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Florida, United States

Winter Park, Florida, US

• Provide comprehensive PCI, ISO 27001 assessments, and GRC advisory services to enhance client information system security compliance.
• Develop and implement compliance monitoring programs to ensure adherence to regulatory and internal policies.
• Collaborate with internal security teams to manage network security and mitigate identified vulnerabilities.
• Lead risk assessments during mergers, identifying risks and suggesting corrective actions for integration processes.
• Review 3rd party/vendor risk management processes to strengthen overall client security posture and compliance requirements.
• Provide guidance on policy reviews to ensure alignment with best practices and regulatory standards.

Boca Raton, Florida, US

• Designed security programs compliant with PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and CIS frameworks to mitigate risks.
• Facilitated annual PCI assessments, managing artifact collections and remediation activities for regulatory compliance.
• Reviewed and updated security policies to align with business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Conducted business impact analyses to protect company assets based on their criticality and risk profile.
• Oversaw updates to business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure operational resilience during disruptions.
• Managed Security Operation Center (SOC), ensuring timely remediation of identified threats to enhance overall security posture, including EDR, XDR monitoring, and vulnerability management.

Winter Park, Florida, US

• Managed SOC 2 assessments from initiation through completion, ensuring compliance with audit requirements and standards.
• Conducted PCI assessments for various sectors, ensuring adherence to the Self-Assessment Questionnaire framework.
• Supported clients in updating IT policies and developing monitoring programs to enhance compliance efforts.
• Established continuous vendor risk monitoring processes, improving risk identification/management for client organizations.
• Developed audit test procedures, assessing the operating effectiveness of internal controls through comprehensive testing methods.
• Documented exceptions found during audits, providing actionable recommendations for timely remediation of identified issues.

• Planned and executed SOC 1 Type 2 audits, ensuring compliance with applicable GAAP requirements.
• Conducted SOX IT general control audits, assessing access management and business recovery control effectiveness.
• Evaluated application control audits to determine the design and operating effectiveness of automated controls.
• Reviewed segregation of duties to mitigate potential risks and enhance organizational control effectiveness significantly.
• Analyzed key reports and documentation to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and audit requirements.
• Provided comprehensive audit findings to stakeholders, offering insights for improving internal control frameworks.

Fort Lauderdale, US

• Designed audit programs for many projects to execute audits efficiently by identifying key controls and documenting test plans.
• Accomplished a walkthrough with IT management and executed application and IT general controls audits through interviews, observations, and demos.
• Participated in IT projects and initiatives to include security and compliance risk controls throughout the system life cycle.
• Teamed up with IT infrastructure management to enhance the IT control environment by evaluating and recommending improvements to the IT controls.
• Documented and discussed audit findings with IT management and other process owners.
• Reviewed the HITRUST reports and coordinated implementations of the auditor’s recommendations.

Worldwide, OO

• Carried out Security Assessments for federal agencies and enterprise organizations following NIST 800-53 standard, which covers physical and environmental controls, network, application, data security, and Privacy.
• Audited SOX IT Controls of public traded companies including the Access Management, Change Management, and Operational controls of SOX applications, databases, Windows, and Linux operating systems.
• As a quality assurance team lead, reviewed the team members’ work to ensure excellent service delivery to the client.
• Documented the project deliverable and the plan of action and milestone (POA&M), highlighting findings, and recommending remedial actions.

Tampa, Florida, US

• Planned, executed, and reported service organization control audits (SOC 1 and 2, Type 1, and 2) for multiple clients in financial, educational, and healthcare industries, and data centers.
• Accomplished IT security assessment of educational service providers to verify compliance with FISMA requirements following the NIST standard.
• Established the IT internal controls and audited the design and operating effectiveness of companies’ internal controls relating to security, availability, confidentiality, processing integrity, privacy, and financial.
• Identified ineffective controls and communicated remediation actions to the clients.

Miami, Florida, US

• Oversaw the execution and reporting of Information System audits and SOX testing assignments to maintain adequate internal controls over the processing environment.
• Carried out Month-end SOX Compliance audit that included change management and logical access controls, prepared month-end compliance audit reports, and followed up on the remediation processes.
• Coordinated and participated in monthly password tests to ensure compliance with Security policies.
• Trained new employees in SOX compliance testing and monitoring.
• Collaborated with DBAs, Security Administrators, System Owners, and Managers to ensure that all the established processes operate effectively.
• Monitored Ethics hotline to ensure that they were operating effectively.

• Planned and executed IT and financial audits of multi-million insurance companies, including identification of IT risks and key IT controls and assessing the operating effectiveness of controls using the COBiT framework.
• Tested the identified IT controls to determine the effectiveness of the controls in place within the insurance company.
• Followed up on exceptions noted during the IT audit to ensure timely corrective actions.
• Documented my recommendations in an IT audit report.
• Designed audit work programs in the TeamMate Audit Management system.
• Interviewed C-level Executives to establish corporate governance, Risk management, and the Company's operations.

Tallahassee, FL, US

• Supported the Finance & Accounting Director with the annual closing process and the annual budget process.
• Performed analytical procedures for revenue generation and reporting.
• Supported different departments through the reconciliation process of multiple systems’ generated reports.
• In charge of the daily monitoring and closing for all the cashiers at Broward County Health Department.
• Oversaw the overall monitoring and reconciliation of daily cash receipts from sub-ledgers to the general ledgers within CENTAX and HCMS accounting systems.

Master Of Accounting (M.Acc), Accounting

Mba, Accounting

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting