William Hunt

Will is a director with over 10 years’ professional experience, the majority working in Protiviti’s internal audit and financial advisory consulting practice. Bringing a hands-on and practical approach, Will leads a portfolio of outsourced and co-sourced strategic internal audit programs, as well as delivering risk management and controls advisory and uplift projects. 

He has worked across a variety of sectors in Australia but primarily services Protiviti Australia clients across Victorian government departments and agencies, the energy, utilities and telecommunications sector, and public and private healthcare. Will brings industry specific knowledge and benchmarking, along with innovative audit and controls concepts, to ensure his work delivers insights that reduce risk and drive commercial outcomes.

Major projects and accomplishments

• Internal audit leadership for Victorian government departments and agencies – Will leads the outsourced and co-sourced internal audit services for several Victorian government departments, government-owned corporations, and statutory bodies. This includes regular engagement with senior executives, the board, and the audit committee to advise on our internal audit activities covering significant projects, core operations, and financial controls, information security and risk management.
• Healthcare internal audit – Will is the director for Protiviti’s portfolio of healthcare clients, including public health services, private hospitals, and aged and community care. His continued focus on this sector means Will advises on the key risks that face these organisations, including clinical regulatory and legislative environments, financial sustainability, and health and safety controls.
• Controls improvement advisory and assurance – He has extensive experience providing live and aligned-assurance across control transformation programs to ensure control environment improvement. This work is often delivered through an agile approach and includes observing control design workshops to ensure  immediate advice can be provided to audit control groups and steering committees.

Areas of expertise

• Internal audit
• Controls advisory and uplift
• Operational risk management
• Compliance
• Program governance

Industry focus

• Government and public sector
• Energy and utilities
• Healthcare
• Telecommunications

Professional memberships and certifications

• Member, Institute of Internal Auditors

Education

• Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)
• Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry)