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 Led a team of Associate Solution Architects, Solution Architects, and Senior Solution Architects. Managed team development to ensure quality of work, while fostering growth and development of individual contributors, including in line and frontline management promotions. Led hiring process to review, interview, offer, and onboard new team members..

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas

• Delivered process improvements to large retail client during risk assessment to prevent further gaps, risks, etc. in the control environment.
• Executed SOX readiness assessments for new control environments to determine preparedness for external audit activities.
• Performed impact analysis for control deficiencies and gaps and identified possible mitigating controls or procedures to cover financial risks.
• Planned and executed testing for integrated audits focusing on IT controls, interfaces, and system generated reports.
• Supervised up to five (5) staff level associates at a given time as part of engagement execution
• Experience with large Oil & Gas, Retail, and Industrial Services clients utilizing major ERP systems.

Houston, Texas Area

• Executed IT risk testing and review over system implementation and program development activities,focusing on data conversion practices, logical access design, key report validation, controldocumentation, cutover.
• Executed IT risk analysis exercises to identify current controls, gaps, and improvement opportunities(configuration and process based) for a variety of financial systems.
• Executed walkthroughs over finance, procurement, HR, and inventory processes as part of integratedaudits to identify possible improvement opportunities and key performance indicators.
• Executed business-level and general IT controls testing including testing over segregation of duties,logical access controls, and change management.

The Woodlands, TX

• Accelerated the upgrade of the Legal Matter Management System
• Prepared and migrated legacy data for MMS upload
• Developed a SharePoint solution for MMS issue reporting
• Identified data quality issues within legacy system
• Helped facilitate legal department’s transition to electronic filing
• Readied department employees for application of email retention policy