Jay Maher Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Independently led a team of six and co-led a team of ten to successfully plan and execute ~ 30 audit/consultative engagements and ~ 5 internal programs annuallySuccessfully led the execution of technically complex reviews in areas including the following based on the COSO, COBIT, ITIL, NIST, PMBOK, NERC-CIP & SOX frameworks and regulations; IT Governance, System Implementations (ERP, ETRM, Payroll), Information Technology Disaster Recovery (ITDR), Penetration Testing, Information Management, Industrial Control Systems (ICS’) Control Assessments, Network Security, Physical Security, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), Data Center Outsourcing, Oracle Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Continuity, SaaS Configuration Management and SOX – ITGCs/Application Controls/Key Reports/Key SpreadsheetsLed the complete audit lifecycle (planning through reporting) of multiple projects and internal programs simultaneously, such as tracking open issues and departmental brand development, with the goal of driving towards a department that is recognized as “best in class” and leverages opportunities to standardize and automate processes Supported professional development of team members through on-going real-time coaching and assigning opportunities in an effort to allow for skills development in areas including the following; energy industry, audit processes, technical competency, organizational goals and culture, and soft skills such as communication and behaviorCo-led the development and implementation of a continuous auditing program to monitor risks of unallowable purchases, potential duplicate transactions, and potential split transactions, associated with Purchasing Card (P-Card) activityPerformed administrative responsibilities including teambuilding, resource and project scheduling, departmental budgeting and forecasting, preparing materials for Board meetings and time submission reviews

Houston, Tx, Us

Led teams of up to three in performing technical post-implementation reviews of SAP’s security architecture which included validation of key application controls and data extraction & analysis in areas including appropriateness of security privileges and adherence to change management proceduresLeveraged my technical knowledge to create learning materials and deliver training to the Internal Audit department which included identification, execution and usage of key SAP reports and functionality of ACL and MS Access

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Scoped and created the IT audit strategy and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) approach for multiple Fortune Global 500 client engagements with annual budgets exceeding $1.4 millionSuccessfully led multiple teams of up to 12 individuals simultaneously across several internal and external audit engagements and delivered against project goals which included budget and resource management, timely reporting and efficiency creationManaged the full life-cycle of SOX reviews to evaluate and audit the enterprise-wide risk of PeopleSoft 9.0 ERP and SAP ECC 6.0 implementations and crafted final reports in compliance with risk management policies Led Segregation of Duties (SOD) and application control reviews of PeopleSoft 9.0 and SAP ECC 6.0 ERPs in areas including the following: financial reporting, revenue to receivables, purchase to pay and inventory management while considering the target organizations’ approach to manage the associated risksDeveloped in-depth knowledge of SOX business processes by leading reviews relating to financial close, revenue to receivables, purchase to pay, consolidation, asset management, payroll and inventory management business cyclesCreated and delivered technical trainings and materials to develop staff knowledge of PeopleSoft and SAP security architectures and the analysis of system generated reports across several ERPs and applications

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