Seller 253904 - London, Greater London, UK
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| Overview: | Experience of full project life cycle - business activity modelling, gap analysis, requirements gathering, risk analysis, project justification, project management, budgeting, test plans | |
CV
| Business Analysis with: • Excellent experience of the full project life cycle, including: business process and data modelling and classification, gap analysis, requirements gathering, risk analysis, project justification, test/fit criteria creation and stakeholder management • Extensive knowledge of linear and non-linear broadcast and digital media processes and systems and experience of working for a Government Ministerial Department on an enterprise system. • A good understanding of UML, Soft Systems and Volere methodologies, PRINCE 2, and MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Visio, MS SharePoint, Business Objects and Landmark II Project Manager with: • Management experience of 3 major £8m+ projects in the UK, Benelux and Nordic regions • Skills in project management; planning, monitoring and controlling, including Project Initiation Documents, budgeting and payment scheduling, configuration management, variation and risk analysis, testing and training plan implementation Programme Management • Conducted programme management for a £10m European installation of a new ad sales system Strategy and Planning • Adept at planning and conducting strategy implementation at senior level • Succeeded in creating financial – for example Discounted Cash Flows/ NPV, Internal Rates of Return and Cost/Benefit - analysis and qualitative analysis and evaluation • Ensured that all projects passed these exacting financial and qualitative hurdles |
Employment History
(Jan 2008 & ongoing)
Business Analyst – contracted to a Government Department
• Conducting Business Analysis for an information management improvement project for a DEFRA department and its external suppliers and users.
• Responsible for scoping, stakeholder management, As Is and To Be business process mapping, gap analysis and requirements gathering and business case justification for a complex enterprise business improvement process.
• Additionally have mapped data requirements and created protocols for data sharing with third parties, whilst adhering to data sharing regulations.
• This work is being conducted within a PRINCE 2 framework.
• Have obtained Security Clearance.
(Sep 2007 & ongoing)
Project Manager - contract
Oxford• Project Managed a new office procurement and staff relocation for 3 core departments: project planning, monitoring and controlling, budgeting and payment schedules, risk analysis, communication and stakeholder management
• Responsible for completing all client’s legal and regulatory requirements
• Co-ordinated all finance, budgeting, contractor contract tendering, fixture and fittings and ICT procurement and all other necessary tasks.
• Managing the project team within a matrix organisation
• Communicating with internal and external stakeholders, including contractors.
(Jun 2006 to Jul 2007)
Director of Revenue Strategy and Planning
London• Conducted Business Analysis, Business process Modelling, requirements engineering and Business Process Redesign for a variety of multi-region projects
• Programme/Project Manager for all broadcast and digital airtime sales and reporting systems’ projects.
• All projects met development deadlines and budgets limits
• Developed project/programme frameworks for MTV’s revenue systems - mainly airtime and digital advertising sales, reporting, forecasting, reporting and IP rights management applications
• Led supplier selection and contract negotiations
• Created financial and business justifications and cost benefit analysis for projects; All projects successfully exceeded mandatory financial and qualitative hurdles
• An integral part of the full project life cycle core implementation team
• Worked on the data migration, training and User and System Acceptance Test strategies, and worked with senior stakeholders to implement these.
• Developed risk and issues analysis logs and mitigation strategies.
• Set, monitored and controlled project budgets and variances
• Aligned corporate strategy with operational, technology and business strategies
(Mar 2005 to Jun 2006)
Commercial Operations’ Controller
London• Conducted business analysis, and project managed and implemented the development of a Pan-European broadcast and digital forecasting system
• Developed and improved the sales support, operational and technology strategy for the Pan-European sales team by utilising business process redesign.
• Conducted training and induction programmes
(Oct 2004 to Mar 2005)
Media Planner (fixed contract)
BBC Broadcast, now known as Red Bee, London• Member of a project team planning operations, content, revenue targets and marketing for a new digital channel launch
(Sep 2003 to Sep 2004)
MBA
University of Edinburgh Management School, Edinburgh• Completed a consulting project, analysing financial management and benchmarking systems within de-centralised organisations.
• Dissertation explored the effect of new technology - Personal Video Recorders - on the UK’s commercial TV industry’s business model
• Specialised in Finance, Economics, Financial and Management Accounting, Project Planning and HR Strategy
(Mar 2003 to Sep 2003)
Media Planner (fixed contract)
BBC Broadcast, now known as Red Bee, London• Converted marketing plans for commercial digital joint ventures into promotional media plans; managed transmissions’ operations
(Apr 2002 to Feb 2003)
Consultant Business Analyst
Dolphin Television, LondonConducted business analysis and managed the development of an airtime inventory management system for a digital television airtime sales house
(Apr 1999 to Apr 2002)
Late Sales Manager
Channel 4 Television, London• Established and grew a new strategic sales department, by setting and effectively communicating sales policies and optimisation, sales forecast and financial targets and monitoring competitor's activities
• Helped achieve an annual growth in revenues of over 7%
• Developed £60m of annual revenues from new business categories and new sales policies
• Member of senior management sales policy development team for E4 launch, which achieved growth in revenues of £7m in excess of initial target set
(Sep 1998 to Apr 1999)
Airtime Management Executive
BSkyB Broadcasting Plc, LondonMonitored airtime inventory and operational process, ensuring that operational and regulatory requirements were met for over 20 digital channels
Education
(May 2007 to Oct 2007)
ISEB
ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis
(Sep 2003 to Sep 2004)
University of Edinburgh
MBA
Completed a consulting project, analysing financial management and benchmarking systems within de-centralised organisations.
Dissertation explored the effect of new technology - Personal Video Recorders - on the UK’s commercial TV industry’s business model
Specialised in Finance, Economics, Financial and Management Accounting and HR Strategy
(Sep 2002 to May 2003)
University of Greenwich
Diploma in Management Studies
Categories & Skills
IT & Internet
Categories
Skills
- BCP (Project Management)
- Budget Control (Project Management)
- Business Impact Analysis (Project Management)
- Campaign Management (Project Management)
- Change Management (Project Management)
- Communication All Levels (Project Management)
- Enterprise Systems (Project Management)
- Full Project Lifecycle (Project Management)
- Large Company - UK (Project Management)
- Leadership
- Man Management (Project Management)
- Managing Suppliers (Project Management)
- Mentoring (Project Management)
- Multinational Organisation (Project Management)
- Multiple Projects (Project Management)
- Programme Management
- Project Initiation Document (Project Management)
- Project Management (Project Management)
- Project Office Management (Project Management)
- Project Support (Project Management)
- SLA's (Project Management)
- Software Rollout (Project Management)
- System Upgrades (Project Management)
- Test Planning (Project Management)
- Waterfall (Project Management)
- Workflow Modelling (Project Management)
- Workshop Management (Project Management)
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- BCP (Project Consultancy)
- Budget Control (Project Consultancy)
- Business Plan Creation (IT Consulting)
- Business Plan Creation (Project Consultancy)
- Business Planning (Business Consulting)
- Business Reengineering (Business Consulting)
- Capital Project Appraisal
- Change Management (Project Consultancy)
- Competitive Analysis
- Construction Management (Business Consulting)
- Full Project Lifecycle (Project Consultancy)
- Gap Analysis (Business Consulting)
- Managing Suppliers (Project Consultancy)
- Media (Project Consultancy)
- Mentoring (Project Consultancy)
- Multinational Organisation (Project Consultancy)
- Multiple Projects (Project Consultancy)
- Operations Analysis (Business Consulting)
- Process Change (Project Consultancy)
- Process Mapping
- Programme Management (Project Consultancy)
- Project Management (Project Consultancy)
- Project Office Mgmt (Project Consultancy)
- Project Support (Project Consultancy)
- Requirements Analysis (Business Consulting)
- Risk Analysis
- Strategic Analysis (Business Consulting)
- Systems Analysis
- Test Planning (Project Consultancy)
- Training (Project Consultancy)
- Waterfall (Project Consultancy)
- Workshop Management (Project Consultancy)

