LINDA BUSH
Linda Bush is a Qualified Accountant, Business Manager and Director-level PMO (Programme Management Office), with 34 years of experience. Frequently offered repeat contracts, Linda has acted as Chief of Staff, and managed the financial control of budgets up to £1,250 million and workforce headcount management for up to 1,100 people. Linda has a strong record of delivery in project support, business management, consultancy, accounting and project management. This experience has been gained across a wide range of functional areas in Investment Banking - Back Office, Middle Office, Front Office, Risk, Finance, Audit and IT. She has also set-up and managed the administration and accounting for three small companies, and ran her own company.
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PARTICULAR EXPERTISE
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Programme Accountant – Accounting and financial commentary and reporting for programme budgets of up to £1,250 million and headcount management for up to 1,100 people.
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CEO/COO/CIO Office Manager – Secretariat and senior internal Consultant for special projects and investigations, ad-hoc financial data analysis, and reporting to senior management.
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Business & Portfolio Management – Business Manager and Head of PMO for a busy change delivery team with a portfolio of over 30 programmes and over 200 staff. Trusted Advisor, confidante and right hand for the Chief Executive Officer or Head of a large Department or Programme – providing a sounding-board and honest, constructive feedback on strategy and workforce planning.
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Programme Management Office (PMO) – Set up of Project Governance processes and PMO functions from scratch, both as a Consultant, and in Line management roles. Peer reviews of signature programmes, and management of project plans, stage gates and closures. Stakeholder management in global organisations and on large scale programmes.
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Strategy and Implementation – Formulation and delivery of an IT Strategy for Banking Operations and Product Control, including vendor selection, management of project managers, IT planning/ budgeting and actual costs versus budget variance analysis.
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Project Management – From initial requirements gathering and business analysis, to implementation of new systems and process improvements.
COMPETENCIES
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Qualified Accountant and Project Manager
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ISEB Programme and Project Support Office and Prince 2 practitioner
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Able to scrutinise and challenge in a capable and supportive way
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Professional maturity, with the courage and personal integrity to ask difficult questions
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Ability to manage complex projects and budgets
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Conscientious and diligent administrator - innovating and improving processes and controls
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Very well organised, with excellent attention to detail
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Effective communication and influencing skills with management and colleagues at all levels
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Creative problem solver, with the ability to remove hurdles and get things done
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Highly computer literate with advanced MS Excel skills and particular knowledge of VectorWorks, AutoCAD, Sketch-Up, Photoshop, Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio, Clarity PPM, QuickBooks and Sage
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Highly motivated and capable under pressure
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Inspiring team leader, trainer and mentor, who gets the best out of people
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Enthusiastic team player, flexible and able to cope with change.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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PRINCE 2 - Prince 2 Project Management Practitioner
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APMP - Association for Project Management Professional
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ISEB PPSO - Foundation & Advanced Programme & Project Support Office
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CISI IT - in Investment Operations & Introduction to Investment
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Microsoft - Certified Azure Fundamentals (Cloud Services)
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NEDA - Essential Training Course for Non-Executive Directors
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City & Guilds - Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector
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Inchbald School of Design - Diploma in Garden Design, with Merit
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The Institute of Gardening - Diploma in Horticulture, with Merit
RECOMMENDATIONS
LORNA FALLACE,
DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY PLANNING, UBS
May 2019
"Linda is extremely detail/quality/control focused. Nothing gets past her! Her wealth of experience in business management, PMO, audit and accountancy combines into a powerful skill set, you could put Linda in front of any level of seniority and she would have credibility and impact."
STEPHEN OELKERS,
HEAD OF FINANCE, REGULATORY & RISK IT, ICBCS
June 2016
"Linda has been vital to the effective and smooth running of the Risk and Finance IT department. She has helped us to keep a track and control of the Run-the-Bank costs, budgets, and developed an efficient cost allocation model. Linda is very proactive, especially in supporting the senior management team. She is dynamic, forward-thinking as well as forward-planning. Linda is also hard-working, dedicated and loyal. I can highly recommend her."
STEVE GIBBONS,
DIRECTOR, STANDARD BANK
June 2016
Linda has a great eye for detail, is very conscientious, and always willing to go the extra mile to make very aggressive deadlines. Linda combines business management skills together with formal accounting training to provide a very complete business management and control capability."
IAN HUMBY,
OWNER, IAN HUMBY SURVEYORS
November 2015
"As part of her remit Linda set up the administration and accounting system for my new company, Ian Humby Ltd. This included a complete overhaul of the day-to-day book-keeping, job processing and reconciliation control, and liaison with Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs. I whole-heartedly recommend her."
FIONA WING,
CHANGE PROGRAMME MANAGER, RBS
August 2014
"Linda combined the two roles of Business Manager and Head of PMO for a busy change delivery team with a tracked portfolio of over 30 programmes/projects and over 200 staff. Linda's strength of purpose, wealth of experience and eye for efficiency meant that attention was always focused where it was needed. Linda's highly motivated approach inspired a culture of best practice across the team, at all levels. Her persistence to get questions answered and her analytical expertise and confidence to challenge were used to great effect."
ANDREI GEABA,
SENIOR AUDIT MANAGER, HSBC
May 2014
"Linda is a fantastic person to work with, she is open minded and has the ability to recognise improvements rapidly as well as bringing everyone on board to take the required actions. Linda creates great connections across her stakeholder community and has always been a pleasure to work with. I would recommend Linda with no hesitation."
DERYCK BRAILSFORD,
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, CREDIT SUISSE
May 2013
"I have known Linda from several roles now, and have been consistently impressed by her. She is one of the very few people I have worked with that really understand what a PMO is supposed to do, and then goes about fulfilling that role to the highest of levels. She has excellent planning and budgeting skills. She has excellent meeting facilitation skills. She has excellent coordination and delivery skills. She can work with both senior and junior team members to get things done. She is tenacious and focused, but without upsetting anyone. I would have no hesitation in working with her again. Nor should you."
SHOAIB AHMED,
PMO MANAGER, RBS GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS
February 2012
"Linda is a highly skilled and professional senior PMO. I worked with Linda at RBS on the Unicorn Programme. She demonstrated strong communication, stakeholder management and leadership skills. Whilst her role was predominantly focused on managing programme financials she acted as a key knowledge holder and provided invaluable support for more junior members of the team. Her depth of experience was demonstrated through her understanding of planning techniques, managing complex budget structures and utilising RBS's planning/project management tools. Linda impressed me with her hands on approach, positive attitude and ability to deliver required results. She was regarded highly by management and her colleagues. I would have no hesitation in recommending Linda and it would be a pleasure to work with Linda again in the future."
RICHARD HUMPHREY,
HEAD OF PMO - CIB INTERNATIONAL, STANDARD BANK
July 2011
"Linda is a hard-working and conscientious PMO professional who used her extensive knowledge of the banking industry to help develop our start up PMO function. Linda proved a solid team-player who initiated and completed improvements in the PMO processes and collation of process information for the education of project managers while also proving to be an effective interface between IT and the supported business areas - in particular, the Finance department. I would have no hesitation in working with Linda again should the opportunity arise."
BEN GREEN,
PROGRAMME MANAGER, RBS
May 2011
"Linda is extremely self motivated. She used a range of communication skills and consistently communicated excellently with peers, sub-ordinates and people that held executive positions. Linda displayed a great level of flexibility during her time in RBS. Her role changed two or three times which did not present a problem for her continuing with her high standards of performance. Her main success was running a key strategic project for the organisation which involved managing a number of resources across numerous areas of the organisation. Linda was successful in this and showed that she possessed excellent co-ordination and management skills."
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