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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Applying my project management, process improvement, and accounting skills to help The Salvation Army's operations improve their efficiency and effectiveness.Working in the Finance department but servicing the Social Mission and Corps I deliver projects that make a difference in the wider community.I can't express enough what a pleasure it is to work in an organisation with both a social purpose, and values that I align with and are demonstrated so thoroughly by our leadership.

Sydney, Australia

I believe every organisation deserves to operate on a level playing field; structured in such a way to promote integrity and with a workforce having the knowledge and tools to anticipate and protect against fraud and corruption.In the 20+ years of my professional career, working in seven industries, I have observed 3 key problems organisations face:1. Outside of the Banking sector, the funding (perceived as needed) to mount a robust defence against fraud and corruption is rarely available, and sometimes, only after a damaging loss event occurs.2. Senior management having a perennial worry over “Something Bad” happening.3. Not having the know-how to protect money, (in)tangible assets, information and reputation affordably and effectively.Using secure specialised software, we can assist you to quickly identify your organisation’s fraud and corruption exposures and design a strategy, framework and control environment to drastically reduce your risk. We provide the following services:A Targeted Review We remove opportunities, heighten detection and reduce lag-time on responding to fraud and corruption events for a process.The Compliance CheckWe help you understand how your organisation is not conforming with Australian Standard 8001:2021 Fraud and Corruption Control and collaborate with you to define the most effective measures to implement.The Compliance Check with ExtrasWe’ll support you implementing all necessary measures.A Virtual Fraud and Corruption SpecialistWe are the easy and affordable way to comply with the need for a fraud and corruption specialist function, under AS 8001:2021 Fraud and Corruption Control.Please call Ben for a confidential, no-obligation conversation on 0406 101 695.

Sydney, Australia

With the fine people at Tonic, "Where creative and technology adventure together".We have developed an innovative cloud-based software platform that automates the identification and assessment of an organisation’s fraud and corruption exposures, protections and vulnerabilities.

North Sydney

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit and being accountable for delivering internal audits across AGL’s electricity, gas and group operations with a focus on corporate treasury, financial forecasting, retail customer fraud, payroll, renewables trading and end user computing application governance.While rapidly comprehending a new highly regulated industry was challenging,I was able to provide commercial recommendations to enhance the company’s internal control environment reducing the potential for errors, waste and internal / external fraud.I also provided assurance over the regulatory and project governance framework compliance of the carbon liability calculation project and a $470 million gas storage construction project.

Sydney, Australia

Reporting to the General Manager Fixed Income and accountable for the development of new funds and the maintenance of 14 cash and fixed income managed funds worth approximately $5 billion. In this role I bridged the gap between the Fixed Income fund managers and the internal and external stakeholders that were key to the fund’s on-going prosperity. I managed the development of a Fixed Income hedge fund, a Structured Mortgage fund and the addition of a Global Fixed Income capability in the flagship Fixed Income fund. This included business cases, stakeholder engagement, product specifications and project management.Other significant projects delivered were the review of operating models for complex structured products, negotiating fund gearing facilities, fund financial viability assessments and moving fixed income funds to quarterly cash payments.

Sydney, Australia

Seeking experience outside Internal Audit I switched to a role reporting to the Head of the Process practice, working for the Perpetual Investment business. My duties included assessing and remediating operational errors and automated managed fund administration processes.My work on the most significant project, involving the reconciliation and automation of processes for $5billion of managed funds, removed opportunities for fraud or errors and provided a robust operating model for their future management.Other projects that I managed reduced risk and delivered cost and time savings in the equity investment registry and security administration functions.

Sydney, Australia

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit and accountable for the delivery of internal audits and fraud investigations across the Investments, Advice and Trustee, Corporate Trust and centralised Operations business lines. Over the period I delivered 28 audits in 3 Australian locations focusing on the products and processes with the highest inherent risk. I was able to provide insights and risk management practices from my time at JPMorgan Chase while gaining valuable insights into the Australian financial market environment. I reviewed a broad range of products, including; Loan securitisation, bond trustee, bond registry and payment, non-bank loan servicing, standby loan servicing, private equity financing, fund compliance services, mortgage trustee private client advice and trustee services, estate management, represented persons trustee, management of the Perpetual Foundation, managed funds, platforms, superannuation funds and SMSFs.

Sydney, Australia

Having made the decision to settle in Australia I joined a company that seemed to offer a secure and stable career path. I reported to the Head of Internal Audit and was accountable for the delivery of internal audits across Optus’ Australian operations.In the short period that I was with Optus I gained insights into the Telecommunications market and the operations that underpin a large organisation in that industry. I delivered 4 audits that covered the control self-assessment process, consumer fraud detection, customer billing and capital assets.

Sydney, Australia

Reporting to the global Head of Internal Audit for the Corporate Trust and Shared Technology and Operations business lines and accountable for the delivery of internal audits, project quality reviews and fraud investigations across the Asia Pacific region.I was posted to Sydney to manage the expanding Corporate Trust and Shared Technology and Operations business lines in Asia Pacific. As the first auditor for the business lines to be located in the region, I was responsible for building strong and trusting relationships with their senior management teams.I was accountable for developing the audit plan, delivery of the audits and the continuous auditing programs of the businesses. Over the period I delivered 43 audits in 10 Asia Pacific locations mostly focused on high-risk financial operations processes. Significant projects that I provided assurance over were the integration of the Asia Bank One corporate trustee and corporate loan services and the consolidation of the bank’s global shared technology and operations into the Mumbai branch.To broaden my experience in equities and relationship management I was promoted to be the locational auditor for Indonesia. I was the Fraud Investigation Officer for Australia and also investigated local operational errors.

London, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit for the Private Bank and Asset Management business lines in Europe and accountable for the delivery of internal audits and project quality reviews across Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME).Over the period I performed 19 audits in 11 European locations mostly focused on high-risk financial operation processes. Although it was a steep learning curve both the variety and the intensity of the work was suited to my desire to understand the inner-workings of how a business operated. I was able to broaden my product knowledge and assurance skill-set by representing Internal Audit on the major Private Bank and Asset Management projects, including the merger of Chase Manhattan and JPMorgan and the integration of Robert Fleming’s private bank. As part of the Fleming’s integration I was seconded by the Head of JPMorgan Private Bank Operations to manage the Fleming’s Corporate Actions team. Within a tight timeframe we were successful in clearing all outstanding positions and making payments related to the Fleming’s purchase. Having become interested in fraud through my internal auditing work, I sought out a secondment to the EAME Fraud team and was able to broaden my skills to include the fraud investigation process.

London, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Head of UK Financial Reporting and accountable for the performance of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting for multiple subsidiaries of JPMorgan Chase.I acquired a sound knowledge of corporate financial account reporting which was complimentary to the technical accounting knowledge that I was acquiring as I studied part time to become an ACCA qualified accountant. I was also involved in implementing software to automate the statutory account reporting process and was seconded to the regulatory reporting team.

London, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Head of Finance I was accountable for the preparation of the monthly management accounts and corporate cash management.I acquired a sound understanding of the daily financial operations of a corporate entity and how it impacted the financial reporting processes.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Studies

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