Karl Kieffer

Experience

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  Deloitte

  Apr 2007 - Oct 2013

  Sr. Consultant

  • Led financial and IT audit engagements for a nationwide bank and a large Virginia State Agency.• Managed a team that reviewed Ginnie Mae's 400 Issuer’s financial statements and internal controls and provided eligibility, risk and GAAP compliance assessments.• Analyzed and monitored new and existing Ginnie Mae participating banks and mortgage companies.• Led teams as part of a large bank's HAMP (Home Affordable Modification Program) and HARP (Home Affordable Refinance Program) reviewing mortgage lending and foreclosure practices. • Led a team that reviewed a large investment firm's bankruptcy settlement transactions reconciling large prime broker customer accounts and claims.• Part of a team on a large baning project project ensuring compliance with federal banking regulations including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements. Managed the internal control testing and risk assessment work streams.• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in mortgage loan underwriting. Developed an underwriting training curriculum and led weekly classes for 20 colleagues. Show less

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  EY

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2016

  Manager

  • Led EY teams that reviewed a large federal agency's internal controls and audit readiness assessment. Performed risk assessments for their Issuance, Monitoring and Securities Divisions. • Designed and tested a large federal agency's internal controls and presented findings and corrective action plans to C-level executives ensuring compliance with A-123.• Led a federal agency's (Hardest Hit Funds) internal control and quality assurance compliance review segments ensuring state housing agencies are in compliance with the agency’s foreclosure prevention and neighborhood stabilization efforts.• Assisted with a business process re-engineering (BPR) project to improve a federal agency's property acquisition, utilization and disposition management life cycle phases. Show less

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  The Hilltop Companies

  Jul 2016 - Jun 2018

  Director

  • Project Manager that developed a three year iterative risk management framework for a federal agency to ensure a successful ERM integration and compliance process with the revised federal OMB A-123 guidelines.• Managing a quarterly and year-end Scorecard Assessment project ensuring that the GSE's meet agency goals for maintain credit availability and foreclosure prevention activities for new and refinanced mortgages.• Managed a Single Security Common Securitization Solutions (CSS) examination and on-going monitoring governance and operations review project. Show less

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  Guidehouse

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  Manager
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  IronArch Technology

  Oct 2019 - now

  Manager