Joseph O'Connor, Cpa, Cisa Email & Phone Number

Centerport, Ny, Us

Centerport, Ny, Us

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Leading private writer of New York statutory disability insurance insuring more than 120,000 businesses, unions, and municipalities covering approximately 1.2 million lives. The company also offers essential ancillary benefits including Life, Dental, Vision, AD&D, Supplemental Medical and Long-Term Disability insurance.Responsible for providing independent objective assurance and advisory services to add value and improve operations. Also responsible for the evaluation of risks and controls in all significant areas of the company, and for identifying control deficiencies that require correction by management. • Support the Audit Committee in achieving its objectives.• Issue periodic audit reports to the Audit Committee and management.• Develop/maintain flexible annual audit plan using a top down risk based approach.• Evaluate, coordinate and facilitate company’s Enterprise Risk Management process.

$4 billion life insurance company providing fixed deferred and immediate annuities, and life insurance products to financial service professionals and their clients across the United States.• Responsible for the performance of audits in accordance with the annual audit plan, including workpaper review, audit reporting and audit findings follow-up. • Lead effort in assessing and testing the design and operating effectiveness of the key controls that will either prevent or detect material errors in the transactions that constitute the balances in significant accounts in the financial statements, or in the way the financial statements are prepared and presented.• Develop/maintain flexible annual audit plan using a risk based approach. • Provide quarterly status reports to the Audit Committee. • Coordinate/provide support to external auditors and/or other regulatory agencies.• Responsible for monitoring and testing of the SOX environment for compliance. • Responsible for performance of special projects in support of corporate strategy/objectives.

National firm providing general regulatory and specialized skills necessary for examinations of insurance companies along with various other regulatory needs including confidential intervention through conservation, rehabilitation or liquidation. • Perform and manage financial regulatory examinations in accordance with standards prescribed by various state insurance departments’ procedures and NAIC Examiners Handbook.

Hamilton, Bermuda, Bm

$45 billion global insurance and reinsurance company providing property, casualty and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises on a worldwide basis. Performed and directed all aspects of financial and operational audits for reinsurance and corporate divisions, which included planning, execution, workpaper review, reporting and audit findings follow-up. Ability to enhance departmental relationship with management, evidenced by consistently receiving above average scores on customer satisfaction surveys submitted for each significant audit. Effectively monitored audit engagement status and coordinated compilation of departmental presentations for quarterly Board of Directors meetings.• Reviewed and evaluated status on an ongoing basis for several key areas of general ledger conversion of PeopleSoft upgrade, ensuring completeness and financial accuracy prior to go-live date. • Collaborated on quarterly basis with SEC Compliance Officer ensuring accuracy and timeliness of 10K/10Q filings.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Leading professional services firm providing accounting, tax and business consulting.Performed and managed financial regulatory examinations in accordance with standards prescribed by various state insurance departments’ procedures and NAIC Examiners Handbook. Extensive experience in examination of investments, loss reserves, claims, and premiums for various life insurance and health care companies. Industry experience includes audits of property/casualty and professional liability insurance companies. • Performed significant role in development of risk assessment approach for financial examinations, which was subsequently adopted by the NAIC, saving company under examination approximately $4 million.• Led effort in the creation of SOX framework for multi-million dollar foundation.• Enhanced IT audit competency with participation in general information technology controls review of company’s information technology environment. Additionally, passed CISM examination in preparation for Information Security audits of various financial service organizations.• Effectively used ACL to provide statistically valid samples, including analyses for inconsistencies and/or outliers, strengthening testing of large databases.• Heightened firm’s reputation by effectively managing audit cost of global insurance carrier in spite of unforeseen complexities associated with information systems framework/structure.• Participated in development of several proposals, which led to firm being awarded significant contracts.• Strengthened and maintained relationships with multi-million dollar clients.

Leading professional services firm providing accounting, tax and business consulting.Performed and managed financial regulatory examinations for various state insurance departments, which included reviews of investments, loss reserves, claims, and premiums. Industry experience included property & casualty, life insurance, health care, captives and mortgage guaranty. • Participated in project for World Bank whereupon an innovative regulatory framework was developed, and later adopted by the South Korean Financial Supervisory Service.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

Performed and supervised various operational audits for the health care division. Industry experience included eligibility, provider contracting, and claims processing. Supervised the Y2K Eligibility Audit for health care division and participated in HealthSource acquisition review. Strengthened audit competency by obtaining CISA certification.PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEPrior professional experience includes public accounting, insurance, manufacturing, mortgage banking, wholesale distribution, real estate management and mortgage origination. Performed and supervised various audits; managed the general accounting and financial reporting for multi-million dollar family enterprise including timely preparation of monthly financial statements, forecasts, cashflow statements, and monthly rent rolls; and developed policies and procedures for accounting processes of global insurance company.