Dan Taffler

Bio

A CIMA qualified business analyst with over ten years' experience in Business Intelligence and Finance. Able to analyse business issues, generate creative solutions, communicate them effectively at all levels and successfully implement them within the company. Adept at leading teams and conflict resolution. Looking to build on existing skills and continue to develop in a management position.

Dan has been a charity director since 2004 and is interested in meditation, world music and cinema. Since starting his MBA at Manchester Business School he has become class VP - External Affairs and President of the CSR club. He has organised a European cultural night for students from round the world, and is organising the Manchester Business Summit on October 28th 2011 - an event for 400 business leaders, MBAs and academics.

Other skills: SAP BusinessObjects superuser and trainer, Crystal Reports, EQM, Tableau, SAP (Finance modules).

Currently

Works at:: Cook Medical
Location in:: Manchester, United Kingdom

Dan has worked/studied in

United Kingdom
United States of America

Dan speaks

English
French
Mandarin

Dan has experience in

Biotech/Pharma
Communications/Media
Consulting
Government/Public Service
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Technology

Work

2006 – 2010	Financial Analyst Cook Medical , United Kingdom Managed several areas of Business Intelligence development, designing processes from information capture and datamarts to management information systems. Developed suites of dashboards, KPIs and reports used by over 1.4K global Strategic Business Unit staff Led and trained a team of 12 report writers in analysis and technical skills. Advised SBU management team on business strategy, financial analysis, and project launches. Identified and resolved several cross-divisional business issues leading to significant cost and resource savings. Managed two system migrations in reporting software. Worked with IT staff to identify and resolve problems, trained users and documented processes. This ensured a smooth transition between reporting systems and increased overall user confidence and uptake. Performed ad-hoc analyses and investigations for board-level staff on emerging issues.
2006 (Mar – Nov)	Management Accountant Forshaws Solicitors LLP , United Kingdom Production of monthly and ad-hoc management reporting Production of information and reports for external accountants and liaison with them Report building using Crystal Reports System analysis and development and troubleshooting database problems Monitoring of the Cash Office (4 staff) I also achieved great success in single-handedly accomplishing a major WIP mitigation exercise that greatly reduced our WIP liability for taxation purposes, as well as liaising with fee earners to manage and reduce historic WIP and bad debt figures
2004 – 2006	Assistant Accountant Knowles HOldings PLC , United Kingdom Analysed several department processes, streamlined and automated them, saving 50% of a person's role across the department. Devised and built several key management reports used by the business to monitor fee earner yield, WIP balances and financial results. Produced monthly and ad-hoc reports for senior management to help them manage the company’s financial performance. These included regular updates as well as special issues identified as being of concern. Introduced training and support for staff using ELBS (Elite Legal Billing System), which was poorly integrated with the firm’s other platforms. As a result user errors were significantly reduced and the month end processing time improved.
2003 – 2004 (May – May)	Accounts Clerk Securitas Cash Management , United Kingdom Automated several department processes through spreadsheet design. Analysed and reconstructed audit trails, personally recovering over £250K of lost cash.
2000 – 2002	Production Panel BBC , United Kingdom Short-term placements throughout the BBC including four months as Financial Assistant at the Proms and six months as Executive Assistant to the head of BBC Heritage. Following this I moved up to Warrington and temped while studying my MA and CIMA.

Education

2005 – 2009	Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) ACMA - Management Accounting (Oe)
2008 – 2009	National Guild of Hypnotists Certified Hypnotherapist (Oe)
2002 – 2006	Manchester Metropolitan University MA in Creative Writing (Masters)
1996 – 1999	University of Cambridge Oriental Studies (Mandarin Chinese) (Bachelors)