Nick Marko Email & Phone Number

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

• Participated on CAS team that elevated Internal Audit’s External OCC Regulatory Rating from “Weak” in 2012 to “Strong” in 2020.
• Managed two direct reports in this position. Active mentor to four TCF employees.
• Served as the CAS business auditor subject matter expert (SME) for various TCF/Chemical Merger of Equals Legal Day One (LD1) and Systems Day One (SD1) audits and projects. o SD1 Wave 3 – Regional Banking Team Lead.
• Participate in TCF Capital Solutions merger and acquisition due diligence projects related to individual portfolios and entire businesses. These engagements require out-of-the-box thinking to creatively challenge.
• Serve as the CAS stakeholder in various collaborative, special request consulting projects for Consumer/Residential Lending Leadership from 2013 to present. Projects range from data integrity and key analytical.
• Nominated and selected to be a TCF Transformation Ambassador in January 2021 – this is a group of 21 rising leaders across TCF empowered to drive meaningful change.

• Served as CAS Data Analytic Architecture SME from 2016 through 2019. Drove the utilization of data analytics, visualization, and benchmarking within CAS' audit process through the buildout of continuous assurance.
• Led a key 2018 audit over TCF’s acquisition of Rubicon Mortgage LLC and the subsequent TCF Home Loans onboarding integration. Assessed business processes and core loan origination system integration.
• Partnered with Consumer Banking Management to perform a 2018 Gateway One Lending and Finance Change Management Review over TCF's Gateway indirect auto finance divestiture. Validated transition activities from key.
• Led a key 2014 Retail Lending Accounting and Reporting Audit where numerous data, reporting, and scalability issues were identified – prompted our team’s participation in a special project to identify applicable root.
• In-charged CAS’ first-time full-scope 2013 Gateway Integrated Business and IT Audit (3000 hours), supervising nine CAS and co-source staff - identified constructive control issues and process improvement opportunities..
• Performed two CAS Lean Processing engagements related to CAS onboarding and recruiting, leveraging the DMAIC process and Kaizen events.

• Lead a Datacenter Security Review and planning for SOX 404 year-end testing for large clients in the Finance and Manufacturing Industries - acting as firm point of contact.
• Executed engagement planning for all 2010 IA projects and assisted with budgeting at a large healthcare client.
• Performed SOX 404, SSAE 18 (formerly SAS 70), and IT General Control SOX testing in the healthcare insurance, manufacturing, finance, retail, and Defense Contractor industries.
• Performed sample selections, planned and conducted audit procedures, and coordinated with client process owners to complete audit fieldwork.
• Conducted interviews with client corporate leadership, documenting client business processes via MS Visio, or via narrative in MS Word, and advised clients about possible process improvements.
• Developed interpersonal communication skills, critical thinking skills, and ability to multitask through proactively working with multiple engagement teams and client representatives to complete assigned projects.

• Crafted and presented the new Client Data Collection Template to Senior Management.
• Completed client work for nationally renowned hospitals like Evanston Northwestern and Texas Children’s, developing an aptitude in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Participated in client relations, data collection, and analysis for the nationally recognized 2008 IHS Medical Director Survey.
• Individually constructed the new Trauma Call Survey published early in 2008.
• Reconfigured all client data files, promoting ease of search.