It Auditor Senior
Resume:
Darryl U. Gordon
Atlanta, GA ***** ******.*.******@*****.***
404-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/darrylgordon
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Accomplished Senior Auditor with career success in developing financial and operational audit reviews. Implements strategies, processes, and controls that improve profit and loss scenarios in industries such as financial services, payment processing, government, insurance, transportation, technology, banking, food & beverage, manufacturing, healthcare, entertainment, media, and public accounting. Contribute expertise in annual compliance audits, general ledger accounting, cash management, restructuring analyses, cost containment reporting, forensic accounting, bankruptcy, and litigation reviews.
SKILLS
●Sarbanes-Oxley 302/404/AS5
●SOC 2 & SOC 1
●Policy and Procedure Implementation
●IT General Controls
●Month-end Closing
●Budgeting, Forecasting & Cost Management
●Project Management
●Corporate & Investment Finance
●Forensic Accounting
●Financial System Conversions
EXPERIENCE
Opusing, LLC – Atlanta, GA 3/2022 – 3/2023
Senior Auditor / Consultant (United Parcel Services)
●Conduct interviews and walkthroughs of processes and key controls.
●Document processes and controls to ensure quality action plans address root causes of audit findings.
●Provide proper documentation of testing and audit findings.
●Develop audit strategies and test plans.
●Completes testing and reviews the testing of other auditors.
Resources Global Professionals – Atlanta, GA 4/2021 - 3/2022
Senior IT Auditor / Consultant (SunTrust)
●Prepared for and lead effective client interviews and document interview results via narratives and flow-charts.
●Analyzed process documentation to evaluate design effectiveness and efficiency of controls.
●Evaluated the adequacy and test effectiveness of IT internal controls, compliance with company IT policies and regulatory requirements, and identify opportunities for process improvements.
●Identified internal controls weaknesses, including risks, and root cause.
●Knowledge of the organization, operations, policies and procedures under which the business unit operates.
●Created workpapers in-line with client’s Audit Services procedures and documentation requirements.
GLOBAL PAYMENTS (merged with Total System Services) – Atlanta, GA 9/2019 – 2/2021
TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, Inc. (TSYS) – Columbus, GA 1/2011 – 9/2019
Senior IT Auditor - Audit Services Group
●Evaluated IT general controls design, implementation, and operating effectiveness to support SOX and SOC reports.
●Executed IT Audits, including walkthroughs, IT general controls (ITGC) and IT application control (ITAC), and key report testing.
●Evaluated the adequacy and test effectiveness of IT internal controls, compliance with company IT policies and regulatory requirements, and identify opportunities for process improvements.
●Assess the design and effectiveness of control areas across multiple technology platforms (i.e. application, database, operating system, and network infrastructure, etc.)
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Capital Advantage, LLC – Atlanta, GA 3/2009 – 12/2010
Senior Auditor, Finance, IT & GRC – Consultant
●Contributed to audits to identify value-added opportunities that impact key performance measures, improve processes, strengthen internal controls and ensure compliance with Company policies.
●Planned and conducted operational, compliance and financial audit and advisory engagement projects of domestic and international operations.
● Audited Information Technology controls related to SOX compliance. Evaluated risk management controls and audited IT Operations compliance with internal controls and external audit requirements.
Eclipsys Corporation – Atlanta, GA 1/2008 – 3/2009
Senior Corporate Auditor
●Participated in the annual audit plan and related risk assessments.
●Provided subject matter expertise for assigned geography for both IT and corporate functions.
●Reviewed internal control documentation, evaluated adequacy and effectiveness of controls to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Section 404, SOP 97-2 and SAS-70 for government, healthcare, healthcare-IT, technology, telecommunication, and internet provider industries.
Capital Advantage, LLC – Atlanta, GA 10/2003 – 1/2008
Senior Auditor, Finance, IT & GRC – Consultant
●Determined root cause(s) for raised issues, developed practical solutions and value-added recommendations, and concluded as to the effectiveness and efficiency of overall controls and business practices.
●Reviewed audit universe for inclusion or exclusion of new entities, risk evaluations, coordinating with business groups involved in SOX-related risk assessment activities.
●Performed IT, COBIT, CAATS, and RAS audits and process reviews to identify opportunities where enhancements to internal controls can be cost-effectively achieved through infrastructure, system, operational, and process risk mitigation/control activities.
Lucent Technologies, Inc. – Atlanta, GA 1/2000 – 9/2003
Internal Audit Manager
●Provided trend analysis and operational and financial insights to assess risk, plan, and execute audits.
●Tested logical access, change management, and Periodic Access Review (PAR) with exposure to system security packages (RACF) obtained from the AS/400 server.
●Developed audit working papers according to departmental standards and completed audit work to support findings and recommendations to management.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
American Institute for Managing Diversity, Inc. – Atlanta, GA
Director of Finance and Administration
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Accounting, Cum Laude
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA;
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) candidate
University of Phoenix, Atlanta, GA
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) – in progress, Q4 2023
COMMUNITY & CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
●Institute of Internal Audit (IIA), Atlanta, GA chapter
●Morehouse College Alumni Association, Atlanta, GA
●100 Black Men of North Metro, Atlanta, GA chapter
●Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Atlanta, GA chapter
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