If you are interested in this candidate, please contact Andrew Wilson via email awilson@cerfinancial.co.uk or call on 0207 626 6065.

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CAREER HISTORY

September 2016 - Present

Senior IT Auditor, Technology Applications, Internal Audit

Banking

• Technology Audits performed to review System Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability covering highly critical applications for the Group such as Commercial Banking, Payments Technology, Private Banking and Retail Banking including Mortgages, Internet Banking, Short Term Borrowing.
• Engaging stakeholders to review business risk environment, analyse evidence and helping managers articulate findings and preparing high quality audit reports
• Contributing to audit engagement planning to identify key risks and controls, and process mapping and
• documenting audit test work papers to a high quality standard
• Strong analytical & problem solving skills with ability to assess & prioritise data effectively in a timely manner
• Managing multiple priorities including producing Risk Forum papers with IA opinion on themes emerging from audits by working with senior managers and Head of Audit

June 2018 - May 2019

Senior Control Analyst & PMO, Services Risk & Controls (hybrid role)

Banking (same firm as above)

• Support the design and led implementation of a risk framework to ensure 460 key controls are articulated to address the risk identified
• Reduced the cost of control by identifying opportunities to remove 231 key controls and simplifying 195, which will help improve understanding of the risk environment.
• Led the design and execution of work packages to support timely delivery of Rationalisation, Optimisation and Transformation activities across 1LoD, whilst ensuring 2LoD and 3LOD alignment
• Improve risk management across Services by supporting FLoD teams to ensure risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, monitored and reported in an effective manner

January 2018 – June 2018

Senior Business Analyst, Client Due Diligence, Graduate rotation 3

Banking (same firm as above)

• Responsible for industrialising existing process to on-board new staff joining CDD with multiple stakeholders and external suppliers to create and embed the new process
• Coordinated activity with parallel work-streams by organising, chairing and presenting at regular meetings, thus enabling efficient flow of information
• Collaborated with different divisions in the Bank via establishing long term relationships which were leveraged to meet complex objectives with tight deadlines
• Successfully project managed and tracked the on-boarding of 249 new joiners with complex requirements across 3 geographies within 10 weeks, dispute severe resource constraints

May 2017 - January 2018

Senior Compliance Analyst, Payments Risk & Control, Graduate rotation 2

Banking (same firm as above)

• Coordinated, tracked and facilitated the Bank’s response to industry mergers and mandatory information requests from regulators under tight deadlines
• Hosted monthly calls with senior stakeholders and mitigated operational risks for the COO, by successfully
• liaising with 5 teams to deliver legal documentation in a timely manner by leveraging long term relationships
• Contributed in writing ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ qualitative analysis papers outlining Bank’s current position against competitors, which were used for strategy and planning
• Clearly communicated and presented complex issues in a simple manner to senior stakeholders including the COO
• Helped Payments meet commitment to regulators and achieve CEC 2 rating

September 2016 - May 2017

Project Manager £10 Polymer Note, Change Management Team, Graduate Rotation 1

Banking (same firm as above)

• Successfully planned timescales, budget & governance (P3M) by managing suppliers, a project board of 9 colleagues with 11 work-streams with budget of £500,000
• Successfully mitigated a myriad of associated risks with heavily under resourced suppliers via demonstrating confidence during difficult conversations and leveraging on long term relationships
• Chaired Monthly Change Forum where risks and mitigation strategies for 30 other projects were discussed with Head of Cash Operations & senior leadership team
• Result: Despite receiving budget sign-off 5 months late, project delivery was 6 weeks ahead of schedule, NatWest recognised by Bank of England for being the first Bank in the industry ready for £10 polymer note

March 2016 – March 2016

University College

Start Up of The Year Competition

• Presented a business idea to a group of investors and won pre-seed funding

June 2015 - September 2015

Brokerage

Markets Summer Analyst, Banking

• Demonstrated a deep understanding of the products by providing tailored solutions to 3 major clients with revenues of over £100 million
• Identified, mitigated and trained colleagues globally on a major risk that could have led to serious reputational damage
• Recognised and proposed an automated solution to a manual process, saving 5 hours every week

September 2013 - January 2014

University Business Challenge (business simulation)

Analyst

• Made investments which resulted in £1.7m profit from loss of £282,210

SKILLS

• Outstanding stakeholder management: building long term relationships with senior stakeholders via proactivity, building credibility by meeting requirements and communicating complex information in a simple manner
• Collaboration: brining different areas of the Bank together by removing barriers of communication with
• planning, tracking and coordinating work-streams to encourage one-Bank approach
• Analytical and problem solving: Assessing information and prioritise data effectively to resolve issues in a timely manner

EDUCATION

• March 2021 – Present: ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• January 2017 - June 2017: BCS Foundation in Business Analysis
• September 2013 - June 2016: University College - BA History
• August 2012 - March 2013: School of Economic - Choice History Programme
• Secondary School: A-Levels: History (A* - 93%), Economics (A), Politics (A), Philosophy (B)
• Secondary School: GCSEs: 6 A*, 6 As, 2 Bs and 1 C; highest results in the area

POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY

Mentor and banking ambassador

Successfully mentored graduates and represented Bank in major university career events

Executive Director of a business society

Helped 20 students every week with strategy consulting case studies

Secretary of union society

Organised a charity dinner and raised £2884 for food supplies

Founder - History society grammar school

Produced research and organised lectures by prominent historians

Deputy Head Boy – Secondary school

Managed 45 prefects and helped increased pass rate by 22% and reduced incidents by 50%

ACHIEVEMENTS:

August 2012: Jack Petchey Award for diligence and exceptional academic achievement

References Available Upon Request

If you are interested in this candidate, please contact Andrew Wilson via email awilson@cerfinancial.co.uk or call on 0207 626 6065.

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