Tosin O.

Experience

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  Swinton Group

  Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  Customer Service Assistant

  · Assisting and advising customers in regarding their insurance policies· Utilising my effective communicative and sales skills to persuade customers to purchase add-on products to their insurance policies resulting in extra employee bonuses· Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate· Working daily on the Swinton’s insurance systems· Regularly explaining and simplifying technical terms to layman terms for customers· Working in a team setting and individually to achieve KPI target Show less

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  Grant Thornton UK LLP

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2017

  Audit Associate

  • Worked in a leading Public Sector and Third Sector Assurance team providing financial statement audits, value for money reviews focusing on financial resilience and other accountancy services to local government bodies, NHS bodies, Charities, Universities and Companies in London, and the Southeast region.• Led several audit engagements that attracted over £800k in fees with the responsibility of delivering efficient, effective, and value-added services to our clients; and collaborated with colleagues to complete and deliver on advisory projects.• Executed assurance, independent examination and grant certification assignments for charities and public sector clients.• Successfully completed my CIPFA qualification, earning chartered status whilst juggling other work commitments.• Performing tests on the control systems the client has in place to identify audit risks, report, and make recommendations to managers on weaknesses in internal controls.• Summarising Cabinet and Audit committee meetings on behalf of managers, for preliminary audit planning. Analysing performance and financial data such as Value for Money, Ratio Analysis, KPI and reaching sound conclusions.• Performing independent examinations of charity financial accounts and undertaking an audit of grant claims. • Working effectively in different audit teams with a wide range of clients to meet tight deadlines. Show less

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  Grant Thornton UK LLP

  Sept 2018 - Feb 2021

  • Collaborated with senior managers and engagement leaders, overseeing multiple engagements simultaneously and using project planning tools such as gantt charts to ensure successful delivery of audit engagements.• Proactively developed and maintained professional working relationships, communicating openly with management and escalating problems/delays promptly• Led on resource planning for multiple audit engagements over my tenure including overseeing budget planning, financial performance analysis and profit optimisation.• Led planning meetings, authorised and reviewed the work of junior staff whilst coaching and mentoring on site.• Executed and reviewed test of internal controls; formed robust improvement recommendations, including material control deficiencies within the audit findings report.• Spearheaded, formulated, and presented audit plans and audit findings reports for presentation to the Audit Committee of our client.• Collaborated with senior management to identify strategic audit priorities and develop annual audit plan.• Kept abreast of changes and amendments to accounting standards, CIPFA guidance, other pronouncements, and their impact on the audit strategy.• Understanding the financial activities of the clients business, how they operate and the risks that the client is exposed to. Show less • Planning of audits, drafting audit briefs and assessing key risks in audit areas• Assessing and evaluating departmental procedures and controls• Compiling reports of audit results for senior management and committees. • Daily contact with client staff and other parties. • Drafting audit reports for review by Head of Internal audit and Department Managers. • Identifying any weaknesses in processes, procedures and controls and making recommendations. • Ensuring audit assignments are in compliance with Internal Quality Standards. Show less

  • Audit Manager

    Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

  • Audit Assistant Manager

    Sept 2017 - Dec 2020

  • Internal Audit Executive (Secondment)

    Sept 2018 - Mar 2020
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  Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom

  Mar 2021 - now

  Financial Control Manager

  • Undertaking reviews of key financial processes to identify risks and control weaknesses and embedded changes to improve the control environment; through engaging key stakeholder, resulting in delivery of value for money for the taxpayer.• Acted as co-chair of the DfT Control Network Group and supporting the delivery of its key responsibilities of driving the controls agenda, assurance, risk and counter fraud activity.• Working closely with Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and Subject Matter Experts within DfT to ensure guidance and advice on spending controls remain relevant and compliant with Managing Public Money guidance and Cabinet Office Spending Controls framework.• Working closely with Governmental departments and key internal stakeholders to improve DfT’s compliance with the Government Grants Functional Standards. • drafting report to be presented to the audit committee to keep senior management and non-executive board member abreast of recent development in financial controls.• Reviewing off-payroll tax resulting to prevention of fines from HMRC review of records.• Led on the overhaul of the grant management intranet hub and delivery of the first DfT Strategy for grants management resulting in design of Local Recognition Award and nominated for the Innovation and Effective Risk Management Award at the Government Grants Conference. Show less