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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Senior Associate - Risk and ComplianceConsultant specializing in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR), with a focus on risk identification and control solutions. Responsibilities include:• Strategic Risk Assessment: Leading comprehensive risk assessments to identify emerging threats and vulnerabilities, and developing strategic plans to mitigate potential impacts.• Client Relations: Building and maintaining trust by fostering open communication, sharing insights, identifying improvement opportunities, and providing actionable recommendations.• Testing Internal Controls: Ensuring compliance with SOX and NI52-109 requirements through rigorous testing and analysis.• Project Management: Upholding high standards in advisory projects by preparing and reviewing deliverables, managing resources effectively, and monitoring timelines and budgets.• Budget Management: Overseeing project budgets to ensure cost-effective use of resources, forecasting financial needs, and implementing measures to stay within budgetary constraints.• Training and Development: Designing and conducting training sessions for client teams on best practices in internal controls and compliance, enhancing their capability to maintain effective controls.

-Defining the scope of the ICFR assessment, for regional clients considering the clientorganization's size, complexity, core business processes, and regulatory requirements.-Allocating resources and tracking progress according to the scope of work, budget, and deadlines.-Identifying and assessing the risk universe related to financial reporting for clients.-Collaborating with a team to analyze and address client challenges related to financial riskmanagement, process management, and regulatory compliance.-Conducting quality reviews of deliverables, including Risk and Control Matrices, Gap Analysis, andAs-Is Process Flowcharts.-Communicating results regarding control deficiencies of the ICFR assessment to stakeholders.

El Salvador

-Assisting in determining regional client’s audit plan scope by calculating materiality andidentifying critical accounts within the Balance Sheet and the Profit & Loss annual reports.-Documenting the rationale for sample selection on each key control based on the population,professional judgement, prior findings, and materiality, including the method, size, and anystratification criteria used.-Performing substantive procedures to validate the accuracy and completeness of financialinformation and ensure it aligns with the organization's records.-Documenting the results of testing, including any exceptions or deficiencies identified.

United States

-Conducted audits with the EY Global Internal Audit team on EY firms worldwide ensuringcompliance with EY Global Policies regarding procurement, independence and Anti-Bribery andCorruption. -Audited Global Service Lines, including Risk Management, Talent and Learning, and ProfessionalPractice, to ensure adherence to the International Standard on Quality Management (ISQM 1). -Developed audit reports detailing findings and deficiencies identified during the conducted audits.

-Played a key role and team member in transformation projects, supporting process improvementengagements, and designing enterprise risk management programs.-Led walkthroughs with stakeholders to understand business processes and identify key controls.-Documented Risk Control Matrices, Business processes Flowcharts and Gap Analysis identifyingkey control points, risks with financial impact and probability, and deficiencies and improvementopportunities.-Performed a Segregation of Duties analysis to identify and mitigate conflicts that couldcompromise the integrity of financial reporting.

San Salvador, El Salvador

-Collaborated in risk workshops and interviews with process owners to gather information on corebusiness processes-Provided support on consulting engagements related to risk management.-Performed testing of internal controls to ensure compliance with established policies andprocedures.-Assisted in drafting audit findings, recommendations, and reports.-Provided assistance in conducting follow-up audits-Participated in exit meetings to discuss audit findings with management.

San Salvador, El Salvador

-Developed user manuals for the use of accounting transactions in SAP system.-Assisted in training accounting analysts on using accounting transactions in the SAP systemplatform.

El Salvador

-Assisted in conducting a study of times and movements for field vendors to identify opportunitiesfor improvement in the sales process.-Prepared summary reports on the activities carried out by field vendors.

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