Seasoned professional that is knowledgeable about third party assurance, project management, accounting, finance, audit, information security, enterprise risk management, vendor management and security and financial frameworks.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Principal, IT Audit and Third Party Risk
Availity, L.L.C.
01.2017 - Current
Oversaw Availity’s Third Party Assurance program and managed the intake of new relationships and annual risk assessments for more than 350 relationships. During this time, implemented BitSight software, improved intake workflow including integrations with Enterprise ServiceNow platform, Enterprise Risk Assessment's and lastly board reporting.
Oversaw all activities including internal and external audits, risk assessments, customer inquiries, software implementations, security consulting and security certifications and accreditations.
Worked closely with Availity's Security Risk and Governance team, especially with policy reviews and alignment with HITRUST Security Framework and version updates.
Successfully lead the obtainment of Availity's HITRUST Security Certification 7 years in a row including multiple version updates, the most recent being v11.4.
Oversaw enterprise-wide audits and project managed certification and accreditation efforts, and risk assessments for multiple environments. These engagements included: HITRUST Validated Assessments, FedRAMP, NIST 800-171, SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 engagements, HIPAA Privacy and Security Risk Assessments, EHNAC EHN, MHCC EHN Accreditations, Financial Audits, PCI Assessments and lastly CMS Audits.
Managed approximately five annual owner and payer audits by organizations like Florida Blue, HUMANA, United Health Group, Blue Cross Blue Shield Arizona and Arkansas, Carefirst, Optum, CIGNA, etc…
Designed, implemented and maintained Availity's Audit Department software, AuditBoard.
Assumed Audit Director responsibilities for the most recent two years following the termination of the director in 2019; successfully managed all Internal Audit and Vendor Management functions and Security Certification programs at Availity from the beginning of 2019 until June 2021.
Developed and implemented corrective actions to bring business areas in line with standards and requirements.
Identified control gaps in processes, procedures and systems through in-depth research and assessment and suggested methods for improvement.
Additional responsibilities included creating and updating Quarterly Audit Board Deck, design of the annual audit plan and lastly creation of the audit department budget.
Senior Internal Auditor
EverBank
08.2012 - 12.2016
Successfully lead EverBank's SOX ITGC audits from 2014 to 2016; this function was brought in-house and saved approximately $250,000 in audit fees and supported the eventual acquisition by TIAA CREF.
Developed risk assessments, conducted process walkthroughs, performed testing and issued reporting on financial, security and operations teams.
Successfully managed operational audits in default servicing, asset management, Consent Order compliance and management information systems. These audits were used to support requests and inquiries from regulatory bodies like The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
Accountant II
Veterans Medical Research Foundation
12.2010 - 04.2012
Managed entire accounting cycle, including gathering information, preparing documents, finalizing reports and closing books.
Designed and maintainted financially analytical worksheets especially for grant and budgeting analysis.
Successfully managed all tax activities.
Successfully designed and implemented annual reports in support of the VMRF's 501c3 required filings.
Staff Accountant
EA Health Corporation
06.2007 - 12.2010
Performed accounting related activities including bank reconciliations, positive pay uploads and discrepancy resolution, ADP crystal report creation and reconciliation, property taxes, creation and maintenance of financially analytical worksheets, forecasting and budgeting, reimbursables, A/R and A/P, general ledger journal entries.
Designed and maintained financial reports in support of the CFO role.
Education
Master of Arts - Accounting
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, Fl
04.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Flagler College
Saint Augustine, FL
04.2006
Skills
Third Party Assurance
Risk Management
Information Security
Process Improvement
Risk Assessment
Vendor Management
Internal Auditing
Financial Auditing
Audit Management
Accounting Systems
Budgeting
Accounting
Financial Reporting
Financial Analysis
Financial Controls
Regulation and Framework Experience
Sarbanes Oxley
NIST 800-171
HITRUST (ISO, HIPAA, NIST, PCI, CMS)
FedRAMP
EHNAC
SSAE 16
COBIT
Certification
Certified Information Security Auditor
Certified Internal Auditor
Certified HITRUST Practitioner
Certified Archer RSA Administrator I
Timeline
Associate Principal, IT Audit and Third Party Risk
Quality Analyst / Acting Team Leader at AGS Health Pvt Ltd (Takeover from Availity Pvt Ltd)Quality Analyst / Acting Team Leader at AGS Health Pvt Ltd (Takeover from Availity Pvt Ltd)