Brian Ernst Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Ar, Us

United States

Bentonville, Arkansas

Bentonville, Arkansas

Waterloo, Ontario

Overall responsibility for managing BlackBerry's global SOX program.• Providing direction, ongoing oversight and leadership to the SOX Compliance team to ensure that BlackBerry's SOX program is delivered, executed and tracking properly against the annual audit plan and timelines and BlackBerry meets all quarterly and annual certification requirements.• Responsible for annual scoping, risk assessment, and testing controls and processes from both a Business and IT perspective. • Responsible for managing the quality and timely output of the testing performed by internal employees and ensuring that all deliverables meet our external auditor requirements.• Collaboration with key business process and IT control to support the SOX program and its initiatives.• Actively participating on implementation teams for large IT and process improvement projects to ensure that the business and IT understand relevant risks and implement the necessary controls.• Collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders to monitor program performance and achievement of objectives against metrics.• Provide regular program status updates to senior leadership team and reporting for the Audit Committee to advise on progress, raise issues and recommend solutions.• Staying current on PCAOB developments through ongoing professional development activities and individual research.

Kitchener, Canada Area

• Project Manager on simultaneous engagements with one or many team members. Responsibilities included overall accountability for the execution of the projects, overseeing the quality of all employees’ work, managing and enhancing client relationships, tracking deadlines and financial metrics, providing feedback to team members on their performance, and assigning responsibilities to the team.• Area of focus was IT Assurance, which included internal audit, external audit, and executing risk assessments.• Extensive experience working on SOX engagements and SSAE16 reporting.• Involved in practice management including scheduling, coordinating internal resources, budgeting, financial reporting and portfolio management. • Coaching and mentoring team members to assist with their development and career progression.• Performing performance appraisals and providing feedback to team members on their strengths and development points.

Waterloo, Ontario

• Financial Audit Support – Business Cycle and IT General Controls• SOX IT Control Certification Assistance• Financial Statement Audit

Guelph, Ontario

• Review, Notice to Reader Engagements• Personal and Corporate Tax Returns