Jim Eckert Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Camden, NJ, US

Camden, NJ, US

Camden, NJ, US

• Responsible for providing direction and expert knowledge of security and process controls to the Company’s global SAP program.
• Ensure all internal and external security and regulatory requirements are being met or exceeded at all times, including both business and technical support processes for SAP and associated applications.
• Perform process controls review of project and ongoing business process change efforts and control design assistance. This includes working with project, IT and business teams to research and develop controls.
• Design security roles, perform segregation of duties issue resolution and administer controls in key IT and business process areas.
• On-going support of global rollouts within SAP and other associated projects, assisting in the development of effective and efficient controls.

• Provided business process, project management, internal controls and information technology assurance and consultation.
• Developed, distributed and analyzed detailed client work plans and project approaches, including a variety of client systems, risk areas and business process areas.
• Documented detailed reports and presentations on the susceptibility of systems and business processes and presented solutions to vulnerabilities to key client personnel.
• Ensure Regulatory Compliance for all-industry specific regulations and laws.
• Implemented COSO and COBIT components with a variety of systems and applications and ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, while aligning with corporate strategy.
• Identified potential engagements and documented proposals and contracts.

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• Managed IT general controls and Business Process audits supporting attestations, SAS 70’s, financial audits and Sarbanes-Oxley engagements for several Fortune 100 and 500 companies.
• Clients included companies in a wide-range of industries including: Consumer products, Technology, Cable, Telecom, Higher Education, Health Care, Manufacturing and Energy & Utilities.
• Scoped and planned engagement plans for multi-location / multi-national clients for teams ranging from three to eight people. Responsible for ensuring the completion of all tasks assigned and monitoring of the budget.
• Documented and issued reports on audit findings and associated risks that I presented to various levels of management including the CFO’s, CIO’s, Controller’s and Director’s.
• Developed and presented proposals for potential engagements and new clients.
• Significant experience developing audit & work programs for varying systems / applications including: all Windows platforms, Oracle, SAP, Unix, AS/400, Hyperion, JD Edwards, Peoplesoft, RACF, ACF-2, Lotes Notes, Adobe.