Sara Marium, Risk and Assurance Manager

Sara Marium

Risk and Assurance Manager

Southern Housing

Location
Great Britain (UK) - Redhill
Education
Master's degree, Accounting, Audit and Finance
Experience
5 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :5 years, 0 Months

Risk and Assurance Manager at Southern Housing
  • United Kingdom - London
  • My current job since May 2019

• Developed and implemented risk management framework and procedures to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the organisation.
• Conducted risk assessments including risk register reviews to evaluate potential risks and vulnerabilities and provided recommendations to business for mitigating them.
• Coordinated with cross-functional and strategic team to manage operational, financial, data, non-data and strategic risks.
• Designed and implemented risk metrics to measure and report on risk exposure to senior management.
• Conducted training sessions and workshops to educate leadership and executive and new joiners to business, on risk management best practices.
• Provided regular reports to senior management including Executive Team, A&RC and Board on risk management activities, business continuity activities, key risk exposures and assurance over effectiveness of internal controls.
• Successfully developed and managed business continuity plan at both corporate and operational level.
• Worked independently to setup qualitative risk appetite for the business.
• Independently consolidated all operational and Strategic risk registers after merger.
• Worked independently with Director of Governance and CFO on the program of annual assurance test reporting provided to regulator.
• Led and conducted the internal control-testing program for business that helped organisation to attain the highest rating within sector i.e. G1 V1.
• Supervised project for developing a fit for purpose risk management ERP for business.
• Managed company's risk and assurance budgets and ensured cost-effective delivery of services.
• Supported and developed junior members of the team via regular training and coaching.

Education

Master's degree, Accounting, Audit and Finance
  • at Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
  • July 2021
Master's degree, United kingdom
  • at Chartered Global Management Accountants
  • July 2021
Master's degree, Accounting And Audit
  • at Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountant
  • July 2012
Master's degree, Accounting And Economics
  • at University Of Karachi
  • June 2012

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Service Continuity
Internal Audit
Risk Management
Auditing
Analysis
Risk Management
Compliance, Governance , AML
Reporting to Board and Executive Team
Internal Controls
Team Leader
Compliance
Planning
Team Management
Enterprise Risk Management

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Native Speaker
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Hobbies

  • Book reading, baking and gym