1. Ella Len
117A Stagsden Road, Bromham, MK43 8QL, mobile: 07453 282950, email: elalen@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ella-len-b6309522
PERSONAL PROFILE:
Highly motivated individual, quick learner with good attention to details. Good understanding of
finance and data reconciliation. Well versed with all modern IT technologies Data (SQL, NoSQL),
Databases, Data integration, Training users in implementation of the new software and Testing
software and systems. Despite a nominal break in professional career never ceased to learn new
things.
Practical experience and interest in processes and methodologies (including some project
management, flow control and problem solving), holding PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
Certificate in Project Management since Feb 2016. Currently attending a number of paid on-site
and online courses to keep up to par with hottest and most vibrant technologies in IT.
Born team-player, an easy going and helpful person, willing and capable of sharing knowledge and
skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Junior Associate
Polish Environmental Agency (a counterpart of UK's Defra)
May 2004 – May 2006 (2 years 1 month) Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Member of the Legal and Management Team, serving in a capacity of a Junior Associate. Main
scope of work:
• Provide Business Support to EU integration team by capturing business requirements and
producing recommendations of changes to ensure legal adherence
• Provisions for gathering and processing relevant data and turning it into databases
• Casework beyond data-based reporting. Approximately 30% of this line of work was self-
dependent casework and completing the cases end-to-end.
Associate
District Authority of Public Health (Poland)
January 2003 – April 2004 (1 year 4 months) Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Associate in the Organisation and Analytics Department.
• capturing and delivering business requirements and building databases, including classified
contents, (e.g. HIV/AIDS or TB statistics, medical coding)
• Recommendations and delivery of appropriate housekeeping jobs and scripts of protected
datasets i.e. deceased with related cause of death, etc.
• Provide timely periodic data extracts, reports and analytic reviews.
• Maintaining data extracts from Databases of the Polish equivalent of the NHS.
2. • Providing Business Support to management team by preparing multimedia presentation,
including data visualization and PowerPoint slides for top-level management meetings and
decision makers.
• Maintaining (webmaster) of the website in HTML (MS FrontPage, other tools).
Database administrator (contract, part-time parallel to full-time education at the time).
District Governing Authority for Nurses and Midwives (Poland)
January 2002 – December 2002 (1 year) Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Responsible for:
• Capturing and delivering business requirements from the database of practicing certificates
and qualifications of nurses and midwives.
• Worked within agreed development and support standards and processes of issuing
relevant documentation confirming such qualifications within the EU legal framework.
• Extracts and security maintenance (including archives) of the documentation in question.
Computer Network Administrator in the ICT Dept.
STOLICA Messenger Service S.A. (Warsaw, Poland)
February 2000 – April 2000 (3 months) Warsaw, Poland
Delivering:
• Ensuring Service Management principles are followed
• Administration and configuration of technical changes to the company system, including
technical support including financial information
• Providing business support to financial team by creating and distributing financial reports
(opex, capex)
• Root-cause analysis for reported problems and problem solving discrepancies including
inaccuracies in the data model
• New software implementation support for regional messenger service branches.
• Develop training content, and provide end user training to the end User community
• Working within agreed development and support standards and processes, supporting the
business capability and technology roadmaps, expenditure structure,
• Inductions and testing of the new employees in agreed development and support
standards and processes prior to granting access to production system.
• Monitoring and reviewing system activity and usage tracking to increase performance of
operational capability and increase user capacities
• Ensuring adherence of the system to general accounting principles
3. Computer Technician, ICT Support
STOLICA Messenger Service S.A.
September 1999 – January 2000 (5 months) Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
Responsibilities:
• Monitor system activity and usage tracking to deliver recommendations to increase
performance
• Develop training content, and provide end user training to the end User community
• Provide timely communications on behalf of the team to the user community and
stakeholders
• Ensuring adherence to financial data regulations
Bookkeeper and Financial Analyst
EEX Marketing and Advertisement
December 1995 – August 1999
• General bookkeeping
• Ensuring adherence to Financial Legal requirements
• Preparation of accounts for signoff by Chartered Accountant
• Creating and issuing financial reports
EDUCATION:
2006 Bedford College,
ESOL, Level 1
2006 Learndirect in English
MS Office certification training, predominantly in MS Access and MS Excel.
2004 University of Szczecin (Poland)
Masters in Law and Administration. Put on hold due to moving to the UK in 2006.
2000 – 2003 B.Sc. In Public Administration
at University of Applied Sciences in Gorzow Wlkp. (Poland)
Graduated with commendation.
1995 – 1996 National Banking and Finance Markets
at University of Applied Banking Sciences (WSB in Poznan, Poland)
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
2016 PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management (APMG)
Certificate in leading project management process.
2016 PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management (BCS)
Certificate in project management methodology.
4. 2004 EU Data Protection Certificate for Personal Data Protection
In the light of European Commission regulatory requirements.
2004 Certificate in creating and protecting case work documentation
in the context of the EC requirements.
2004 Foundation Certificate in Health and Safety in Administration
As part of the training process of harmonising Poland's legal framework during accessing
the EU.
1998 Certificate and license of the Insurance Regulatory Authority
With regards to pension reforms in pre-EU Poland.
1994 Driving licence categories A, B, B1
Since 2006 with DVLA, full and clean.
IMPORTANT PERSONAL SKILLS AND QUALITIES:
Patience (raising three children). Versed in office software and expert in databases.
I can operate all office equipment. Good understanding of finance and data reconciliation.
Attention to detail. High empathy and interpersonal skills. Quick learner, happy and able to share
skills and knowledge. Ability to work under stress if required.
LANGUAGES:
Polish Native
English Fluent, spoken and written constantly since 2006 (when moved to the UK).
PERSONAL INTERESTS:
Photography, Tourism (I love Cornwall), Swimming, Avid reader. Motivated to return to work after being full-
time mother.
