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Esther Itang

Esther Itang

Belvedere,Kent

Summary

Business-savvy Property Developer with [Number] years of experience in cost-effective refurbishments, conversions and renovations. Skilled in [Skill] and [Skill] with extensive expertise managing lifecycle [Type] projects, enabling consistent productivity and profitability across diverse development opportunities. Competent individual skilled in confident communication seeks opportunity in fast-paced, ambitious organisation. Plans and prioritises well to achieve busy workloads under pressure. Hardworking and quick to learn for fast development and reliable business support.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work history

Real Estate Development Consultant

Cocospring
London, London
09.2016 - Current


  • Managed large- and small-scale renovation projects from concept through construction, driving 30% increase in profits/growth in the space of 10 months.
  • Facilitated refurbishment, conversion and renovation projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Liaised with regulatory agencies to successfully obtain planning permissions and documentation in line with local guidelines.
  • Sourcing relationships with 5 new clients in the space of 2 years. Accompanied clients to prospective viewings and evaluate their purchases and their goals, and closing the dela.
  • Managed and directed teams and coordinated logistics to support project requirements.
  • Managed monthly reporting and status updates for project progress and milestones.
  • Oversaw design, planning and construction of all assigned projects.
  • Assisted with preparation of business plans and construction programmes.
  • Monitored progress to drive alignment with timelines and budget constraints.
  • Sought profitable real estate investment opportunities, thoroughly researching market trends to evaluate potential ROI.
  • Leveraged industry knowledge and best practices to align design principles with business strategy.
  • Carried out thorough market research to validate project viability and profitability.
  • Negotiated contracts to solidify project scope, deadlines and terms of service.
  • Maintained updated and accurate records detailing financial data and property assessments.
  • Established procedures, programmes and site-specific safety regulations and requirements.
  • Reviewed development appraisals to support project viability and cost-effective financial management.

Policy Manager

Ofgem
London, City of London
12.2013 - 06.2014

Temporary assignment working in the Renewable Obligations Department, managing


  • Stayed abreast of best practices and changes in legislation that affected policy issues.
  • Applied knowledge of data modelling and statistical analysis to note trends and draw conclusions.
  • Generated weekly reports, detailing findings and advising recommendations for strategic decision making.
  • Produced written documentation, and visual presentations to report data to influence key stakeholders.
  • Analysed data taken from a central database to produce a report showing deployment of technology across the United Kingdom at the current government policy, compared with previous government policy with the same parameters. Created reports for senior management, used for policy specific considerations
  • Extracted relevant policy information from the policy guidance set by the legislative law and used this to accredited client’s applications
  • Populated weekly progress reports used for management reporting by extracting all technology specific activity from Ofgem database, used lookups and statistical analysis to show KPI against management targets.

Team Leader, International Citizen Service

Tearfund
Kigali, Burundi
09.2012 - 11.2012
  • Led performance reviews and tailored employee feedback to facilitate professional development.
  • Resolved employee relations issues and navigated disciplinary proceedings.
  • Fostered positive employee relationships through communication, training and coaching.
  • Provided leadership and direction for employees, supervising activities to drive productivity and efficiency.
  • Outlined recommendations in detailed reports founded on data-driven insights.
  • Consulted interested parties and specific stakeholders to gather information for new policies and updates.
  • Facilitated communication between government agencies, citizens and businesses.
  • Presented reports to interested groups or stakeholders and fielded questions.
  • Compared current programme operations against policies and highlighted gaps.
  • Produced effective dynamic materials to stakeholders and beneficiaries to strengthen skills and abilities in business set up, nutrition, teach the teacher and youth development.
  • Led on the quantitative end-of-programme reporting
  • Working for on a partnership for an embassy, working to promote rural craft in the UK
  • Attended business, social and other functions to promote organisation.
  • Promoted organisation as public representative at business, social and community functions.
  • Engaged different digital communities to promote organisation and identified new audiences for outreach.
  • Participated in brainstorming to develop new methods to raise funds.
  • Increased funds by researching and targeting charitable trusts with similar aims and activities.
  • Controlled budgets by tracking expenses and maximising income.
  • Conveyed organisation vision, mission and programmes to potential donors to form partnerships.
  • Inspired new supporters to raise money, while maintaining relationships with current supporters.

Analyst - Catastrophic Risk

Capita
London, City of London
09.2011 - 08.2012
  • Research through Policy slips and other relevant documents by clients to extract relevant data for aggregation analysis
  • Managed, extracted, manipulated and cleansed large volume data for accuracy and relevance according to stakeholders’ SLAs and KPIs
  • Categorised data based on geocoding, physical characteristics of exposures, and any financial terms on the insurance coverage
  • Analysed, modelled and reporting data to tabulate estimated losses in the case of a natural catastrophic event using various applications
  • Use the data combined with analysing policy documents to produce an output report, which are used by underwriters to measure volatility, frequency of catastrophic losses, and potential severity
  • Taking proactive role, liaising with team members, recommending new measures to increase efficiency, data quality checking work from offshore teams and ensure that supporting schedules is complete and accurate
  • Used the data combined with analysing policy documents, slips and files to produce an output report, which are used by underwriters to measure volatility, frequency of catastrophic losses, and potential severity for decision making and policies development
  • Maintained workflow tool and reviewed modelling requirements for newly received accounts with underwriters
  • Cleansed and loaded aggregate data into the aggregate recording system and performed data checks on aggregate data cleansed by Aggregate Data Entry staff and offshore resource and provided direct feedback on any errors identified

Project Analyst

Southwark Council
London, London
08.2010 - 03.2011
  • Cleansed, reconciled, manipulated and validated large volume of data for accuracy, relevance and reliability
  • Tracked the key carbon usage costs and milestones
  • Worked with Project Managers to track project spend and forecasted total projects costs against data provided by third parties such as EDF, Eon, and energy client using Excel and Access
  • Liaised with the finance teams across the Group for review and consolidation of the figures
  • Presented complex information, trends and anomalies to non-finance managers such as stakeholders and directors
  • Taking proactive role, liaised with team members, budget holders and project managers, to ensure that information contained in data reporting and supporting schedules is complete, accurate and reliable.

  • Managed cross-project finances of more than £[Number] [Amount] worth of business, from quoting to budgets and billing.
  • Implemented cost reduction initiative for [Brand] improving company profit margins by [Number]%.
  • Collated performance reports and produced project forecasts to ascertain areas of profit growth.
  • Supported the complex [Type] programme delivery for a [Location] [Type] supplier worth £[Number].

Analyst - Data Monitor

Westminster City Council
City of Westminster, London
02.2009 - 12.2009
  • Cleansed, reconciled, manipulated and validated large volume of data for accuracy, relevance and reliability
  • Presented complex information, trends and anomalies to non-finance managers such as stakeholders and directors
  • Produced monthly monitoring reports at all level to distribute to stakeholders
  • Analysed and interpreted performances from delivery partners to predict forecast
  • Successfully influenced change amongst project delivery partners which lead to 30% increase in social return to investment as there was increased numbers of young people successfully completing their back to work training programme

Swift and Cash Management Analyst

Merrill Lynch
London, City of London
12.2007 - 10.2008
  • Provided detailed analysis and actionable insights of [Type] trends to support and influence business decisions.
  • Delivered clear guidance and KPIs for financial planning processes to support consistent deliveries and offer sufficient information to explain drivers and trends.
  • Assessed business, industry-specific and national or international economic conditions to advise on [Type] decisions.
  • Detailed financial data in spreadsheets to identify trends and create revenue, profitability and expense forecasts.
  • Daily extracted large complex account data from agent banks and internal databases
  • Filtered, arranged, manipulated and validated large data for accuracy, relevance and reliability
  • Matched planned figures against actual results balance and analysed all discrepancies
  • Produced Management reports according to requirements daily and monthly
  • Successfully kept close liaison with Agent Banks on fee management processes
  • Consolidated and prepared weekly reports for division managers
  • Developed and implemented an agreed data collection system on Excel for improving collection of accurate and timely data

Trader Support Analyst

Genesis Investment Management
, City of London
08.2007 - 11.2007

Intern - Open Markets Operations

Bank Of England
, London
08.2006 - 07.2007

Education

Bachelor of Science - Social Science

Birkbeck, University of London
London

Skills

  • Property development
  • Client relations
  • High-value project management
  • Property renovations
  • Investment management
  • Project budgeting
  • Planning and design
  • Renovations, building and demolition
  • Inspections
  • Project scheduling
  • Presentation techniques
  • Financial management
  • Performance tracking
  • Property strategy development
  • Cost savings and reduction
  • Revenue models
  • Contract negotiation
  • Process improvement techniques
  • Financial reporting
  • Problem solving

Languages

English
Native
Spanish
Beginner

Timeline

Real Estate Development Consultant

Cocospring
09.2016 - Current

Policy Manager

Ofgem
12.2013 - 06.2014

Team Leader, International Citizen Service

Tearfund
09.2012 - 11.2012

Analyst - Catastrophic Risk

Capita
09.2011 - 08.2012

Project Analyst

Southwark Council
08.2010 - 03.2011

Analyst - Data Monitor

Westminster City Council
02.2009 - 12.2009

Swift and Cash Management Analyst

Merrill Lynch
12.2007 - 10.2008

Trader Support Analyst

Genesis Investment Management
08.2007 - 11.2007

Intern - Open Markets Operations

Bank Of England
08.2006 - 07.2007

Bachelor of Science - Social Science

Birkbeck, University of London
Esther Itang