Finance Coordinator at Reach Academy School Trust (2025-10 – 2026-01)
Reach Academy School Trust is a multi-academy trust operating schools in West London.
- Develop and refine financial reporting to support current and future budget planning and decision making.
- Engage with stakeholders across all levels to ensure transparency, accuracy, and efficiency in financial processes.
- Oversee the end-to-end processing of invoices across the Trust, maintaining accurate project and financial data within internal systems.
- Led teams and taken proactive approach to problem solving to meet KPI's.
- Prepared and presented governance reports for Senior Leadership.
Business Analyst at OPRE Solutions (2025-03 – 2025-07)
OPRE Solutions is a specialist real estate advisory and asset management firm focused on the student accommodation and build-to-rent sector, delivering innovative, data-driven strategies for a diverse client base including family offices, pension funds, and global institutions.
- Conducted market research and feasibility studies for a multi-million-pound PBSA student accommodation portfolio.
- Produced business cases, performance dashboards, and due diligence reports to support investment decisions.
- Engaged with property managers to assess asset valuations.
- Conducted due diligence of the current state of the student accommodation sites.
- Monitored performance metrics of existing assets.
- Successfully Confirmed as the preferred bidder and entered into the exclusivity period for purchase.
Senior Business Analyst (Contract) at Turanga Group Holdings Limited (2024-02 – 2024-12)
Turanga Group Holdings Limited is an Asset Holding Company of a Community Trust with a $50 million NZD commercial asset portfolio that focusses on utilising the land and property assets provided by the New Zealand Government to generate further value for the organisation.
- Carried out research, analysis and the use of financial statement data.
- Led feasibility study for million dollar community infrastructure development.
- Facilitated stakeholder workshops, defined functional requirements, and managed project milestones across multiple projects.
- Produced project assessments and investment analyses, utilised in decision making, through data insights.
- Led process optimisation and operating model improvements that improved organisational efficiency.
- Prepared and monitored project budgets, cost control, and reporting.
- Secured additional Government funding to support a large scale refurbishment of a derelict building into a key tourist attraction.
- Led development of community centre design and tendering documentation.
Analyst at Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (2021-12 – 2024-02)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) – one of New Zealand's largest public service departments, responsible for growing New Zealand's economy and improving the quality of life for all New Zealanders.
- Led the programme management of approved loan and equity projects at a macro level, including a $60 million (NZD) Whanganui Port development.
- Evaluated and presented potential loan and equity applications for Ministerial approval.
- Led team meetings and defined responsibilities.
- Developed process maps to optimise processes.
- Engaged with stakeholders at all levels to ensure that projects are meeting key milestones.
- Developed reports on overall project performance for the senior leadership team.
- Worked with local authorities to identify potential projects that would benefit the region.
- Supported the training and onboarding of new team members.
- Led the evaluation and funding of over $100-milion in development projects, driving economic and regional growth across New Zealand.
Business Systems Coordinator at Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (2019-06 – 2021-12)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) – one of New Zealand's largest public service departments, responsible for growing New Zealand's economy and improving the quality of life for all New Zealanders.
- Monitored over 100 high-value contracts and managed the end-to-end payment lifecycle.
- Developed process maps and performance dashboards to improve operational visibility.
- Delivered improvements to internal systems, supporting data integrity and risk mitigation.
- Based on my performance I was provided the opportunity to move into a Business Analyst position.
Operational Support/Business Analyst (Secondment) at New Zealand Government Contact Centre (NZGCC) (2019-06 – 2021-12)
A COVID-19 response initiative managing the training and deployment of nationwide call responders.
- Conducted requirement gathering and delivered business process documentation.
- Designed and implemented training frameworks for hundreds of frontline responders.
- Led cross agency collaboration with multiple government departments ensuring streamlined services.
- Provided independent, high-quality, advice for additional training requirements.
- Developed and maintained guidance resources for Senior Leadership.
- Successfully developed and implemented the training and monitoring of hundreds of call responders to support those impacted by COVID-19.
- Developed strong confidence in public speaking to large and senior audiences.
