Dawn Collyns Email & Phone Number

Member of the Senior Management TeamStrategy development and executionMarketing and business development activityHR and office managementRecruitmentCommercial negotiations

• Managing finance staff• Ensuring that the monthly accounting timetable is met• Preparing and monitoring budgets and cashflow• Producing monthly financial, HR and other management reports• Managing the risk register and insurance requirements

• Managed and performed a wide variety of audits for clients in London.• Clients included 5 London Boroughs, 2 universities, a large public housing trust, 2 central government departments and 3 charities.• Performed audits on a wide variety of strategic, operational, financial and risk areas.• Agreed action plans with the managers of audited areas and reported to the equivalent of the Board of Directors.• Supervised a variety of staff including junior auditors, graduate trainees and a compliance officer.• Worked on a number of high profile audits including special assignments for Chief Executives and one that a Secretary of State was particularly interested in.• Developed ongoing relationships and repeated assignments from most clients.• Implemented improvements in several Internal Audit departments, including introducing a more risk based focus and writing procedures.

• Managed and performed a wide variety of audits for clients around NZ• Clients included central and local government, 4 hospitals, 2 tourism companies, a large building company, and a pharmaceutical company.

• Involved with the early days of the business including strategic planning, establishing an office, systems and procedures, and growing the business through marketing and staff recruitment.• Main external clients were local authorities, the government roading agency, a civil engineering consultancy, and a pharmaceutical company.• Either managed or assisted with the design, implementation and operation of several financial management reporting systems, project accounting systems and cost accounting systems.• We had close, long term relationships with our clients and therefore, was occasionally called to fill in for staffing gaps including as a financial controller, a management accountant and the National Roading Programme System (NRPS) controller.

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Mcom (Hons), International Law & Business

Bcom, Accounting & Marketing