Nick Webb

Experience

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  PwC UK

  Sept 2003 - Aug 2011

  Associate/ Senior Consultant/ Manager
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  PwC France

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2012

  Senior Manager
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  Steria Group

  Sept 2012 - Apr 2017

  Group Head of Internal Control and Audit

  Reporting to the Group CFO, work with Group financial process owners to design and implement effective control systems.Upgrade and operate twice annual assessments across finance functions in 12 countries. Collate and report results, and remediation plans, annually to Group Audit Committee.Manage and train a team of 7 auditors plus guest auditors, reporting quarterly to the Group Audit Committee (in French). Manage budgets, schedules and performance requirements for the IA function, including benchmarking against regulatory requirements and good practice.Plan and deliver the Group Internal Audit Plan (c 15 audits per year), primarily European entities and India offshore services. Combination of cyclical subsidiary audits focused on financial controls and Group wide risk based audits, focused on key strategic and operational risks. Ad hoc consulting and fraud investigations. Show less

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  Coca-Cola European Partners

  Jun 2017 - May 2019

  Associate Director, Corporate Internal Audit

  A return to West London in the new corporate internal audit function, reporting to the CAO. Planning and delivering operational, financial and strategic audits across the Group.Managing and training a team of 13 auditors across Europe. Introducing new routines for the leadership team and engagement with central and local functions.The acquisition (2017) of Iberia and Germany bottling businesses effectively doubled the scope of audits and SOX controls testing. Required constructive ways of working with new partners; aligning assurance with internal control, risk and quality. Show less

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  Capita

  Sept 2019 - Nov 2023

  Head of Internal Control

  Reporting to the Head of External Reporting and Control, Head of Internal Control was a newly created role. My objective was to develop and lead an Internal Control Financial Reporting Program, that provides the necessary assurance to key stakeholders, including internal and external audit.AchievementsScope, design and socialise Groupwide control standards across Group and divisional functions, in consultation with process and divisional leads.Design & deploy a new self assessment process that is intuitive and pragmatic.Prepare control self assessment reports and remediation plans for the Plc Board.Provide controls expertise in working groups to support continuous improvement: payroll, cost and project accounting, revenue (IFRS15) and ERPs (SAP/Workday).Secondary role; finance process lead for calculating and submitting furlough grant claims (rounds 1,2&3). Show less