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Phoenix, Arizona Area

Provide regulatory compliance oversight and support for assigned business partners by assisting in the assessment of actual and emerging regulatory compliance risks. Participate in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures and recommend changes as needed to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.Assist in the assessment of identified regulatory compliance issues, root cause analysis and monitoring of required remediation plans for corrective action.Drive regulatory compliance and supporting audit programs (SOC 2).Develop, review, and modify information security and privacy policies and guidelines.Promote and communicate best security and compliance practices and standards.Act as the point person for all external due diligence requests and security assessments.

Scottsdale, Az

Conduct assigned audit engagements successfully from beginning to endIdentify and communicate issues raised, offering recommended solutions relevant to business and riskEnsure audit conclusions are based on a complete understanding of the process, circumstances, and riskDevelop audit programs and testing procedures relevant to risk and test objectives.Obtain and review evidence ensuring audit conclusions are well-documentedEnsure adherence at all times to all applicable department and professional standardsCommunicate assigned tasks to engagement team in a manner that is clear and concise ensuring high quality, accurate, and efficient results

Scottsdale, Az

Assist with the development of the internal control system and policies and procedures for Casino / Hotel operations Review and audit for operational compliance with the internal control systems and policies and proceduresOversee audit staff

Casino ArizonaAssist with the development of the internal control system and policies and procedures for Casino operation Review and audit for operational compliance with the internal control systems and policies and procedures

Uphold and enforce the gaming principles, rules, laws and regulations of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian CommunityOversee and coordinate financial investigations relating to gaming conduct and activitiesResponsible for the maintenance and enforcement of the Minimum Internal Control Standards of the Community and other pertinent documents to ensure compliance with Federal, State, Tribal laws, regulations and OrdinancesDetermine, devise and develop methods, techniques and procedures by which to extract and obtain elusive and obscure financial or other related information to further investigative effortsDevelop and utilize specialized investigative methods to trace and track source documents necessary in determining the audit trail of illegal or fraudulent financial transactions

Perform financial, federal and state compliance, operational and computer internal audits of Tribal Gaming ActivitiesDevelop and maintain understanding of existing casino business processes through interviews, observations, and reviewing State, Federal and Tribal regulationsDevelop and maintain specific audit programs to ensure compliance with the National Indian Gaming Commission "Minimum Internal Control Standards" (NIGC MICS), State Regulations, and Casino Arizona's Internal requirementsPrepare and submit concise reports to advise casino management, as required, of audit findingsReview and analyze a variety of casino accounting transactions to ensure transactions are recorded properly, are debited/credited to the appropriate source/program, and comply with generally accepted accounting principles

Casino ArizonaAssist with the development of the internal control system and policies and procedures for Casino operation Review and audit for operational compliance with the internal control systems and policies and procedures

Performed compliance audits on behalf of the Screen Actors Guild. Clients consisted of production companies, advertising agencies and loan-out corporationsSupervised and trained a staff of five peopleConducted fieldwork and maintained communication with audit contactsRequested and inspected records from clients including project lists, production cost runs, residual cost runs, contracts, invoices, cancelled checks and reports generated from payroll agencies

Ba, Speech Communications

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa ThetaMajor in Communication Studies; Minor in Business Administration

Mba, Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

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