Who I am
I’m Farid, a data analyst with a background in Finance. As a qualified accountant specialised in providing management information to senior stakeholders, I have a passion for telling stories with data.
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I have extensive experience working with numbers across various industries, often working with complex data sets to provide meaningful insights.
My goal is to become a data insights expert within an innovative company. I want an employer that values collaboration and professional growth whilst contributing to the wider society.
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EXPERIENCE
Dec 22 -Present
EMEA Strategy & Operations Manager
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Led the development of a Power BI dashboard for regional strategic decision-making and improve operational efficiency
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Supporting various teams on Power BI dashboard development for C-suite audiences
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Supporting EMEA Chairman & COO decision making with insightful financial analysis and bespoke reporting
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Prepared materials and discussion points for various presentations, including quarterly strategy review meetings with Global CEO
FTI Consulting
Aug 21 - Apr 22
Data Analytics, CareerFoundry
Part-Time
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Various projects including:
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Collaborative project with UX/UI Designer: Carbon credits dashboard; data exploration and visualisation through Tableau to provide the basis for the dashboard
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Tableau dashboard storyboard: USA Wildfires analysis on > 2 million records using Python and Tableau
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Techniques learned included:
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Data mining and wrangling
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Data transformation and integration
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Database querying with SQL
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Python libraries and dashboards
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Data visualisations with Tableau
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Statistical and predictive analysis
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Dec 21 - Nov 22
Commercial Finance Manager, UKI Tax
EY (Ernst & Young) LLP
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Supporting Partners in mitigating financial risk​
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Day to day Finance team management on global, multi-year Tax outsourcing contract
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​Supporting the Commercial Management Office team through period of growth​
Sep 19 - Nov 21
Finance Manager, UKI Audit
EY (Ernst & Young) LLP
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Developed reports to improve the financial management of the UK Audit Practice
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Presenting monthly Audit service line results to Operations, Lead Audit Partner & Head of Finance for 7 P&Ls, including consolidation
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Leading the Audit quarterly forecasts and annual budget processes
Jun 13 - Aug 19
Finance Manager
Kroll Associates UK Ltd.
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Deputising for EMEA FC leaver during post acquisition period
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Key contributor in the financial management and reporting at local & regional level
Aug 05 - May 13
Various Financial Management Roles
Various roles across different industries
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Legal: 5 years in Bird & Bird, top 20 UK Law firm
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Retail: Sainsburys, Diesel
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Media: AGI Media
PROJECTS
Undertaken as part of CareerFoundry Data Analytics course
A new company wanting to use historical sales data to inform its decision making for creating new games and developing a marketing strategy
Undertake analysis to uncover more information about sales patterns.
Provide insights to inform a targeted marketing strategy
A medical agency preparing for flu season. Using historical influenza and population data to determine when and where to deploy staff
Build an interactive dashboard to visually showcase the results of an advanced exploratory analysis conducted in Python
A movie rental company planning to use its existing movie licences to launch an online service. A number of questions have been asked to inform the company’s strategy through data-driven answers
(Case Study)
A collaborative project to analyse and visualise carbon offsets data in an interactive dashboard
EDUCATION
Feb 24
Microsoft Power BI Certification
Microsoft PL 300 Power BI Certification
Aug 21-May 22
Part-time course, CareerFoundry
Data Analytics
Various projects including:
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Collaborative project with UX/UI Designer: Carbon credits dashboard; data exploration and visualisation through Tableau to provide the basis for the dashboard
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Tableau dashboard storyboard: USA Wildfires analysis on > 2 million records using Python and Tableau
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Techniques learned included:
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Data mining and wrangling
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Data transformation and integration
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Database querying with SQL
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Python libraries and dashboards
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Data visualisations with Tableau
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Statistical and predictive analysis
2010
Kaplan FTC
CIMA
2001-2005
Queen Mary, University of London
Hispanic Studies & Business Management 2.i
SKILLS
Microsoft Excel - incl. VBA & Macros
SQL
Python
Tablueau
Power BI (Microsoft Certified)
Dashboard Design