Brenda is a skilled Finance and ISIT professional, in blue-chip companies, with experience as Sarbanes-Oxley subject matter expert, Change Manager, Financial Officer, Senior Project Manager and specialist in major business and systems change & transformation programmes, implementing Lean strategies, enabling companies to achieve competitive advantage, cost reduction and regulatory compliance. Brenda has specialised in both managing and supporting projects and programmes, initiating business process and systems changes, particularly strategic transformation programmes and the set up of Financial Shared Service Centres. She has experience of using Lean tools and techniques, enabling companies to implement solutions which improve quality, reduce cost and achieve and retain regulatory compliance. Brenda excels at stakeholder management, building strong business relationships, coaching and training. Specialities: Sectors: Pharmaceuticals, Food & Drink Industry, FMCG, Automotive Components. Programmes/applications: Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, auditing, testing and compliance, Financial Shared Services, Infrastructure change, ERP – Finance and Supply Chain using SAP, JDE & BPCS. Outsourcing initiatives implementing Software and Infrastructure as a Service. Analysis of SSAE16 SOC reports for increased assurance over outsourced operations. Vendor Management, inc major consultancies and 3rd party outsource providers, managing RFI, RFP, Vendor evaluations, setting and maintaining SLAs. With accounting, compliance and ISIT experience in Europe, US and Asia, plus language skills, Brenda is available for work in the UK and overseas.