Sikich is a technology-enabled professional services organization with a single-minded focus on improving business performance by deploying best-fit solutions. We help our clients understand "what could be," help them set priorities, and take responsibility to deliver transformative strategies.

Assess workstreams and controls to pinpoint process gaps in order to provide insight to implement strategies to optimize automation and streamline operations. Create process documentation and informational videos to facilitate seamless onboarding of new AG team members across projects (US & India), or offboarding to client contacts as processes are absorbed in-house.Engage on 3 – 4 projects at a time with entrepreneurial clients within various industries (e.g., SaaS companies, not-for-profits, retail, etc.) to address challenges related to scalability and growth. Oversee and manage teams of 2 - 4 in the US and India Offices across projects to ensure timely execution of deliverables and triage inquiries to drive efficiencies. Perform and review month-end close processes to create reporting packages for each client’s C-Suite and Board Members, which reflect key financial results and findings.Interact with C-Suite individuals across projects daily by communicating updates on deliverables, discussing project milestones, and recommending infrastructure improvements and transformation solutions.Discuss upward and downward feedback on a quarterly basis to strengthen each team members’ current skill sets and track progress throughout the year.

Conducted financial statement audits of Fortune 100 Companies and Not-for-Profit Entities in various industries including: Healthcare, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, and Retail & Consumer Products. Pioneered my engagement’s first year of testing Revenue, AR, PP&E, and Payroll through data analytics to reduce audit sampling by 40% and manipulate data to understand account area trends more holistically.Supervised, coach, and provide feedback to assurance staffs and interns to strengthen future development.Managed EY’s offshore teams by assigning engagement tasks to increase core team productivity and decrease the engagement’s resource budget.Strategized and developed financial audit engagements’ trajectory toward issuance by leading the audit teams’ efforts in the planning, execution, and concluding phases of the audit.Communicated completed projects and engagement status updates effectively to my teams’ upper management and client contacts in order to maintain synergy.Implemented operational improvements to maintain team cohesion while working from home by coordinating daily status calls, aligning live review sessions, and fostering fluid communication from all levels of the team.

Calculated employee commission rates twice a week for biweekly commission payouts each month to properly pay all EM and Coach personnel timely and attributing correct billing rates for each personnel.Created and sent client contract, billable, and salary invoices with weekly follow-ups on outstanding receivables in order to ensure firm profitability and to initiate strong client relations.Generated 1-5 project codes per week, and enter corresponding task codes and budgets per project code within firm's project mangagemnt system (Dynamics) to represent accurate profitability numbers and budget caps for each client serving team.Managed the monthly timesheet reporting system (Clicktime) daily in order to track precise hours worked and billed per employee and to track project progress.Reviewed 15-20 expenses on project-level P&L's (Access) with Account Management Teams to ensure each charge appropriately falls within the team's allotted budget, then process each vendor invoice reviewed to accounts payable.

Inquired client contacts regarding system of controls in order to confirm whether or not internal control processes remained the same, or required updates to its current processes.Maintained audit team project schedules, timely submission lists, and other team needs to ensure a cohesive team environment and retained unwavering work ethic.Performed test of controls by documenting the evidence provided by the client to complete walkthrough documentation describing said control's efficiency and effectiveness.

Executed given tasks by the deadline to ensure accurate and efficient results to reflect effective use of time allotted by the engagement team.Tested analytical procedures to corroborate original documents to supplemental documents in order to satisfy the requirements of an audit procedure and opinion.Supported engagement team with the completion of extraneous tasks to increase team feasibility and effectiveness throughout the audit process.

I partnered with the Honors Program's Program Assistant, Emma Rubenstein, to coordinate student events and complete data entry for the program's budgeting, student personal information, and incoming freshmen records. In addition, I was responsible for scheduling advising appointments for the Associate Director, Nancy Grossman, and Assistant Director, Jennifer Kosco, via phone and email. I worked in both Lincoln Park and the Loop, both of DePaul University's campuses.Daily Use of: Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

After my first quarter of Freshman year, I gained an interest in Law. Therefore, I sought out an experience that would exercise said interest; the AmeriCorps Illinois JusticeCorps provided me that exact opportunity. Assisted about 300 patrons a day with providing legal information regarding his or her case, helping him or her fill out legal documents, and supplied directions throughout the courthouse. From this internship, I gained an experience that prepared me to have the ability to talk to a variety of people face-to-face, taught me how to apply what I have learned about civil laws to any patron's situation, and obtained a better grasp of how to better communicate with my team, patrons, and supervisors. I had the opportunity to begin my internship in Rockford, IL. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, and finish my term in Chicago, IL. at the Daley Center.