Elliott Dyson

Experience

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  British Gas

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Customer Service Representative

  I listened to and answered live calls to customers, gaining an insight into the office environment, as well as shadowing a mechanic in their work.

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  Aquinas College Student Union

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2019

  Treasurer

  I managed and evaluated budgets in excess of £2,000 and documented all transactions, assisted by authoring a new financial policy for the Student Union; I used this money to deliver college-wide events.I also overhauled the prior finance committee, increasing membership by 400%.

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  Enactus Birmingham

  Oct 2020 - Dec 2021

  Outreach Officer

  I supervised the startup phase of numerous non-profit projects and managed Enactus Birmingham's social media presence - hosting and organising recruitment events and connecting with local businesses for cooperation with Enactus Birmingham's projects.

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  The Crafty Vendor

  Jul 2021 - Jan 2023

  I helped to rebrand the bar to attract a wider customer base and drive sales in part by redesigning the cocktail menu with internal partners to promote new and original cocktails, implementing sales strategies. I extensively described a range of craft ales, wines, whiskeys, and vintage spirits, whilst providing bar patrons with superior service, receiving 5* Google reviews, and giving an enjoyable experience in an upmarket setting.For the business, I upsold customers from shelf to premium and vintage brands and leveraged my interpersonal skills and beverage knowledge to cultivate a loyal cocktail and vintage spirit clientele.

  • Mixologist

    Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Bartender

    Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
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  Wiser Academy

  Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

  Ambassador

  As 1 of the 200 students in the Wiser Academy, I played an integral part in helping some of the world's biggest brands attract the best soon-to-be graduates (these include L’Oréal, Knight Frank, Evercore, Frasers Group, Softcat... just to name a few!).My role involved...- Promoting graduate roles, spring weeks and internships- Headhunting students- Setting up events (online and offline)- Giving invaluable feedback on the current student climateWiser’s mission is to change the way people think about work, and I helpedthem achieve that mission.Be sure to follow them on LinkedIn, Instagram & TikTok @wearewiseracademy and for more info, drop them a message! Show less

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  Canned Drawn and Quartered

  Jan 2022 - May 2022

  Content Creator

  I created well-researched beverage content and worked with internal partners to develop and execute content and promotion strategies.

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  Barclays

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Summer Technology Analyst Intern - Markets & Investment Bank

  I developed a knowledge graph to plot IT service dependencies and used edge discovery to plot previously unmapped relationships, presenting the solution to a senior markets technology team.I also analysed NDF trade data to uncover discrepancy root causes and suggest automative solutions.

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  Substack

  Jul 2023 - now

  Content Writer

  - Writing about whatever interests me!

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  Barclays

  Aug 2023 - now

  Working in the FX payments space, I built NLP clustering and analysis pipelines, using Python, AWS Athena, Streamlit, and a transformer model, exposing ~£4m in annual reversal losses stratified by detailed reason for occurrence, and advised a team of business analysts on product journey recommendations to remediate 75% of these cases. Summarised this to executives to inform an implementation plan.Running experiments with address parsing builds to inform a migration to a new SWIFT standard.Also scrutinising data strategy and aiming to build a better data culture. Show less In this rotation, I led on backend and data engineering for a new full-stack web application, working with a frontend developer, aiming to centralise and automate markets service reporting and analytics operations - reducing analyst workload by 4 hours per week.I built APIs with Python FastAPI, and used Rust-based technologies and parquet conversions to develop optimal data pipelines. I also built state management, metrics, and cataloguing systems with supporting tests and schema to support the data flow and ensure that data was treated as a product for the end-user. These methods achieved a 60% performance improvement on their previous version. Chef was used for Linux server configuration. To collaborate, we used Git and Jenkins for CI/CD chef pipelining. All supporting project and architecture artefacts and documentation were authored by myself and the other developer.Frequently participated in code reviews, and delivery of handover presentations explaining methodology and codebase to prepare less experienced colleagues.Another project involved using an Angular and Python stack with OpenShift and Jenkins, to develop and release a feature to a cloud-native FX platform, enabling users to analyse trade volumes across N business days.I also did some small data reporting. Show less For my main project, the business needed to address the needs of each the customer and the engineer; I applied NLP techniques with an embedding model to a clustering problem for the extraction of insights from large unstructured incident and customer complaint data. The outputs were displayed on a regularly-refreshed Tableau dashboard to guide decision-making.I tuned Java scripts to recognise specific grok patterns in ELK to expose error discrepancies. I also built a data pipeline with a Tableau dashboard that actively monitors milestone progress, allowing C-suite stakeholders to make better informed decisions around deadlining and resourcing - this was automated using Tableau Prep and TabPy.At the start of my rotation, I curated and deployed a data analytics learning pathway to upskill colleagues so they could deliver work more effectively, and I implemented and monitored an effective tech control environment by robustly managing some governance activity to reduce operational risk. Show less

  • Graduate Data Scientist - International & High-Value Payments

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Graduate Software Engineer - Markets & Investment Bank

    Apr 2024 - Jan 2025

  • Sustainability Panel Founding Member

    Mar 2024 - Dec 2024

  • Graduate Data Scientist - Customer Insights

    Aug 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Early Careers Representative for Office Council

    Aug 2023 - Mar 2024