Scenario Test Auditing
If a regulator knocked on your door tomorrow, how confident would you feel about your compliance processes?
Introduction
De Leo Consulting provides a range of professional services supporting growth in revenue and efficiency in capital and operating costs. We work with public, private and government organisations in the Mining, Transport and Engineering & Construction industries who derive value from owning and operating assets or providing services to assets owners.
Who is De Leo Consulting?
Peter De Leo
MBA, BEng Civil (Hons), FIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus), GAICD
A Civil Engineer with over 25 years in the profession, Peter’s background is in construction and maintenance of railway, road and water infrastructure. Previously holding positions with Australia’s leading construction companies, Peter established De Leo Consulting in 2017 to work direct with asset owners.
He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Triathlon WA and a past Chair of the Professional Development Committee of the Engineers Australia – Railway Technical Society of Australia (RTSA).
Our services
Independent Non-Executive Director
“The task of the board is overall superintendence of the company, not its day-to-day management. But an integral part of that task is being able and willing to challenge management on key issues, and doing that whenever necessary” – from the Final Report “Royal Commission in to Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry”
We agree – and that’s the promise.
Feasibility Studies
Expertise is usually engaged as subject matter experts embedded within a study team.
Risk Management
Facilitation and/or participation in risk assessments using business specific or ISO 31000 guidelines.
Project Management
The focus is to:
– Establish or manage the procurement process(es) that deliver well defined scopes of work, provide value for money and assign and manage risk.
– Manage construction activities with direct resources or with a head contractor to achieve the schedule and budget
– Manage maintenance activities (condition monitoring, preventative, corrective and renewal) to achieve the required availability of the asset over its useful life.
Scenario Test Auditing
This is a novel approach to test the safety of an organisation viewed through legislatives requirements. The scenarios are derived from actual incidents from around the world and the audit aim to prove through artefact discovery the following:
– The hazards in the scenario, if relevant to the operation, can be identified in the risk register
– There are controls in place to reduce the probability of occurrence or mitigate its effect, and;
– for a randomly selected site(s) or location(s), controls are effective ie there are artefacts
These are 1st party audits use scenarios for context and impact, aiming to simulate the information discovery process that investigative or regulatory bodies would follow.
They are designed to bring safety, quality and engineering processes to life through story telling.
Claims Management & Investigations
Getting into the fine print of the contract, scope of work and referenced documents when working on claims management & investigations, providing a factual basis for contractual discussions.
Training
We use Tertiary Education level expertise (University course developer) to develop fit-for-purpose and culturally appropriate training materials. Post training, we collect user feedback through training evaluation tools to provide continuous improvement to training material, ensuring training is an effective risk control.
Why choose De Leo Consulting?
Contract Resources
Engage independent experienced professionals with flexible engagement to get your project delivered on time and within budget.
Industry Knowledge
Leverage industry experience and networks that can provide solutions to problems within a couple of phone calls.
Research and Benchmarking
Identification of option sets that are readily available globally, comparing to the “do nothing” option as the first benchmark data point.
Use of “similar others” and peer comparisons to sense check.
Asset Owner Perspective
Solutions aligned with revenue/cost value drivers for the asset owner. There is always a business objective to be supported by the investment. A front of mind framing of the task.
Contractor Perspective
Really useful when establishing or managing a procurement process(es) to deliver well defined scopes of work, provide value for money and assign and manage risk.
Write documents for the context, challenges and constraints and apportion the risk accordingly.
Communication Style
Formal, informal, written and verbal – transparent and timely.
If stakeholder alignment is achieved, communication has achieved its purpose.
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