Kevin Thomas

Experience

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  Sefton Council

  Feb 1989 - Jun 1990

  Trainee Accountant
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  Flintshire County Council

  Jun 1990 - Oct 1992

  Trainee Accountant
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  Audit Wales

  Oct 1992 - now

  Member of Executive Leadership Team alongside two other Executive Directors and Chaired by Auditor General for Wales/Chief Executive with responsibility for strategic leadership of Audit Wales. Member of the statutory Board which is responsible for monitoring and providing advice on the exercise of the Auditor General’s statutory functions, providing staff and other resources to enable the Auditor General to carry out his work, and maintaining standards of corporate governance.I lead the development and implementation of the Audit Wales’s corporate strategy, taking account of the political, legal and policy landscape.Provide advice to the Auditor General on his core regulatory functions, and provide advice to the Board on its responsibilities for oversight of the Auditor General’s activities and Audit Wales’s governance.Operate arrangements to discharge the Auditor General’s and Audit Wales’s functions derived from specific statutory responsibilities including compliance with equality duty, and information governance.Attend each meeting of Audit & Risk Assurance Committee as director responsible for risk management arrangements, and contract manager for outsourced internal audit service.Regular liaison and negotiation with Assembly Members and officials in the run up to, and during, televised National Assembly Committee scrutiny sessions.Operate a system of organisational performance management to drive the successful delivery of programmes and projects within relevant time and cost constraints, and to the appropriate level of quality to meet statutory and corporate objectives.Deliver Finance, HR, Board support, estates, communications, law & ethics, IT and planning and reporting functions to time, cost and quality standards with a budget of over £8 million.Deputy Accounting OfficerSenior Information Risk Owner and Ethics PartnerChair of the Health & Safety Committee, and Corporate Enabler Leadership Team. Show less

  • Executive Director of Corporate Services

    Jul 2020 - now

  • Director of Corporate Services

    Apr 2014 - Jun 2020

  • Managing Partner Planning and Resources

    Dec 2009 - Mar 2014

  • Partner

    Apr 2006 - Nov 2009

  • Audit Manager

    Apr 2001 - Mar 2006

  • Principal Auditor

    Apr 1998 - Mar 2001

  • Senior Auditor

    May 1996 - Mar 1998

  • Assistant Manager

    Oct 1992 - Apr 1996
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  University of Roehampton

  Feb 2017 - now

  Director

  Appointed as an external member of the Audit Committee of Roehampton University with effect from 6 February 2017, as a member of Council and director with effect from 12 March 2018, as Chair of the Audit Committee with effect from 25 June 2018, and as a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee in 2018. This is a voluntary role.