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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for leading delivery of risk and compliance initiatives in accordance with the KPMG Global Risk Management and Compliance strategic plan, resolving member firm risk queries and ensuring compliance with international and firm wide regulatory standards. The role also includes formulating and providing guidance on new global ethics and independence policies, preparing global responses to standard setting bodies and developing/delivering risk management, independence and regulatory compliance training for KPMG member firms.Specialist adviser on IESBA, US SEC and EU independence regulations and Australian Corporations Act requirements.Significant global experience working in KPMG's New York office and across member firm's in the Asia Pacific region.

Melbourne, Australia

Initially established then led KPMG Australia's National Quality & Risk Management Group as an Executive Director in the role of Chief Operating Officer and Head of Risk, Audit and Compliance responsible for:• strategic plan development and budget management• establishing the Enterprise Risk Management framework and internal audit function for the firm• managing regulatory compliance requirements including AFSL and Privacy obligations• coordinating the firm's risk committees• responding to KPMG international internal and external regulatory (ASIC, Audit Quality Review Board, Financial Reporting Council and SEC/PCAOB) reviews• oversight for implementing and monitoring the firm's risk management systems and controls• establishing policies on auditor independence• developing independence training for firm professionals• responding and resolving technical inquiries from the business on personal and engagement independence• oversight of the Firm's Ethics & Independence disciplinary procedures• managing the teams responsible for personal and engagement Independence and conflict of interest matters.

Melbourne, Australia

Member of the Internal Audit, Risk and Controls leadership team with a primary focus to deliver internal audit, risk and compliance based services to large corporate clients. Specialist skills in delivering the following services - Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit transition, supply chain optimisation, revenue assurance, fraud investigations, cash monitoring and quality assurance reviews. Extensive experience working on client projects and managing large teams in a number of counties in the Asia Pacific region.

Performing financial statement audits, due diligence of financial information and assurance over initial public offering documents. Managing audits of significant clients in the private and public sectors and in industries including banking and finance, manufacturing, media, automotive, shipping and transportation. Time in external audit included a three month secondment to Zurich, Switzerland in 1995 working on audits of a number of international KPMG clients.

Melbourne, Australia

ISS Australia is an international charity that assists in reuniting parents who have migrated to Australia with missing children. Computerised ISS's accounting systems, ensured ASIC and GST compliance, and implemented a new budgeting system to monitor operating surplus requirements.

Double Degree, Bachelor Of Business / Bachelor Of Arts, (Accounting, Economics, Politics, Sociology)

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