Cecilia Yau, CPA and CISA

Andover, Massachusetts

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SUMMARY

CPA and CISA professional with supervisory experience and multi-faceted accounting experience in banking, healthcare, distribution, and manufacturing. Varied work experience in complex projects within auditing, compliance, financial reporting, corporate, and operational accounting. Proven ability of working across different functions. Strong believer in the need to always expand skillset, evolve to improve oneself and processes reviewed. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Visio, Great Plains, Peoplesoft, Highbond, and SAP.

CAREER

CBIZ INCORPORATED, Chicago, IL 2021-Oct’23

Audit Manager

Oversee SOX (Manufacturing) and Banking Regulatory Compliance engagements

Business Advisor to clients

Completed new business proposals and review of Master Service Agreements

Coaching, leading, and recruiting of audit personnel

Conducted ITGC and IT application testing

SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITY LAB, Chicago, IL 2020-2021

Lead Internal Auditor and Revenue Cycle Lead

Managed the entire close and reporting process in revenue accounting

Provided direct assistance to Deloitte & Touche on compliance and year-end audits

Identified and resolved financial and IT issues in the area

Engagement with IT and Revenue Cycle Operations to identify and correct issues

Analyzed and managed close on Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance revenue

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES, Riverwoods, IL 2017-2019

Senior Compliance Tester

Performed and executed Compliance Testing (AML, OFAC, ECOA, FCRA, HMDA, Privacy, Security Breach, Escheatment, MLA, SCRA)

Identified a Tier one SCRA regulatory violation, which was acknowledged and recognized in the Town hall meeting

Identified instances of inaccurate HMDA LAR reporting which led to a multi-department effort towards LAR reporting accuracy

Identified instances of control weakness over loan applications and the untimely dissemination of disclosures to consumers

EDUCATION & TRAINING

B.S., Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

Self-study in using Python

Comfortable with weaving data analytics into audit projects

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Conversational Mandarin and Cantonese

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