Calido Limited    Look for:        I am a qualified accountant (ACMA), with 13 years experience of accounting, process improvement and project management, within the Financial Services and Engineering industries and Government. I have worked as a consultant for 6 years after spending 7 years in Financial and IT roles within Financial Services companies (Nat West, Lloyds TSB and Barclays). I currently work as a self-employed management consultant. Prior to becoming a management consultant, I produced management and financial accounts for several Financial Services organisations. I also managed projects including organisational change, ERP implementation and Finance function re-engineering. While working as a consultant I have completed projects including finance system implementation, performance improvement, cost reduction, performance management and systems and process recovery. I have highly developed skills in project management, financial analysis, process mapping and analysis and Excel modelling. I also have a strong background in ERP implementation, specifically Oracle Financials, Sage Line 500 and Cognos. This implementation experience has been gathered both as a client implementing ERP systems with the assistance of consultants, and as a consultant assisting clients with their implementations. Career Achievements Implemented Sage Line 500 Financials and Payroll, PHP Job Costing and Cognos Enterprise Reporting in 5 months, 15% under budget, for Dowding & Mills plc. This saved £500,000 per annum Oracle support costs. Reduced incorrect payments from the Home Office Payroll Services by an estimated 25%. This was achieved by implementing new organisational structures, processes, procedures and performance measures. Implemented Oracle General Ledger and Oracle Financial Analyser for Barclays Global Investors. This enabled 400 users to view finance data for the first time, resulting in a £5 million per annum cost saving. Worked as part of the Change Control MIS Finance team at Lloyds TSB to successfully integrate all TSB and Lloyds Financial Systems following the merger of the two banks, enabling on time financial reporting closes. Reduced the month end close period for a Lloyds Bank business unit (UK International Operations) from 10 days to 3 days. This was achieved by implementing new systems, processes and people. Career Details 01/2004 to Present Christian Salvesen Interim Reporting Manager I am currently fulfilling a short term contract as Interim Reporting Manager. My objectives in this position are: Manage the final delivery of a CODA written Cognos datamart. Determine a support agreement for datamart and handover from CODA to Salvesen. Manage the final delivery of Cognos Powerplay cubes built from datamart. Deliver all Reporting requirements to the Business (Group-wide). Raise profile of Reporting potential within the Business. Plan and manage all aspects of reporting team. 03/2003 to 12/2004 Dowding and Mills plc Project Manager, Finance I was the Finance Project Manager responsible for delivering Financial, Payroll, Job Costing and Reporting systems (Sage Line 500, PHP and Cognos). I implemented Sage Financials and Cognos at Group and 26 branches throughout the UK. I assisted with the design and configuration of Purchasing and Inventory, and planned the rollout of the new Job Costing system across branches. 12/2000 to 03/2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting Services Management Consultant I worked as a Management Consultant based in the Middle Market FS group. 08/2002 to 03/2003 Department of Works & Pensions Resource Management Project I was an integral part of the Bid Team for the Detailed Design and Implement Phase (Phase 3) of the project. I built the financial models used in calculating the price to the DWP. I acted as project Financial Controller for both the MID and Phase 3 stages of the project. I also took a functional role during the project as a functional consultant for Oracle ABM. 02/2002 to 07/2002 Home Office Pay and Pensions Service Pay Service Recovery Plan The project was to assist with the delivery of a recovery plan for a payroll system. I interviewed members of staff to discover the current processes and issues with those processes. I then produced improved process designs, documenting these processes using process maps and procedures. I then assisted the client in prioritising the development initiatives identified. 09/2001 to 02/2002 Equitable Life Section 425 Compromise Scheme I implemented PwCC programme management methodologies. I was also responsible for the day-to-day management of the Programme Management Office (PMO), programme administration and review of work stream performance against plan. I also reported on risk management, representing my work streams at weekly risk / issue meetings. 04/2001 to 09/2001 CGNU Project Spectrum I facilitated a series of Board level workshops using process mapping methodology and software to provide a high-level analysis of the main business processes within the scope of the FD. Using the outputs from the process, and comparing these outputs with best practice, process improvement opportunities were identified. These opportunities were then presented to the client. 12/2000 to 04/2001 QBE Insurance Finance Systems Implementation I worked for this City reinsurance client as part of a JDEdwards One World implementation team, responsible for interfaces. The role involved design of a middleware tool to interface between MIS, Data Warehouse, JDEdwards, core insurance systems and payroll. 07/1998 to 11/2000 Ernst & Young Supervisor, Information Systems Assurance and Advisory Services I worked for ABN Amro as Business Project Leader for the implementation of a bespoke middle office P&L reporting system. I consulted on various Oracle Financials implementations, providing coaching and review of projects, and assisting clients with Oracle business process and technical design. 01/1997 to 06/1998 Barclays Global Investors (Europe) Ltd Associate, Finance I developed financial reporting and accounting systems for Barclays Global Investors (BGI). I implemented Oracle GL, AP and Oracle Financial Analyser (OFA) for BGI, managing the analysis, design, development, preparation for go-live and implementation phases. I produced consolidated Statutory and Management Accounts for the 13 different companies comprising Barclays Global Investors (Europe) Ltd. 08/1995 to 01/1997 Lloyds TSB Assistant Manager, Financial Control I implemented systems for budgeting and reporting at Lloyds TSB as part of the change management team in MIS Finance. These systems included GAGL and Millennium GL systems and a bespoke Budgeting and Reporting system (BAF). I also produced monthly management reporting cost reports and rolling cost forecasts for Lloyds TSB Central Operations. I was also responsible for business planning and budgeting.     :: Web site Design and Hosting by @UK PLC® | Built by SiteGenerator® ::