Jacob Jones

Experience

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  Highland Place Unitarian Church and St Winifred's Church

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2016

  Church Organist

  I worked as a church organist at both of these churches for over 6 years, playing in hundreds of regular, wedding, and funeral services. This job required me to show high levels of professionalism, commitment, and organisation. During my time in the role, I became a more confident individual with outstanding musical and communication skills.

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  Four Counties Youth Orchestra

  Dec 2013 - Jul 2018

  Violist

  My membership of the orchestra developed my personal relationship, organisation, and leaderships skills, while also allowing me to thrive in high pressure environments.

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  Various

  Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

  Accompanist for 'Dare to Sing'

  Based in South Wales, the choir is made up of ladies with no prior musical experience. Now with over 90 members strong, the choir perform various concerts, have performed on national radio, and recently travelled to an international music festival in Croatia. The role shows my commitment to my local community and required me show professionalism, dedication, and helped me experience being a member of a different sort of team.

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  Lloyds Banking Group

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2020

  Lloyds Scholars, in partnership with some of Britain's top universities aims to encourage and support undergraduates from families with below average income; both to access and succeed through University and significantly improve their employability skills. It is a unique social mobility programme that aims to open doors to students who might not have the financial backing to go to a leading university. The programme provides eligible students with a complete package of financial and vocational support, mentoring, and volunteering opportunities. Students will receive a bursary and cash rewards for high marks, paid summer internships with the Group, mentoring and support from our colleagues, and the chance to build valuable networks. In return they will be expected to volunteer a minimum of 100 hours a year in the local community and champion the programme. It is not a recruitment programme, however Scholars do have the opportunity to step into the Lloyds Banking Group Graduate programme following their internships. The programme launched in 2011 and continues to go from strength to strength, supporting over 480 undergraduates already and welcoming 120 new students each year from our partner universities. Show less I worked in the Risk Division as part of the 'Unsecured Collections and Recoveries - Loans' team in Terra Nova House, Cardiff Bay. During my internship, I acquired SAS Programming skills and played an active role in a variety of projects that my team were required to undertake. I was also proactive in arranging insight days in other departments within the bank. This has allowed me to obtain a broad understanding of how a vast financial institution such as Lloyds Banking Group operates. I received a 'Strong' rating for my internship, and was commended for my exceptional communication, analytical, commitment, and project management skills. Show less

  • Assistant Relationships Manager Mid Corporates - South West

    Jul 2019 - Sept 2020

  • Scholar

    Oct 2016 - Sept 2020

  • Summer Intern

    Jun 2017 - Sept 2017
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  University of Warwick

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2022

  PPE Student Ambassador
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  PRA Health Sciences

  Sept 2020 - Mar 2022

  Project Finance Analyst I

  Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the financial wellbeing of several global clinical trials varying in size and therapeutic area. Key responsibilities include collaborating with global project teams to successfully identify and mitigate financial risks, drafting and negotiating contractual change orders with external clients, and delivering monthly project forecasting and revenue recognition in accordance with fixed international deadlines.

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  PPD

  Mar 2022 - now

  • Senior Operations Finance Analyst

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Operations Finance Analyst II

    Mar 2022 - Apr 2023