Sinna Al-Ani, Commercial Relationship Manager

Sinna Al-Ani

Commercial Relationship Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Bachelor's degree, Taxation, Business Accounting
Experience
6 years, 2 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :6 years, 2 months

Commercial Relationship Manager at Lloyds Banking Group
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2013 to August 2014

September 2013 - Present Commercial Relationship Manager, Lloyds Banking Group, London (including 5 contract extensions)
• Building on experience from previous role, conducted a complete re-analysis of contract and resource spend across various banking platforms to generate annual Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) position.
• Strived to integrate ZBB process seamlessly into business area's activities and became a subject matter expert in specified business areas in conjunction with business partners
• Engaged in a synergistic relationship with the supplier managers to regularly review the demands and needs of the business area at an appropriate frequency
• Established, implemented and tracked a number of initiatives to help prioritise how and where investment can be targeted to ensure IT risk business cost reduction and cost avoidance can be mitigated for future years
• Tracking and managing all opportunities via commercial business plan on a monthly basis
• Liaised with assigned business area key stakeholders as part of the cost review process managing both the relationships and the data to create and control a single set of reference data
• Assisted in 'Go to Market' activity by way of working cross-functionally with Procurement and Sourcing to provide guidance and advice on IT Supplier selection criteria and RFI/RFP processes.

Commercial Analyst at Lloyds Banking Group
  • United Kingdom
  • May 2012 to September 2013

May 2012 - September 2013 Commercial Analyst, Lloyds Banking Group, London
• Liaising with senior directors and business partners across the group to provide expenditure consultation and guidance in order to exceed cost saving goals
• Owned and managed initiative to effectively eliminate (99.4%) all non-compliant payment arrangements within Group IT
• Challenging over £150m third party expenditure across the Group to best leverage the banks position and seeking best value of commercial negotiations through coordination with supplier management and IT procurement
• Involved with the end to end implementation of contractual agreements to ensure rationalisation of suppliers and products resulting in substantial savings through reducing duplication of effort
• Driving effective implementation of change and quality of cost management to continuously improve best practice and procedures
• Encouraging budget holders to consider alternatives such as utilizing 2nd tier suppliers and internal resources

Associate, Partner Financial at Financial Recruitment
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2011 to March 2012

September 2011 - March 2012 Associate, Partner Financial, London
• Interim associate within the company who specialise in Financial Recruitment, placing financial professionals ranging from newly qualified level to Director and CFO level
• Using up-to-date market knowledge to place qualified finance professionals in organisations ranging in size from SME to leading FTSE-listed businesses, focussing on the Consumer space
• Organising and attending visits to both new and established clients
• Targeting potential users and striking up a relationship with them to encourage usage
• Implementing plans to generate new business through various communication channels
• Maintaining a close relationship with clients with regular contact to ensure client satisfaction and offer any further assistance
• Interviewing on average 10 candidates a week, vetting CVs and forwarding them for suitable positions

Accounts Assistant at ALS UK Ltd
  • United Kingdom
  • June 2008 to August 2011

June 2008 - August 2011 Accounts Assistant, ALS UK Ltd, Birmingham
• Progressing from voluntary administration assistant during studies
• Working with the Accounts Manager, dealing with invoices and ensuring all outgoing and incoming payments are up-to-date, submitting all outgoing payments onto the company database which requires the use and excellent knowledge of Sage Accounts Program and Microsoft Excel
• Dealing with client queries on a daily basis, using an excellent telephone manner, negotiation and customer services skills
• Assisting with the day-to-day running of company, such as answering telephones, dealing with all correspondence coming into the office, maintaining filing systems and upholding employee satisfaction
• An integral part of introducing a new initiative to the language service industry in the form of online interpreting services
• Coordinating tasks as part of a team to ensure all duties are completed, hot-desking where necessary

FURTHER SKILLS
I.T. Proficiency: Word, Excel (V-lookups, Pivot Tables), SharePoint, Voyager, Access, FrontPage, PowerPoint, ADOBE professional, Sage accounting, Internet & Email

Education

Bachelor's degree, Taxation, Business Accounting
  • at The University of Portsmouth
  • January 2011

2011 The University of Portsmouth Economics, Finance and Banking BSc (Hons) - 2:1 Modules include: Taxation, Business Accounting, Statistical and Mathematical Analysis, Micro and Macro Economics, Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Banking and Financial Structure, International Banking and Financial management, Enterprise Finance, Financial Analysis.

High school or equivalent, Mathematics
  • at Enfield County School for Girls
  • January 2008

2008 Enfield County School for Girls, Enfield, North London A-Levels in Mathematics, Physics, French

High school or equivalent, English Language
  • at ICT
  • June 2006

10 GCSE's achieving: (A*) English Language, (A*) English Literature (A*) History, (AA) Double Award Sciences, (A) French, (A) Mathematics (B) Geography, (B) ICT

Diploma, Chemistry
  • at Enfield County School for Girls
  • January 2006

AS-Level in Chemistry 2006 Enfield County School for Girls, Enfield, North London

Specialties & Skills

Customer Facing
Financial Sector
Banking
Cost Management
Business Relationship Management
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS MANAGER
ANSWERING
CORRESPONDENCE
DATABASE
SATISFACTION

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

NA (Training)
Training Institute:
NA

Hobbies

  • Sports & Reading
    I was a semi-professional gymnast for 7 years. Additionally, I was a competitve athlete, gaining over 20 medals in competition (including running, high jump and long jump). In 2003 I won sports girl of the year. I am also very passionate about Formula 1 and have a huge interest in cars. I am a dedicated Manchester United fan and enjoy watching football regularly.