Current Role - March 2009 – present  : Programme Reporting Specialist (Crossrail Programme and Reading Station Redevelopment)

• Leading a team of reporting analysts;
• Overall accountability for the preparation of periodic reports for internal and external clients, e.g. Network Rail Executive, ORR and Crossrail, with responsibilities for:-
  • Extracting key data from progress reports across all functional and delivery teams to prepare executive summaries for internal and external clients;
  • Determining key issues to be escalated;
  • Reviewing plans to determine progress against key milestones, analysing variances against baseline dates and establishing a RAG status based on agreed criteria;
  • Analysing earned Value metrics using suppliers’ progress against design deliverables or key quantities and determining reasons for variances, seeking clarity on recovery plans;
  • Analysing high level cost, time and performance data (budget, authority, expenditure, contingency, milestones, EV) to report to NR at Board Level;
• Continuous improvement and development of new and existing periodic progress & performance reports at Project, Programme & Executive level;
• Introduction, management and development of Reporting Process and Procedures to ensure that information is managed efficiently and effectively across the Programme Controls team;
• Attendance at all key internal and external progress review meetings;
• Meeting and communicating with all internal and external key stakeholders to ensure that reporting requirements and expectations are met by all parties;
• Driving quality of reports across the team through the introduction of Quality metrics;
• Representing Crossrail Programme for HQ initiative to introduce standardised reporting includingthe design of reports, establishing Business Rules and Technical Requirements, agreeing RAGs and ongoing data quality / validation checks 

Other Activities

• Earned Value Management training & support;
• Management of the development of the Programme Intranet Site - 'The Information Station';
• Editor of Programme newsletter – ‘CrossRead Light’;
• Managed and Organised a Programme Controls Conference;
• Mentoring MSc students through dissertations;
• Involvement in Sustainability Working Group;
• Involvement in the recruitment / placement process of MSc students;
• Champion for team in Employee Engagement organising mid-year surveys and analysis for the Programme.