Experience

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  Cisco

  Feb 2015 - Apr 2021

  • Performed the SOX Audit for Key Business Process related to Business and IT for Financial Statement Close, Financial Consolidation, Reporting and Procure to Pay processes (end-to-end IT SOX Compliance efforts for activities related to accounting, consolidations, reporting, procurement, and payment).• Performed the SOX 404 program objectives by partnering internally with service and control owners and externally with Cisco's external auditors (PwC) to manage SOX compliance for the focused areas of responsibility• Led the India Companies Act, 2013 compliance project which involved coordinating a team of Big4 associates supporting the project, assisted in process documentation for all Cisco India entity business processes, established the control environment and supervised the test of design for the India entity level controls.• Steered walkthrough sessions with control owners, process Subject Matter Experts and external auditors (PwC) to validate the design and operating effectiveness of SOX controls. Show less • Performed Internal SOX Controls Testing - Documented the audit work papers.• Revisit the Risks and Control Mappings across business processes as part of Internal Controls Optimization and Rationalization.• Performed IT General Controls related to Infrastructure Areas [Directory Services Management, Database User Access. Change Management, Restricted Database Access Controls, OS (Unix/Windows) Access Management and Password Management].• Performed Application controls [IT/Infra] testing for Cisco-acquired companies like Meraki, WebEx and NDS.• Gained understanding of COBIT 5 governance framework and COSO framework internal controls design and evaluation methods. Show less • Gained understanding of IT Risk Management areas, Corporate Revenue, Finance and Accounting Techniques, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.• Performed Internal SOX compliance audit to identify and test the operating effectiveness of IT General Controls- to maintain the integrity of the organization's information resources and financial data used for financial transactions and reporting.• Worked extensively to assess and mitigate user access risks that pertain to unauthorized access and modification to financial data that would materially impact financial reporting. Show less

  • Risk Management Specialist

    May 2018 - Apr 2021

  • Risk Management Analyst

    Jul 2015 - Apr 2018

  • College Intern

    Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
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  Visa

  Apr 2021 - now

  • Performed SOX Audit for Visa in collaboration with Key Internal Stakeholders and external auditors. Identified risk in Key Processes and ensured adequate controls are in place to eliminate potential financial, technology, operational and/or compliance risk implications to the company.• Collaborated with SOX Business and led ITGC and ITAC for SOX related controls and deliverables in Visa’s Data Processing Fees, Clearing & Settlement, Client Incentives, Procurement, Billing and Revenue Recognition processes.• Performed and led ITGCs related to User Access Management, Change Management, Computer Operations etc. Audited the underlying infrastructure (ITGC’s on Databases such as Oracle DB, SQL Server DB, MySQL, DB2 zO/S; Operating Systems (Windows, Mainframe, and Linux/Unix), Backup and Logical access.• Performed the System and Organization Controls (SOC 1) Assessment for all the third-party in-scope applications and presented the audit summary to management. Show less

  • IT Audit Manager

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Senior IT Auditor

    Apr 2021 - Jan 2024