James Durrant

Experience

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  London Borough of Hillingdon

  Oct 2005 - Mar 2006

  Road Safety Administrative Officer

  Providing the supporting role to the Borough's Road Safety Officer; organising presentations, assisting with marketing and development of services.

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  BDO UK LLP

  Apr 2006 - Sept 2015

  As a Manager within BDO's Technology Risk team I was responsible for overseeing the delivery of IT internal audits and advisory based projects performed for BDO UK LLP's southern clients across multiple sectors including Financial Services. From June 2014 I was focused solely on the Financial Services. As part of this role I delivered and oversaw IT internal audit and advisory projects for insurance firms; retail, private, and challenger banks; asset management firms; and payday & short-term lenders amongst others. During this role I developed a strong awareness of the FCA’s regulations and IT requirements for firms, including areas such as transaction reporting. Show less As an Assistant Manager I was responsible for both delivering a number of IT internal audits and technology risk engagements and overseeing more junior team members. This included planning reviews and budgets, drafting Terms of References, and reviewing fieldwork & draft reports prior to Manager and Partner review. In this role I also stated to take on a number of business continuity engagements, which included assisting a number of organisations with the development of their business continuity and IT disaster recovery plans. Show less After obtaining by CISA qualification I specialised in IT internal audit and IT risk advisory. I was responsible for performing a broad range of reviews, including:• ITGC reviews• reviews of IT strategy and IT infrastructure plans• reviews of organisation’s IT assets management arrangements• audits of IT, information, and data security • third-party management reviews• software development reviews• reviewing organisation’s IT service desks and IT support and maintenance arrangements• completing a number of IT SOX engagements• attestation repots Show less

  • Manager

    Apr 2013 - Sept 2015

  • Assistant Manager

    Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Consultant

    Oct 2009 - Mar 2012

  • Analyst

    Apr 2006 - Sept 2009
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  Grant Thornton UK LLP

  Sept 2015 - now

  I oversee the delivery of a large portfolio of IT internal audit and advisory projects across the UK. I worked exclusively with FTSE-250 organisations, major and international charities and not-for-profit bodies, and other large and complex companies. My role includes assisting originations with developing their annual IT audit plans and advising them on new & emerging IT threats.As member of the team’s senior management team I was also responsible for managing a number of junior team members, overseeing internal projects, recruiting new members of staff, and developing proposals for new work opportunities in response to RFPs/ITTs. Show less

  • Director

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Associate Director

    Apr 2019 - Jan 2024

  • Senior Manager

    Sept 2015 - Mar 2019