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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.• Developed and implemented auditing strategies, ensuring compliance with internal policies and evolving regulatory requirements.

• 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 Dealer, and Asset Management. Some of the key involvements included: Performed walkthroughs of controls with process owners, planning and executing tests of effectiveness and performing follow-up and remediation testing of deficient controls. - Execution of first year SR 15-19 Compliance Audit. - Identified key issues based on results of audit procedures and communicated with Senior management. • 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 walkthroughs of controls with process owners, planning and executing tests of effectiveness and performing follow-up and remediation testing of deficient controls. - Documented process flowcharts and narratives for multiple clients using Visio and Power Point software to understand processes, risks and controls, and to identify improvement opportunities.- Documented and conducted detailed testing in various processes including: Accounting Close, Fixed Assets, Cash Receipts, Equity, Financial Reporting, Payroll, and Revenue.• 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 potential duplicate reimbursements, testing for reasonableness of supporting documentation, and testing for management approvals.

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