Sheryl Benedict Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Swindon, Wiltshire, Gb

• Lead assessor in managing and providing various consulting/professional services which include PCI DSS assessments (Level 1 ROCs, SAQs), GAP assessments, IR tabletop exercises, and other services.• Served as a subject matter expert for clients providing actionable guidance to improve their compliance posture and remediate any compliance gaps.• Managed any unexpected engagement issues, working with the team to escalate early.• Performed numerous PCI DSS technical QA peer reviews.• Identified cross-sell opportunities within customer organizations, and referral of new prospective clients.• Provided guidance and assistance for other colleagues as necessary.• Speaker at the 2021 PCI SSC North America Community Meeting and 2022 PCI SSC Europe Community Meeting.• Participated and provided content for multiple PCI SSC Special Interest Groups including “Containers and Container Orchestration” and “Scoping and Segmentation for Modern Network Architectures.”

• Experienced in managing and providing various consulting/professional services which include PCI DSS assessments, SOC reporting, SOX, technical security assessments, ISO risk assessments, ACAB, HIPAA, HITECH, FISMA, framework assessments, etc.• Managed less experienced staff and seniors to demonstrate leadership capabilities and provided oversight of their daily responsibilities, including coaching.• Performed Current State Risk Assessments against ISO, HIPAA, HITECH frameworks.• Served as a subject matter expert providing remediation guidance for our clients.• Consulted with clients on specific recommendations for their business, technical and compliance reviews.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

• Responsible for PCI Compliance across BSA and BATO LA, completion of Self Assessment Questionnaires, PCI readiness assessments, etc.• Collaborate with Internal Audit, External Auditors and the Bridgestone IT community to ensure compliance with PCI, JSOX and other regulations, Infrastructure Security Audits, Cloud Computing, Vendor Management and review of Contracts, and make recommendations on remediation solutions or compensating controls to align with best practices.• Assist with the coordination of audits, track corrections and reporting to management on progress with audit exceptions for Bridgestone Americas (BSAM) and its subsidiaries throughout the US and International locations.• Provide assistance with special projects as needed to support the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) department objectives.

Nashville, Tn, Us

• Supporting the company’s SOX 404 IT compliance, Internal Audit and Advisory activities.• Created IT Control cross-walks across various compliance regulations (e.g. SOX, CMS, NIST (800-53), PCI, HITECH and COBIT).• Created an Internal Audit SOC Type I report for one of Emdeon's business lines.• Completed special projects as needed to support the IT Audit objectives.

Worldwide, Oo

Electronic Discovery - Forensic and Analytic Technology• Generated 1.1M in processing revenue for the EDSC Center in one month’s time for a given project. My team’s revenue consistently outperforms others.• Continually receive accolades from management recognizing performance.• Responsible for managing team members to ensure that daily tasks and projects are met and assist with data processing.• Reviewed productions and processed data to improve quality using Aungate, Clearwell, Relativity and eCapture software.• Performed statistical analysis to identify and select sample sets for Quality Assurance.• Made improvements to simplify internal processes while still providing a quality end product.• Performed data analysis to identify errors in client data and software.• Trained team members to check data and identify errors through the E-Discovery process.• Created SQL Server scripts to automate data integrity checks.• Used SQL Server to write queries to verify client reports.• Reviewed SQL scripts with team members teaching them how to run queries and confirm that the logic is sound when working with custom scripts.• Taught team members how to use Concordance and IPRO software to review productions.• Managed team workload to ensure deadlines were met.• Participated in software development testing, user acceptance testing, and served as one of the ambassador leads for new project development rollouts.• Certified Clearwell Administrator.

Chicago, Il, Us

• A proven leader with the ability to motivate others to perform at higher levels of productivity.• Demonstrated effective project management through my ability to perform an audit from start to finish. This included; but, was not limited to supervising staff/seniors, meeting deadlines, prioritizing multiple engagements, managed priorities, and prepared timely updates of project status without incurring unnecessary hours and expenses.• Ability to work effectively both independently and within audit teams. Proven ability to work effectively with all levels of client management and consultants. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate audit findings to management.• Was assigned to the top Fortune 1000 clients including International subsidiaries performing Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance reviews, IT audits or SAS70s providing value added recommendations to clients within Automotive, Computers, Education, Entertainment, Financial Services, Food Services, Governmental, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail, Travel, and other related service industries.• Understood information processing/technology risk, performed audits of IT processes, Business Processes, ERP applications, networks, and platforms to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of IT controls and provided recommendations for the correction of weaknesses, non-compliance with corporate IT policies and procedures, segregation of duties, and improvement of operations.• Performed audit sampling and extensive data analytics through the use of IDEA and Microsoft Access software.• Trained new employees on client and documentation procedures.

Toronto, On, Ca

• Managed Fortune 500 client project to ensure that project timelines and quality workpaper standards were met across the international team and that project status was properly communicated to the client and project management.• Effective project management skills, which included supervising staff/seniors, meeting deadlines, prioritizing multiple engagements, and managed priorities.• Evaluated IT control processes for IT Governance, Systems Development and Change Management, Backup and Recovery, Physical and Environmental Security, Application Security, Network and Platform Security for Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance and Internal Audit co-sourcing services.• Reviewed and tested the design of business process controls of SAP R/3 system including the Finance (FI), Controlling (CO), Asset Accounting (AA), Materials Management (MM), Accounts Payable (AP), and Accounts Receivable (AR) modules for Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance and performed detailed segregation of duties review.• Provided assistance with proposal efforts and referred prospective client lead to management to propose services in the area of a Fraud Monitoring Program.• Awarded “Exceptional SOX Team Leader” for a Fortune 500 international organization.

Woodland Hills, Ca, Us

• Documented process flows, control objectives and test plans for the SAP system, Auto Policy Processing System, and Homeowners Policy Processing System for Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance.• Led audit of Employee Bonus Program and provided internal control recommendations to management.

Us

• Performed audits in Remote Access, Fraud Investigation, Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption providing recommendations to senior management.• Assisted external auditors with annual confirmations of accounts.• Developed Microsoft Access Questionnaire for Thrift Financial Reporting Audit.

• Played a key role in the design, business analysis and implementation of custom software packages and reports for the company’s primary client base within Clothing Distribution, Commercial Real Estate, and Electrical Distribution industries using Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Crystal Reports and RoboHelp to create user manuals.• Provided training, help desk support, and quality assurance services to clients.• Played a key role in the design and development of a Client/Server 3-tier application with Lawson Accounting software package integration for Colliers Seeley.

New Castle, De, Us

• Developed Microsoft Access Inventory Control Management System.• Developed Microsoft Excel Inventory Control reporting application for management.• Troubleshooted computer systems and networks.

Cis, Application Development, Is Audit

Master Of Science (M.S.), Information Security And Assurance / Cybersecurity And Information Assurance (In Process)