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Arabella Llewelyn

Swansea

Summary

A dynamic leadership and internal audit professional with a strong foundation in team management, relationship building at all levels and coaching.

Demonstrates expertise in business support, governance & compliance, and process improvement, ensuring integrity and confidentiality throughout.

Committed to driving organisational success through strategic initiatives and continuous improvement.



Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work history

Executive Officer

Tata Steel UK
Port Talbot
07.2022 - Current

Key Responsibilities

  • Led team of five Executive Personal Assistants; managed workflows and workloads to ensure maximum efficiency and excellent service delivery to UKLT
  • Conducted monthly 1:2:1s with team members and identified and delivered on any training needs
  • Deployed effective MCRS for Executive Office
  • Directed external recruitment within department
  • Facilitated UKLT & Operations level meetings
  • Coordinated and delivered internal and external VIP visits and events
  • Secretariat responsibility for Surahammars Bruks AB
  • Business liaison between TSUK and TSUK Audit & Assurance

Key Achievements

  • Successful onboarding of Executive PAs into team and developing trust relationship
  • Collaborated with team to develop Executive Office purpose document
  • Deployed meeting structure to allow hybrid team to engage, raise any escalations, seek support and knowledge share
  • Requested to assume secretariat responsibility for Surahammars Bruks AB

Advisor, Executive Office

Tata Steel UK
Port Talbot
09.2018 - 06.2022

Key Responsibilities

  • Key responsibilities predominantly per current Executive Officer role but at Chief Operating Officer and Operations level

Key Achievements

  • External recruitment and coaching of PA who has since assumed increased responsibility and achieved higher band

Senior Internal Auditor

Tata Steel Europe
Port Talbot
09.2017 - 08.2018

Key Responsibilities

  • Led risk-based audit assurance engagements, assessing internal controls, governance and compliance
  • Communicated results to management in timely manner, making recommendations with key objective of adding value, improving operations and achieving cost savings
  • Performed variety of consulting engagements as required, providing advice and guidance to client per agreed scope

Achievements

Led the successful clearance of a contentious TSE wide risk management audit report

Internal Auditor

Tata Steel Europe
Port Talbot
09.2014 - 08.2017

Key Responsibilities

  • As per Senior Internal Auditor role however conducting audits under leadership of a Senior Internal Auditor

Key Achievements

  • First person in Wales to successfully attain the newly introduced global Certified Internal Auditor qualification

Variety of HR roles

Corus & Tata Steel Europe
Port Talbot & Trostre
11.2004 - 08.2014

Key Responsibilities

  • Worked in a variety of HR roles, predominantly focussed on SAP HR data analysis and reporting
  • UK HR project lead for One Company Platform, an initiative to transfer the Dutch HR IT system onto the same operating platform as the UK, requiring engagement with both UK and Dutch colleagues
  • Front line HR experience at the Trostre plant

Key Achievements

  • As part of the One Company Platform team, successfully designed and deployed aligned UK/NL HR processes
  • Member of two award winning HR teams in 2013
  • Successfully implemented SAP HR for time recording at the Trostre plant

Production Planner roles

Klockner Pentaplast & Cargill Integra
South Wales
10.1997 - 10.2004
  • Production planning for end-to-end food manufacturing process, purchasing of raw materials, stock control and HR administration
  • Production planning for end-to-end PVC and PVC/PE manufacturing process, sales and marketing administration duties

Education

Certified Internal Auditor - Internal Audit

Chartered Institute of Internal Audit
Global

LL.B Joint Honours Law & Italian - Law & Language

University of Wales, Cardiff

Skills

  • Leadership and coaching
  • Relationship management
  • Business support
  • Governance and compliance
  • Process improvement
  • Integrity and confidentiality

Timeline

Executive Officer

Tata Steel UK
07.2022 - Current

Advisor, Executive Office

Tata Steel UK
09.2018 - 06.2022

Senior Internal Auditor

Tata Steel Europe
09.2017 - 08.2018

Internal Auditor

Tata Steel Europe
09.2014 - 08.2017

Variety of HR roles

Corus & Tata Steel Europe
11.2004 - 08.2014

Production Planner roles

Klockner Pentaplast & Cargill Integra
10.1997 - 10.2004

Certified Internal Auditor - Internal Audit

Chartered Institute of Internal Audit

LL.B Joint Honours Law & Italian - Law & Language

University of Wales, Cardiff
Arabella Llewelyn