Joseph Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

- Performance and management of IT General Controls testing- Provide process and control owners the support needed to perform their own self testing- Assists in updating, tracking, testing status, remediation items, and open findings- Supports all other audit related activities (including annual external audit, state exams, and internal audits)

Newark, Nj

- Participated in audits across multiple disciplines, including Operations, IT, and Regulatory Compliance- Significant project experience was related to Information Privacy and Security; focused on evaluation and testing of management controls related to the protection of client private (SSN, address, etc.) and health care (HIPPA) information - Spearheaded department initiative to map Prudential audit methodologies to COBIT framework for information security assessment; identified gaps and provided recommendations for internal procedural documentation

Greater New York City Area

- Contracted to perform outsourced internal IT audit functions for several clients/entities; delivered work to be leveraged by external auditors. - Assigned to Senior Associate role and took charge of supervision and support of Associates on team. - Focused audit plans/testing approach towards providing best overall value and most complete evaluations to meet management’s needs (whereas prior external audit experience focused solely on compliance to PCAOB audit methodologies.)

Greater New York City Area

- Extensive experience and practical knowledge in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) IT general controls, including Change Management, IT Operations, Logical Security, and Systems Development Life-cycle (SDLC). - Performed in both the Associate and Senior Associate roles, as well as took on additional Management responsibilities. - Reviewed and analyzed corporate IT environments to identify risks; defined management controls to address those risks through the use of detailed narrative documentation and walkthroughs; tested design of management controls for compliance to leading industry practices and regulatory requirements; tested operating effectiveness of management controls; provided detailed reports of observations/findings, as well as recommendations for remediation. - Coordinated and supervised teams of 2 to 4 international and domestic members to complete audits with optimal efficiency; managed tasks and workflow for team members; tracked progress against goals for completion; performed detailed review of work output, providing review comments (where necessary) to be remediated; provided formal and informal professional feedback to team members. - Performed and reviewed detailed security configuration testing on a variety of applications, operating systems, databases, and networks through the use of automated audit tools and manual test procedures. - Planned, coordinated, and conducted meetings/inquiries with various business process owners, IT department members, managers, directors, and C-Suite level executives in all stages of audit (from planning, through execution, and final delivery.) - Experienced in audit of many proprietary, off-the-shelve, and third-party/vendor managed financial applications, including: SAP, Windows, UNIX, AS/400, Linux, Solaris, SQL Server, Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, JDEdwards, Microsoft Dynamics, ADP, Sunguard, Concur, BoNY, and more

Binghamton, Ny

Interned at local store; learned retail management.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted in the management of a local Carvel franchise.