Vikas Ojha, CPA (US), CMA (US), CIA, CISA

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Over 15 years of professional experience with broad exposure to areas of internal, operational risk management and governance frameworks

Expert in evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls (e.g. SOX/NI 52-109), from a financial, compliance, and operational perspective in large organizations

Experience with independently managing Internal Audit and SOX compliance projects in technology, manufacturing, retail, banking and media sectors

Proficient in scoping and planning, process documentation, risk assessment, testing of control effectiveness and suggesting cost effective remediation (process and entity level controls)

Thorough knowledge and hands-on experience with deficiency management process including identification, root cause and effect analysis, remediation and tracking

Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills. Highly organized with managing projects, people and expectations in the area of finance and business transformation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates October 2018 – Current Senior Manager, Audit and Risk

Responsible for the ERM, Internal Audit and SOX compliance at MDA Corporation (a former subsidiary of Maxar Technologies), previously reporting to Senior Director of Internal Audit based in Denver, Colorado. MDA is Canada’s leading space and technology company with over 3,500 employees and 14-locations across North- America. It is celebrated for manufacturing the Canadarm for the International Space Station. Key responsibilities include:

First successful completion of SOX certifications for all MDA locations as per U.S. SOX requirements. o Effectively managed this challenging project with numerous controls and delays in testing, by leading with SOX Compliance team, external auditors, and other senior management. o Successful coordination with internal Business Owners, third-party advisory group, and internal compliance team resulted in developing new controls, improvements to the standard business processes, and control environment regarding SOX compliance.

Instrumental in executing large portions of audit field work and creating audit findings reports for Project Execution Audit, Anti Bribery, Anti-Corruption and other internal audit subjects.

Led successful assignment at Management’s request for Accounting Control improvement at location Paulo Alto, California, and Fraud detection of $ 74 M in accounts payable at Montreal location. It also involved review of system integrity of INFOR LN regarding accounting ledger and sub- ledger postings.

Currently leading taskforces on Enterprise risk Management to update the risk universe and implement new risk guidelines for management and on COVID-19 response, including employment claims processing on behalf of MDA with Canadian Federal Government, representing multiple groups such as Human Resources, Information Technology, and Finance

Martinrea International January 2018 – September 2018 Senior Consultant, Internal Audit and SOX Compliance A member of Internal Audit team, reporting directly to the Chief Internal Auditor. Responsible to conduct internal and operational audits, and SOX compliance by evaluating the controls and efficacy regarding ICFR. The company has ~14,000 employees and ~50 manufacturing plants globally. Key responsibilities included:

Conducting successful operational audit of production, inventory, logistics and testing of SOX 404/NI 52- 109 for Arteaga, Saltio-1 and Saltio -2 plants, and Corporate Mexico Office

Performed internal audit at Jonesville manufacturing unit in Michigan along with KPMG team.

Led testing team to conduct SOX documentation and testing at various locations and for corporate office in Canada.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) May 2005 – September 2017 Director, Internal Control and Business Processes January 2015 – September 2017 A key member of the finance team, reporting to Senior Director, Finance with responsibility of development, implementation and oversight of risk and compliance programs and contributing to the implementation of corporate infrastructure and systems projects. Successfully helped CBC transition to revised COSO 2013 internal control framework as member of Corporate Finance team and played lead role in the design and operational effectiveness testing of controls. Key responsibilities included:

Mapping of 17 COSO principles to the organizational controls and validation with process/control owners

Performed maturity assessment of COSO principles and discussed measures process owners to improve them. Performed fraud risk assessment in conjunction with control owners.

Design and operational effectiveness assessment of controls (business process controls, automated controls)

Handled deficiency management process including liaison, communication and deficiency remediation

Conducted governance meetings with senior leadership to calibrate and review key risks, action plans and ongoing risk direction

Partnered with Deloitte as a member of finance transformation team, in mapping current and future state regarding processes, people and system to reduce the manual intervention in preparation of financial reports. Participated in vendor selection for SAP replacement project to reduce the cost of ERP upgrade. Senior Manager, Governance and Internal Controls November 2009 – December 2014 A Senior member of Finance (Business Process Office), reporting to the Senior Director with overall responsibility of managing and supervising internal control reviews, business process assessments and providing advisory and risk assurance to various projects.

Independently handled design and operating effectiveness assessment of SOX controls and relevant reports

(IPEs) for internal control compliance. Key responsibilities included;

Documenting business process flowcharts and creating risk and control matrix

Understand the process/controls to scope-in relevant reports through process review and walkthrough with business and IT staff

Discuss gaps, identify remediation, and suggest process improvement measures and follow-up on deficiencies and re-assessment of remediated controls

Implemented Internal Control Framework COSO 2013 for starting CBC Radio-2 with a revenue of $60 million covering operations, bookings, broadcast, finance, billing and inventory management and played lead role in the design and effectiveness testing of controls

Completed the documentation and testing Radio 2 project in record time of two weeks and received clearance from Deloitte’s team without any audit observation

Participated in the development and post- system to increase the automation of sub-licensing contract management by 60% in the capture, store, share and reporting for 100 plus employees of Revenue division and more than five thousand renewable contracts worth up to $100 million. Manager, Internal Controls May 2005 – October 2009 Reporting to the Director of Internal Controls, responsible for coordinating and actively participating in the Sarbanes – Oxley (SOX) compliance program. Also conducted IT risk assessments and assisted with identification and implementation of IT internal controls.

Member of English Services team in the designing, documenting, and implementing phases of the ICFR certification as a member of the Corporate Internal Controls team

Performed detailed walk-through reviews, documented business system processes and procedures using numerous frameworks (COSO, COBIT, etc.) to identify risks and provide advice on risk mitigation

Managed end to end test life cycle -planning, execution, reporting and follow-up with stakeholders

Developed testing procedures, and conducted Section 404 for SOX testing

Identified and documented general and application risks and controls via process narratives, risk & control matrix (RCM), and flowcharts

BMO Financial Group April 2004 – April 2005

Senior Consultant, Sarbanes-Oxley Project

Conducted financial and operational review of Investment Banking Group for Section 404 SOX compliance

Performed risk assessment, identification and testing of the internal controls for design and operational effectiveness

Evaluated and tested the BCP related controls for continuity of trade settlement processes

Documented in detail the middle and back office operations of trade settlements worth $70 B. per day at Bank of Montreal & Nesbitt Burns’ Foreign Exchange and Treasury Operations in Canada RBC Financial Group September 2003 – March 2004

Senior Consultant, Sarbanes-Oxley Project

Responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and compliance for non-interest payment expenses

Documented, evaluated and assessed internal controls at both the process and application levels

Worked as an expert in Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and compliance for IT and Financial Controls

Analyzed, evaluated and assessed internal control gaps per COSO and CoBIT frameworks EDUCATION

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - 2003 AICPA, State of Colorado, USA Certified Management Accountant (CMA) - 2004 Institute of Management Accountants, NJ, USA Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - 2005 The Institute of Internal Auditors, USA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) - 2006 ISACA, USA

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