Crawford Goldie
Edinburgh
Summary
Diligent risk manager with a strong focus on improving horizon scanning and proactivity to organisational risk.
Skilled in reporting capabilities and cultural improvements with strong social capabilities.
Capable of developing cultural approaches for strategic, tactical and operational levels of risk.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Governance and Risk Manager
Student Awards Agency Scotland
Edinburgh
04.2024 - Current
- Experience in developing and implementing a risk culture of accountability and proactivity.
- Direct management duties of SAAS' Corporate Risk Register, and responsibility for the good management of SAAS' four directorate risk registers and various project and programme risk registers.
- Chair of SAAS' Risk Management Group.
- Responsibility for acting as liaison between SAAS and Internal Audit colleagues.
- Responsibility for management of SAAS' audit activity, including: identifying and suggesting future audit topics, management of outstanding audit recommendations and accurate reporting on the status of all recommendations.
- Responsibility for SAAS' Governance processes, including: clarity of internal reporting, meeting statutory reporting requirements (Framework documents, Annual Accounts and other key documents).
- Responsibility for SAAS' Business Planning and organisational KPI reporting.
- Line-Management Responsibilities for SAAS' Corporate Support Assistant
Corporate Office Administrator - B1
Student Awards Agency Scotland
Edinburgh
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Provided high-level administrative and business support to the Corporate Office of SAAS, focusing on governance and risk reporting activities
- Liaised directly with Directors, managing their commitments and calendars
- Provided secretariat support for SAAS Committees/Boards (including SAAS' Audit and Risk Committee, SAAS' Board, SAAS' Risk Management Group and SAAS' Executive Team meetings)
- Collaborated with the Business manager to prepare information for the Executive Team
- Managed information, both paper and digital, to ensure accuracy for papers and statutory reports
- Supported business planning and key performance indicators for monitoring purposes.
Corporate Office Administrator - A3
Student Awards Agency Scotland
Edinburgh
08.2023 - 12.2023
- Provided high-level administrative and business support to the Corporate Office of SAAS, focusing on governance and risk reporting activities
- Liaised directly with Directors, managing their commitments and calendars
- Provided secretariat support for SAAS Committees/Boards (including SAAS' Audit and Risk Committee, SAAS' Board, SAAS' Risk Management Group and SAAS' Executive Team meetings)
- Collaborated with the Business manager to prepare information for the Executive Team
Education
Master of Science - Marketing
University of Strathclyde (Business School)
Glasgow 09.2020 - 11.2022
Skills
- Skilled in leading risk identification workshops, developing risk awareness and skills in others
- Exceptional deadline management skills, including during periods of intense prioritisation
- Strong communication skills (written and oral) with a strong focus on breaking down risk concepts into easily digestible content and packaging organisational risk information into condensed briefs
- Capable of adapting and acclimating quickly
- Expertise in Microsoft Suite (including high levels of proficiency in PowerBI, Excel and Word)
- Information Management Support Officer (voluntary role responsible for the management of online records on Scottish Governments file management system eRDM)
Timeline
Governance and Risk Manager
Student Awards Agency Scotland
04.2024 - Current
Corporate Office Administrator - B1
Student Awards Agency Scotland
01.2024 - 04.2024
Corporate Office Administrator - A3
Student Awards Agency Scotland
08.2023 - 12.2023
Master of Science - Marketing
University of Strathclyde (Business School)
09.2020 - 11.2022