Alex Olsen

Data analytics leader with 7+ years in financial consulting (PwC, RSM) across 40+ M&A and due diligence engagements. Built AI-powered tools generating £150–285k+ in annual cost savings, led AI enablement across a 1,800-person consulting division and established crossborder AI collaboration hubs with RSM US and RSM NL. Certified in Python, SQL, R, Machine Learning, Tableau and Power BI.

Seeking a senior data and analytics role that combines technical delivery with strategic impact, with AI and commercial outcomes at the core.

Data Analytics Manager at RSM UK (2024-07 – Present)

AI Innovation and Enablement Data Analytics and Financial Due Diligence

• Designed and built an AI-powered QA Hub for due diligence reporting, with 12 automated checks covering numerical integrity, normalisation logic and scope reconciliation, delivering estimated annual cost savings of £125k+
• Automated market intelligence reporting for the Deal Coverage team, reducing manual effort from hours to minutes per cycle and unlocking up to £160k+ in annual cost savings
• Led AI enablement across a 1,800-person Consulting division, delivering workshops on prompt engineering, AI tooling and hands-on application
• Led 2-month analytics project on vehicle leasing business, using Alteryx to analyse depreciation and interest of 6,000+ vehicles, resulting in quality of earnings adjustments of £4.0m EBIT and £0.9m EBT, respectively
• Built detailed ARR analysis for a £3m EBITDA SaaS business, including cohort trends, churn concentration and customer expansion, strengthening the equity story and driving increased buyer engagement
• Established foundational Alteryx standards and project management templates, enhancing deliverable quality, cross-team coordination and documentation discipline

Transition period: Relocated from Copenhagen to London and completed digital analytics courses at Transition period (2023-10 – 2024-07)

Relocated from Copenhagen to London and completed digital analytics courses for Advanced Tableau, Advanced DAX for Power BI, SQL, R programming, Python and Machine Learning

Manager in Data Analytics and Financial Due Diligence at PwC DK (2023-08 – 2023-10)

• Created automated solution for balance sheet valuation of 100+ vehicle leasing contracts using VBA and Alteryx workflows, making it in line with audit standards and reducing total valuation time from 3 days to 1 hour
• Led team of 3 on 2-month VDD project on rental equipment business identifying positive EBITDA and NWC adjustments related to non-recurring business activities leading to 20% higher company valuation
• Spearheaded creation of best practice templates for risk management, financial request lists, Q&A logs and project structure and championed adoption by 50+ team members in DA and TS team

Senior Associate in Data Analytics and Financial Due Diligence at PwC DK (2021-08 – 2023-08)

• Handpicked by PwC Partner to lead 3-month VDD project for one of DK's largest energy traders and performed a role normally done by 2 people, leading both data transformations (DA) and financial analyses (TS)
• Managed team of 10+ stakeholders from energy trader to provide detailed financials and trading data as input to development of comprehensive financial model, leading to 4 competitive purchase offers
• Created training modules on Alteryx and Power tools tailored to needs of TS and Corporate Finance teams, enabling them to streamline data processing workflows and decreasing turnaround time by 2x

Associate in Business Recovery Services and Financial DD at PwC DK (2018-04 – 2021-08)

Working capital, FDD, Excel automation for pitches

Master Thesis Project at Novo Nordisk (2017-07 – 2018-04)

Blockchain technology assessment for corporate procurement

Risk Analyst at Saxo Bank (2016-05 – 2017-07)

Working capital, FDD, Excel automation for pitches

Master of Science in Applied Economics and Finance – Copenhagen Business School

Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business – Copenhagen Business School

Exchange – Fudan University

Exchange – Ryerson University