Christienne Johnson Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Serve as advisor to the Board of Trustees and the Director. Provide internal assurance and consulting services designed to assess and improve upon the effectiveness of the Gallery's governance, risk management and internal controls, as well as the quality of performance in carrying out our strategic priorities to achieve the National Gallery of Art's mission and vision. Design reviews and engagements, and manage department, focused on assisting and advising leadership on how to successfully meet our mission, how best to achieve our strategic priorities. mitigate risk and improve internal processes.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

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Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided assurance and consulting services designed to improve the Firm's control environment and minimize risk, ensure compliance with Firm policies and regulatory requirements, and help the Firm realize operational efficiencies. Established an internal audit department for a firm with 650M+ in annual revenue. Served as the project lead on many complex firm-side initiatives. Counseled and advised leadership on best practices, opportunities for enhanced internal controls and increased efficiency, and compliance issues. Reported to the Executive Director.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Established the Internal Audit Department, developed the annual audit plan and designed and managed all audits across all firm departments. Hired, trained and managed senior and associate level audit staff. Counseled top management and business units on best practices, cost savings and increased utilization. Drafted and published many firm-wide policies. Assisted in mitigating risk across the firm by training employees on how to prevent and detect fraud. Developed systems to be used by the firm to identify areas of process and business unit improvement and standardization. Identified many areas of significant cost recovery and actual or potential cost savings. Helped implement controls and processes to correct areas of significant risk/ potential or actual loss to the firm. Served as the independent voice during the merger of Wilmer Cutler Pickering with Hale and Dorr to standardize and centralize business processes, encourage best practices and implement strong internal controls. Reported to the Executive Director.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Performed work on financial audit engagements and extensive internal and external audit control reviews within industries such as education, not-for-profit, services, law, entertainment, government contracting and technology. Counseled clients on executing an approach to controls documentation and testing which would enable them to be Sarbanes-Oxley compliant. Helped clients implement this approach, worked with clients to analyze the documentation gathered and assisted in the identification of gaps where control weaknesses were present. Performed reviews and tested the general computer controls surrounding security, change management, systems development and operations. Performed application reviews over the related client applications. Performed substantive testing and analytical reviews on all Balance Sheet areas. Performed monitoring control reviews over Purchasing and Payables, Revenue and Receivables and the Treasury Cycle. Performed business analyses on new revenue structures.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Master'S Degree, Accounting