David Partington Email & Phone Number

Head of Internal Audit for the organisation delivering the UK's largest scale and most complex restoration and renewal programme for the Houses of Parliament.I joined the organisation when it was still in its infancy, which gave me the opportunityto develop an audit service from scratch.I built a team, procured and on-boarded a co-sourced audit support.

Bircham Newton, Norfolk

• 1 August 2014 - 31 March 2015: Head of Internal Audit1 April 2015 - 31 March 2016: Head of Audit and Risk1 April 2016 - Sept 2017: Head of Audit, Risk & Governance1 Oct 2017 - Present: Head of Audit, Risk &.
• Accountable for the provision of assurance to the Audit & Risk Committee and the CEO that internal control systems are appropriately designed and operate effectively, through regular reports to the Committee and an.
• Accountable for the delivery of the Audit Plan, against key delivery metrics, of the third-party co-sourced audit provider.
• Lead the Executive Team through its management of Strategic Risks, holding the business to account, challenging risk and mitigation owners and advising on necessary actions as appropriate.
• Advising the Change Board, as an independent subject-matter expert, on change governance and risk, providing scrutiny, challenge and obtaining assurance, over the organisation's three-year strategic change programme.
• Holding the business to account on its regulatory compliance obligations including the information governance, GDPR and Corporate Responsibility.

www.theauditspecialist.co.uk

• As a specialist in internal audit, governance, assurance and risk management, key areas I assisted with included:
• compliance with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS);
• interim engagements; and
• training and development.Examples of organisations I delivered training or seminars for include:
• Sport England Club Leaders scheme;
• specialist international conferences on Internal Audit and Governance;

Warrington, United Kingdom

During my time at UU I worked on a variety of assignments within the Business Change Programme Management Office, including providing advice on good governance and risk management.I developed revised project and programme risk management arrangements, while liaising with Project Managers and the Corporate Risk team to develop a new Risk Repository, based.

Former Vice Chair of CIPFA North West's Audit, Risk and Governance Group.Presented sessions on Governance at the Group's Annual Conference (March 2012) and on the Draft Public Sector Internal Audit Standards at their Autumn Seminar (November 2012)

Strategic management of the business, ensuring the delivery of internal audit and counter fraud services to a client base of large, high profile organisations.Addressing any resource skills gap, be that via recruitment and / or training, within a team of over 50 professionals, within the agreed budget, to meet the evolving needs of all our.

Manchester

Internal Audit lead for all the firm’s North West public sector clients, managing the delivery of internal audit services to a portfolio of high profile clients, including Central Government Agencies, Local Authorities and housing clients.Part of the firm’s national public sector Internal Audit network, which was responsible for the development and.