Rowlands Gill, England, United Kingdom
Qualified Accountant ACMA with Technology, Finance and Data Risk and Controls background Risk Manager, Risk Consultant, Senior Business Analyst roles Extensive experience on Business Change and Regulatory projects Excellent stakeholder management skills to Director level Delivery focussed professional working in Financial Services, Banking and Pharmaceuticals sectors Technical skills include: Embedding Risk Management Frameworks, Risk and Control Self Assessments, Gap Assessments, Audit and Assurance experience Risk Reporting and Governance - KRI metrics, report design Data Quality, Data Audit, Governance, Reporting and Analytics skills (including Power BI, Service Now) IT General Controls Assurance Information Security and Cyber Security Assurance (knowledge of ISO27001, Cyber Essentials, Cloud Computing Controls Framework) Process and control review and enhancement End User Computing Application Controls - cataloguing, risk and control assessments, remediation Finance, Actuarial and Investments controls testing, Sox controls Process and control review and improvement, process documentation Requirements Gathering, production of Business cases, Financial Models and Financial Forecasts System skills: Excel (Advanced, strong data analytical, modelling and reporting skills), PowerPoint (Good to Advanced-design of governance reports, project reports, technical walkthroughs, user stories), Power BI (Intermediate-create and develop reports, dashboards/visualisations) Word, Visio, Access (Basic), Project (create/develop project plans), SharePoint, Confluence, Teams, Service Now, Service First, SAGE Accounting, iCare (Controls, Risks and Issues Management), Tableau
OSE European Limited is a transport company serving EU and UK medium sized industrial and pharmaceuticals companies. Key deliverables primarily related to: • Power BI Customer Data Reporting and Dashboards – implementation and reporting. • Financial Modelling e.g. Operating Profit Forecasts, Financial and Commercial Modelling supporting strategic decision making. • Cost reduction reviews, recommendations and implementation. • Management accounts analysis and review, preparation of forecasts, pricing/operational surcharge reviews, KPI and Scorecard Development. • Board reporting and development of policy documents e.g. Dividend Policy. • Implementation of EU VAT recovery (13th directive) process, preparation and filing of Quarterly/Annual EU VAT recovery, preparation of tax authority responses.
Supporting roll out of the IT Asset Management process and controls globally. IT Hardware Asset (Service Now) data analysis and user stories documented into project reports. Root Cause Analysis relating to existing asset management control issues and gaps. Data manipulation and comparison of Service Now extracts/datasets in MS Excel. Data auditing relating to the migration of data to Service Now.
Cyber Security Assurance consultancy assignment. Completion of Secure Build Assessments relating to Barclays Hosting products e.g. HPNS, Unix. Assessment of Secure Build Documentation against benchmark controls for Cyber Threat Management, Security of Operating Environment and Security of Information Asset standards. Completion of Secure Build Reports including recommendations issued to platform teams to enhance security.
Managed delivery of an End User Computing Application Risk and Controls project across the Finance function (c60 teams). Stakeholders included Unit Pricing, Actuarial Reporting, Actuarial Management, FP&A, Financial Reporting, Market Risk, Credit Risk. Delivery included the completion of End User Computing catalogues and co-ordinating completion of an EUC Risk and Control assessment to close an existing EUC Issue. EUC training including development of a training pack and delivery of training to Finance stakeholders. Control Testing. Independent Control Testing for around 30 key controls covering a range of finance controls including Unit Pricing, ALM, Accounts Payable and Treasury, Credit Risk, Investment Management. Process and Control Improvement. Review and Assessment of an existing EUC application in the Investment Management function relating to a Fund of Funds monthly re-balancing EUC. Review outputs included making control and process improvement recommendations, and a post implementation review. Issue Management, Governance and Reporting.
Barclays Internal Control Enhancement Programme (BICEP). Key deliverables included: Programme reporting, milestone status reporting against PRA milestones. Production of BICEP workshop material for a range of Technology Standards. This included Hardware Asset Management, Software Asset Management, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Security of Information Assets and Operating Environment Production of Milestone Closure Assurance Packs, and technical walkthrough documents to support milestone closure. Stakeholder Management across multiple pillar and platform teams. Hardware Asset Management and Configuration Management analytical support for the Programme Manager. This included initial development of a reporting tool, and monthly reporting and data analysis to enable remediation progress tracking and milestone closure relating to CMDB exceptions. Controls Delivery Framework – identification of Process Operators and Owners. Contract extended 3 times.