Programme assurance consultant, UK

Independent assurance gives boards an honest view of delivery confidence early, while there is still time to act. I bring 29+ years of finance transformation and assurance experience across the public and private sectors.

What programme assurance covers

• Independent, evidence-based challenge on scope, plans, controls and value for money
• Governance frameworks, PMO, KPIs and service reporting packs
• Assurance reporting to senior leaders, boards and audit committees
• Benefits assurance, not just delivery tracking
• Process, controls and value-for-money reviews of P2P, OTC, payroll, treasury and shared services, including SOX / JSOX and audit liaison

Experience

I have provided assurance and independent challenge over a council's Oracle ERP programme and finance transformation as a member of its Finance Leadership Team. At Hitachi Europe I coordinated the business-wide EY audit daily and reviewed JSOX controls during an SSC transition. At Travelex I mapped and remediated 112 processes across SAP, CODA, Dream and 8 middleware systems.

Why it matters

Published reviews of failed programmes, from Crossrail to TSB's 2018 migration, point to the same pattern: optimistic plans, incomplete reporting and too little independent challenge. See what failed transformations cost.

How I work

Understand, challenge, design, deliver and assure, using Organisational Network Analysis (ONA) to see how decisions really flow. Related: Oracle ERP assurance · local government transformation.