James Girling

Current

Audit and Information Security Recruitment Specialist at GraingerWest

Past

Business Alignment and Reporting - PMO at BT Openreach
Project Manager at BT
Procurement at Thales - ADI, Garden Island, Sydney, Australia

Software Developer at BT

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Education

TPG Academy
Anglia Ruskin University
Business Skills College

Business Skills College

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

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James Girling’s Summary

I work for GraingerWest, a leading recruiter to Ernst & Young, PwC and Deloitte. We specialise in financial recruitment services for the majority of the Top 50 practice firms in the UK, as well as a number of government agencies and industry clients. Although our general focus is the UK, we also recruit for a large number of companies around the world and always have a variety of opportunities available.

As well as using our network of skilled audit, security and finance professionals, we also headhunt to fill specific roles.

I am always willing to look at CVs of strong candidates as I take a proactive approach to the market and can find opportunities that aren't necessarily advertised. If you or someone you know would be interested in talking about career progression or new opportunities then please do not hesitate to contact me.

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My area of expertise covers the recruitment of audit professionals into practice, as well as commerce & industry, charity, housing, local and central government, and other not-for-profit organisations.

I also recruit IT and information security specialists into consultancies, central government and C&I organisations.

I appreciate hearing about anyone who is interested in progressing their career in audit or information security, and £200 cash is on offer as a reward for each successful referral. All information received is of course treated in the strictest confidence.

Please feel free to join my groups:

Audit & Finance Careers Network:
www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=730037

Information Security Careers Network:
www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1368287

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James Girling’s Specialties:

Audit keywords:

ACA; ACCA; CPA; CA; CISA; CISSP; QiCA; SAP; Oracle; FIIA; PIIA; MIIA; CIA; IFRS; UK GAAP; US GAAP; SOX; Sarbanes Oxley; Big 4; Internal Audit; External Audit; IT Audit

InfoSec keywords:

CISSP, CISM, CEH, CLAS, CHECK, CREST, CESG, CEH, PCI DSS, PA DSS, QSA, PKI, Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, Identity Management, ITIL, ISO 27001, ISO 27002, JSP440, JSP480, DIAN, HMG, GIAC, RMADS, CESG, CLAS, CHECK, CREST, White Hat, Black Hat, White Box, Grey Box, Black Box.

James Girling’s Experience

Audit and Information Security Recruitment Specialist

GraingerWest

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Recruiting and headhunting audit and information security professionals for positions in Practice, Consultancies, Commerce & Industry, Charities, Local and Central Government, and other not for profit organisations. Specialising in internal audit, external audit, IT audit and information security.

Recruitment of CTC cleared, SC cleared, and DV cleared IT security and information security professionals for HMG and MOD positions, I also recruit into the commercial and financial sectors - particularly PCI and ISO27001. I have good relationships with a number of consultancies and have won new clients in telecoms, technology, and FS.

Recruitment of auditors for a number of top professional practice firms and commerical companies (my particular market specialism is Telecoms and Technology companies), from semi-senior through to partner level. I look at both the permanent and contract markets, and cover external audit, internal audit, IT audit, compliance, risk, and quality assurance.

Through meeting and listening to my clients, and finding out as much as possible about their needs and culture, I am able to go back to my network of candidates and head hunt where necessary to find the right people. This has enabled me to win new business with a number of high profile clients, and build strong relationships with them.
Business Alignment and Reporting - PMO

BT Openreach

(Public Company; BT.A; Telecommunications industry)

January 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 9 months)

Worked in the central Programme Management Office for BT Openreach. Consolidated information from the various Senior Managers into reports for the Directors.
Project Manager

BT

(Public Company; BT.A; Telecommunications industry)

January 2005 — January 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Coordinated tasks for the Line Share Automation (LiSA) project, and project managed installations of client networks and call centre systems.
Procurement

Thales - ADI, Garden Island, Sydney, Australia

(Public Company; HO; Defense & Space industry)

April 2004 — July 2004 (4 months)

Three month contract while on sabbatical from BT for one year in Australia.
Software Developer

BT

(Public Company; BT.A; Telecommunications industry)

September 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 5 months)

Created applications to carry out statistical and billing analysis of GSM roaming data.