About Adewale
An experienced and versatile technology audit and risk professional with a broad knowledge of IT operations and governance, cloud, business continuity, IT disaster recovery, project and programme assurance, transformation risk, third-party assurance, cyber/information security, operational resilience, IT general controls, and payment scheme attestations. My experience in delivering end-to-end IT audits and risk reviews spans private and public sectors e.g., financial services, government, healthcare, education, and manufacturing.
I have records of excellent stakeholder management, achieving results, exceeding challenging KPIs, and having sound work ethics. I look forward to a new opportunity encouraging inclusiveness, service excellence and professional development.
Highlights:
• Programme oversight over critical decisions on systems implementation, migration and upgrades, including technology and transformation risk advisory.
• Assurance reviews of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, SaaS) covering governance, access management, security controls, operations, resilience, vendor due diligence, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Audit reviews of business continuity, IT disaster recovery (ITDR), IT crisis management, and technology pillar of operational resilience.
• IT risk profiling with COBIT, including assurance of IT operations (e.g. change management, asset management, service management, incident management, post-incident review, IoT), information governance, SOX IT controls, and IT general controls (ITGCs).
• Vendor due diligence over the selection of enterprise applications with consideration for the applications' development, scalability, resilience and security, including the vendor's operations, service management, support model and third-party risks.
• Assurance oversight of payments scheme attestations for PSD2, SWIFT, LINK, Faster Payments (FPS), CASS, Cash ISA, and BACS Trust.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Leeds (up to 50km), Manchester (up to 100km), London (up to 100km)
Experience
- Cumberland Building SocietyTechnology Risk Oversight PartnerJanuary 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)Carlisle, UKI lead the second line technology and transformation risk oversight function; provide effective SME risk oversight, advisory, guidance, and support to projects; share my expertise to inform other BAU risk oversight practices; and• Ensure that 2LOD risk oversight is appropriate for all transformation projects. This includes being personally engaged with technical projects and agreeing to responsibilities with risk colleagues for other projects.• Provide independent oversight and challenge to the activities and governance of the Transformation and BAU Changes, including how the Program Management Office oversees, reports and challenges individual programmes and interdependencies alongside the approach to managing resources effectively, ensuring an appropriate risk view is articulated and effective risk management activities are implemented.• Support the development of tools for assessing the business change and project risks; deliver the cost-effective transformation of the business, risk reduction and regulatory compliance; and determine early 2LOD stakeholder involvement.• Provide strategic direction and oversight on the adequacy of the operational risk mitigation strategies, frameworks and plans specific to technology, cloud, information security, and transformation initiatives.• Deliver risk oversight reporting to project and programme steering committees, and Board Risk Committee while attending these as required.• Maintain effective working relationships with the 1LOD, Technology, Change, and Risk Leadership Teams.• Oversee the adherence to the Cloud Risk Policy and support the ongoing development of the Cloud Risk Framework and Cloud Risk Appetite.• Provide 2LOD opinion and advice to support regulatory submissions connected to material outsourcing and the use of the Cloud.
- Tesco BankTechnology Risk Assurance ManagerJune 2021 - January 2022 (7 months)City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomI led the payment scheme attestations for the CIO technology risk team; and• Resolved the complexities of managing payments scheme attestations by creating a comprehensive attestation and control matrix that mapped controls to attestation requirements for PSD2, Faster Payments, LINK, CASA, Cash ISA, and SWIFT. The matrix facilitated easier identification of control gaps and ongoing control maintenance that ensured conformance with attestation and regulatory requirements.• Provided oversight of technology submissions, including payment scheme certificate attestations, due diligence, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience.• Championed a robust risk management culture that ensured risks were appropriately identified, assessed, documented, reported and treated following the Bank's RCSA (Risk Control Self-Assessment) framework.• Proactively managed stakeholder engagement that resulted in prompt delivery of attestation exercises, and promptly escalated identified risks to senior management.• Ensured the establishment of relevant and adequate controls to detect, prevent or mitigate key risks; and the controls are regularly tested and operated effectively.• Delivered technology assurance reviews through formal methodologies and produced quality reports with agreed actions and follow-up activities.• Assessed the embedding of remediation actions to ensure controls are working effectively.• Achieved outstanding results by inspiring, engaging and leading others; made colleagues feel valued; shared enthusiasm; and provided relevant SME guidance.
- PwC UKTechnology Risk Senior AssociateOctober 2018 - May 2021 (2 years and 7 months)Leeds, UKI provided expert advice, guidance and support that helped clients manage their technology risks effectively; and• Exceptionally managed and delivered clients' audit engagements end-to-end by developing and supporting audit plans, including audit scoping, stakeholder identification, fieldwork delivery, stakeholder management, and actionable reporting.• Delivered value-driven IT audits and risk assurance in areas covering IT operations and governance (access, asset, change, incident, and service management), cloud risk (AWS, Azure, SaaS), business continuity, IT disaster recovery (ITDR) / technology resilience, IT general controls (ITGCs), IT SOX audit, project and programme assurance, cyber security, vendor due-diligence, and third-party assurance.• Performed assurance reviews of clients' IT systems, controls, processes, and programmes to identify risks and issues while developing pragmatic recommendations.• Supported senior team members in more specialised areas and provided value-adding and quality deliverables.• Provided insights to clients on the integrity of their control environment, the operating effectiveness of processes and management information.• Maintained a working knowledge of industry-recognised frameworks and standards such as COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST, Cloud Control Matrix etc.• Developed new opportunities and innovative assurance activities that addressed clients' business needs.• Coached and mentored junior colleagues to provide quality assurance and advisory services.
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Education
- Master of BusinessUniversity of the West of Scotland2022Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), Innovation, Entrepreneurship and EnterpriseUniversity College Dublin2014Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
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