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BERNARD AINOOSON

Columbus,OH

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Internal Audit Associate

Amgen
New Albany, OH
08.2023 - Current
  • Conduct comprehensive SOX audits, IT infrastructure audits, and business application audits, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and company policies.
  • Identify IT-related risks across networks, operating systems, ERP, and databases, providing independent audit support in the company's SOX 404 assessments.
  • Coordinate and track the remediation of gaps identified in risk assessments and penetration tests, collaborating with internal teams, and third-party vendors.
  • Lead training sessions for IT and business teams on audit procedures, risk management, and compliance policies.
  • Conduct periodic reviews of internal IT and compliance policies, ensuring alignment with industry frameworks such as SOX and ISO 27001.

Compliance Analyst

Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Columbus, OH
07.2021 - 06.2023
  • Performed internal audits of IT systems and processes, ensuring compliance with SOX, PCI DSS, HIPPA, and ISO 27001 standards
  • Assisted with the design, review, and implementation of internal compliance policies, ensuring they aligned with management directives and industry standards
  • Led risk assessments, identifying gaps in security posture for network, data, and application interfaces
  • Coordinated with internal Shared Services teams and third-party vendors to remediate security risks and track compliance gaps
  • Delivered training on compliance frameworks, audit processes, and policy updates to cross-functional teams, improving overall organizational adherence to industry standards
  • Conducted SDLC and incident management audits to evaluate risks in system development and operations, ensuring adherence to compliance frameworks
  • Maintained audit-ready documentation to support ongoing and future IT audits, ensuring transparency and traceability of compliance efforts

Risk and Controls Associate

Creative Financial Staffing
Worthington, OH
03.2020 - 04.2021
  • Performed IT general controls and IT application controls SOX testing using COSO and COBIT frameworks
  • Assisted with Operational and Compliance audit processes such as the documentation of management directives - Policies, Standards and Procedures, and internal controls narratives
  • Performed SDLC and incident management audits to Identify and evaluate risks during review and analysis of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) these entail initiation, planning design, development testing, implementation, and disposition of systems Identified and communicated opportunities for improvement in the design adequacy and operating effectiveness of controls
  • Executed PCI DSS and HIPPA compliance audits using the best practices and methodologies to execute the audits

Education

BSC - INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Liberty University
Virginia
05-2021

Skills

  • Audit Software (Audit Board, Archer, ACL, IDEA, Alteryx)
  • Data Analysis Tools (SQL,Excel, Tableau)
  • ERP Systems (ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle, Workday)
  • Compliance Frameworks (SOX, IFRS, SOC1, SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPPA, NIST)
  • Risk Management (IT risk identification, control testing, risk mitigation)

Certification

CISA, In-progress

Timeline

Internal Audit Associate

Amgen
08.2023 - Current

Compliance Analyst

Hikma Pharmaceuticals
07.2021 - 06.2023

Risk and Controls Associate

Creative Financial Staffing
03.2020 - 04.2021

BSC - INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Liberty University

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