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Exeter, United Kingdom

Exeter, United Kingdom

Canary Wharf, London

Citi Group March 2015 - Senior Vice President, Internal Audit, Corporate Functions, EMEAPart of an extensive and large global matrix Internal Audit department in a highly regulated and complex Banking Industry. Responsible for managing a specialist Corporate Functions team of upto ten diverse auditors plus additional external co-sources on the successful execution of end to end risk based audits across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Key business functions within responsibility include Procurement Sourcing, Accounts Payable, Facilities Management, Security Information and Investigations, Legal, Public Affairs, HR and Payroll Services. Key Responsibilities:• Develop and execute robust Audit Plan in accordance with IA standards and regulations.• Deliver on time, high quality audit reports, issue validations and committee reporting.• Lead the professional development of Internal Audit Staff and direct on complex activities.• Develop effective senior line management and business management relationships.• Influence and negotiate with a wide range of internal audiences at various levels.• Consultant to other audit teams within the global IA department.• Lead reviewer for all types of reviews and identify pragmatic and creative solutions for variety of complex issues.• Participate in and pro-actively advise on business change initiatives.• Lead on audit process and entity efficiency and continuous improvement projects. • Proactively advance integrated auditing concepts and use of technology.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Led ad-hoc and fraud investigations as well as audits covering compliance and Bribery Act, project governance, health and safety regulation compliance, procurement contracts, payroll, expenses, regulatory subsidy claims, Finance systems, KPIs and M+A activity. Significant exposure to HR/payroll, Pensions, Finance, Treasury and Banking, Risk Control, Procurement and Contract Management, Facilities, Insurance, Generation, Cash Operations, Tax , Accounts Payable, Company Secretariat, Power Station process compliance and Onshore Windfarm Development team sales project governance and processes.• Design scope of audits, identify appropriate risks and carry out testing on the business controls and processes in place.• Discuss effectiveness of existing controls and any appropriate absent controls with key management and employees at all levels, with a view to identifying and agreeing appropriate recommendations.• Produce concise reports on effectiveness of existing controls, raising findings on areas of weaknesses with appropriate recommendations of actions required to enhance controls, mitigate risks and add value.• Follow up audit actions with Senior Management to ensure timely and appropriate action were taken against recommendations made.• Lead and managed ad-hoc investigations and projects, promote fraud awareness and prevention measures. • Build and maintained good working relationships with all levels of staff and management. Proactively promote, influence, support and challenge the business in risk management and control.• Carry out substantive system data mining and cleansing exercises using Excel and IDEA, for specific business areas e.g. Payroll, Accounts Payable and in data mining and clenasing exercises.

Swindon, United Kingdom

• PMO role provided governance and structure to high profile Finance and Corporate Functions’ projects including multi-million pound cost efficiencies and working capital improvement. • Designed and captured reporting and monitoring of projects’ milestones, risks, and benefits to ensure timely and successful completion.• Prepared periodic Project Steering Committee reports and Board Papers.• Management accounting and financial analysis of project costs and ad-hoc project initiatives, working with Financial Controllers providing reports for appropriate decision making and business plan reporting. • Organised, attended and lead project team meetings.• Managed Senior Management and other stakeholders’ expectations and deliverable actions.• Provided hands on support to Procurement to Pay work streams identifying project initiatives and risks. Analysed and segmented P2P SAP data to help identify cost saving and working capital enhancing initiatives within processes and Accounts Payable. • Provided hands on support and segmented data analysis of Retail Trade Debtors and Days Sales Outstanding data to aid decision making and identify areas for efficiency improvements.

Swindon, United Kingdom

• Implemented Control Framework – secured management buy-in to elements of COSO including implementing and embedding a fully operational risk management process and register.• Priorities Programmes’ Assurance – developed and implemented priorities plans and reporting formats for HR Service Centre and outsourced payroll bureau to assure timely delivery of priorities and projects; identified risks and required internal controls, enabling decision support. • Led Continuous Improvement Programme – introduced quality assurance concepts; stakeholder management and sponsorship; Steering Committee member consulted on Payroll and Pension data integrity initiatives and system upgrades, change of Pension Administrators and in-house payroll for subsidiary; developed and maintained Business Continuity Plans.• Led and successfully completed projects to design overpayment MI reporting and data analysis to be used to control and reduce errors and also provide CEO with an employee profile report

Reading, United Kingdom

As part of RWE Group shared service Internal Auditor for Thames Water and npower. Audit assignments including corporate functions, contracts, projects, ad-hoc investigations. International cultural experience gained with assignments in Jakarta, Indonesia and Bilbao, Spain. For further details see audit role 2003 to date.

Various

Qualified in 1991, progressing to Audit Manager, then Audit Partner Designate managing a portfolio of small to medium sized Limited companies, small charities, preparing and managing audit plans, preparing statutory financial accounts and disclosures in accordance with Accounting Standards, Corporate Tax returns and carrying out external audits. Worked within four practices Pearson May (Bath 4yrs), Berkeley Hall, Warminster (10 yrs), Peel and Co (Elland, West Yorkshire – temporary) and Robson Taylor (Corsham – temporary) managing Audit teams of up to 5 staff, and assisting partner with staff management of other tax and accounting teams, mentoring and training accountancy students as well as hands on work with directors of client companies.

Accountancy Foundation, Accountancy

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