Experience

Babylon

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Controls & Sox Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Responsible for the Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk and SOx Controls teams at Babylon. Responsible for the Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk and SOx Controls teams at Babylon.



National Grid

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Risk, Controls and Compliance

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2022

  As Head of Risk, Controls and Compliance at Nationalgrid Uk, I lead and ensure the consistency, quality, and continuous improvement of the control environment and management of risk. I direct the controls and compliance taking back control programme as well as the risk and controls programme. I manage the day to day execution of a finance 2nd line of defence, working with the internal audit function, external auditors, and other 1st line and 2nd line teams. I enable the timely resolution of current control deficiencies and significant deficiencies. I streamline operations and testing of key controls through rationalisation and automation of key financial controls.Below are some of my key accomplishment that I have attained during this tenure:~ Administered the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness testing as well as remediation activities for key financial SOx and business controls.~ Led the controls work steam on the SAP S4 hana execution, while defining minimum control standards and increasing preventive/automated controls by circa 50%.

• SAP S4 Hana Risk & Controls Lead

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2022

  Overall Responsibility for the delivery of the S4 Hana Controls Framework within UK NationalGrid.Scope of Controls included Both Sox and Non Sox, Business Controls, IT Application Controls, And IT General Controls.Implementation of the SAP GRC Process Control Application for Continuous Controls MonitoringImplementation of AI and RPA processes for the monitoring and testing of key controls.Responsible for the S4 SAP Security Design and GRC Access controls application and Segregation of Duties ruleset.

• Finance Systems COE

  • Feb 2022 - Jul 2022



BAT

• United Kingdom
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Business Controls

  • Mar 2017 - Sep 2022

  As Head of Business Controls at British American Tobacco Plc. I managed the development, scoping, and completion of the annual testing plan of key controls, including general IT controls and third-party Service Organisation Control (SOC) reports within the companies control framework. I facilitated and supported the finance and global business services organisation about their risk and controls activities. I assured that the group processes operated within a controls and compliance framework, such as internal policies, external compliance standards, and requirement of Sarbanes Oxley ACT 2002 for areas of accountability. Below are some of my key accomplishment that I have attained during this tenure:~ Played a major role as the key interface across the business for linkage with end to end business process controls and internal and external compliance frameworks.~Provided the assistance during wider change process within controls advisory and compliance, while embedding new processes.I lead a global team of approximately 25 people that are responsible for the groups internal control framework, continuous control monitoring and control compliance activities , regulatory requirements including SOX. The team are also the business owners and advocates of the Sap GRC solution Access Control and Process Control.

• Business Controls Manager

  • Nov 2013 - Sep 2022

  Integrated assurance across the three lines of defence, I am responsible for the delivery and adherence of the internal controls framework. I lead a team of 11 that is responsible for the groups internal control, continuous control monitoring and compliance activities.

• SAP GRC Business Analyst

  • Apr 2012 - Dec 2013

  Implementation of SAP GRC 10.00 access and process control.



BAT

• United Kingdom
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Logistics Development Manager

  • Mar 2008 - Mar 2011

• Business Controls Analyst

  • 2006 - 2011