Claude Oluoch-Olunya

I am a native French Speaker, i attended the French School of Nairobi until completing the Diplome National Du Brevet. I studied in the United Kingdom and have lived and worked there for the past 22 years. During that time i had assignments with various French Organisations in Europe. 

Claude Oluoch-Olunya

Experience: Native French and English speaker. 

Experience: Immediately

Location: Nairobi

Work Experience

Bolay Avelar coffee Trading International Switzerland.

Senior Coffee Broker

2019-01-01 | Present

Nairobi Kenya

• Mr Oluoch-Olunya is currently Linking suppliers in East Africa (Kenya and Uganda) with buyers in the European and American markets.

AMP Studios Africa 

International standard recording studio

French Voice Over Artist 

Nairobi Kenya

2021-05-01 | Present 

• Mr Oluoch-Olunya is currently a French over voice artist featured in the first public online voice library in Africa as a resource for corporations and organisations worldwide. 

KPMG Eastleigh United Kingdom

Management level | Audit Assistant Manager National Markets

(French & English-speaking clients) 

Southern Coast

Southampton United Kingdom

2018-12-01 | 2019-12-01

• Mr Oluoch-Olunya has planned and project managed all aspects of

the audit cycles.

• Lead teams on the ground in the United Kingdom, reporting

directly to the manager and Director.

• Budgeted and monitored the financial performance and posture of

projects, focusing on optimising

profitability.

• Identified, researched and helped to resolve complex audit issues.

• Supervised and coached junior members of staff to help them

realise their full potential.

• Built relationships with client staff and acted as an ambassador for

the firm.

• Kept ng up to date with KPMG's product and service offerings.

• Identified the sales opportunities that would help the firm grow the

business.

• Reported to audit managers and partners on all salient points

arising from audits.

Mazars London United Kingdom

(French & English-speaking clients) 

Senior level | Senior IT Auditor

London United Kingdom

2017-12-01 | 2018-09-01

Assurance work and reviews on behalf of a number of clients in

London and the South of England, and

worked with National practice including contributing to closing

meetings with client management.

• Acted as a point of contact for both Senior Management and clients,

ensuring both are kept fully

informed of any issues arising and the progress of the work.

• Delivered work to the highest technical standards including

ensuring the work is conducted in line with

Mazars Quality standards.

• Ensured all work is undertaken to budget and meets client KPIs.

• Built and developed long term relationships with senior

stakeholders across the client organisations

as well as within Mazars itself.

• Built and developed strong working relationships with clients

ensuring any problems or requests are

dealt with promptly.

• Maintained control and stability under pressure whilst recognising

the deadline or urgency to be dealt with.

• Responded to the needs of the client and staff.

• Supported junior staff and took active interest in developing the

team members over the course of

projects.

• Supported the Senior Manager/Manager to manage specific

streams of work and team members

within the work stream.

• Understood the wider service line capabilities of Technology

Consulting & Assurance and the wider

firm and how these may benefit the clients

• Ensured that the services provided are genuinely appropriate for

the client.

• Identified and transformed opportunities and prospects into new

Manageme

Garmin Europe LTD

Senior level | IT Auditor

(French and English-speaking subsidiary sites. France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg) 

Southampton, 

2014-01-01 | 2017-09-01

• Prepared & managed successful external IT Audit engagements by

Ernst & Young. Involving Oracle &

Microsoft Dynamics Navision ERP systems in Europe, Middle East,

Africa

• Managed continuous monitoring, testing & updating of key IT

processes controls and documentation

in support of external Audits for Garmin International (manage

change, incident management, IT

Operations, access, training).

• coached staff on how to meet internal & external audit expectations

when materiality of ERP systems

brings them in scope.

• Provided periodic status updates to local & international

stakeholders on the posture of the

compliance environment.

• Investigated, developed and rolled-out of warehouse temporary

logical access controls within Oracle

(Nordic subsidiary sites and Garmin Europe).

• Defined, documented, deployed & monitored ERP systems, IT

General Controls, at the Eastern

European Subsidiaries. Balancing resources, cost, regulations & risk.

• Managed IT vulnerability monitoring across EMEA locations.

• Acted as the primary contact & liaison for audit & compliance

related queries (Risk/Sarbanes

Oxley/GDPR/PCI DSS/ISO/9001)

• Conducted Cyber Security awareness training for new and current

employees.

Garmin Europe LTD

Senior level | Business Systems Analyst

(French and English-speaking subsidiary sites. France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg) 

Southampton

2008-01-01 | 2014-01-01

• Supported EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Oracle IT external

Audits, to include process improvements

of logical access.

• Project lead the Garmin Aviation Repair Support Database

upgrade.

• Successfully upgraded Microsoft Dynamics ERP service module at

EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa)

locations.

• Provided first line Oracle & Microsoft Dynamics support in EMEA

(Europe, Middle East, Africa)

Garmin Europe LTD

Senior level | Senior French Technical Customer Support Associate

(French and English-speaking subsidiary site. France) 

Southampton 

2007-02-01 | 2008-01-01

• Rolled out Garmin mobile technology to the repair and support

departments at the French subsidiary.

• Technically Supported the French subsidiary office customers in

issues relating to outdoor, fitness and

automotive GPS units.

Care International

Mid-level | French / English translator

Nairobi, Kenya

2003-01-01 | 2003-12-01

• Translation of documentation in support of hunger prevention and

health support.

Education

University of Southampton

Diploma | Introduction to medical Interpreting

Oracle University Reading

Diploma | Oracle Transportation Management Core Competence

Oracle University Reading

Diploma | Oracle 11.i Order to Cash Fundamentals.

Prudential Solutions

Diploma | Best Practice in Help-desk Customer Support.

eSkills United Kingdom (United Kingdom's sector skills

council for information technology)

Diploma | Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Software Web &

Telecom

ISACA

Certificate | Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Stonebridge Associated Colleges.

Diploma | Treatment of Sporting Injuries

City of Guilds of London

Diploma | ICT Systems and Principles

Networking Principles

Configure and upgrade ICT Software

Develop ICT Technical Documentation and Procedures

Business Concepts

City of Guilds of London

Diploma | Diploma ICT Professional Competence

Health and Safety in ICT

Customer Care in ICT

Interpersonal and Written communication

Development of own effectiveness and professionalism

Security of ICT Systems

Software installation and upgrade

IT Project Management

Quality Management of ICT products and services

ompliance

Membership & associations 

ISACA London Chapter United Kingdom

Member Stonebridge Associated Colleges (Sports Injuries) United

Kingdom

ISACA Winchester Chapter United Kingdom

ISACA Global 

Reference:

Mr Axel Bolay Managing Director Bolay Avelar Trading Switzerland.

Axelbolay-inteenational

Education

University of Southampton

Diploma | Introduction to medical Interpreting

Oracle University Reading

Diploma | Oracle Transportation Management Core Competence

Oracle University Reading

Diploma | Oracle 11.i Order to Cash Fundamentals.

Prudential Solutions

Diploma | Best Practice in Help-desk Customer Support.

eSkills United Kingdom (United Kingdom's sector skills

council for information technology)

Diploma | Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Software Web &

Telecom

ISACA

Certificate | Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Stonebridge Associated Colleges.

Diploma | Treatment of Sporting Injuries

City of Guilds of London

Diploma | ICT Systems and Principles

Networking Principles

Configure and upgrade ICT Software

Develop ICT Technical Documentation and Procedures

Business Concepts

City of Guilds of London

Diploma | Diploma ICT Professional Competence

Health and Safety in ICT

Customer Care in ICT

Interpersonal and Written communication

Development of own effectiveness and professionalism

Security of ICT Systems

Software installation and upgrade

IT Project Management

Quality Management of ICT products and services

ompliance

Membership & associations 

ISACA London Chapter United Kingdom

Member Stonebridge Associated Colleges (Sports Injuries) United

Kingdom

ISACA Winchester Chapter United Kingdom

ISACA Global 

Reference:

Mr Axel Bolay Managing Director Bolay Avelar Trading Switzerland.

Axelbolay-inteenational.com