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Reported to Global Director. Led and coordinated internal control Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and documentation program covering global order-to-cash, payroll, and tax processes. Partnered with functional business teams to identify new and changing processes, perform risk assessment, and determine audit scope impact.- Performed pre-IPO readiness testing and gap assessments by holding live process walk-through sessions with global teams which identified control gaps that were remediated prior to year-end.- Created and updated annual risk assessment, helping drive key control determinations and entity scoping to verify proper audit coverage and strengthened external auditor alignment.- Summarized internal control / audit status effectively to management of areas of increased risk / exposure which facilitated functional business team adoption of new process or control.- Maximized efficiency of required annual control walkthroughs and limited scope creep through coordination and guidance of end-to-end process walkthroughs with external auditor teams.

Managed all phases of financial and compliance audits from developing audit plans, executing designed procedures, supervising and reviewing work of junior staff, and reporting results to management and client governance groups.

Demonstrated proper execution of set audit plan through completion of high-quality workpapers in support of the opinion issued. Reviewed all workpapers performed by staff and reported any key issues to respective Manager / Director.

Executed tests on increasingly complex areas, delegated appropriate work to staff, reviewed work, and assisted senior staff in planning and completing audits.

Performed and documented tests of controls, transactions, balances, and other substantive tests on audit within prescribed budget as directed by responsible senior staff.