Experience

St Christopher's

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Patient and Family Support Volunteer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  I volunteer in the following roles at one the leading end of life organisations in the world: Living Well at Home Team - helping patients living at home to achieve their physical rehabilitation goals. In Patient Unit Volunteer - providing practical and emotional support to patients staying at the hospice and their families and friends Peer Learning Support Volunteer - using my training and communication skills and human experience to facilitate training sessions for members of the community who are carers or who have suffered loss. Show less



Dilip Varma

• Experienced audit and financial reporting regulator and accountancy trainer

  • May 2019 - Present

  Undertaking consultancy assignments and training projects. To date I have assisted Auditquality Consultants in the provision of consulting advice to a client, and provided consultancy and training services to the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board. Undertaking consultancy assignments and training projects. To date I have assisted Auditquality Consultants in the provision of consulting advice to a client, and provided consultancy and training services to the Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board.



Financial Reporting Council

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Manager, Professional Oversight, Audit Division

  • Apr 2015 - May 2019

  Oversight of the regulation by the professional accountancy bodies of statutory audit though the FRC's role as the competent authority for the regulation of statutory audit. Extensive involvement in the FRC's work on implementation of the EU Audit Regulation and Directive in 2016.

• Case Officer - Financial Reporting Review Panel/ Corprorate Reporting Review

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2015

  Review of the financial statements and annual reports of public and large private companies for compliance with relevant legal requirements.



MDA Training

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant>Senior Consultant>Principal Consultant

  • Sep 1994 - Dec 2005

  Globally operating tailored financial training consultancy with a focus on innovative and practical training solutions for an international blue chip client base. I focused on financial analysis and credit training for globally operating investment and corporate banks, fund managers, rating agencies and corporates. Globally operating tailored financial training consultancy with a focus on innovative and practical training solutions for an international blue chip client base. I focused on financial analysis and credit training for globally operating investment and corporate banks, fund managers, rating agencies and corporates.



The Financial Training Company (now Kaplan)

• London, United Kingdom

• Senior Tutor

  • 1987 - Aug 1994

  One of the largest private UK Accountancy tuition companies. I trained student chartered accountants through their professional examination courses. . One of the largest private UK Accountancy tuition companies. I trained student chartered accountants through their professional examination courses. .



Grand Metropolitan Group plc

• London, United Kingdom

• Management Accountant Special Operations Division Berni & Host Group

  • 1986 - 1987

  Management accounting and line reporting role in the new ventures division of of a leading hospitality group Management accounting and line reporting role in the new ventures division of of a leading hospitality group



Hamleys of London

• Retail
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chief Accountant

  • 1984 - 1986

  Member of the senior executive team and responsible for the finance team and for line reporting to the parent company (Debenhams plc) Member of the senior executive team and responsible for the finance team and for line reporting to the parent company (Debenhams plc)



KPMG

• Canada
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Audit Senior

  • Jul 1983 - Jun 1984

  Fully qualified audit senior with responsibility for a range of audit assignments Fully qualified audit senior with responsibility for a range of audit assignments



Peat Marwick

• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student chartered accountant under training contract

  • Sep 1980 - Jun 1983

  Student chartered accountant in the London office of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. I worked on a range of audit and insolvency assignments. Student chartered accountant in the London office of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. I worked on a range of audit and insolvency assignments.