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London, United Kingdom

• Undertook a number of project role engagements following the ICAEW's practice assurance standards and the FCA's skilled persons review requirements. • Investigated and produced a report on a financial crime case with missing monies as a result of suspected cybercrime. Human elements such as governance and oversight and social engineering also formed a key part of the review with recommendations produced for the Board of this listed Group.• Produced an assessment of the financial crime governance arrangements, systems and controls for anti-money laundering, effectiveness and competence of approved persons and provided recommendations as part of an FCA report for a financial planning and wealth management firm. Successful implementation of recommendations resulted in the firm avoiding any enforcement action.• Performed an enhanced due diligence review on a £200m portfolio of non-standard investments (NSI's) held at a wealth management firm. A positive outcome was reached clearing 95% of NSI's as within the firm's risk parameters. The remainder were subject to a customer detriment review for which a methodology was devised balancing the requirements of the regulators, the members and the firm.• Analysed and evaluated a number of client investments at a SIPP platform operator under the Pensions Tax legislation for suspected pension liberation and/or unauthorised payments. This involved a technical review of taxable property, value shifting and other such breaches to produce detailed facts and judgements for reporting financial exposures to both the Board and HMRC.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed a variety of complex affiliate relationships spanning the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, driving cross functional collaboration to help deliver consistently successful outcomes in debtor value protection and recovery and creditor claim mitigation and settlement. • Led negotiations in the resolution of a material affiliate group settlement with a multifaceted trading relationship involving numerous entities, products and legal agreements, resulting in the recovery of over £500m of assets.• Produced and regularly communicated insightful and strategic analysis and MI to key stakeholders.• Directed several key projects on affiliate reserving, asset shortfalls and infrastructure simplification.• Established strong relationships across all levels, including with both internal and external partners, MD's and Joint Administrators (JA's).

London, United Kingdom

• Led a team of 3 in the production and delivery of the external statutory reporting and compliance requirements for the European real estate group business of approximately 50 entities, with multi-billion pounds of assets under management.• Developed the finance business partnering support function through displaying commercial acumen and valuable judgement in dealings with the real estate business, providing MI to key stakeholders to aid decision making in recovering assets and driving down costs of the group.• Exhibited dedication, loyalty and professionalism following insolvency by supporting the JA's and Director's, producing Statements of Affairs and working productively with new PwC colleagues.

London, United Kingdom

• Project managed the multifaceted European real estate group consolidation involving over 200 entities across numerous jurisdictions reporting under UK GAAP, IFRS and other local GAAP.• Developed and maintained effective working relationships through frequent interaction with a broad range of stakeholders including third party servicers, asset managers, lawyers and auditors, and internal clients from front office, product control, operations, legal and tax.• Performed complex reconciliations, resolved booking issues, implemented systems and controls improvements and explained legal entity implications of transactions in a product driven environment as the legal entity controller for a number of UK and European real estate entities.

City Of London

• Planned and delivered a portfolio of audit and assurance work from a wide variety of business sectors including property, IT, finance, media and wholesale both within budget and on schedule.• Developed extensive technical experience composing UK GAAP statutory accounts for group consolidations, PLC's, LLP's, limited companies, sole proprietors, charities and trusts.• Mentored junior staff and reviewed output on assurance projects, management accounts, bookkeeping, budgets, cash flow forecasts, vat returns, payroll and tax returns.

Fellow Chartered Accountant

Bsc (Hons) (2:1), Mathematics With Statistics, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Furness College, Football Team