Daniel Hobday

Experience

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  Young Enterprise UK

  Nov 2014 - Aug 2015

  Project Manager, Marketing Director

  Ran 'Revamp', a business project that repaired and restyled antiques to sell on. Achieved publicity in a local newspaper (see attached link) and radio station.

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  Waitrose

  Sept 2015 - Jul 2017

  Supermarket Assistant - Team Leader

  Built and led a team and also trained 5+ new employees in all areas of Waitrose, ensuring team members attain the relevant knowledge and skill sets.

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  Barclays

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  Insight Day

  Visited a Barclays office where I spent half the day shadowing experts and half the day public speaking at an event.

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  J.P. Morgan

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

  Work Experience Placement

  Shadowed experts in different areas of JPMorgan and gave a presentation about my experience at the end of the week.

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  Charbonnel et Walker

  Jun 2018 - Nov 2018

  Stores Manager

  Responsible for the management, organisation, and accurate storage of stock, ensuring 0 instances of supply unavailability. Received all deliveries, processed invoices, and trained colleagues to replicate.

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  HSBC

  Nov 2018 - Feb 2023

  Supporting small businesses with all banking needs and financial stability, by assessing eligibility for and providing lending facilities, accounts, business reviews and guidance on legal structures.Upholding organisational protocols while working in Compliance, particularly when on boarding complexly structured business customers. Representing HSBC at Networking events, most recently headlining at the UK Black Business Show. Leveraged familiarity with retail banking to support 15,000+ customers with their financial needs and ambitions through face-to-face appointments. Communicated effectively to identify the best opportunities to deliver value, maximising customer satisfaction with their service from HSBC.Coordinated and managed the team’s approach on the branch floor across six different branches. Completed a three-week training placement studying subjects such as financial crime, data management and protection, and fraud awareness.

  • Business Specialist

    Aug 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Universal Banker

    Feb 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Cashier

    Nov 2018 - Feb 2020
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  The Motley Fool

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Freelance Writer

  Written articles on various topics within the personal finance and investment scene.Utilised skills in SEO to promote consumer engagement of written articles.

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  University of Surrey

  Feb 2023 - now

  Guidance on finance projects with a focus on process improvement. Providing analysis and decision making support and acting as a point of contact for finance project queries. Maintenance and management of the University’s financial policy and procedures.Solely responsible for purchase card applications, limit increase requests and reconciliations for the University, Surrey Sports Park, and Surrey Research Park.Provided specialist finance support, guidance, and training to the user community.Produced regular financial reports to satisfy requests from internal and external auditors.

  • Finance Advisor - Projects

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Finance Advisor

    Feb 2023 - Dec 2023