Darren Turner

4 Woodville Road 2167412@chail.com Hartshorne, Swadlincote 2071934127 Extn (2167412) Derbyshire, UK, DE11 7ET Ph: +44 (0)

Career Objective
As a self driven articulate individual I have showed great diversity throughout my professional experience. Evidence proves that I can call upon my key education skills to add extreme value within a range of roles. I am looking to secure a position within the Finance and Banking industry, especially within a corporate and investment banking role providing continued support to a global organisation in exchange for excellent career and development opportunities.

Skills, Experience & Personal Attributes

Highly numerate, with excellent analytical skills. During my employment at General Motors, automotive sales data for the region was only available in a very raw form and so was not widely utilised. Through my research and analysis skills I was able to organise and collate this data, providing valuable information on the breakdown of the market to the sales managers on a monthly basis. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills which has been developed through close interaction with key customers. During my internship at Iliffe News and Media it has been necessary to meet with many different key user groups and developers, and unite their ideas effectively whilst keeping complexity to a minimum and quality to a maximum. Highly proficient at using Microsoft Office tools especially Excel and Power point, which I have demonstrated on numerous occasions throughout my professional experience. Within General Motors the methods used to track and present sales figures in their reports were very varied and disorganised, and absorbed approximately 80 hours of the Area Sales Managers time each month. Through the use of my key Microsoft skills I created a method to produce these reports in a standardised format with greater accuracy reducing the man hours required by 93% and improving accuracy 10 fold.

Education/Qualifications
University of Coventry (UK) 2010-2011: MBA Finance awaiting results (predicted grade Distinction/1st) University of Nottingham (UK) 2004 2007: BA (Hons) in Finance, Accounting and Management Repton School Sixth Form College (UK) 2002-2004: A Levels Economics: A, Mathematics: B, Business Studies: B Dhahran British Grammar School (Saudi Arabia) 2000-2002: 10 GCSEs Computer skills: Extremely competent in Microsoft Office programs, especially Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Academic Achievements/Activities: Attended Repton School Sixth Form on a Scholarship (2003/04)

Repton School Business Studies Prize (2004) Captain of school House football team & Nottingham University Darts Team (2004/07)

Professional Experience
Project Co-ordinator June 2011 to Present Day 2011, Iliffe News and Media Group (UK): Currently employed through Internship as part of an MBA Finance course in which my main aim is to improve the organisations existing financial data tracking system. Key Achievements: Created Excel files that could produce and upload revenue targets to the online tracking system through a quick and straightforward process, turning a 2 hour weekly task into a 5 minute job. Produced detailed user guides showing how to run these files and also the new features of the system. Identified all reporting discrepancies in the system, allowing it to achieve 100% accuracy. Field Support Group Specialist - October 2008 to April 2010, General Motors (Dubai, United Arab Emirates): Main Responsibilities: Development and generation of monthly and quarterly sales reports and presentations. Calculating financial incentive scheme payments to Dealers. Analysis and reporting of competitor sales figures and product pricing. Maintaining the field teams itinerary planner, co-ordinating meetings and travel arrangements. Key Achievements: Designed and implemented a sales and stock tracking system, greatly increasing the accuracy of Dealers order requirements and feasibility of sales targets. Prepared all the data and slides for the annual Dealer Principle conferences. Dealer Business Centre Consultant April to September 2008 General Motors (Dubai, United Arab Emirates): Main Responsibilities: Maintained and distributed several key reports for the Middle East network. Key customer service liaison ensuring rapid enquiry turn around. Distributed official corporate communications to Dealer network. Maintained employee and dealer contact information, and ensured brief but factual meeting minutes were communicated as an outcome of key reviews. Key Achievements: KPI Pareto report creation allowing a deep drill into the reasons why 3 key dealerships who were not meeting targets, allowing these issues to be resolved. Implemented a new system to automate the production of mailing lists, halving the time taken to distribute Dealer communications.

Summary of Other Experience

Stock Appraiser January to February 2008, Manheim (Dubai, United Arab Emirates):

Main duties include the valuation of vehicle inventory using a set of key standards. Customer Care Specialist September to December 2007, B&Q Customer Care Centre (UK): Provided full customer care management within key areas including complaints management and delivery tracking.

References
General Motors Edwige Baud Dealer Business Centre - Sales & Finance Coordinator Phone: 00971 43143373 Edwige.baud@gm.com Will.shepherd@iliffenews.co.uk Iliffe News and Media Will Shepherd Finance Director Phone: 01223 226073