Paul Ryder

Experience

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  Japan Exchange and Teaching Program(me) (JET)

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2016

  Assistant Language Teacher

  -Instructed English as a foreign language at 3 levels: Junior High School, Elementary School, and Kindergarten whilst promoting international awareness with class sizes ranging from 1 to 100 students. -Planned and ran international events and spoke at national teacher's conferences. -Translated and interpreted both informally and officially, past work included an appearance on television about the effects of radiation on local produce and acted as the "talent" on the local area's monthly radio show.-Worked closely with students outside the class, supported and helped organize school trips to British Hills being responsible for a group of 16 students. Coached winning student for the Date Regional Junior High School English Speech Contest twice. Show less

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  HTM Corporation

  Aug 2016 - Apr 2018

  -Responsible for managing 4 operations teams: Accounts payable for clients, Employee expense, Treasury and Work time tracking.-Responsible for internal Accounts Payable, ensuring all internal invoices are translated into English, recorded, paid and the information communicated to the companies external accountant in Japanese. -Trained 3 employees on payroll processing, accounts payable and expense processing.-Interviewed prospective candidates as part of stage 3 of the recruiting process.-Liaised with clients regarding service changes, price negotiation and new systems.-Integrated Concur expense system with our internal expense system and workflow for clients who wished to use Concur.-Managed system improvements projects activities by working as a bridge between in-house developers and processing teams. Show less -Responsible for the financial control system that allows the company to keep control of its monthly revenue and expenditure working with all departments and senior management.-Translated and documented financial administrative and accounting practices in Japan.-Processed monthly payroll for over 200 multinational companies including airlines and investment banks by working as a team with over 75 colleagues of 15 different nationalities.-Ran theoretical and practical-based sessions on subjects such as: developing web content, systems thinking and productivity. Show less

  • Team Manager, Financial Control

    Feb 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Process Designer

    Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
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  L3 Commercial Training Solutions (CTS)

  May 2018 - Feb 2020

  Cadet Pilot MPL(A)

  -EASA ATPL Examinations: 14 first-time passes, average: 92%-Core phase: C172 G1000. Advanced phase: DA42, A160 (UPRT) -Airbus 320 Type Rating LST - First-time pass

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  Wonderfy Inc.

  Jul 2019 - Apr 2023

  Translation and Public Relations Consultant (Japanese to English)

  -Provide Japanese to English translations & localization for content, websites, videos, and more with the team that creates & maintains Think!Think!, an educational app designed to develop children's logical thinking skills and cultivate their sense of wonder with over 2,500,000 users worldwide.

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  EasyJet

  Mar 2020 - Apr 2023

  First Officer

  -Airbus 319/320/321 Type Rated MPL(A), 850 hours on type.

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  HTM Corporation

  Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

  Process Designer
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  British Airways

  Apr 2023 - now

  First Officer

  -Airbus 319/320/321 Type Rated Unfrozen ATPL(A), 2000 hours on type.