Lauren Parr

Lauren Parr is an experienced financial compliance professional currently serving as a Financial Compliance Manager at Co-op since January 2018. With a strong background at AstraZeneca since 2011, Lauren held multiple key positions including Risk and Controls Lead for the Finance Transformation Programme, Business Lead for Financial Reporting Policy, Global Process Expert Compliance, and Audit Manager for Internal Audit. In these roles, Lauren developed financial risk and control frameworks, designed compliance policies, managed financial controls in shared service centres, and conducted risk-based audits. Prior experience includes roles as a Senior Business Advisor at PKF and Auditor at Mazars, with foundational education in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford.