Reading, England, United Kingdom
I am excited to embark on the next chapter of my career as an Assurance Associate at EY, where I will be pursuing an ICAEW qualification. I recently graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in BSc Economics at the University of Bath. My journey has been enriched by hands-on roles as a Student Analytical Officer at NHS England and a Private Bank Internal Auditor at Barclays. These experiences allowed me to collaborate with dynamic teams, tackle real-world public health and financial challenges, and contribute to strategic decisions aimed at improving performance. I am passionate about building meaningful professional connections and exploring opportunities to collaborate and learn from industry leaders and fellow aspiring professionals. Feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn messaging.
Serving as a Student Ambassador for the University of Bath Economics Department during my placement and final year of Economics. - Impactful Engagement and Public Speaking: Confidently representing my university and its Economics Department to prospective students during open days, sharing insights regarding the university, course, placement year and my personal experiences. - Academic Advocacy: Working closely with Economics staff and other students to showcase the excellence of our department, promoting its programs, faculty, and resources to potential students.
Took part in a dynamic 2-month summer internship with Barclays, where I was an Internal Audit Intern in the Private Bank team. I was involved in 3 audits where I gained experience of the whole audit lifecycle, including planning, testing and reporting. - Banking Excellence: I immersed myself in the world of private banking, gaining insights into the financial sector and contributing to audit processes that ensure compliance and excellence in client services. I was heavily involved in the control testing stages of audits, where I independently composed Design Effectiveness Assessment and Operating Effectiveness Testing work papers, consistent with the team's findings. - Collaborative Learning: Worked procatively with a team of dedicated professionals who fostered a culture of continuous learning, providing me a chance to ask many questions and gain feedback on my work. - Presentation and feedback skills: I gave a closing presentation to senior colleagues to describe my overall experience and provide feedback to benefit the Manager’s and Early Career’s coordination of the future internship programme. - Networking: Actively established connections and professional relationships with interns and other employees from diverse departments within the bank, effectively expanding my network within the organisation
Completed my placement with NHS England as a Student Analytical Officer, working on a range of projects within 3 NHS programme areas. In the first half of my placement, I worked with the Community Hospitals and Virtual Wards programmes, focusing on the performance of local services. I then worked more closely with the Elective Care programme, producing analytical work to keep track of the South East's performance at meeting annual goals of a reduction in waiting lists. - Data-Driven Impact: Analysed and interpreted healthcare data to aid in informed decision-making for better patient outcomes. I learnt to use SQL to extract data and complex features of MS Excel such as Power Query and Data Models to create dashboards. I also gained familiarity with Tableau as an alternative software for data visualisation. - Team Collaboration: Worked closely with a talented team of data analysts to produce products that meet the expectations of our stakeholders. I was also given administrative responsibilities such as managing the team mailbox and working with others in the team to organise events such as a Christmas Away Day. - Presentation skills: Frequently chaired and gave presentations at team meetings regarding the work I have recently done.