gayle dunkley

director - internal audit

About

A senior Internal Audit and Risk Assurance professional (CIA, FCCA, MBA) with a strong track record of becoming a trusted business partner across multiple geographies within the financial services, distribution and manufacturing sectors. An energetic, motivated individual who creates commercially focussed and practical recommendations tailored to the business operations. An independent thinker who likes to break the mould and challenge people’s view on the benefits that a strong audit and risk assurance professional can bring.

Country

united kingdom

City

pickering

Industry

restaurants

Skill

internal audit, risk management, auditing, financial risk, management, internal controls, financial services, sarbanes oxley act, financial audits, finance, stakeholder management, corporate governance, ifrs, governance, managerial finance, strategic financial planning, restructuring, process improvement, accounting, us gaap, business process improvement, forecasting, financial analysis, banking, risk, financial reporting, enterprise risk management, financial accounting, it audit, assurance, risk assessment

Experience

director - internal audit

senior audit and risk assurance manager - europe and asia pacific

premier farnell

2012-7 - 2017-6 · 5 yrs

head of compliance

callcredit credit solutions

2008-1 - 2009-11 · 1 yr 11 mos

* Re-established the compliance function with a team of three as a second line of defence and implemented a compliance monitoring programme. Compliance risks relating to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Principles of Reciprocity pro-actively owned by the business. * Developed an in house audit programme to assess key risks across CIG, reducing the number of audit findings from client auditors. * Reduced the number of queries and disputes from lead regulators through pro-active stakeholder management and information sharing.

internal audit manager - asia pacific

premier farnell

2011-8 - 2012-7 · 1 yr

* During a 12 month secondment, the following were my key achievements: * Developed Senior Management’s understanding of risk and control leading to improved audit scores in region. All audits passed at second round of audits due to remedial actions taken. * Led an initiative with Senior Management to establish quarterly assessment of principal risks and identification of mitigating actions which strengthened oversight across the APAC region. * Role extended to maintaining the Europe role which was initially to be backfilled.

internal audit manager â europe

premier farnell

2009-11 - 2011-8 · 1 yr 10 mos

* Developed a risk based audit approach through implementation of end to end process reviews across all key aspects of operations. * Improved reporting to the Audit Committee and key stakeholders with inclusion of an Executive Summary and conclusion of the overall control environment observed. This resulted in positive stakeholder feedback and higher customer satisfaction scores. * Raised a number of significant control weaknesses in relation to compliance leading to large value remedial projects. Internal audit involvement welcomed to address reported issues.

audit services manager

skipton building society

1994-11 - 2008-1 · 13 yrs 3 mos

* Built and led a team of up to 10. Responsible for stakeholder management, agreeing annual audit plan and delivery of all compliance, finance and operational related audits across a diverse portfolio of financial services related companies, including branch inspections. * Selected to join an Accelerate to Management programme of 8, with extensive management training and studies for an MBA. * Appointed Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer to cover an employee’s long term sickness.