Charles Howard

Experience

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  Work Experience (2004 - 2012)

  Apr 2008 - Aug 2012

  Early Work Experience

  Volunteer Administrator, Citizen Advice Bureau, Milton Keynes (February 2012 - July 2012)Postgraduate Consultant Intern, North Wales Resilience Forum, Colwyn Bay (June 2011 - September 2011)

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  Rentokil Initial

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2015

  Market sales and financial analysis, and project management of data warehousing and visualisation project for sales utilising the Qlikview business intelligence tool. Geographic area of responsibility including western and southern Europe to provide:-o Technical and financial assistance.o Sales capability reviews.o Development and implementation of business intelligence and data visualisation tools.o Ongoing collaboration and sharing of best practice.Proficient in MS Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Project, Outlook, Visio; and Google Suite - Sheets, Slides, Fusion Tables, Analytics, Drive, and Scripting. Show less

  • Commercial (Sales & Finance) Analyst

    Sept 2014 - Oct 2015

  • Sales Improvement Analyst (Europe)

    Feb 2014 - Sept 2014

  • General Management Graduate Programme

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2014

  • PMO Graduate & Business Analyst

    Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Innovation Delivery Transition Analyst

    Sept 2012 - May 2013
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  Target Specialty Products

  Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

  Commercial Analyst

  - Successfully delivered special assignment to establish business and finance processes to enable the effective integration of recent acquisitions in the US.

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  Rentokil Pest Control North America

  Apr 2016 - Jul 2021

  Finance Business Partner

  Key member of the corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team, ensuring operations within the North America business (2020, $1.6 billion): -- Financial business partnering (Procurement, Property, Fleet Management, Service Support and SHE (Safety, Health & Environment)).- Successful record of critical financial management activities including budgeting and cost monitoring.- Successfully completed business intelligence reviews to enable service productivity enhancements.- Championed continual pursuit of inventory monitoring and implementable cost savings.- Developed and delivered stakeholder engagement and communication across multidisciplinary teams.- Supported and participated in M&A due diligence and negotiations. Developed tooling to better facilitate acquisition targeting and undertook post-acquisition integrations. Show less

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  Kenja K.K.

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2023

  Financial Advisor

  - Successfully delivered project feasibility studies to identify and progress business opportunities. - Prepared bid documentation and financial oversight for Kenja’s South East Asia operations.- Prepared investment brochures for potential investors.- Led on increasing overall financial literacy across the company.

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  Kenja K.K.

  Aug 2023 - Sept 2023

  Financial Advisor

  Financial advise and preparation of series A and B investment material.

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  E.ON UK

  Feb 2024 - now

  Commercial Analyst (Evaluation & Planning Manager)