Ben Sady Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Va, Us

Ben is a Principal in FORVIS' Risk and IT Advisory Services practice, serving clients in the mid-atlantic and nationally.Responsibilities include: leading and hiring teams, managing project timelines and costs, implementing client service solutions, and business development. Provide the following services to clients: • Business Process Improvement and Consulting• Risk Assessments and Consulting (Strategic, Financial, IT, Operational, Regulatory)• M&A Transaction Consulting (Due Diligence, Business Integration, System Integration)• Compliance Consulting (Banking, Healthcare, Insurance, Governmental, PCI, HIPAA, etc.)• Project Management and Business System Analysts• Internal Audit and IT Audit (Outsourcing/Cosourcing, Financial Process Reviews, Business Process Reviews, IT Process Reviews, Fraud Risk, Business Continuity) • IT Consulting (Information Security, Data Privacy, IT Change Control, Network and Data Center Operations, Vendor Management, Disaster Recovery)• SOX Assistance / ARMICS Assistance (Process Documentation, Control Identification, Design Evaluation, Walkthroughs, Control Testing, Gap Remediation)• SOC Reports / SSAE18 / SAS 70 (Readiness Review, Type I, Type II)• Internal Controls Review (Review of Process for Risks, Gaps, Inefficiencies)• Network Security Assessments (Vulnerability Assessments, Int/Ext Penetration Testing, Social Engineering, Web Application Security, Firewall Configurations)

Richmond, Va, Us

Richmond, Virginia, Us

Glen Allen, Va, Us

Provided the following services to clients: Internal Control Reviews, IT Audits, Internal Audits, Sarbanes-Oxley Assistance, Risk Assessments, SSAE16 / SOC Audits, Compliance Audits, and Vulnerability Assessments.

Worldwide, Oo

• Managed teams of 2-10 for the last 1.5 years at Deloitte. Managed over 3,500 hours in FY08.• Responsibilities included: Leading efforts in staffing, planning, scoping and budgeting of projects; Managing team’s day to day execution of tasks; Identifying and solving client issues; Tracking progress against deliverable schedules and budget; Reviewing team’s work to ensure quality of product; Owning and developing client relationships; Providing feedback to staff.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

• Troubleshot customer concerns over a live peer-to-peer streaming video connection.• Tested versions of software package in multiple computing environments.

Worldwide, Oo

• Constructed interview templates to identify company specific risk.• Designed and developed a VBA based financial analysis tool and training module.• Analyzed data sets and statistics with SAS programming language and Deloitte’s web-based Data Management Tool.• Competed in Virtual Team Challenge for US based interns. - Challenged team to coordinate resources, schedules, and opinions across geographies with cross-functional firm colleagues and clients. - Our eight-person team placed 1st out of 67 total teams.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Applied knowledge of eBusiness to help re-design, develop and launch web-based applications for customers. Helped save $600,000 annually with transition to Internet EDI applications.• Designed and created internal web site for co-op students – coded HTML and JavaScript in Notepad. Coordinated cross-functional team to organize site’s content.• Resolved customer concerns regarding Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and software technical problems.• Practiced relationship building skills while interacting with customers regularly.

2003, Business Information Technology

Certificate, Customer Experience (Cx)

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