Experienced IS Auditor

PROFILE

Information Technology Audit professional with combined experience in internal auditing and public accounting. Seeking to obtain a challenging position in IT auditing. Particular knowledge & expertise in:

 IT, Finance and Operations Risk Assessment and Controls Analysis

 Data Analysis and Reporting

 SAP Knowledge

 Sarbanes Oxley 404 Requirements and Documentation.

CERTIFICATIONS

 Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

 Pursuing CIA certification.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Internal Audit, Circuit City Stores, Inc.

Information Systems/Internal Auditor, November 2007 - Present

 Responsible for conducting and executing audits over the management and control of policies, procedures, systems and business operations of the company.

 Conducted business process walkthroughs and created supporting documentation.

 Performed audit planning, completed test work, prepared audit work papers, and drafted the final report for multiple projects that includes,

 IT audits: Database, Operating Systems, Software Licensing, Circuit City Web Portal, disaster recovery, change management, system development life cycle evaluation.

 Integrated audits: Inventory Management, Replenishment, In-Stocks.

 Finance/Operational audits: Gift Cards, Logistics.

 Special projects: Product Returns, T&E, Corporate Jet, Store Meal Break Analysis.

 Discussed findings with various levels of management and provide recommendations for post-audit improvements.

 Interacted closely with multiple business units to assist in policy development and timely completion of corrective action plan items.

 Assigned and reviewed tasks to staff auditors as a project lead and ensured timely completion.

 Ensured SOX compliance with respect to System Development Life Cycle and financial reporting.

 Implemented continuous monitoring for Enterprise wide initiative to support stores using Computer Assisted Audit Technique tools such as Audit Command Language (ACL).

 Assisted external auditors in the execution of year end financial accounting audits.

 Assisted management in Audit Committee reporting.

 Trained staff in ACL and served as the subject matter expert for data analysis test work.

 Demonstrated knowledge of COBIT, ISO27000, COSO, PCI and SOX 404.

 Evaluated Service Level Agreements and identified cost saving opportunities.

 Multi-tasked several projects and delivered quality work on time.

 Researched industry best practices, regulations and emerging audit standards.

Technology & Security Risk Services, Ernst & Young, LLP

Information Systems Auditor, July 2006 – November 2007

Clients Audit Type

Capital One Financial Audit Support

CarMax SOX 404 Assessment

GE Automation Systems, LLC Financial Audit Support

Swedish Match SOX Advisory

Multiple companies Journal Entry CAAT Analysis

 Conducted design walkthroughs with Senior in the areas of logical security, application development, logical access and computer operations.

 Completed required work papers, and tracked outstanding audit issues.

 Prepared client request lists and followed up on the status of those requests.

 Performed review of general computer controls and application controls around various financially significant applications in support of the financial audit.

 Performed a detailed review of diverse Security environment that included Mainframe, Windows and Novell environments.

 Participated in physical and environmental controls review of a data center.

 Reviewed and evaluated 404 documentation (entity, application level) and SAS 70 reports.

 Applied ACL to test reasonableness and completeness of Journal Entry data for companies in different industries including retail, insurance, real estate investment management services, manufacturing, and healthcare.

 Assisted in preparing materials for data analysis training at the Mid-Atlantic area level.

 Assisted Senior Manager in project proposals, work plan development, resource planning, and recruiting efforts.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, IT Programmer, January 2005 – July 2006

SAP Technical Support, January 2005 – December 2005

 Responsible for creating and reviewing requirements, project schedules, programming, implementation and testing of multiple department websites.

 Handled periodic processing for IDES, the model company in the educational version

Kuzneski Financial Group, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Information Technology Consultant, June 2005 – August 2005

 Performed migration of records from The Agency Manager to SalesLogix (CRM) and documented a data migration manual.

EDUCATION

Degree University Graduation GPA

Master of Business Administration Indiana University of Pennsylvania May 2006 3.8/4.0

Bachelors in Engineering Thiagarajar College Of Engineering, India Apr 2003 3.5/4.0

Certification in Software Programming Aptech Limited, India Aug 2001 3.7/4.0

COMPUTER SKILLS

 Audit Control Related: Operating System (Mainframe, UNIX, Novell, Windows NT – 2000), Database (Oracle, SQL Server, Informix), AS/400.

 ERP: SAP/ABAP/4.6c, PeopleSoft Financials, SalesLogix 6.2

 Web Tools: Front page, HTML, Adobe Photoshop

 Applications: ACL (Advanced), Auto Audit, Global Analytics Tool (E&Y), MS Office, Lotus Notes

TRAINING

 ACL - Advanced ACL Concepts and Techniques: Functions and Scripts.

 Circuit City Stores - Accounting for retail professionals, PeopleSoft Financials.

 Ernst & Young - IT general controls, SOX 404, HIPAA, PCI, Financial accounting principles and audit methodology, Process documentation, Advance Data Analysis, UNIX (Solaris), Windows Active Directory, and Business Writing.

 Maagnus IT-Solutions - SAP/ABAP/4.6c training.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 Member of the ISACA, IIA, VA ACL.

ACTIVITIES

 Certification committee member of ISACA Richmond chapter, July 2007 to present.

 Recipient of outstanding international student award from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

 Inducted in the international honors society of Beta Gamma Sigma in recognition of high scholastic achievement.

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