David Stanley Email & Phone Number

Gerrards Cross, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Hasbro acquired Entertainment One, retaining audit and risk function. Kept remit for Entertainment One and implemented SOX compliance programme, adding responsibility for auditing the Hasbro Gaming segment (circa $1.2bn).• Developed and helped drive our CV-19 response and return to work programme across the Hasbro Group; led eOne Crisis Response Team. Developed office protocols, reporting frameworks• Implemented and optimised SOX programme for eOne; doing same optimisation for Gaming segment. Use of inhouse and outsourced audit resources• Given responsibility for Hasbro’s global ERM annual review with improved, focussed reporting on key risks• Developed guidance framework for consulting/ advisory engagements • Advised on implementation of AuditBoard’s SOX and audit modules• Optimised SOX scoping and control risk assessment process.• Advising on global climate risk reporting to meet European CSRD requirements• Advising on e-Commerce system/ process implementation

London, United Kingdom

Provided assurance for eOne through the design, implementation & delivery of an in-house Internal Audit and Risk Management function. I lead the team which performs risk/audit reviews across the whole organisation and that provides an entry point for skilled individuals into the business. The business grew rapidly, post IPO adding strategic acquisitions to broaden its service lines.• Enabled enhanced decision making and maximised business potential within agreed boundaries of risk appetite through an effective enterprise risk framework across the organisation.• Protected eOne's reputation• Safeguarded business operations through the delivery of a pragmatic Business Continuity Planning approach which has rolled out to all locations. • Protected our key data, content and IP through the creation of pragmatic, risk-based, defence strategies against data protection (including GDPR compliance and data-breach response strategies) and information security with a watching brief on PCI compliance.• Member of Senior Leadership Team, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and other governance frameworks• Providing assurance on major projects including global finance and HR system implementations and creating governance frameworks

North Acton

Delivered BBE's risk management, internal audit, business continuity planning, insurance and information security across all brands (Carphone Warehouse, The Phone House and Geek Squad) and geographies in a period of significant change resulting from increasing reliance upon e-commerce & m-commerce, outsourced & managed services. • Implemented enterprise risk management across the group with increased buy-in/involvement of Executive management, enhanced risk reporting/ presentation that allows easy discussion of risk mitigation journeys. Directly managed Information Security, BCP, PCI and SOX risks with focus upon value for money versus risk reduction.• Protected BBE's reputation through effective, risk based strategies• Risk assessed and assured our outsourced payroll, financial processes and IT support & Regulatory Compliance• Restructured, up-skilled and developed audit team to create modern, risk based approach with improved output. Directed work to close out 600 audit action backlog & to streamline reporting & follow-up. Realised 20% savings in department costs whilst providing the same level of audit cover• Up-skilled security team; risk based approach allowed reduced size of team. Focus on flexible, scalable approach on business & outsourced & managed services. Developed maturity capability assessment model for assessing businesses, suppliers and data handlers.• Acting Best Buy UK FD (Oct 2011 to May 2012) to oversee close down of business• Developed governance/ customer compliance model for £1bn wholesale business• Drove massive improvement in crisis management & business continuity planning - awareness and implementation using scalable, repeatable approach• Minimised the spend required to deliver effective group-wide PCI compliance through use of minimum resources to achieve maximum risk reduction including gaining support of card payment provider to delay lower value activities (monitoring).• Reduced wholesaling business's cashflow impact

Maternity cover contract responsible for the Risk and Business Assurance activities at Best Buy Europe (Carphone Warehouse, The Phone House, Geek Squad and Best Buy UK brands) with a team of ten. Restructured audit team for greater efficiency - reduced team by 40% whilst maintaining same audit cover as before.Introduced new working and reporting practices resulting in improved clarity of reports.Rationalised actions reporting and introduced greatly improved actions database resulting in saving of one FTE.Embedded risk management.Improved audit committee reporting and introduced one-time use of papers to save on time spent creating committee papers.

Modernised and upskilled the internal audit team, its reporting and implemented a comprehensive risk management strategy across ITV providing assurance to the Audit Committee and board. Improved ITV's operational and financial integrity through an agile, pragmatic risk-based assurance plan. Protected ITV’s reputation through creation of a £7.8m reimbursement process using multiple outsourced service providers for disenfranchised premium rate phone service users.

I managed the financial and business aspects of RE’s global IT operations with an emphasis on promoting cross-divisional IT initiatives aimed at ensuring maximum utilisation of internal capabilities by the businesses and strengthening governance (structure, SOX and risk management). Safeguarded RE’s HQ with a new BCP approach and developed a pandemic response.

Enhanced the audit group's profile, standardised processes, and fostered trusting relationships that led to increased efficiency and consistency. Improved the group’s utilisation of shared and outsourced services and completely reworked, launched and drove a global enterprise risk management framework. Entrusted to provide assurance on the progress of the $4bn Harcourt acquisition.

External consulting on shared services and financial process consulting. Seconded to New York for four months to integrate an acquisition into Unisys, ensuring no costly errors, and launched a travel and expense management solution into Europe.

External consulting on shared services and financial process consulting. Seconded to New York for four months to integrate an acquisition into Unisys, ensuring no costly errors, and launched a travel and expense management solution into Europe.

Operational and revenue recognition reviews in Europe, South Africa, Australia and USA). Supported transition to a European shared services centre.

Company’s chief accountant responsible for global consolidation & US GAAP reporting to US Parent, maintaining appropriate group accounting policies and for derivation and reporting of group capitalised software.

Managed the budget and forecasting process for seventeen international subsidiaries including operational reviews. Created the reporting, forecasting and budgeting packs and their consolidation for the company.

Performed Business Process Re-engineering reviews and oversaw systems and final accounts audits.

External audit

ACA training contract; performing external audits

Bsc 2.1, Materials Science & Metallurgical Engineering

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