Martin Kander

London NW* Mobile: 077**-***-*** Email: acv9sw@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/martinkander

Professional Profile

A dedicated, dynamic and highly motivated director level IT leader combining over 15 years’ experience in technology, business intelligence, information management, analytics, data and infrastructure. Proven expertise in delivering strategic transformational change programmes in complex and global environments and a strong track record of implementing effective IT strategies in line with client and business objectives. A natural leader, who manages, motivates and supports teams to maximise performance and has the interpersonal skills to build robust relationships with stakeholders, C-level personnel and clients at all levels. Driven by process improvement, solution-oriented with experience in numerous technologies and adopts a creative approach to problem solving. Highly adaptable, conversant in multi-vendor environments as a client and supplier and flourishes with increased responsibilities in challenging working environments.

Career Summary

Jun 13 – Date

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO

Oct 15 – Date

Global Business Information Global BI Functional Manager

Leading and managing Business Information and Enterprise Information Managers creating a culture of motivation, engagement and providing support to ensure optimal performance

Establishing, building and developing strong relationships with senior business stakeholders in Finance, Treasury, Marketing and Operations

Devising, developing and implementing effective strategies around technology, operational planning and scope footprints to drive the business forward

Senior Responsible Owner of a Global Programme, tracked at CFO level and maximising cost efficiency of a ~£10m budget

Developing and implementing of a highly effective new strategic business roadmap for Global BI

Key Achievements:

Led Functional BI team transformation into a product-oriented organisation with highly robust processes

Delivered substantial annual savings with the effective management and on time delivery of a global programme with over 50 resources

-Secured greater business partnerships, increased IT influence and agile methods and consistently challenged expenditure to optimise value and suitability

Received extremely positive business stakeholder feedback on proactivity, engagement and successful outcomes

Successfully managed BI demand from numerous areas and programmes throughout the organisation

Jun 13 – Oct 15

Global Business Information Global BI Manager – Finance & Treasury

Responsible for being the Product Owner for Finance and Treasury Global reports and playing a key role in the delivery of a £1bn SAP ERP implementation

Establishing and maintaining robust relationships with functional stakeholders, including the Group Treasurer and Group Controller

Planning and ensuring complete alignment with all Finance and Treasury Global Reports

Ensuring optimal value through effective business case decision making and demand prioritisation

Implementing robust process transformations or compliance confirmations with Centres of Excellence

Matrix managing 17 personnel, including BA’s, Design and Delivery teams, ensuring the achievement of all objectives through the provision of strategic leadership and support

Key Achievements:

Successfully delivered a project to enable and embed Global Treasury reporting to cut financial risk, increase hedging capability and improve cash visibility

-Recruiting suitable resources based on skills, experience and ability to contribute to project goals

-Liaising effectively with Global Treasury and offshore finance shared services

Defined, organised and led the implementation of effective global finance management reporting

Significantly increased BI organisation quality, control and efficiency via the delivery of multiple initiatives

Mar 10 – Jun 13

BARCLAYS INVESTMENT BANK

Dec 12 – Jun 13

Treasury & Liquidity IT Vice President – Global Head of Data Frameworks

Leading the creation and development of a robust new strategic data platform, including conducting comprehensive evaluations of optimal technologies, architecture and implementation models

Defining strategy and tracking key business indicators across Barclays as part of the management team

Career Summary Continued

Key Achievements:

Successfully managed and presented strategic initiative outcomes of a data platform for Treasury and Liquidity data serving as a multipurpose repository for all business needs, such regulatory reporting including BASEL 3, management reporting and risk reporting among others

-Gaining and utilising comprehensive cross organisation understanding and input, effectively managing the expectations all stakeholders and ensuring the delivery of optimal business value

Mar 11 – Dec 12

Treasury & Liquidity IT Vice President - Global Project & Development Manager

Leading, managing and motivating a global team of 17 across several countries, engendering an environment of positive engagement and providing comprehensive support as required

Formulating a robust and highly efficient team structure, controlling budgets with optimal cost efficiency and setting challenging operational objectives

Overseeing ongoing liquidity solution development to deliver regulatory and management information

Key Achievements:

Slashed development costs by 35% by forming and leading a near shore development team

Managed the delivery of a project ahead of schedule to extend the liquidity solution, already used to produce FSA reports, to calculate and report group stress tests results

-Liaising at length with IT and the business to ensure full compliance with IT standards and processes

Successfully restructured the team to facilitate near shoring and multiple delivery abilities, including parallel projects, continual improvements and designing and implementing a suitable SDLC

Mar 10 – Mar 11

Sales Analytics & CRM Technology Assistant Vice President – Head of Analytics

Developing and implementing an innovative new sales analytics solution with responsibility as the Global Team Lead for creating a robust strategic roadmap, vision and direction

Building and maintaining robust relationships with business stakeholders via regular progress updates

Key Achievement:

Successfully transformed a highly underperforming sales reporting solution through leading its re-architecture and re-design using an innovative approach to technology and delivery along with comprehensive engagement across business and IT

Mar 06 – Feb 10

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP

Senior Consultant

Acting as Lead and managing all project phases from design through to development and on time, in full and on budget completion in alignment with required business objectives for the following:

-Sales analytics solution for a large investment bank

-Management reporting for multiple insurance companies

-Global collection tool for a major FTSE consumer goods company

-Multinational Automotive Retailer including Technical Architect and performance management lead

-Implementing an effective solution for reporting crime for HM Government

-Developing viewer statistics and advertising impact analysis for a commercial TV network

Securing ISO certification as Process Owner of the internal Process Information Management System

Earlier Career

Apr 01 – Mar 06

CENTRICA (ONE TEL / TELCO GLOBAL), Sr. Manager of Solution Development

Aug 00 – Apr 01

OMNI FOOD TECHNOLOGY, Operations Manager

Jun 98 – Aug 00

TELCO GLOBAL, UK Network Manager

Education and Qualifications

BA

Modern Hebrew, University College London

Professional Development

PRINCE2 Practitioner

ITIL Certified

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

Barclays Management Training

Key IT Skills

ﬤExpert in Microsoft BI (T-SQL, SSIS, SSAS, MDX); SAP BI (BW, Business Objects suite) and HANA

ﬤAdvanced in Qlikview, Tableau and a wide range of database, reporting & other technologies

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