James Proud
James Proud

Strategic Analyst

Actively looking · Member since 25 May 2025
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Location
Australia
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Unspecified
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Full Time, Contract
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About

Professional summary

Experienced strategy and analytics professional with a strong track record delivering cross-functional projects across onboarding, platform implementation, and data tooling. Skilled in Python, SQL, and Power BI, with a focus on driving operational efficiency and customer success

Skills

3 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Strategic Analyst hyperexponential

• Partnered with executives and investors to deliver data-driven insights, including budget, headcount, and compensation analysis, driving informed decision-making.
• Led cross-functional projects integrating financial reporting systems, HRIS and ATS systems ensuring seamless adoption through effective data mapping and technical integrations.
• Developed and maintained customer benchmarking reports and health score analyses using SQL, Python, and Power BI. This included the design and combination of 20+ measures looking at adoption, contract stability, and product usage trends to inform what customers may be at risk.
• Designed, built and maintained financial models including multi-year hiring plans, operational expenses and annual budgets.
• Designed, built and maintained company-wide BI reporting to track business goals, objective progress and risks

Project Manager hyperexponential

• Successfully delivered over £6M in cross-functional projects across customer onboarding, platform implementation, and model development, collaborating closely with technical and commercial teams.
• Managed full project lifecycle for strategic clients—from initial scope and contracting through to delivery and post-launch support—ensuring seamless transitions and high customer satisfaction.
• Created automated reports using Python and Power BI, enhancing visibility into customer behaviour, project tracking metrics and internal staff utilization.
• Designed and maintained core project documentation including budgets, project plans, RAID logs, and action trackers to maintain delivery discipline and transparency.
• Contributed to the development of scalable PMO practices, helping standardize delivery frameworks and documentation to help improve consistency across projects.

Engineering Project Specialist Ocado Technology

• Designed and implemented KPIs of engineering efficiency to align project goals with departmental objectives, enhancing data visibility and decision-making.
• Designed, built and maintained BI dashboards reporting on efficiency metrics. • Advised senior stakeholders on data and process strategies reducing engineering change time by 25%.
• Created process documentation and training materials, streamlining data management across multiple business streams.

Education

Learning history

University of Plymouth

BSc Applied Geology

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