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The Benson Group, LLC, was a professional services firm dedicated to helping organizations manage their ongoing enterprise risks as they relate to technology, regulatory compliance and overall business processes. We work closely with your management team to understand your business risk exposure, develop a specific, targeted approach to evaluate how well.

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Led IT Audit and IT Technical Support Team. Improved compliance with regulatory requirements with development and implementation of scalable and sustainable solutions. Implemented expanded use of Computer Assisted Audit Tools (CAATs) across entire audit department, increasing usage by over 100%, and identified CAATs for continuous monitoring pilot..

Established and led IT Risk Management Practice, specializing in SOX 404 IT project work, SAS 70 Reports, Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence, and New System Selection projects. Delivered SAS 70 report to Fuss & O'Neill Technologies for their OFFSITE data centers; worked with privately owned grocery chain to assist with software selection RFP criteria.

Consultant performing IT SOX Section 404 work, identifying, documenting and testing all general computer controls and application controls. Worked with Senior Management to remediate issues and to select new accounting software. Installed new accounting software, performed and verified successful data conversion from old to new software.

Completed all IT work for SOX Section 404 for HQ and 4 divisions, from General Computer Controls through application controls. Worked with Senior Management as well as individual control owners.

Over a two year period, identified, documented and tested approximately 100 IT application controls to support ADVO's SOX 404 IT efforts. Worked with all players from Senior Managment to control owners. Second year work included many revisions to control points to reflect implementation of new enterprise system.

Identified and documented all SOX 404 IT controls from general computer controls through application controls, working closely with Senior Management and control owners.

Over a two year period, identified, documented and tested all SOX Section 404 IT controls at corporate headquarters, working with Senior Management and individual control owners. Second year work was expanded to include two Canadian divisions and two additional US divisions.

Led IT SOX 404 initiative focusing on identification, documentation, testing and remediation of IT GCC and application controls.

Responsible for IT audits; started with Aetna, moved to ING, focusing on the broker dealer business.

Managed IT control reviews for 130 diverse middle market clients in the New England area in the manufacturing, high technology, retail, health care, construction, higher education, utility, and telecommunications industries.

Designed and implemented personal computer systems for small business owners; delivered PC software training for Executrain; delivered career development workshops for Lee Hecht Harrison

Senior Internal Audit Consultant, 1992-1994IT Systems Auditor, 1989-1992Business Process Re-Engineering Analyst, Shareholder Information Center, 1987-1989Senior Project Leader, Information Systems, 1981-1987Project Leader, Information Systems, 1977-1981Systems Analyst, Information Systems, 1975-1977

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