Oluwatoyin Akinpelu

Senior Consultant Audit &Compliance       Jan 2025 to Date
Harchenz Consult- Remote/Saskatoon 
• Renders financial advisory, performance audit, risk assessment and project oversight services to optimize business decisions for increased efficiency, cost reduction and accelerated growth.
• Provides expert guidance on strategy management, policy formulation, process alignment, monitoring and evaluation to streamline business processes and strengthen corporate governance.
• Conducts IT assessment, inventory, quality assurance, operational audit and regulatory compliance management to address business challenges and drive operational improvement.

• Reviews IT processes, practices, management and technology for enhanced service delivery.

Senior Manager Internal Audit        Dec 2019-Dec 2024
Central Bank of Nigeria
Central bank and apex monetary authority with 37 branch office locations and 10k+ employees 
Team Lead, Internal Audit Department
• Led team of auditors to conduct risk-based assurance audit of financial and information systems, performance audit of government agencies resulting in 80% improvement in service delivery.
• Carried out risk assessment and oversight of project portfolio management and system development life cycle resulting in 75% project success.
• Collaborated with team of consultants to implement and certify in ISO 27001 and 22301 standards.
• Rendered advisory service to Governance, Security and Risk Management committees on strategy, and policies, improving compliance with internal policies and regulatory standards by 90%.
• Engaged and trained stakeholders and heads of departments on strategic business roadmap and communicated relevant audit recommendations which enhanced internal controls by 70%.

Audit Manager          Dec 2017-Dec 2019
Financial and Operational Group, Internal Audit Department 
• Supervised a 10-member team of auditors to perform SOX cycle financial and compliance audit.
• Carried out investment analysis, enabling financial decisions that reduced asset diminution by 25%.
• Provided consultancy service to strategic business units that improved operational efficiency by 40%.
• Provided oversight and financial control on 10 building projects and eight process automations.
• Conducted quarterly inventory /quality assurance of IT devices, consumables, and project supplies.

Deputy Manager          Feb 2010-Dec 2017
IT Audit Group, Internal Audit Department
• Examined Bank’s network vulnerability and developed remedial plan that increased network security hardening by 30% across datacenters and failover sites.
• Improved change management process by 40% through quality assurance and system testing.  
• Safeguarded Bank’s assets through inventory of IT infrastructure and minimizing loss by 80%.
• Enhanced Bank’s Disaster Recovery (DR) plans in 4 DR sites through compliance assessment.
• Performed oversight on IT contracts and ensured optimum performance of 30 IT vendors.

IT User Support Analyst             May 2008-Feb 2010
IT Service Centre, Operations Management Division, Information Technology Department
● Managed incidents, service requests, resolution and maintained IT hardware inventory
● Troubleshoot and resolved hardware, software and network issues for end-users with 90% success.
● Delivered technical support /training for 500 users, achieving 100% adoption of office automation.
● Carried out system deployment and configurations for the 29 strategic business units of the Bank.
● Conducted users’ acceptance tests on solutions and achieved 100% customer satisfaction.

Branch Manager-Retail          Dec 2007-May 2008
Oando Marketing Plc (OMP)
OMP is a downstream oil and gas distribution company with distribution network of over 470 retail service stations and 1k+ employees 
• Managed distribution of petroleum products to 50 retail gas stations via Oracle supplier module.
• Performed retail outlet management and improved compliance with HSE standards by 90%.
• Performed market research, sales budget, analysis, and account reconciliation of 50 retail outlets.
• Conducted training workshops for 500 sales force- pump attendants, station managers and dealers.
 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Amnesty International Member-Human rights campaign/volunteering       May 2020-Present
The 700 Club Partner-Charity funding/Rural empowerment          Dec 2008-Present
UNICEF/NYSC Peer Education Training Program-Facilitator                            Jun 2004-Jun 2005
 

EDUCATION
Certificate in Regulatory Compliance Specialization    July 2024
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration     Sep 2019
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Canada
Master of Information Science       Sep 2007
University of Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria
Bachelor of Science in Statistics        Mar 2004
University of Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria

CERTIFICATION & SPECIALIZATION  
CIA-Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)        Dec 2025
ACA-Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)   Sep 2025
ITP-Information Technology Professional ICTC Canada     Sep 2025
CPA Canada- Common Final Examination (CFE) Level     Mar 2025
Scrum Master Training          Mar 2025
Anti Money Laundering / Combating Terrorism Financing Training     Jan 2025
Project Management (PMP) Training Program       Jan 2025
ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management Senior Lead Auditor    Dec 2023
FCA-Fellow Chartered Accountant (ICAN)       Apr 2020
CFIA-Certified Forensic and Investigative Auditor (AFIA)     Aug 2016
COBIT 5 Foundation IT Governance Framework      Jan 2016
CISA-Certified Information Systems Auditor       Nov 2012
ITIL Foundation IT Service Management (ITSM)      Jun 2012
ACA-Associate Chartered Accountant (ICAN)      Nov 2009