Brian R. Morrow, Cpa Email & Phone Number

United States

Internal Audit Manager for Financial Controls, Finance, and Credit.

2/18 – 12/22 Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLCAssistant Vice President, Internal Audit. Direct report to the Chief Auditor with $64 billion loan servicing company. Direct audit team of three to plan and perform audits of servicing, investor reporting, real estate owned, quality control, compliance (including regulatory “alphabet soup” of Regs B, F, Z, etc.) and assist with correspondent lending and IT audit functions. Coordinate audit activities with senior management, communicate audit issues, and write reports to enhance the internal control environment and reduce the risk exposure of the company. • Perform planning, review risk assessments, develop audit programs, and direct team on performance of audit projects, including process walkthroughs, detail testing, and development of issues and recommendations. • Follow up on previously identified issues and communicate with client management regarding corrective actions taken.• Assess financial impacts of servicing activities such as corporate and escrow advances, and review servicing disbursements for potentially fraudulent transactions utilizing Benford Analysis. • Assist with annual audit planning and periodic audit committee reporting. • Perform assessment of Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan (QAIP) conformance with The Institute of Internal Auditing standards. • Develop trend analysis for on-going monitoring of key servicing metrics such as SCRA loans out of compliance, late ARM changes, delinquent loans, key escrow metrics, and more. • Provide guidance and coaching to senior and staff team members, perform periodic and annual staff evaluations, and provide input on compensation and bonuses. • System administrator for AuditBoard workpaper documentation and management system.• Includes SOC 1 and COSO.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Deliver high quality, value-added assurance to clients with respect to SOX, risk management, and internal controls. Use COSO. Provide consulting services to clients in financial services, retail, and manufacturing. • Evaluate key internal accounting controls by preparing and analyzing flowcharts and process narratives, Risk Controls Matrices (RCMs) and test for compliance with RCMs. Clients with international exposure/subsidiaries. Provide oversight and guidance to team staff members.• Maintain client focus to understand client needs to drive client satisfaction. • Clients with up to $1B in revenue and assets.

Provide project and temporary engagements for Robert Half / Protiviti, Resources Global, and Cohen Financial Services, in financial services, regulatory compliance, accounting procedures, and internal controls implementation. Engagements include clients in public accounting, internal audit (including annual testing for Big 4 external auditors and SOX testing), mortgage banking, oil and gas services, insurance services, and FDIC bank account management. Clients included USAA, Met Life, NationStar, and others.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Providing project and temporary engagements for clients in financial services.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Leader of Bank Account Control Unit. Directed the claim process to recapture unclaimed property totaling $4.8 million with over $750k in receipts to date.

$37 billion bank holding company and $100 billion servicing and Top 10 origination mortgage banking subsidiary. Direct report to the Chief Auditor. Perform annual risk assessments and develop risk-based audit plans for highly complex and diverse areas including operational, loan originations, construction lending, secondary marketing, loan servicing, financial, MSRs and hedging, treasury, and IT audits. • Direct audits of areas listed above, including planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow up. • Direct required audits in accordance with Uniform Servicing Attest Procedures (USAP), Reg AB, and HUD requirements. • Assess accounting and ICFR controls and direct testing of applicable SOX controls, evaluate overall compliance. • Prepare reports for executive management and contribute to audit committee reporting as appropriate. • Implement Auto Audit (audit management system). Database tools for data mining and analytics. • Continuous audit monitoring over high-risk areas. • Have hired, led, directed, and mentored up to 9 staff in Dallas and Memphis locations. Routinely assess staff performance, recognize and reward superior performance, and oversee corrective action plans as necessary. Review and ensure team productivity levels meet acceptable standards.• Accomplish continuous process improvement, productivity and performance metrics/benchmarking, Internal Audit QAIP, oversee departmental training curriculum.