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Gulam Choudhury

London,East Ham

Summary

Gulam is a dynamic Business Consultant with a comprehensive skill set obtained via diverse professional roles, ranging from working as a Pre-Reg Pharmacist to a Contracts, Finance and Business Operations Analyst at Lloyds Banking Group he has honed his expertise in analysis, leveraging tools like Power BI to deliver insightful dashboards to senior stakeholders.

His current role in Lloyds consists of working on resource reports, conducting contract analysis, utilising SAP Ariba for procurement and contract management. Gulam has demonstrated proficiency in auditing contract details, ensuring compliance, maintaining, reviewing and updating contractual documents.

In addition to this, at his current role he is actively involved in managing licenses and forecasting budgets, collaborating closely with the cost centre owners to ensure organisational objectives and financial targets. Thus ensuring savings and better utilisation of resources. This has further deepened his analytical capabilities by working closely with the finance and accounting team.

Prior to his tenure at Lloyds, Gulam made significant contributions to a Success Factors Software Upgrade project at FDM, where he gained experience in project support, business analysis and user acceptance testing. Additionally, his tenure as a Business Development Manager at MYPLANETguides underscores his adeptness in stakeholder management and driving business growth through client retention and onboarding. Combining his educational background in pharmacy with his multifaceted professional experience. He is uniquely positioned to excel in roles that require a blend of analytics, strategic thinking and strong interpersonal skills. Eager to continue his professional development he is now seeking opportunities to further leverage his analysis and management expertise within project where he can drive impactful outcomes.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Business Operations,Finance and Contracts Analyst

Lloyds Banking Group
London
09.2023 - Current

Gulam has developed worked closely with Lab leads to renew contracts, upgrade dashboards and business process management

  • Stakeholder Management – managed stakeholders from diverse business areas to ensure effective risk control and budget management , fostering a collaborative environment conducive to decision making.
  • Renewed contracts and upgraded dashboards - worked with Lab leads to improve business process management and enhanced visibility into key metrics.
  • Data driven decision making – data analysis on resource utilisation, license usage and cost reports leading to informed decision making and cost effective resource allocation, which resulted in forecasted savings.
  • Power BI expertise and automation– Proactively becoming a Power BI expert , resulting in automated dashboards and optimising operational efficiency which made 3 processes obsolete.
  • Automating of reporting processes - initiated and implemented automation solutions for lab reports, resulting in time saving and increased accuracy in reports.
  • Resource management and future projections– Continuously updating resource reports, tracking project movements , providing insights into future resource projections , ensuring optimal resource utilisation.
  • SAP Ariba – use of SAP for contract management, vendor management and invoice controls
  • Updating trackers, Purchase Orders, approvals, resource movement, time allocation, financial forecasts
  • Conducting Audits on Labs and licenses - resulting in savings on licenses
  • Raising Contracts/Contract Renewals – working closely with third party vendors, accounting and finance teams
  • Technical skills - Power BI, Excel, SAP Ariba,data analysis, process optimisation



Project Support/ Business Analyst/ Software Tester

FDM Group
London
05.2022 - Current
  • Gulam has undergone Business training at FDM and has worked internally at FDM across Project Support, Business Analysis, and software testing to support the upgrade of Success Factors
  • Stakeholder Management – Managed internal stakeholders across IT, the People Team, Finance and more Effective
  • Communication: worked in an online team of Software Developers, Business Analysts, Test Leads, Portfolio Managers to ensure business requirements and deadlines were met
  • Project Support - supported portfolio managers with their minutes /actions and maintenance of the project team documentation on SharePoint such as Excel Test Scripts and Requirements documentation
  • Agile / Waterfall Methodologies: Worked in Sprints for the delivery of projects in a hybrid Waterfall / Agile environment
  • Business Analysis: Supported the gathering of requirements around the use of Success Factors from stakeholders across all departments
  • Testing: Composed Defect Reports that were used to highlight potential issues and were shared with the software developer team to fix

Business Development Manager

MYPLANETguides
06.2021 - 03.2022
  • Gulam worked closely with the CEO and the business development team to provide a premium listing and the companies services to customers
  • Critical thinking: Developed experience with CRM software and organising leads and putting them through the 360 sales cycle thus further developing his software and critical thinking skills
  • CRM and Microsoft Office: CRM and Microsoft applications were used daily to manage tasks and keep on track of clients
  • Organisational skills: Worked on multiple international investment projects simultaneously, enhancing his organizational skills
  • Communication and teamwork: Working as part of a team to ensure all clients had been satisfied with the premium service whilst also gaining new clients.

Pre-Reg Pharmacist

Blakeberry Pharmacy
08.2019 - 12.2020
  • Gulam has worked as part of a team in a busy community pharmacy, dealing with patient queries, patient consultations and pharmacy services
  • Strong verbal skills: Worked with other pharmacists to give patient consultations and other pharmacy services
  • Adaptability: Adapted to the effective provision of medicine and pharmacy services to an increased number of patients while acting as a key worker during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Data Analysis: worked with patients to compile research that was used nationally to better aid healthcare in the NHS.

Education

Master of Science - Pharmacy

Kings College London
London
09.2015 - 08.2019

Skills

  • Financial statements
  • Data analysis
  • Finance management
  • Budget analysis
  • Systems evaluation
  • Process mapping
  • Process improvements

Accomplishments

  • 2nd in Taekwondo in the UK in 2013
  • Vice President of Pharmacy society: 2018-2019
  • Bengali: Fluent
  • Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word: Advanced
  • Advanced Excel Skills
  • Use of SAP Arriba
  • Use, integration and automation of Power BI dashboards

Personal Information

Title: Business Consultant

Custom

  • Played football in local teams and competed in tournaments
  • Keen interest in forex- working on an independent algorithm
  • Avid reader of non-fiction books
  • Joined Kings College London’s Pharmacy society as the vice president (2018-2019)

Affiliations

  • trading

Timeline

Business Operations,Finance and Contracts Analyst

Lloyds Banking Group
09.2023 - Current

Project Support/ Business Analyst/ Software Tester

FDM Group
05.2022 - Current

Business Development Manager

MYPLANETguides
06.2021 - 03.2022

Pre-Reg Pharmacist

Blakeberry Pharmacy
08.2019 - 12.2020

Master of Science - Pharmacy

Kings College London
09.2015 - 08.2019
Gulam Choudhury