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Skills
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Certification
Industryexperience
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Emilie Guilbaud

Emilie Guilbaud

Costa Mesa,CA

Summary

Strategic and results driven partner with over 19 years experience in working with large and mid-sized public and private organizations, overseeing complex teams and objectives to deliver within expectations and with satisfied clients and a long standing team. Successful in identifying and winning new work and building strong long lasting relationships.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

IT Assurance Principal

Grant Thornton LLP
01.2019 - 05.2024
  • Emilie has served as the IT Assurance Practice Leader for Grant Thorntons Southwest Region, specifically SoCal and Phoenix, for Fortune 500 through to Russell 2000 companies.
  • She has over 18 years’ experience in leading external IT public and private company audits, internal audits, Cybersecurity risks, SOX/FDICIA Readiness and control rationalization projects for a range of industries and sectors.
  • Emilie builds strong relationships with her clients to understand their needs and has managed various consultancy projects, risk assessments, internal audit plans, and IT general control reviews.
  • Consistently wins new work, builds new relationships and opportunity for growth by delivering on expectations and providing open communication.

Risk Advisory Principal

Grant Thornton
08.2017 - 12.2018

- Owned, managed and built internal audit, SOX Readiness and SOX Compliance projects, as well as some external audit projects.

- Developed a core team of professionals, developing and delivering training in the local market, nationally and internationally.

- Delivered on go to market expectations, and exceeded goals based on a first and second year partner.

Risk Advisory Manager Through to Senior Manager

Grant Thornton
07.2010 - 07.2017

Financial Services Advisory Services Executive

Grant Thornton UK
09.2005 - 06.2010

- Worked on large bank, investment company, insurance organization and stock exchanges, as well as international internal audit projects.

- Developed and trained team members integrated data analytics program.

Education

CISA -

ISACA

MIIA -

Institute of Internal Auditing

PIIA -

Institute of Internal Auditing

Bachelor of Science - Management Science And Information Systems Studies

Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

Skills

  • SOX Compliance
  • SOX Readiness
  • Internal Control Rationalization
  • CyberSecurity Risks
  • Data Analytics and IT System optimization

Accomplishments

- Awarded the audit quality award over multiple years in performing IT audits.

- Selected as the key trainer and presenter to the Abu Dhabi Emirate and government personnel to support them in their move to a similar regulation as Sarbanes Oxley.

-Exceeded go to market goals set forth by Grant Thornton year after year.

- Delivered high quality audits without any PCAOB negative comments over 14 years in the USA.

- Performed peer reviews for the Big4.

- Leader of the Grant Thorntons Womens Business Resource Group in Southern California for over 10 years.

- Community Leader for the Grant Thornton Orange County office, connecting the local office with the local community and Grant Thorntons Purple Paladins.



Certification

  • CISA
  • MIIA
  • PIIA

Industryexperience

  • Consumer industrial products
  • Technology
  • Financial services
  • Retail
  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Investment management
  • Banking
  • Stock exchanges
  • Insurance brokerage

Languages

French
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

IT Assurance Principal

Grant Thornton LLP
01.2019 - 05.2024

Risk Advisory Principal

Grant Thornton
08.2017 - 12.2018

Risk Advisory Manager Through to Senior Manager

Grant Thornton
07.2010 - 07.2017

Financial Services Advisory Services Executive

Grant Thornton UK
09.2005 - 06.2010
  • CISA
  • MIIA
  • PIIA

CISA -

ISACA

MIIA -

Institute of Internal Auditing

PIIA -

Institute of Internal Auditing

Bachelor of Science - Management Science And Information Systems Studies

Trinity College Dublin
Emilie Guilbaud