Information Technology Management

Qualifications Summary

. More than three years' professional experience in IT, Financial,

Operational, and Security Audits.

. Core expertise in planning, executing and managing Business Process

Reviews, ITGC/Business process SOX audits, Application Control

Reviews, Financial and Operational audits, with prior experience from

a Big 4 professional services firm.

. Excellent knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley and COSO/COBIT framework.

. Excellent knowledge of AS400, IT Projects Audit, PCI Compliance audit.

. Team player with good inter-personal, verbal, and written

communication skills.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Jos A Bank Clothiers LLC - Hampstead, MD

April 2013 - Present

Internal Controls Auditor

. Identified, evaluated, and audited IT general controls (ITGC).

ITGC domains tested include Logical/Physical security, security

administration, program changes and computer operations.

. Managed all phases of various IT, Financial and Operational

audits including audit planning, audit program development,

draft report preparation, corrective-action follow-up and

time/budget resource allocation.

. Profound understanding of internal control concepts and

experience in applying them to plan, perform, manage and report

on the evaluation of various business processes/areas/functions.

. Created process flow diagrams to document various business

processes using MS-Visio

. Inventory reconciliation for company's Distribution Centers

-Verifying the physical inventory with book balances.

. Served as a point of contact for external auditors while they

performed Application controls and ITGC reviews to ensure timely

completion of projects.

. Conducted the inspection of Data centers to ensure that

environmental/physical security controls exist and function as

intended by management.

. Worked with various business units such as treasury, human

resources and legal in order to ensure compliance with legal

regulatory guidelines.

. Created and maintained Issues Log throughout the duration of the

audit.

. Performed post-audit reviews to determine compliance with audit

recommendations.

. Prepared and presented reports and recommended corrective

actions to audit committee.

. Reviewed business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

. Assessed company's internal controls to ensure that the control

objectives are properly designed as related to management

assertions, and are adequately mapped to overall corporate

business strategy.

. Performed and prepared adequate documentation of the Business

process review of the sales and revenue, purchasing through to

payables, payroll and inventory process cycles using a risk and

control matrix, flowcharts and process mapping.

Price Waterhouse Coopers LLC (PwC) - Florham Park, NJ

February 2012 - April 2013

IT Auditor

Colgate-Palmolive

. Developed audit programs, work paper documentation, lead all

phases of audit engagement activities such as entrance, interim,

roll forward and exit conferences.

. Conducted risk based audit approach for determining Audit Scope,

Audit Universe, Materiality and Compensating Controls.

. Analyzed, evaluated, and communicated IT control effectiveness /

ineffectiveness to senior management.

. Managed various Business and IT General Controls SOX (logical

and physical security; program changes; and computer operations

reviews) engagements for various domestic (US) and international

locations.

. Performed audits including review of various Financial, Business

Process and IT General Controls.

. Performed internal and external IT risk assessments, conducted

gap analysis against industry standards, and provided

recommendations on mitigation options.

. Tightened controls by analyzing prior audit results to pinpoint

the areas of deficiency.

Other Clients (Atlas Air, International Flavor and Fragrances, Weight

Watchers International Inc)

. Assessed clients' controls to ensure that the objectives are

properly designed as related to management assertions, and are

adequately mapped to overall corporate business strategy.

. Developed Audit Planning memo using Risk Based approach to scope

the yearly audit.

. Performed and reviewed IT General Control walk-through and

testing.

. Reviewed incident ticket severity levels (high, medium and low)

for compliance with the agreed upon Service Level Agreement

(SLA).

. Performed security and access controls review, which included

logical access, security administration, program changes,

operating system and database reviews.

. Lead the review and evaluation of the purchasing through to

payables business process through conduct of interviews, review

of process procedural documentation and walkthrough of business

process with key client personnel.

. Conducted Audit interviews and assignments, reviewed work papers

and reports, documented and analyzed Audit evidence.

Ernst and Young LLC (E&Y) - 5 Times Square, Manhattan, NY

September 2010 - February 2012

Consultant

Walt Disney World

. Created project scope initiation, planning, definition,

verification documents and implemented formal change control.

. Responsibilities included keeping track of the following:

Project Scope, Budget v/s Actual (BvA), Procurement,

Communication, Risk and Deliverables.

. Excelled in time management and team work to meet deadlines.

. In change management, verified compliance with version controls,

notification, escalation, emergency access to production

procedure and approvals for IT and business initiated change

requests.

. Responsibilities included assessment of information technology

internal controls based upon the CobiT framework: IT general and

application controls, information security, systems development,

change management, computer operations, risk management, SAS 70

assessments and regulatory compliance.

Other Clients (Warner Music Group, Inc, DSM Nutrition, Link Theory,

Time Warner Inc)

. Planned and directed audits related to companies policies,

procedures, IT systems and business processes.

. Worked with various business units such as treasury, human

resources and legal in order to ensure compliance with legal

regulatory guidelines

. Performed CAAT on depreciation using an ACL 9 Script.

Keane Inc - Gurgaon

July 2005 - December 2007

Jr. Business Analyst (BA)

. Involved with end user meeting to get requirements for new builds,

enhancements of the existing system

. Grouped requirements and legal entities to identify business

functionality, requirement, process information and flow

. Prepared Business Requirements Documentation in the form of AUC

(Application Use Case) including Business Rules, Use case,

Activity, Statechart and Sequence diagrams to analyze the system

using UML

. Coordinated daily team activities to ensure timelines are met

and prepared reports on the progress of assigned tasks

. Extensively used Excel functions in development, focusing on

read/write integration to databases

. Conducted GAP analysis to access the compatibility of existing

system infrastructure with new business requirement

. Participated in the bug review meetings, updated requirement document

as per business user feedback

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: SQL, HTML, XML

Application Software: MS Office Suite, MS Project, Photoshop and Visual

Studio

Languages Workflow Tools: MS Visio

Databases: DB2, MS-Access, SQL Server 2008

education

University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

Masters of Science, Information Technology (July/2010 / GPA: 3.5)

Masters of Business Administration, Accounting and Information Technology

(December/2009 / GPA: 3.6)

University of Rajasthan, India

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, (June/2005/Class standing:

Top 1%, University standing: Top 10%)

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