Ashtead, England, United Kingdom
A fully qualified Chartered Accountant with over 12 years experience with PwC, delivering mainly risk and controls auditing and advisory services. Throughout his time at PwC, Tom has developed a robust skill set in technical accounting, business transformation, senior stakeholder management, and people development. Tom has gained expertise across a diverse range of sectors, including Energy, Retail, Manufacturing, and Telecommunications. Specialising in SOX controls and business process improvement, Tom also has experience in delivering internal audit and external audit engagements, as well as partnering with businesses within consulting roles. Tom has also successfully performed client secondment roles across his time at PwC, including a recent role leading the SOX control environment, and risk and control response for an ERP implementation for an NYSE-listed LNG business. In addition, Tom has performed a role within a risk and compliance function for a global Telecommunications business. He also has experience in performing finance-wide process and control mapping for Internal Audit functions of newly listed international companies, and additionally has performed detailed reviews of specific business functions or processes, including Procurement and Sales Incentive reviews. Tom also has experience within PwC's consulting practice, taking the role of Project Manager of a 12-month project to accelerate the financial reporting of a mid-tier energy company, to improve financing opportunities for the business whilst staying within regulatory (SOx / PCAOB) boundaries. Key Experience: - Led SOX control evaluation programmes on behalf of management across a multitude of businesses (including within Energy, Retail and Manufacturing), including a FTSE top 10 company. - Consulting Project Manager to improve efficiencies of financial reporting processes - Planning and delivering financial audits, providing exceptional client service.