Aliyah Jowaheer

• Consolidated the data from the business units for the Short-Term Planning, Medium Term Planning and budgeting cycles

• Managed and communicated the planning timetable, process and guidelines to stakeholders including management of templates and deliverables

• Engaged with the businesses and functional teams to establish expectations, coordinate the completion of the required templates, thoroughly review and challenge their inputs into the planning deliverables

• Provided insightful analysis and commentary by understanding key drivers, KPIs and underlying business performance which were sent to key stakeholders (Group CEO/FD/FC, Finance Committees and the Board)

• Developed storyboard and content focus for each planning cycles

• Built and maintained financial models and scenario analysis to support senior management decision making

• Created stress testing input files which were used to derive the stress testing results and shared with senior management

• Coordinated and improved BoE / EBA / Internal Stress Activities with BAGL team

• Continuously enhanced the quality of data and commentary through effective understanding of business performance drivers

• Relationship Manager for Barclays Africa Group Ltd whereby resolving data questions, reviewing submission results and commentary thereby developed in depth knowledge of the commercial environments, key sub-business and products as well as financial performance history

• Lead the team on day-to-day finance operations including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivables and payroll

• Produced accurate and timely monthly management accounts including variance analysis

• Provided financial analysis and advised the board on financial implication of strategic initiatives, liquidation strategies and wind down activities

• Delivered a detailed wind down financial plan covering cash flow forecasts, funding needs and timelines

• Monitored and forecasted daily cash positions to ensure adequate funding for member withdrawals and operational needs

• Ensured compliance with regulatory reporting (FCA/PRA returns, liquidity reports and capital adequacy)

• Produced the monthly management accounts including insightful analysis on full P&L to support decision making

• Monthly review of Sales ledger, cash collections, credit notes, write off amounts and DSO targets

• Reviewed the accrued revenue, deferred revenue and revenue split calculations with the Regional Sales leads

• Reviewed the monthly commissions, sales league table and supported Sales Director on any pricing analysis

• Managed Accounts Payable including the weekly supplier and employee expense payment runs, bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations, monthly payroll, National Statistics Surveys P11D, PSA and VAT returns

• Treasury management including daily and monthly cash flow forecasts, managing credit lines with funders and submitting drawdown requests

• Conducted financial analysis on marketing spend, IT spend covering both Opex and Capex

• Reviewed the balance sheet and control account reconciliations and ensured KPIs were being met

• Responsible for the board pack and liaised with department heads to ensure transactions were correctly recorded and reported

• Worked closely with the CFO on budget, forecasting process and provided robust scenario analysis

• Managed year end reporting and liaised with auditors on system and process walkthroughs, interim and year end Audits