Nick B.

Experience

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  IRIS Software Group

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2014

  Senior Business Analyst

  Drove the NextGen team forward, consulting across the business to offer detailed system requirements, while operating with other analysts and IT Project teams; reporting directly to Product Director. Organised weekly meetings with cross-functional team members involved in product life cycle to review project performance, increase mutual understanding, and address workflow blockers. Acted as consultant, defining, documenting and reviewing functional requirements to meet and exceed business requirements. Confirmed high quality of deliverables, including Epics, User Stories, and Business Process Flows.• Enhanced business growth of company by more than 25% by creating a brand new cloud tax module to coincide with the new Opencloud accounts software, released in June 2014.• Consulted and collaborated with developers to help them understand and translate requirements into user stories.• Developed and implemented new ideas for projects by creating mock-ups, consulting with key customers and talking with developers to verify design feasibility.• Delivered operational efficiency through detailed analysis of process to eliminate bottlenecks and optimise the benefits of new technology.• Implemented simple process flows to make sense of complexity, working with diverse stakeholders across the business to achieve success. Show less

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  Travel Sabbatical

  Jul 2014 - May 2015

  Travel Sabbatical

  11 months travelling across Europe, Middle East and Asia

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  Haines Watts

  Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  Senior Consultant (Tax)

  Consultant role, leading professionals to review financial accounts and aid in tax matters for corporate clients with turnover ranging £15-20M, including for large and small private companies, owner-managed businesses and subsidiaries of foreign-owned groups. Client-facing and responsible for preparing and reviewing corporation tax returns and consulting in more complex tax affairs. • Led, supervised and mentored junior staff on key tax projects and accounts preparation, meeting all deliverables within the team. • Assisted partners to develop winning proposals, as well as consulting with clients to resolve more complicated tax issues.• Drove sizeable tax savings for clients through analysis of accounting practices and pinpointing opportunities to deliver value. • Navigated complexity in clients’ financial affairs, building and maintaining a variety of business relationships to ensure business-critical deadlines were met.• Improved team performance through careful analysis of work activities to streamline business activities and offer greater efficiency to both internal and external clients. Show less

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  PageGroup

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2017

  Financial Analyst

  Prepared accurate financial reports and KPI packs across three regions, comprising UK, NAM, and ROW; submitted to Group on flash day, while serving in the regional reporting team. Formulated and forwarded budget templates to all regional directors at top level. Guided on financial matters, consulting with varied business leads to create budgets and forecasts, reforecasting on a quarterly basis, comparing actuals to budget and latest forecast. • Took a leading consultant role in implementing a successful global finance system within the organisation, including testing, coordinating with developers, and assessing/resolving several potential issues.• Delivered leadership to finance business partners in providing oversight and review of business performance.• Collaborated efficiently with line manager on a major project, consulting with varied stakeholders to execute a successful global finance system.• Reported on monthly revenue, staff salary, level of discount, perm and temp stats, and ad-hoc analysis/projects, to aid strategic and tactical decision making by business leaders.• Headcount reporting and Quarterly Revenue Recognition to drive achievement of critical financial targets. Show less

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  Internet Business School

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2020

  Digital Marketing Consultant | Local Business Consultant | Lead Generation Expert

  Through the Internet Business School, UK’s number one internet marketing training provider, I have been invited to run a series of speaking events and workshops. The events are all about helping people to plan and implement digital marketing strategies.From lead generation assistance, to helping formulate the best online strategy for your digital marketing needs – the Internet Business School enables people to plan powerful digital strategies and implement them successfully. Students also get to share content with Simon Coulson’s impressive list of 250k + contacts.I enjoy the opportunity to share what I’ve learned as a digital marketing consultant, speaker and author of my book - Digital Marketing for Professionals.The digital marketing workshops are the most popular training sessions we run, and I love presenting them as digital marketing and strategy is my main speciality.The digital marketing workshops include:• Expert advice on how to make your business stand out from the crowd• The lead generation formula that will supercharge the number of prospects you get• How to engage clients with interesting content that they actually want to read• The do’s and don’ts of digital marketing best practices• The secret to closing clients which 90% of people do not do• Top tips on how I used LinkedIn to get 85% of my consulting and digital marketing clientsThe workshops are 3-hour intensive sessions that will empower you to go ahead and get clients of your own, right away!If you’re interested in attending a digital marketing workshop contact me at:nick@thesmestrategist.com Show less

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  The SME Strategist

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

  The SME Strategist | Social Selling Expert | Coaching people how to grow their business via LinkedIn

  I'd mastered all aspects of LinkedIn lead generation techniques, including profile optimisation, attracting ideal clients, connecting with prospects, using content to engage, conversing with potential clients, etc.I got to the point where I'd 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 as a marketing consultant and social selling expert.I started out by running the occasional LinkedIn workshop, but over the past couple of years that has expanded to 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐭𝐨-𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬.If you’re interested in finding out more about my LinkedIn courses, go here now:bit.ly/completelinkedinmastery Show less