Professional Experience

Key achievements and relevant contributions highlighted

Senior Manager — EMEA Financial Reporting & Analysis

Marriott InternationalApr 2023 – Present
  • Migrated Power BI reporting to Microsoft Fabric, establishing a multidisciplinary one‑stop shop for data and reports and lowering barriers to adoption.
  • Executed a unified reporting overhaul: continent‑wide design systems and conformed data models for integrated insights.
  • Implemented cloud ETL with Python, KNIME and Power Query; designed long‑term storage and data architecture patterns.
  • Delivered Power BI and automation training across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas to upskill teams in analytics and process efficiency.
  • Built a self-validating RLS access framework (hash-signed user list) now used by 6,000+ RLS users and 15,000 org users.
  • Modernised critique workflows with AI‑generated questions and translations; enabled native‑language responses without manual consolidation.
  • Embedded structured data collection via Power Apps + Power Automate for metadata and free‑form inputs.
  • Automation outcomes: 2 FTE saved in major cycles (budget) and 1 FTE in minor cycles (forecast, month‑end).

Manager — EMEA Financial Reporting & Analysis

Marriott InternationalJan 2021 – Apr 2023
  • Built a VBA driver‑based Budget Modeller to generate full zero‑based itemised budgets (>5k lines) in ~5 minutes.
  • Implemented Azure-hosted PostgreSQL with 750M+ rows; established continent-scale multi-source ETL.
  • Re‑engineered FR&A data flows (Python, VBA, KNIME, Power Query) to improve report depth and self‑service analytics.
  • Migrated manual executive decks to multi‑source Power BI (e.g., Continent BSCs), improving timeliness, accuracy, and standardisation.

Junior Manager — EMEA Financial Reporting & Analysis

Marriott InternationalJan 2019 – Jan 2021
  • Launched EMEA-wide Payroll Tool (Excel/VBA) deployed in 500+ properties to improve budget & forecast accuracy and speed.
  • Drove Power BI rollout, transforming static Excel into automated dashboards with deeper analytics.
  • Modernised numerous VBA processes, delivering continent‑level time savings.

Finance Analyst — EMEA Financial Reporting & Analysis

Marriott InternationalFeb 2018 – Jan 2019
  • Built an EMEA ETL tool for financial ingestion used across Month End, Budget, and Forecast cycles.
  • Led EMEA transition to the TREX CAPEX system.
  • Created one-to-one mappings across 15 Charts of Accounts.

Assistant Director of Finance

Baglioni Hotel LondonApr 2017 – Feb 2018
  • Led full‑cycle property finance operations with emphasis on controls and reporting excellence.

Finance Supervisor

The London EDITIONMar 2016 – Apr 2017
  • Supervised finance operations; initiated early automation and process improvements.

Early Career Finance Roles

Various Hotel Properties2012 – 2016
  • Comprehensive foundation across all finance functions: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Income Audit, Goods Receiving, and cross-departmental operations (Housekeeping, F&B, Rooms).
  • Pioneered automation initiatives including first hotel eDCP (electronic Daily Circulation Pack).