Jennifer Smith

Experience

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  Arthur Andersen

  May 1996 - May 2002

  Manager

  Promoted to management role and personally chartered with orchestrating external audit services for clients headquartered or maintaining operations in Arizona. Maintained client relationships and oversaw client billing. Supervised two direct report individuals.• Supported the world's largest publicly traded copper company with operations in Central America, Europe, and Asia by serving as the client’s lead manager for a 3-year period.• Enabled testing of entire populations of data versus sampling, improved overall efficiencies while reducing costs, and educated individuals to quickly identify fraud and erroneous transactions by training clients on computer data acquisition and analysis techniques Show less

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  Protiviti

  May 2002 - Mar 2008

  Senior Manager

  Founding member accountable for internal audit and risk consulting services provided to Arizona-based clients. Personally traveled to Asia frequently to cultivate and nurture relationships, manage field operations, and drive project completions. Supervised 11 direct report individuals.• Produced and managed more than $2M in annual revenue streams as a result of independently establishing and strengthening 13 client relationships.• Played a key role in positioning organization as industry competitor by delivering annual presentations for Arizona State University’s Department of Information Systems Club while growing and training staff to 15 people over a 5-year period.• Reduced audit fees $250K and cut key control testing needs 18% for one of the world’s largest providers of contract semiconductor assembly and test services by training client personnel on Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and streamlining controls. Show less

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  Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

  Mar 2009 - Dec 2010

  Internal Auditor

  Served as a contracted resource to support senior-level audit and compliance management teams. Individually tasked with orchestrating the execution and finalization of comprehensive internal control planning to reduce costs and minimize the likelihood and impact of fraud. Partnered with Executive Management to coordinate deficiency action plans in response to productivity and efficiency requests about the audit findings identified across financial and technology processes.

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  Experis Technology Group

  Oct 2011 - Dec 2012

  Service Professional

  Served as a contracted resource providing finance and accounting experience and expertise that enabled client's to grow.

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  Pinal County

  Nov 2012 - Jul 2013

  Internal Auditor
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  Experis

  Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  Service Professional
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  Robert Half Management Resources

  Dec 2014 - Dec 2014

  Contract Resource
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  Experis

  Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

  Service Professional
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  Wells Fargo

  Jan 2016 - now

  • Financial Controls Analyst

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Financial Controls & Oversight Consultant

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2022
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  Robert Half

  Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Project Professional
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  Wells Fargo Bank

  May 2016 - Sept 2020

  Operational Risk Consultant