James Billingham

I'm focused on leading audits of challenger banks, wholesale banks and brokers within our Financial Services practice. My areas of specialism include consumer lending, corporate lending, credit risk management, commercial real estate, structured finance, high-frequency trading, big-ticket asset leasing and private equity.

I was responsible for leading the audit of a FTSE 250 banking client, managing the team, resolving key accounting and auditing issues and reporting findings to the Audit Committee. I also spent 18 months on secondment at a large UK retail bank, working in their finance and treasury divisions, which gave me a real inside perspective on how banks operate.

I have extensive knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP and FCA audit requirements and I'm experienced in managing integrated SOX audits for large multi-national broker-dealers and coordinating global teams.

Ask me about banking audit, challenger banks, credit risk, SOX audit, IFRS for financial services and FCA compliance.