Senior Manager in the global Assurance Transformation team working on specific projects to enhance the audit approach to improve efficiencies and quality, with a focus on data auditing.I lead projects to design and develop new applications to enable data auditing techniques to be used more widely on audits, to enhance the experience and knowledge of users and to provide insights to clients. Involves overseeing scoping the requirements, design, development, testing and implementation of new applications.The role also involves refining audit methodology to enhance both quality and efficiency of the audit processes, providing progress updates to the wider assurance leadership team, monitoring success of initiatives and innovating via new ideas for development of non-audit software applications.

Senior manager in the financial services assurance practice with a focus on the real estate sector, predominantly the external audit of listed clients in this area. I also have experience of clients in logistics, tourism and hospitality, professional services, not-for-profit entities and local government.Key client related tasks involved running large financial statement audits, deployment of resources, resolution of client issues, review of audit work performed by teams, monitoring of budgets, fee negotiations, running client and internal meetings and liaising with other specialists within the firm.Experienced in providing compliance and other non-financial statement assurance services, in addition to ad-hoc accounting advice and other advisory and due diligence professional services.I also have experience of evaluating systems of internal control and identifying deficiencies and recommendations for remediation. My experience has included secondments to clients to assess and improve management reporting and financial systems and processes. I have been involved in a number of internal firm roles such as Finance Mnager for my operating unit, involvement in recruitment, active input into the development of practice strategy (e.g. business development and efficiencies), and acting as a coach and mentor to junior team members.

I was responsible for my own portfolio of clients as well as one-off assignments, involving regular communications with clients of all backgrounds.Undertook various audits and accounts production assignments for SME’s across a number of business sectors.