Management Manager

Jacqueline Marsh - Benson

**** **** ***** *****, **********, NJ 08536

Home 609-***-**** / Mobile 516-***-****

E-mail - *********@***.***

PROFILE

Over ten years experience in Auditing with over five solid years of

Sarbanes Oxley 404/302 Compliance in the following industries: Energy

Markets, Telecommunication, Financial Services, Insurance and Banking for

Fortune 500 and Mid size companies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

7/2011-Present Health Partners - Philadelphia, PA

Program Manager Internal Audit - Model Audit Rule Compliance - MAR

. Project Manage annual Model Audit Rule Program and coordinate program

deliverables and timelines.

. Plan and perform annual risk assessment, identify areas in scope,

determine planned approach and coordinate with MAR process owners and

external auditors.

. Monitor quarterly attestation and facilitate completion of the process

owner internal control questionnaire; communicate completions and

internal control issues to office of the CEO and CFO.

. Update process documentation - narrative, risk matrix, test plans and

audit report of findings.

. Manage collaborative relationships with Consultant testers, external

auditors, IT and process owners.

6/2007-7/2011 Hess Corporation - Woodbridge, NJ

Sr. Analyst - Sarbanes Oxley Compliance, Policy and Reporting

. Oversight and management over SOX 404 and 302 Compliance Program for Hess

Marketing & Refining and Corporate businesses.

. Maintain SOX 404 documentation, including narratives, control

descriptions, risk control matrices, test plans, test results, exception

logs and remediation documentation.

. Present to senior and executive level management control deficiencies and

remediation steps.

. Provide recommendations for control process improvement opportunities.

. Coordinate and manage staffing and budget for outside consultant

resources.

. Assist in the pro forma and preparation of the quarterly earnings release

and conference call book.

. Coordinate SEC disclosures for 10Q and 10K external reporting.

. Able to develop solid working relationships with all levels of management

while maintaining independence from the business groups.

. Coordinate with internal and external auditors regarding SOX compliance,

testing, walkthroughs and issue resolution.

. Coordinate External Auditor requests for quarterly and year end testing

and sign off over Hess internal controls and financial statements.

8/2005 - 6/2007 First Data Corporation - Melville, NY

Assistant Manager - Sarbanes Oxley

. Assist Management in identifying financial processes and internal

controls that are required for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of

2002.

. Conduct bi-annual Sox Compliance testing in accordance with Generally

Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP and FASB to provide assurances

regarding the accuracy of all transactions posted to the general ledger

and reflected in the corporate financial statements.

. Perform quarterly and annual scoping exercise to identify significant

financial accounts in scope.

. Lead meetings and workshops with the Business Unit Process Owners in

developing supporting process documentation for 112 identified risk rated

processes.

. Responsible for coordinating and implementing quarterly review and

maintenance of process documents.

. Updating the existing documentation for changes in processes and noting

the controls identified, including preparing controls documentation,

flowcharts and policies and procedures.

. Perform internal control testing including the review of internal control

testing performed by the Business Unit designees and outside consultants.

. Coordinate and perform remediation testing for Control Objective

Breakdowns identified during Sarbanes Testing.

. Work with the Process Owners and Sarbanes Director to develop and

strengthen areas of control weakness and/or deficiency.

. Present to Senior Management, as well as, the External Auditors results

of project completed (e.g., Annual Process Risk Assessment, Reliance and

Integrity of System Based Key Controls)

. Assist in the implementation and integration from prior Sox Systems to

Open Pages (Sox Express) data repository.

. Develop and coordinate Sox Express training sessions for new Process

Owners and designees.

7/2001 - 7/2005 Verizon Communications Headquarters, NY

Internal Auditor - Staff (2001-2002) / Senior (2002 - 2005)

. Actively engaged in financial and operational internal audits/reviews for

Verizon Domestic Telecom and Domestic Wireless, obtaining

effective/strong post-audit evaluations.

. Develop an in-depth understanding of the function to be audited, and use

business

Knowledge, analytical skills and experience in identifying control

risks to improve efficiencies.

. Sarbanes Oxley 404 comprehension and application to current financial

impacting audits; Conduct client key control reviews, process walk-

throughs and focused audit testing; Maintain clear and well documented

work papers for External Audit for testing reliance.

. Consolidate issues for management level reviews, developing clear and

concise written recommendations, which require minimal editing.

. Present recommendations and assist management with the development of

action plans.

. Project Manage routine audits and complete special projects as required.

. Establish positive relationships with mid-senior level management.

. Also, assists in orienting new team members within the Internal Audit

Department.

10/2000 - 7/2001 The Robert Plan Corporation of New York

Internal Auditor - Staff

. Conducted financial, operational and regulatory audits of internal

procedures and controls for an Insurance Company.

. Audited various departments within the company to verify adherence to

State Insurance Regulations 64 and 68, as well as, Accounting and Audit

standards such as GAAP and STAT.

. Prepared clear and concise work papers and written reports of

observations to management.

. Assisted External Auditors with MIS Business Risk Review.

. Assisted External Auditors in the preparation of the year-end financial

reporting.

. Trained and supervised Assistant Auditors in insurance practices and

regulations to ensure assignments are adequately performed

4/99-10/2000 The Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB

Corporate Auditor -Staff

. Conducted financial, operational and regulatory audits

. Streamlined Regulatory Audit Plan to review high level areas of risk

in all branches with

regard to accountability of bank personnel to account for all daily

transactions as well as, authorized signoff of teller work for daily

transactions.

. Audited Financial Departments within the bank to verify adherence to Bank

regulations, as well as, Accounting and Audit standards such as FASB and

GAAP

. Conducted all phases of audit process from planning to the development of

audit reports

. Assisted with 10k and 10Q financial reporting.

EDUCATION

Post Master's Certificate, Information Systems, Dowling College, Oakdale,

NY - May 2004

MBA Banking and Finance, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY - May 1999

BA Communications, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY - May 1991

CERTIFICATE

Corporate Governance - Tulane University Law School / Bisk University

Computer Skills

. Financial Systems - Hyperion, Oracle 11i and SAP

. Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

. Work paper Databases - Open Pages, Sox Express, Auditor Assistant and

Share point

. Lotus Notes and MS Outlook

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