Los Angeles Internal Controls

RUCHIKA VASHISHT, CPA (LICENSE #*****), MBA

**** ****** **** ******, *****, CA 91708

***********@*****.*** Ph:626-***-****

EXPERIENCE

September 1999 – December 2019

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-AUDITOR, Los Angeles County (LA County), Department of Auditor-Controller (A-C), Audit and Countywide Contract Monitoring Divisions

● Planned, conducted and managed fiscal, program and administrative compliance audits of LA County Departments (Office of Emergency Management, Probation and Fire and DCFS) and Departments’ contractors (DMH, DPSS, DCSS, DPH, DHS and DCFS) to ensure compliance with applicable federal State and County laws including County Fiscal Manual, County contracts, Auditor-Controller Handbook, GAAP and Uniform Guidance.

● Reviewed, evaluated and monitored Department’s Programs and methods of internal controls including financial reporting.

● Obtained good understanding of the auditee organization’s operations and internal controls and performed substantive tests and tests of controls to ensure compliance.

● Made recommendations and conduct follow-up reviews to evaluate application of recommendations and Assisted A-C to issue reports to be published on the A-C website for general public

● Trained LA County Departments’ staff such as DCFS and DPSS and A-C on various topics such as auditing, communications, work-paper techniques, and Auditing software implementations

● Performed Flood Control District and Single Audits for Fiscal Year 2002 with A-C and kpmg (Big 4 Accounting Firms).

EDUCATION

MAY 2022

MULTIPLE SUBJECT TEACHING CREDENTIAL, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

JULY 2022

COLLEGE ALGEBRA, ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY, Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA and Chaffey College, Chino, CA FEBRUARY 1997

MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Keller Graduate school of management, Pomona, CA

OCTOBER 1994

BACHELOR’S OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING, DeVry University, Pomona, CA TECHNOLOGY

Proficient in Microsoft (Excel, Word, power point) Teammate (Auditing Software) Quickbooks

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