Senior IT Auditor

SANDEEP KUMAR BHOWMIK

**** ****** **, ********, **-60090 **************@*****.*** 224-***-****

SUMMARY

Skilled professional with proven ability to serve multiple client engagements simultaneously. Experience in various business / IT environments such as banking & finance, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, real estate, healthcare insurance and industrial packaging. Proven excellence in relationship building and working with clients. Ability to work under minimal supervision, grasp complex processes, meet deadlines promptly and work effectively under pressure.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ernst & Young LLP - Advisory Services September ‘07- Present

Senior IT Consultant

• Led meetings with clients, supervised staff and interns with understanding the firm’s methodologies and standards of practice, developing testing strategies and fostering strong client relationships. Reviewed work papers to ensure high quality of deliverables.

• Tested IT general controls, application controls and IT entity level controls for SOX compliance and non-integrated audits. Performed detailed security reviews of operating systems and databases that support the client’s information systems.

• Analyzed and evaluated information systems facilitating business control processes such as claims processing, trade reporting, investment pricing, automated transactions for third party assurance projects (SAS70 – Type II).

• Performed detailed data analysis and technical security reviews for Windows 2003, Oracle, UNIX and SAP to identify potential risks that could affect financial statements thus resulting in non-compliance with standards. Advised clients on process gaps and suggested industry leading best practices and methods to improve process efficiency.

• Demonstrated high levels of teamwork with engagement-team members and clients. Periodically interacted with client business leaders to explore service opportunities and address business risks.

• Strong understanding of the SOX legislation, COSO, COBIT, ITIL, PCAOB standards, and US GAAP.

• Represented Advisory Services, a business sub-service line, at various campus recruitment events. Identified potential candidates for future recruitment. Participated in firm based events promoting relationships within the practice.

• CISA certification by June/ December 2010.

HSBC - Corporate Systems Group Summer ‘06, ‘07 & Winter ‘06

Intern

• Assisted team in the testing of the Finance Transformation Program (FTP) in PeopleSoft by documentation of individual job run details for each application stream (GL, EPM, FTP and Portal) using an Access database.

• Monitored job scheduling of nightly batch processes for PeopleSoft using a job scheduling tool (CONTROL-M).

• Created an inventory document of HSBC PeopleSoft development customizations from three main application streams – Portal, GL, and EPM. This document was used to assist cross-functional teams better understand customizations made to the base product and drive future development activities internally by HSBC resources and externally from PeopleSoft.

Northern Illinois University - Operations Management & Information Systems (OMIS) Department

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Fall ‘05 – Spring ‘07

• Managed the course Blackboard™, graded lab assignments of students for two professors.

• Designed, graded exams for undergraduate& graduate students of the OMIS department.

EDUCATION

Masters in Management Information Systems Fall ‘07

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications July ‘01

Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Systems Audited: SAP, AS400, Windows Server 2003, UNIX, Tandem HP, Mainframe, Oracle, AIX, Microsoft Dynamics GP,

SQL Server 2000/2005, PeopleSoft Financials/HR, BESS (Bank Electronic Support System), IMMS (International Money Management System), Lawson ERP, Metavante Insight, MRI(Real Estate ERP), Optima3, Hyperion, Resource IQ, Meditech, AML Searchspace, Pay Plus USA, Paragon

Operating systems: Windows NT/3.x/9.x/2000/2003 Server/XP/Vista, MS DOS, UNIX (working knowledge), VMware

Software: ACL (basic) MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, VISIO, Project, Access), CONTROL-M, Quest Stat

Activities: Recorded over 50 songs in the motion picture industry and sang popular Christian devotional songs in India

Helped organize the Chicago GO Vertical! event along with fellow team members at Ernst & Young.

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