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.• Oversee Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.• Member of the Disclosures Committee ensuring complete and accurate financial statement disclosures.- 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 -• Manage a team of business system analysts and consultants to support and optimize core financial applications and processes.• Design dynamic billing solutions to support custom enterprise deals.• Automate manual accounting processes.• Technical owner of ERP, procurement, expense, and cash application systems.

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 -• Redesigned Chart of Accounts and general ledger segmentation.• Designed and implemented procurement processes based on delegation of authority.• Designed enhanced reporting capabilities for FP&A and Procurement to enable on demand management views of expenditures.

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.• FP&A target operating model assessment.𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆:• Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) platform integration: CCH TeamMate – TeamRisk.• IT project manager responsible for migrating anti-money-laundering systems. Areas of focus included system functionality, performance, and change management.• Evaluated and enhanced the effectiveness of risk management, internal controls, and governance processes across business and IT processes.𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲:• Performed audits of financial statements (both substantive and risk based audits).• Performed IT audits.• Performed Service Organization Control (SOC) Report services in accordance with SSAE 16.

California State University, Chico

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