Ash Parkes

Experience

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  Npower

  Aug 2006 - Mar 2009

  Administrator
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  Churchill China plc

  Mar 2009 - Aug 2010

  Duties and achievements:• International product costing and price creation, using up-to-date FX values.• Project accounting, including appointment of a new logistics company.• Cost analysis and variance analysis.• Monthly Board Report and sales reporting.• International accounts management.• Contract negotiation.• Internal and external bonus management. Duties and achievements:• Development and management of National Accounts projects.• Telemarketing on National Account projects.• Sales representation and customer liaison.

  • Commercial Manager

    Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Graduate Trainee

    Mar 2009 - Aug 2009
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  NHS Telford and Wrekin

  Sept 2010 - Apr 2013

  Graduate Finance Trainee

  Duties and achievements:• Corporate management accountant.• Forecasting and management of running costs as to achieve targeted savings in year, reporting directly to the Chief Finance Officer.• Variance analysis and reporting.• Ad-hoc projects reporting directly to the Chief Finance Officer, including QIPP scheme development.• Budget setting process.• Organising and completing quarterly Department of Health returns.• Project development, including providing financial support and advice in the development of the Telford & Wrekin CCG TRAQS system.• Accounts Payable and Receivable processes.• Capital projects analysis.• Commercial analysis and external reporting, including Freedom of Information requests.• Income processes and monitoring.• Cash flow analysis and interpretation.• Year-end processes. Show less

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  Bet365

  Aug 2011 - Apr 2012

  Administrator
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  NHS England

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2014

  Finance Analyst and Financial Accountant

  Duties and achievements:• Responsible for organising the management accounts of the Public Health, Social Care, Corporate and Secondary Dental services with a budgetary amount of circa £105m• Project accounting, including working across multiple organisations within the West Midlands redesigning and costing the Primary Care Support Services and reducing the cost basis in line with National targets• Oracle Business Intelligence Super User and report writer• Contract monitoring and contract reporting across multiple directorates• Tender reviews and analysis, working closely with the Commissioning and Procurement departments• Variance analysis and investigation• Management of budget setting and allocation distribution• Expenditure forecasting• Systems implementation and project management Show less

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  Deloitte

  Jul 2014 - Apr 2020

  Duties and achievements:• Health and social care subject matter expert leading on a range of finance, planning and efficiency programmes across the public sector• Developed the methodology and approach for NHS England’s national QIPP efficiency programmes• Lead for CCG QIPP reviews for the North West of England and supported CCGs with the enhancement of their efficiency programmes, such as pathway redesign, budget reviews and activity planning• Managed national financial improvement programmes to identify financial efficiencies for NHS trusts• Led on the redesign of a trust’s patient administration function identifying >£1m of efficiency by consolidating and standardising the workforce structure and addressing productivity inefficiencies• Played a key role in a national operational productivity programme which led to the identification of >£5bn of financial efficiency savings through the reduction of unwarranted variation• Designed, implemented and led a range of internal and external relationship building events Show less

  • Assistant Director, Consulting

    Sept 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Manager, Health Economics and Restructuring/Transactions

    Sept 2015 - Aug 2018

  • Assistant Manager, Healthcare Transactions and Restructuring

    Jul 2014 - Aug 2015
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  Monitor Deloitte

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2021

  Management Consultant, Strategy

  Duties and achievements:• Managed a range of strategy programmes for public sector clients involving market research, benchmarking and analysis, strategy formulation, implementation planning and KPI definition• Project managed a multi-disciplinary team to produce four business cases for a giga-project, analysing key business and financial models, followed by undertaking a leading role in the development of the overarching business case• Programme managed a multi-disciplinary team to produce >80 deliverables over an 8-week period, for a sovereign wealth fund, which involved establishing a central PMO; deliverable examples include a strategy playbook, communications strategy and function specific policies, processes & procedures• Subject matter expert who was responsible for researching, developing and writing the first set of social care standards for professionals and premises within Abu Dhabi, eventually managing key aspects in relation to the implementation of the licensing process• Managed multiple Requests For Proposals (RFP) simultaneously and alongside project work, working directly with stakeholders, preparing financial and workforce budgets and presenting to clients• Secured >$500k of work during this period with a range of clients Show less

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  NHS England

  Apr 2021 - Aug 2023

  Corporate Services Delivery Lead

  Duties and achievements:• Finance and legal subject matter expert leading on researching, designing and implementing national corporate service operating models to deliver efficiencies and process excellence across the NHS • Responsible for national, regional, system or organisation level change management programmes• Project lead for NHS England’s national corporate services benchmarking process, achieving a 98% return rate and identification of national efficiency opportunities for three consecutive years• Established and led a series of projects to provide operating model and financial improvement advice to a range of NHS organisations, including those within the system oversight framework• Project managed the Procurement workstream of the Legal Services Target Operating Model programme which involved researching and identifying the current state, best practice and gaps to be addressed and led on the identification of savings opportunities in excess of £25m annually• Project lead for the Corporate Services: Improvement Opportunities and Resources pack which contained 74 efficiency opportunities and 15 case studies which was issued nationally across the NHS• Key to the development of the Legal Services Improvement Toolkit which contained 31 opportunities across legal services Show less

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  Qiddiya | القدية

  Aug 2023 - now

  Senior Strategy Manager