Kenny Saran Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, AZ, US

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Directed and supervised multiple internal audit engagements within the financial services sector, ensuring strict compliance with IIA standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
• Led the design and execution of audit phases with a focus on precision and adherence to internal guidelines, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Coordinated efforts between integrated audit teams, data analytics groups, and model-related activities to ensure comprehensive risk coverage.
• Leveraged data analytics to enhance audit effectiveness, developing data-driven procedures that improved the accuracy and impact of audit findings and recommendations.
• Reviewed draft issue observations and collaborated with key stakeholders to vet issues, identify compensating controls, and evaluate management action plans before finalizing reports.
• Conducted validation testing on completed action plans addressing MRAs and responded proactively to regulatory inquiries during examinations.

• Key team member involved in the execution of Third Line Defense audits for a Large Publicly Traded Savings and Loan Holding Financial Services Institution with focus within Corporate and Capital Management, Broker.
• Documented process flowcharts and narratives using Visio and provided to the Business to better understand processes, risks and controls, and to identify improvement opportunities.
• Assisted with execution of 1st line Defense Audit with Business Unit Risk Team for Large Financial Services Institution.

Phoenix, Arizona

• Key team member for on-going Sarbanes-Oxley engagements assessing internal controls over financial reporting. Clients ranged across Homebuilding, Consumer Products & Services, Hospitality and Manufacturing industries..
• Performed year one Sarbanes-Oxley engagements for multiple clients in the Consumer Products & Services, Hospitality industry.
• Key team member in developing and testing large hospitality organization’s Travel and Expense policy. Responsibilities included utilizing data analytics to test for compliance and fraudulent activity, identification of.

Phoenix, Arizona

• Reviews, Compilations, and Audit engagements for non public and non profit clients of various industries
• Prepare financial statements, and various management letters in accordance with GAAP and GAAS

Phoenix, Arizona

• Review and update the detailed schedule of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation for Banner Corporate, Banner University Desert Hospital and Banner Good Sam Hospitals
• Reconcile monthly all bank accounts, balance sheet accounts and key income statement accounts for Banner Medical Group Arizona region, Banner Occupational Health and Banner Urgent Care Centers
• Perform month-end closing activities, including closing checklist preparation, posting periods maintenance, and GL closing

Phoenix, Arizona

• Utilized CCH Tax Axcess Software to prepare intermediate to difficult tax returns for high net worth individuals
• Responsible for client extensions and estimated tax payments
• Researched various tax issues including Health Savings Account, Foreign Tax Credit, and Alternative Minimum Tax
• Assisted with new hire and intern training

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Prepared federal and state tax returns for high net worth individuals
• Assisted with tax payments, extensions and various tax filings
• Utilized Prosystems fx tax software, GofileRoom, Gruntworx and Excel

• Prepared balance sheet accounts reconciliation on a daily, monthly, and quarterly basis
• Gained experience with journal entries, adjusting journal entries, and tax journal entries needed for month end
• Assisted with preparation of month end close

1430 Broadway 7th Floor New York, NY 10018

• Assisted preparing individual, corporate and partnership tax returns
• Prepared bank statement reconciliation for monthly basis
• Software used included QuickBooks, Lacerate Tax, and Excel

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Financial Managment Association (FMA at ASU), Jewish Arizonans on Campus, and Social Volunteers of ASU

International Business

Study abroad program with focus in international business

Master Of Science In Accounting