Scott Featherston, Cisa Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

• Head of Internal Audit and Finance Applications reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer.- 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 -
• Provide the Audit Committee with financial and operational risk insights and analysis along with quarterly updates on audit engagement status and findings.
• Prepare and oversee the execution of the annual audit plan, including planning, fieldwork, and reporting, to ensure proper review of risk areas timely.
• Educate leaders within the organization on the value and appropriateness of controls to manage risk and achieve organizational goals.
• Drive risk and SOX readiness assessments for the launch of new products and buying programs.
• Manage internal (co-source) and external partners to complete audit engagements timely.

San Francisco, California, United States

• Head of Internal Audit and Finance Applications reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer.- 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 -
• Lead the risk management effort during the transformation from a subscription to consumption based business.
• Manage a team of business process and IT risk professionals supporting financial and operational audits.
• Designed automated data analysis tools to replace manual reconciliations.
• Guided the company through SOC 1 report readiness process.
• Implemented enterprise wide governance to ensure financial risks from the use of technology are mitigated.- 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 -

San Francisco, California

• 𝗜𝗧 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴-
• Own the IT side of all things SOX, including the management of co-sourced internal audit.
• Built and coached a team of IT risk professionals to support the financial risk needs of a growth technology company.-𝗜𝗧 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀-
• Built a team of IT professionals providing support and optimizing the performance of core financial applications.
• Implemented cloud solutions to automate and reduce friction within finance related processes.
• Implemented a second set of accounting books to enable financial reporting in functional currency (as opposed to consolidating subsidiaries in local currencies).

San Francisco, California

San Francisco

• 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:
• Managed teams executing client services and deliverables.
• Developed business plans and forecasts for internal departments.
• Increased sales by identifying and targeting emerging industry sub-sectors.𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆:
• PeopleSoft 9.2 Implementation: GL operations, GL security, UAT, and post production support.
• General ledger integration services supporting the acquisition of a US regional bank by a foreign bank.

California State University, Chico

• Master Accounting Tutor
• Lead training for other tutors
• Mentor less experienced tutors