David Winterbottom
Strategic Project Accountant @AXA
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WORK HISTORY
Strategic Project Accountant @AXA
Lancaster, GB
My role in summary is to establish a robust system for tracking and reporting on the costs and benefits of strategic change projects ensuring accurate and up-to-date financial metrics are in place. This includes engaging in strategic initiatives to project expected costs against budget and track actuals, and track benefits against agreed Business Case targets embedded in the financial plans. Collaborate closely with key stakeholders across various initiatives to ensure delivery of both financial spend budgets and benefit realisation, while clearly reporting where targets are not being met and the impact of these deviations. Provide thorough scrutiny of cost details (cash and P&L) for the Blueprint program to ensure management in line with budget and track projected and actual benefits. Develop and maintain regular reporting and analysis of benefits realised versus business case for all strategic initiatives and projects in the change portfolio, feeding into key governance and reporting requirements. Ensure evidence of benefits provided by Business Owners stands up to scrutiny and can be demonstrated by movements in KPIs/lead indicators identified. Communicate on actual versus expected performance, explain variances in delivery costs and benefit realisation, and highlight emerging risks to achieving the business cases. Collaborate with Business Owners to develop robust business cases for any new strategic change projects, challenging assumptions to ensure robustness and ability to track, and evaluating proposed business cases using financial metrics.
EDUCATION
Lancaster & Morecambe College
btech, Business Studies
Chartered Insurance Institute
Certificate, Insurance
Prince2
Prince2 Practitioner, Project Management
Lancaster & Morecambe College
Business Management, Chartered Management Institute
Lancaster & Morecambe College
Business Management, Chartered Management Institute
Preston College
European Computer Driving Licence
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID WINTERBOTTOM
An ambitious and self-motivated business professional, who has been working in the UK financial services industry for the last 23 years. Extensive experience in Planning, Analytics Insights, Financial Controls (Expense & Cost Containment activity) and Risk/ Compliance Management, with a proven track record in managing strategic projects and relationships.Specialities: Strategy, Project Management, Operating Models & Processes, Financial & Non-Financial Planning, Business Continuity Planning, Workforce Management, Financial Controls, Analytics-data mining, Compliance and Risk Management.
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