Hugh Guy

Well rounded Internal Auditor with a range of experience across business units including OBU, ODC, BBU and Central Services. Successfully delivered internal audits both independently as well as contributing to small team audits from planning and scoping through to fieldwork, close meetings, structured reporting and following up on agreed recommendations all whilst maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders.

Key Achievements:

• Delivered the complex Girvan audit in my first year, quickly building strong stakeholder relationships and independently completing a substantial portion of the fieldwork during reduced team capacity. Later taking primary responsibility for the planning, fieldwork, close meeting and report writing in my second year.
• Drove consistencies between sites by aligning the Dufftown Site review testing procedures and processes with the Girvan Audit. I took key responsibility of the maturing inventory portion of the work, coaching team members, maintaining detailed trackers and coordinating follow ups with key stakeholders.
• Currently leading the audit delivery of GTR through owning scoping conversations, walkthrough meetings, coordinating timelines and travel logistics and driving the fieldwork and work allocation whilst clearly linking through to CARE controls.
• Led recommendation follow up meetings on key audits, including QSI and France, coordinating with Finance Directors and key stakeholders through monthly and bi-weekly meetings to track progress, drive timely completion, reduce overdue items, and escalate issues as required to maintain accountability.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Built strong relationships across business units, often serving as a go to contact for guidance. For example, advising team leaders on the KYC process.
• Trusted by senior stakeholders, including Finance Directors who sought advice on APCMI coding on new GL accounts.

Continuous Improvement Contributions:

• Strengthened audit file quality by consistently applying the newly introduced audit file checklist to every audit and conducting proactive self reviews throughout to ensure files remain structured and complete.
• Co-developed and implemented a new audit dashboard, linking CARE controls directly to the audit scoping and testing used as a tool to track file progress and identify gaps in managements control assessment and highlight controls not captured in CARE.
• Created guidance documents to support team knowledge sharing on IFS and DRAMs processes.
• Proactively contribute to all trainings and off sites ensuring I contribute often and debrief on key audit learnings.

During my time at PwC, I was the lead senior auditor across a range of key external clients namely John Dewar and Sons, The Royal and Ancient, Cefetra and West Fraser Europe.

Key Responsibilities:

• John Dewars and Sons PCAOB & AICPA testing requirements including SOX controls and substantive audit testing. This lead role included co-ordinating between internal PwC teams in Bermuda and the local team in Glasgow as the key contact point over several line item testing areas and controls processes.
• As lead auditor I was the key point of contact during fieldwork between both the Client and PwC team.
• I coached senior and junior audit team members and supported and drove client deliverables.
• Key point of contact, building relationship with senior external stakeholders throughout the planning, fieldwork and conclusion of the audits.
• I build up control process mappings and IT dependencies across all key audit areas, particularly on first year audits of The Royal and Ancient, Cefetra and West Fraser.
• Prepared narrative on going concern, including review of budgetary forecasts and financial models.
• Undertook complex derivative testing work and understanding of client models

Supported the University of Sydney's transition from Blackboard to Canvas learning management system by working within a project team to design and implement new department specific Canvas sites. Collaborated directly with lecturers to understand course needs, refine layout and structure and build fully functional, user friendly learning environments. Facilitated training courses with department lecturers to upskill on the use of the Canvas system

The project received the Vice-Chancellor's "award of excellence" in the category of "outstanding contribution to educational excellence" demonstrating the project as well run and effective.