Azeez Isola Adekunle
London
Summary
Accomplished Risk and Regulatory Compliance Professional specialising in outcome testing and controls assurance. Achieved alignment with FCA, PRA, and FRC frameworks through effective complaints review, internal control assessment, and regulatory mapping. Focused on enhancing team productivity and customer satisfaction while driving continuous improvement and advancing ESG and climate risk assurance.
Overview
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1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work history
Assistant Manager, Banking & Capital Markets (Large & Complex)
Deloitte UK
London
2023.01 - 2026.07
- Assess end-to-end control frameworks against FCA and PRA expectations, identifying gaps, documenting findings, and supporting stronger operational and conduct risk outcomes.
- Perform outcome testing and controls reviews across payments, market infrastructure, trading, and investment banking environments.
- Led delivery workstreams on complex cross-border regulatory testing engagements, ensuring alignment of timelines, workstreams, and team inputs with quality standards.
- Oversee AML reviews, onboarding compliance checks, and annual conflict-check processes across multi-jurisdictional engagements.
- Prepared clear, concise reports for senior stakeholders, translating technical control issues into actionable business and regulatory insights.
- Review junior team output to improve quality, consistency, and adherence to engagement standards.
- Support managers with resource planning, work allocation, and delivery coordination across live engagements.
- Contribute to proposals and bid materials, including submissions that supported successful job wins.
- Reviewed corporate governance documentation against FRC expectations, assessing ESG and climate-related risk frameworks for alignment with regulatory disclosures.
- Selected client experience:
- Tier-1 regulated market infrastructure institution: Conducted risk and control reviews within a highly scrutinised environment, supporting financial stewardship and market conduct compliance.
- Global payment processing and fintech corporation: Assessed control environments against FCA and PRA expectations, with focus on operational resilience, transaction monitoring, and delivery governance.
- Global Tier-1 investment bank and brokerage platform: Delivered reviews across clearing, execution, and electronic trading services, including governance and ESG-related assurance work.
- Regulated multilateral trading facility: Assessed operational risk and conduct-rule considerations within complex trading desk environments.
External Audit Senior / Advisory Services Associate
EY Nigeria
Lagos
2018.03 - 2023.01
- Managed delivery teams on audit and advisory engagements for major commercial banks, central banking assignments, and government-owned financial institutions.
- Identified control weaknesses and operational gaps, providing actionable recommendations that enhanced governance, customer handling processes, and regulatory reporting quality.
- Conducted internal control assessments including complaints review, process walkthroughs, and control documentation within highly regulated banking environments.
- Conducted system documentation reviews and control testing to evaluate process effectiveness, facilitating timely remediation efforts.
- Reviewed work completed by junior team members, ensuring accuracy, quality, and timely delivery.
- Facilitated stakeholder reporting and engagement documentation, contributing to comprehensive delivery activities across regulated financial services clients.
Education
BSc (Hons) - Accounting
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
NigeriaSkills
- Regulatory compliance
- AML compliance
- Controls assurance
- Internal control assessment
- Governance reviews
- Framework alignment
- Climate risk assurance
- Project support
- Stakeholder reporting
- Junior work quality assurance
- Time management mastery
- Excellent communication
Certification
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - Parts 1 and 2 completed; Part 3 in progress
- Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) - Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
- Reporting Accountant specialist training - Corporate reporting, compliance framework testing, and financial stewardship
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
- Governance and Conduct Risk workshops
- Operational Resilience training
- Regulatory Reporting modules
Affiliations
- Traveling
Timeline
Assistant Manager, Banking & Capital Markets (Large & Complex)
Deloitte UK
2023.01 - 2026.07
External Audit Senior / Advisory Services Associate
EY Nigeria
2018.03 - 2023.01
BSc (Hons) - Accounting
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)