Joshua Henderson, CPA, CIA

Experience

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  Grant Thornton LLP

  Sept 2010 - Jul 2011

  Audit Staff Accountant

  • Evaluated the appropriateness of accruals for wages, retirement and vacation accounts. • Audited operating expense accounts utilizing analytical procedures, testing accruals and performing a search for unrecorded liabilities. • Communicate effectively and efficiently with client and audit team.• Tested significant fixed asset additions, disposals and transfers as well as depreciation reasonableness.• Tested cash account balances, performed bank reconciliations and confirmed proper recording of inter-bank transfers.• Drafted management representation letters, analytically reviewed preliminary and concluding financial statements and tested the completeness of journal entries.• Performed inventory observations and assessed risk by testing controls through walkthrough procedures.• Researched accounting issues using electronic resources.• Recalculated and confirmed proper allocation of retirement contributions and distributions and agreed eligibility of employees in accordance with plan documents.• Translated an auditor’s report from Spanish to English and reviewed the corresponding notes to the financial statements to document matters relating to the entity’s going-concern and contingencies. Show less

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  Ernst & Young

  Aug 2011 - May 2013

  Audit Staff Accountant

  • Auditor in-charge for a multi-national auto manufacturing client.• Performed anti-money laundering procedures to assist in the compliance of the US PATRIOT Act regulations.• Evaluated and tested the design and operating effectiveness of controls specifically intended to address risks of material misstatement due to fraud.• Audited significant fixed asset additions, disposals and transfers as well as depreciation reasonableness.• Tested the appropriateness of journal entries recorded in the general ledger and other adjustments made in the preparation of the financial statements.• Recalculated and confirmed proper allocation of retirement contributions and distributions and agreed eligibility of employees in accordance with plan documents.• Completed walkthrough procedures of routine and non-routine significant classes of transactions and significant disclosure processes by tracing a transaction along its critical path Show less

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  Luxottica Group

  Aug 2013 - Feb 2016

  Sr. Internal Auditor

  • Performed an operational audit over the Sunglass Hut Mexico business for the lease payment, stores sales polling and vendor payment terms processes.• Evaluated the risk of information security and data privacy breaches for the EyeMed.com and SunglassHut.com web portals• Reviewed the Luxottica Retail United Kingdom business for accounting process continuity with that of the Luxottica Retail North America shared service center.• Audited theLuxottica Wholesale and Luxottica Holdings employees’ compliance with the Travel and Expense Policy.• Completed the testing of Oakley SOX procedures including the Entity Level Controls, Inventory, Revenue Recognition and Financial Close process areas.• Executed an audit of the Cycle Count Inventory policy as it pertains to the distribution centers of Luxottica North America Distribution.• Wrote audit reports which were presented to executive leaders and ensured remediation of audit findings.• Assisted the alignment of our internal control framework with the new COSO framework published in 2013.• Audited the compliance of policies and procedures at Luxottica brand stores. Show less

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  Multi-Color Corporation

  Mar 2016 - Jul 2017

  Sr. Internal Auditor

  • Performed the Quality Assurance Review Self-Assessment of the Internal Audit department in order to achieve conformance with International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditors as established by the Institute of Internal Auditors. • Developed the analytic audit program to review key financial result data.• Wrote the work instructions describing the detailed steps required to pull data from the ERP system in order to execute the analytic audit program.• Assisted in the development of the operational audit program which focused on policy compliance across the businesses’ manufacturing facilities.• Interviewed senior management level accounting & finance and operational employees obtaining critical information used to create the risk assessment for the business.• Executed operational audits across 6 continents during a ten-month timeframe.• Aggregated the results of the Disaster Recover and Business Continuity Planning questionnaire in order to register the level of preparedness for each facility.• Effectively audited the payroll process while maintaining a high level of confidentiality and sensitivity when handling personally identifiable information. Show less

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  Joshua Henderson, CPA - LLC

  Aug 2017 - now

  Owner

  I offer excellent tax preparation services for individuals and small businesses along with business entity selection, business registration and notary public witnessing. Additionally, I offer risk mitigation and strategic risk advice which guides your business into a successful future.I specialize in serving the film community of Greater Cincinnati as a Production Accountant, Payroll Accountant, Tax Preparer, Registered Agent, Notary Public and by registering production companies with the Ohio Secretary of State. Recent accomplishments:• Executed accounting duties for five movie productions with budgets ranging from USD 33m – 500k.• Reported the cost vs budget production reports on a weekly basis to the studio producers including: Netflix, Gaumont Films, & Synthetic Cinema International.• Processed payroll for cast and crew members including the following unions: Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild of America, Producers Guild of America, Teamsters and IATSE.• Registered over 40 business in the State of Ohio in order to qualify expenses for the Ohio Film Tax Credit. Show less

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  Vaco

  Jul 2019 - Jan 2022

  Risk Consulting Practice Manager

  Providing subject matter expertise in audit, accounting and risk management:• Redeveloped the enterprise-wide Business Continuity Plan to ensure sufficiency and consistency with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council guidelines.• Presented the redesign of the enterprise-wide Business Continuity Plan to senior leadership which was approved by the Board of Directors.• Developed and ran a tabletop exercise to test senior leadership’s response to an emergency and restoration of critical processes.• Evaluated the sufficiency of backup facilities and fail-over IT vendors during a catastrophic event.• Wrote a comprehensive testing plan to test numerous threats to the organization's going concern and to test other elements of the Business Continuity Plan.• Created a form to formally document the key facts of a Business Continuity Plan incident and test event.• Scored and ranked threats, across multiple geographies, in a formal risk assessment which evaluated likelihood, impact and mitigating factors.• Performed a business impact analysis over a subprime auto lending pilot program.• Led audit procedures over the largest national bus carrier.• Delivered audit reports to executive leadership. • Audited the enterprise-wide implementation a period end control policy and evaluated the efficacy of the reporting, review and reconciliation requirements. Show less

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  MorganFranklin Consulting

  Jan 2022 - Feb 2025

  Successfully leads operational and cyber resilience transformation for leading technology, cyber security and banking clients:• Performed a current state assessment of the Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity programs including key stakeholder, role and responsibility identification.• Used an integrated regulatory and industry standards setting body criteria to set baseline and future state resilience maturity strategic objectives.• Developed the Risk and Control Matrix for the Global Risk and Resilience business unit which established a greater level of governance and accountability.• Implemented a key action items and roadmap to full resilience maturity in accordance with the International Consortium for Organizational Resilience standards.• Wrote an enterprise Disaster Recovery Policy and dual Disaster Recovery Plans covering the operational IT and product-specific business units. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Cyber Resilience & Business Continuity

    Jan 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Manager, Cyber Resilience & Business Continuity

    Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
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  MorganFranklin Cyber

  Jan 2025 - now

  Senior Manager, Cyber Resilience & Business Continuity