Ken Daniell Email & Phone Number

Neom, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Committee Member of the independent Impartiality Committee for Intertek UK

London, United Kingdom

Bid & Project Controlling, Risk Management and Internal Audit ExperienceDirector of Audit, Europe & AsiaPac (CGI Inc) Established and led risk-based, IIA compliant internal audit department (mix office / remote based staff) for Europe and AsiaPac. Recruited and managed staff of professional auditors as well as establishing a Guest Auditor Program, including development of training material, which leveraged increased audit resource and specialised project, IT and Commercial skills directly from the business. This resulted in the creation and management of a high-performance, respected, business-partner audit team dedicated to the successful delivery of business operations (internal and client facing) per audit plan.Developed and directed the Enterprise Risk Assessment, Bribery Act, and Fraud & Corruption Risk Assessments (including implementing and directing required Data Analytics), presentation to senior leadership team and Board of key business risks and development of appropriate risk responses and mitigation plans and tracking.Member of corporate Acquisition Due Diligence team. Led post-acquisition Oracle ERP implementation reviews, culminating in improvements to acquisition process and documentation.Led corporate whistleblowing & ad-hoc special-investigations including reporting results to Legal Counsel, Board and Audit Committee.

Established and led a Large Bids & Projects Audit Team (TCV c. 20M-400M GBP), including development of associated work programs and analytical reviews which resulted in: identifiable higher levels of external customer project satisfaction; improved milestone delivery; reductions in margin leakage; and improved project internal reporting and control. Challenged and assisted: bid teams to ensure proposals met client requirements, contractual/regulatory/internal obligations, as well as assessing the commercial proposition met organization goals; delivery teams to ensure correct project set-up and ongoing control & analysis (WIP, slippages, costs-to-go forecast etc.); reviewed subsequent monthly project forecasting for trend analysis and liaised directly with project delivery leadership and other stakeholders to agree and track solid remedial actions and recommendations to completion, enabling successful delivery. Collaborated with senior leadership to capture business stakeholder expectations and develop aligned IA strategy and processes. Produced the annual audit risk assessment and subsequent IIA standard audit plans.Implemented training/tools for each IA staff person enabling: greater effectiveness; improved finding significance; root-cause analysis and recommendation quality; and high staff retention.

Logica plc / CMG plc Integration programme (LogicaCMG plc)Seconded to the Asia Business Unit to successfully oversee the implementation of project & finance controls, and reporting, for a 60M USD Telecom project in Jakarta, Indonesia. Successful completion of merger integration programme (Logica plc and CMG plc), activities included liaison with finance and integration teams and completion of specific integration tasks to tight deadlines. Successfully wrote, implemented and arranged support for the Corporate Finance (22 departments) monthly forecasting & reporting tool in Excel/VBA (macros).UK Strategic Sales Accountant (CMG plc)Inaugural Strategic Sales Accountant for a multi-disciplinary Large Bids Team (c. 20M-220M GBP) reporting directly to the Board. Responsible for pricing & financial modelling (Excel/VBA) and proposal documentation, including associated: client engagement; third party management; and audit of bid documents. Worked on numerous bids obtaining a 2-in-3 win-rate.

Responsible for all monthly reporting and forecasting of a division’s management accounts (semi-autonomous business unit), including managing the project accounting for all projects within the division. Undertook the role for three divisions during this period: Government; Insurance; and, Transport, Logistics and Utilities. Extensive knowledge of both fixed price project accounting and time-and-material projects key metrics leading to "no surprises" reporting.

Temporary assignment: responsible for agreeing and approving inter-bank settlements

New company start-up in UK of US owned publishing business. Responsible for the set-up of the finance function including: production of statutory and management accounts; payroll; and reporting to US head-office

Responsible for the production of statutory and management accounts including: reporting to Irish head-office; and for management of all financial processing activities and project accounting.

Salaried Partner in external audit firm, dealing with non-limited company statutory accounts production and tax filing (c. 200 clients).

Joined as a trainee auditor, progressing to Audit senior and Office manager prior to salaried partner role

Post Graduate, International Accounting And Finance

Diploma, Professional Diploma In Management