Gideon Grace

Experience

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  Zeneca Pharmaceuticals

  Aug 1994 - Jul 1995

  Research Assistant

  Pre-university gap year working as a chemical research assistant. Focused on water-based polymer research in the areas of adhesives and surface coatings.

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  IBM

  Aug 1998 - Nov 2000

  IT Specialist

  Started at IBM Global Services on the graduate training programme.Roles undertaken:* Cable & Wireless - PMO role helping set up a £2bn outsource deal* NATS - System tester for implementation of a new air traffic control centre* Cable & Wireless - Second & third line support manager for mission critical emergency operator services systems COSAR & CDTRANS

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  CACI International Inc

  Nov 2000 - Jul 2003

  Senior Consultant

  Senior IT Consultant working in diverse industry sectors: Retail, Communications, Local Government, Public Sector specialising in Oracle Database development and PL/SQL.Roles undertaken:* Argos - Data warehouse design & development* Leicester City Council - Database design & development* Strategic Rail Authority - Database / Interface design & development* Cable & Wireless - Java developer* British Telecom - Oracle developer* IBAS - Oracle Developer* KPMG / Swisscom - Oracle Developer Show less

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  Accenture

  Jul 2003 - Feb 2011

  Senior Manager

  Worked for a number of clients across Pharmaceuticals, Utilities and Capital Markets, predominantly focused on Data Migration and QA related roles.Feb 2009 to Feb 2011 - Data migration technical and performance manager for EDF Energy on a business transformation programme underpinned by a SAP-ISU implementation replacing core billing and customer care systems.Nov 2006 to Dec 2008 - Data conversion / migration technical manager for Merrill Lynch / Bank of America project to implement a new portfolio management platform and custom sub-ledger for the Private Client business.December 2005 to October 2006 - Business Analyst / technical accountant for Merrill Lynch. Worked on definition of sub-ledger account posting rules design.May 2004 to Nov 2005 - Data conversion / migration technical team lead for ABN Amro SLICE/RAIDER systems consolidation and trading system replacement programme within the Interest Rate Derivatives business.July 2003 to May 2004 - Acceptance Test / QA team lead for Pfizer pharmaceuticals implementation of a European shared services centre using an Oracle Applications suite (HR, GL, P2P, O2C, etc). Show less

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  Capco

  Feb 2011 - now

  Managing Principal

  Senior Leader in the Capital Markets Technology domain of Capco.Nov 2020 to Jan 2021 - Short career break to support family through the impacts of COVID-19 and to attend Portuguese language school in Brazil.Jan 2020 to Oct 2020 - Build, Test & Release Domain Lead for a £50m Wealth Management systems transformation programme for Smith & Williamson. Led a large mixed source team (c.100) as head of core application delivery domains (Avaloq & internal).Sep 2019 to Jan 2020 - Group Reference Data Strategy Development Lead for Deutsche Bank. Worked with heads of function / domain / geography to agree and socialise the strategy and then plan its implementation before transitioning to an execution team.Jul 2018 to Sep 2019 - Finance & Annual IT Change Portfolio Planning Lead for HSBC. Responsible for financial reporting & insights and annual planning for a $3.6b change portfolio, driving efficiency, transparency and control improvements across the portfolio. Led the transition of the outsourced PPM service to an internal team.Feb 2016 to Jun 2018 - Strategy and Architecture Programme Director at Deutsche Bank. Led a "hit-squad" defining and supporting Enterprise Architecture Policies, Programme Architecture Governance, Strategy, Organisation Design, Resourcing and Investment Governance.Sep 2013 to Jan 2016 - Deutsche Bank: Operational Excellence Programme Office Lead; Global Programme Office Lead for a large, multi-year Finance transformation programme.Jun 2013 to Sep 2013 - Customer Experience Enhancement Programme Manager for RBS.Oct 2012 to May 2013 - Cost Optimisation Programme Manager (€16m) for Commerzbank, as part of a broader €200m portfolio.Mar 2012 to Oct 2012 - SEPA Direct Debits Programme Manager (€13m) for Bank of Ireland, as part of a €300m+ change programme.Feb 2011 to Feb 2012 - Deutsche Bank: Finance MIS Strategy Development Lead; Financial Analytics & Reporting Project Manager Show less