews, and analytics. - Modelled and identified risks & opportunities in the forecast using analytics, trends and insights. - Provided recommendations to management for decision making purposes. - Drove improvement in forecast accuracy and ongoing efficiency in forecasting methodologies. - Established financial controls, ensured adherence to Cisco Bookings Policy and processes.

• Finance Manager - Market Share, Business Technology Finance

  • Nov 2009 - May 2013

  Feltham, United Kingdom - Internal product alignment to Market segment definitions (Enterprise Routing, SP Routing, Switching, Storage, Security, Enterprise Voice, Telepresence, Server, Home Networking). Governance and reporting of externally reported quarterly Technology Market Segment. - Market Share Reporting to external industry analysts - Detailed industry segment competitor analysis with reference to market share trends and pricing - Finance Technology Hierarchy Database Management, coordinating… Show more - Internal product alignment to Market segment definitions (Enterprise Routing, SP Routing, Switching, Storage, Security, Enterprise Voice, Telepresence, Server, Home Networking). Governance and reporting of externally reported quarterly Technology Market Segment. - Market Share Reporting to external industry analysts - Detailed industry segment competitor analysis with reference to market share trends and pricing - Finance Technology Hierarchy Database Management, coordinating upstream and downstream systems

• Finance Analyst - Service Provider Segment (European Markets)

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2009

  Feltham, United Kingdom -Service Provider Vertical Finance (Bookings Forecast, Opex Management, Sales Compensation, Acquisition Integration/Reporting)



CGI

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst - Trade Services Group

  • Dec 2006 - Jan 2008

  Greater New York City Area - Business Unit Level Financial Administration - - Revenue Recognition - Expense processing, - Intercompany transaction accounting between multicurrency legal entities - Invoices and Accruals - Balance Sheet account reconciliations, - P&L reporting - Accounts Receivable / Work-In-Progress / Deferred Revenue reporting - SOX Audit Documentation



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst - Corporate Technology

  • May 2006 - Oct 2006

  Jersey City, NJ User requirements, documentation and user guides for Essbase cube, specs for an integrated reporting toolkit, writing test cases



Waldorf Astoria Residences New York

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • Mar 2006 - May 2006

  New York, New York, United States P&L Modelling for a new restaurant at the Waldorf Astoria, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, breakeven analysis.



Goldman Sachs

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst

  • Dec 2005 - Mar 2006

  Month end reporting packages, Budgeting, Forecasting, Invoices, Vendor contract maintenance and tracking



Thomson Business and Economics

• Consultant

  • 2005 - 2006

  Edited 12/e of Financial Accounting, Stickney & Weil, and 5/e Financial Statement Analysis by Stickney, Brown



Protiviti

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2005

  New York, New York Helped build an electronic data and document warehouse in MS Access containing 100, documents; performed extraction, transformation and quality assurance of data; classified, coded and unitized electronic documents



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Wealth Management Intern

  • Apr 2004 - Apr 2005

  Asset Allocation, Client performance reporting, Stock/Fund Research for brokers, Client record maintenance