Mark Anderson

Experience

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  Michael Rogers and Maingard

  Mar 1995 - Feb 1999

  Articled Clerk

  AccountingRan Audits from planning, assessing Audit risk.Managed junior audit staff on audits.All statutory returns, including Financials and TaxDiscussed results with owners and directorsUsed Pastel, Brilliant, Quick Books and VIP.Converted data for use in MS AccessStarted designing in-house Accounting package on Access

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  Eureka Software

  Mar 1999 - Jul 2001

  Senior Developer

  Helped develop and accounting package for use in the small to medium business market. Created many add on modules to assist the effective capture of information

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  Focus Clothing

  Aug 2001 - Apr 2002

  Management Accountant

  Management accounts and the day-to-day running of InFocus Clothing. Implementing trims, fabric control program using VBA and MS Access 97.Management accounts for Blanc Clothing and all the TT payments to their overseas fabric suppliers.General database administration of Alley Cat, In focus and Blanc Group's Access 97 systems, which I was improving at the timeThe group had a very archaic Access system that had been designed by one of the Directors that used basic queries. I was involved in Sprucing it up and streamlining a lot of the queries and macros by using VBA and thereby introducing a lot more functionalityEvaluation of the company performance on a daily and monthly basis, and then provide Management information for decision making, which upper management used and I used myself to identify and evaluate financial risk.Used Pastel 5, Crystal Reports, VIP GT, FashPak (ACCPAC stock control), MS-Access 97 and VBA.There was Key Monthly Information that the Directors wished to see with the Management Accounts that came from Fashpak and Pastel and was related to Stock and Sales figures specifically.I created a new VBA system that would take the spreadsheets, output in comma delimited format, from Fashpak and Pastel and I had SQL Queries and VBA Code running that automatically put the data needed into the tables I had created and ran Reports for month end.I created similar reports for the various stock levels which checked against data from Fashpak Show less

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  Nicor Outsourcing

  May 2002 - Feb 2004

  Account Manager

  Systems/ Business Analyst that implemented Property Management and Property Accounting systems and then liaised directly with Property Management company and the company developers to resolve issues.I was Account Manager for the major customers including Investec Property Group.

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  Barclays

  Apr 2004 - Aug 2004

  Analyst / Programmer

  Maintaining existing Management Information system on Excel Spreadsheets, and adjusting them where necessary including the Pivot Tables. Information relates to Income and Costs of products per Hub.Creating new Access Database to automate the controls of information from the various Business Units against the final Management ReportsDesigning and Developing the new Bonuses Metric for Staff Bonuses in a Pilot area, using Excel, Access and VBA.

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  Apax Partners

  Aug 2004 - Nov 2011

  Promoted to Head of Projects, started working even closer to the senior stakeholders to ensure their overall strategy is established and followed.Established the Project Approvals Group to oversee spend and selection of projects, chaired by the COOMy main tasks are1) Project Governance2) Ensuring board meetings, minutes are completed for Project Approval boards3) Mentor PM's4) Budgeting for the department as we have established a projects cost centre5) Reporting to Senior stakeholders6) Change management Show less Promoted to oversee the management of all projects within Apax, which included the following tasksCreate a Programme Management System to report to the Chief Operating Officer on the various projects, their timings, any change requests, risk logs, monthly budgets and expenses for each department Interfacing with each department director to establish relationshipsWorking with each department team and an appointed project manager to establish current projects and future projects that need to be worked onEnsured there are regular meetings with the various departments and the Project ManagersSetting up Project Governance to oversee the PM's work Show less Worked as a Project Manager ensuring that all projects for Funds Admin were completed within a time frame and according to user requirements.Looked after the Projects team that performed all project life cycle processes, the team included 2 Business Analysts 2 UAT testers and guided the work of 4 developers and 3rd party providers. Major tasks involvedInterfacing with users to establish relationships and coordinate business requirements. Global data gathering & business analysis. Liaising with IT & users to plan, test and implement technology updates. Liaising with Operations & IT colleagues across multiple areas to gather requirements and assist in strategic project scoping and planning. Liaising with IT colleagues to ensure business requirements are understood by the IT development teams. Management of the test planning and execution. Taking ownership and coordinating delivery of specific tasks / activities of projects, e.g. UAT. Supporting project communications effort and ensure dependencies with other parts of the project are understood and managed. Tracking progress and providing regular status updates to management. Developing and maintaining project plans. Ensuring project team are achieving their work responsibilities and helping them progress in their studies and carreer progression Show less

  • Head of Projects

    Nov 2010 - Nov 2011

  • Senior Project Manager

    Apr 2009 - Nov 2010

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2004 - Mar 2009
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  Jupiter Fund Management plc

  Nov 2011 - May 2012

  Project Manager

  Project Management within the Mutual Funds Administration team, dealing with RDR

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  SEI

  May 2012 - Oct 2012

  Project Manager

  Contract Project Manager working on RDR

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  FE

  Oct 2012 - Dec 2017

  Head of Solutions Delivery

  Head of the software delivery team, reporting to Director and board level.Delivering bespoke and products to large institutions and small IFA's. Delivering internal strategic projects.Implemented and refined a new delivery process, with our UK and India teamsMentoring and coaching PM and BA's to improve overall skill set.Involved in Business Operations projects to improve efficiency throughout the business, and review Target Operation Model

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  Clermont Trust

  Jan 2018 - now

  Group COO