Jay Dias
Advanced Accounting graduate from Advanced Accounting, currently pursuing MBA at London Business School, and working at TNTD (SL) Limited as Entrepreneurial Director and Commercial Analysis Consultant to Blue Chips.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Industries: | Entertainment, Gaming, Lifestyle, Media, Retail, Sports, Travel |
| Skills: | Entrepreneurship, Management, Negotiation, Sales |
| Location: | London |
| Groups: | London Business School Entrepreneurship Club |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | London Business School, Oxford Brookes University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | TNTD (SL) Limited |
| Position: | Entrepreneurial Director and Commercial Analysis Consultant to Blue Chips |
| Time period: | June 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Key Achievements:
- Developed concepts “from acorns to oak trees” for eight start-ups of which three provided over a 400% Return on Investment (Luxury Goods-UK and Hong Kong; Frozen Food- UK; Property Development- UK, Egypt and Malaysia; Hotels- Tobago and Australia); - Generated revenue in start-up businesses worth over £1m through hunting and nurturing customer relationships (Luxury Goods-UK and Hong Kong; Frozen Food- UK); - Developed Financial Turnaround Model (led a team of 5) in conjunction with Executive Team and Turnaround Consultants, which was implemented during the high distress period. This processed succeeded for 4 weeks until holding company collapsed into insolvency (Media Wholesale-UK- Turnover £1.6bn); - Developed distressed short term working capital management forecasts which was implemented during the high distress period. This processed succeeded for 4 weeks until holding company collapsed into insolvency (Media Wholesale-UK- Daily cash movement c.£6mn); - Carried out a productivity assessment of all finance Staff including performance management and motivations and matched it to the required business run rate during a high distress period which resulted in a downsizing by 20 FTE (Media Wholesale-UK- initial 85 FTE); - Developed a £50m investment appraisal model including repayment and return on investment proposal (led team of 4) working alongside sustainability experts for a 15 year investment plan which was used in a bid to government organisation (Facilities Management- UK); - Supervised the development of the operational financial bid (led team of 3) working alongside operational experts for a 15 year contract (Est. 1st year Revenues of £500m) which was used in a bid to government organisation. I participated in the formal internal presentation to the FTSE 100 Executive Approval Board and the work was subsequently approved and submitted in the BAFO bid (Facilities Management- UK); - Drafted initial investment contract terms and conditions for £50m investment plan and subsequently worked alongside internal lawyers which was them submitted in the BAFO bid (Facilities Management- UK); - Carried out an assessment of all finance Staff (20 FTE) including performance management, motivation and development to achieve departmental effectiveness following 3 acquisitions and merger of finance department which resulted in a restructuring of the finance team (Recruitment -UK); - Developed and implemented new commission structure which resulted in an estimated annual saving of £0.5m, involving 150 FTE across 5 global regions and 4 business units (Recruitment –EMEA, Asia Pac & US); - Developed and implemented 3 KPI and Trend periodic reports which analysed monthly revenue of £2.5m which subsequently was used in all Private Equity Investor review meetings (Recruitment –EMEA, Asia Pac & US); |
| Employer: | RBD (pvt) Limited (Family owned business) |
| Position: | Managing Director (Warehouse and Distribution- Sri Lanka) |
| Time period: | November 2004 - May 2005 |
| Description: | Key Achievements:
- Designed strategic plan following the Tsunami disaster in 2004 to identify assets and recover maximum value from them, leading to the sale of the whole business for £1.2m within 6 months; - Re-negotiated all customer and supplier contracts under unseen circumstances which led to strengthening of the business and continuation of services (values ranged from £0.01m to £0.025m); - I worked alongside aid agencies and designed a distribution route which enabled supply of basic essentials throughout the South East Region, provided access to c.6m people. |
| Employer: | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| Position: | Various positions |
| Time period: | November 1998 - November 2004 |
| Description: | Positions: Insolvency (Analyst to Manger)- Jun 2000 – Dec 2004
Property Accounts (Accounts Assistant)- Dec 1998 – Jun 2000 Key Achievements: - I negotiated the sale of patented intellectual property, value of £0.7m to major UK train network (Auto Manufacturing and Design); - Reconstructed a Cashflow analysing fraudulent activities, value of c.£30m, which was subsequently used as evidence by the Serious Fraud Office (UK) in criminal trials (Financial Services); - I built Turnaround scenario models which were used in the overall strategy in value of c.£0.5m (Construction Services); - I managed the insolvency proceedings and sale of assets with realising £2.3m for the creditors (Telecoms); - I negotiated the continuation of service from integral suppliers and landlords in a trading insolvency with a value of c.£0.5m (Real Estate); - I carried out numerous location feasibility studies with a value of c.£1m (Property Management). |
EDUCATION
| University: | London Business School |
| Time period: | 2009 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Oxford Brookes University |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Advanced Accounting, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Music: Flute: Royal College of Music- DipABRSM;
Vocal & Piano: Royal College of Music- Grade 8; Performing Music: Vocal: St Mark’s (Venice); Cologne Cathedral; Westminster Cathedral; Florence; Barcelona; Brompton Oratory; Flute: Royal Albert Hall; Purcell Rooms; St. Paul’s Cathedral. Social: Trustee for TNTD Foundations (Sri Lanka- Child Educational Scholarships) Cricket: Wembley C.C. 1st XI Cricket League player: 2001 to 2006. |
