MARGARET EL-GHOUCHE
Solon,OH
Summary
Competent Internal Auditor with over 10 years of Internal Audit experience. Promoting exemplary leadership skills and the ability to explain complex concepts in easy-to-understand terms.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Internal Auditor
Westfield Insurance
Lodi, OH
09.2023 - 05.2025
- Led internal audit projects, enhancing compliance with regulatory standards and company policies.
- Developed risk assessment frameworks to identify potential vulnerabilities within organizational processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements, increasing operational efficiency.
- Mentored junior auditors, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing within the audit team.
- Presented clear, concise audit findings to senior management, offering actionable recommendations for improvements.
Quality Assurance Manager
RTI Real Estate
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Led quality assurance initiatives to enhance compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Developed and implemented quality control processes, ensuring consistency in property inspections and evaluations.
- Mentored QA team members, fostering professional growth and improving overall team performance.
- Conducted thorough audits of properties, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring adherence to quality benchmarks.
Internal Auditor
Park Ohio Holdings Corp.
Cleveland, OH
09.2019 - 08.2021
Sr. Internal Auditor 2
AmTrust Financial Services Inc.
Cleveland, OH
09.2017 - 09.2019
- Performed internal audits of financial and departmental operations, developing risk assessments and conducting process walkthroughs for compliance with documented processes.
- Produced and reviewed audit reports for submission to the executive leadership team and advised on audit recommendations and internal controls.
- Completed timely quality operational audits highlighting deficiencies and recommending corrective actions.
- Inspected work areas regularly to identify safety practices, quality control procedures and worker actions in need of improvement.
- Identified and assessed potential risks for new audits.
- Produced audit reports which comprised evaluation of internal control systems.
- Handled major risks in collaboration with management.
- Explained risk and compliance concepts to managers and executives.
- Executed all phases of an audit from start to finish including developing a Risk Control Matrix, Process Walkthrough and Narrative.
- Developed an AmTrust Internal Audit Reference guide for internal training.
Sr. Trade Analyst
The J.M. Smucker Company
Orrville, OH
01.2015 - 09.2017
- Generate financial statements and facilitate account closing procedures each month.
- Analyze and research reporting issues to improve accounting operations procedures.
- Manage customer contracts in the trade system.
- Perform customer profitability analysis for large national accounts and help increase annual revenue by recommending program changes that align with companies initiatives.
- Provide consulting services to Sales that help meet the goals of the company while ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Proactively research system errors related to the trade system and worked to resolve them successfully.
- Recommended budgetary changes to Sales to help increase company profits based on customer profitability analysis.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis.
- Performed competitor bench marking analysis and identified savings opportunities.
- Conducted knowledge sharing sessions with cross functional teams to capture 'Lessons Learned' and create a more effective work environment.
- Executed audit tests within the IT SOX General Controls Framework.
- Analyzed data within financial and operational audit areas using Oracle Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), ACL or Excel to understand trends and risk patterns.
- Coordinated projects for external auditors and examiner evaluations.
- Supported management through risk identification, control testing and process improvement procedures.
- Gathered data for internal audits through interviews, financial research and downloads.
- Provided IT audit support to external auditors for purposes of their annual audit of financial statements.
- Identified control deficiencies and associated risk; consult with auditee on possible remediation activities; organize meetings to collaborate on and monitor status of remediation activities.
- Summarized audit results and responses in a form that facilitates communication to the auditee and the Audit Committee.
- Successfully organized and carried out corporate SOX audits through the entire internal audit cycle.
- Managed the preparation and testing of plant audits.
- Implemented electronic workpapers starting with accounts receivable one of the largest areas of the business.
IT Auditor
The J.M. Smucker Company
Orrville, OH
11.2012 - 01.2015
- Supported management through risk identification, control testing and process improvement procedures.
- Reported internal control findings to management and supplied comprehensive recommendations to mitigate the associated risks.
- Communicated audit results to upper management through written reports and oral presentations.
- Gathered data for internal audits through interviews, financial research and downloads.
- Articulated audit findings, risks and detailed recommendations to upper management.
- Coordinated projects for external auditors through interim and year end testing in addition to process walkthroughs.
Internal Auditor
The J.M. Smucker Company
Orrville, OH
12.2009 - 11.2012
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
The University Of Akron
Akron, OH01-2010
Skills
- Accounting principles
- Daily reporting
- SOX Regulations and compliance
- General ledger entries
- Financial controls development
- Exceptional communication skills
- Time management
- Self-motivated professional
Accomplishments
- Successfully trained end-users on a new Internal Audit system implementation
- Successfully completed the first carve-out audit at AmTrust and identified company-wide risks associated with selling a piece of the business in addition to identifying control deficiencies
- Consolidated one of the largest business processes at the J.M. Smucker Company by creating efficiencies within internal audit testing
Affiliations
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Member, The Institute of Internal Auditors
- Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Member, Information Systems Risk & Control Association (ISACA)
Certification
- CFE - Certified Fraud Examiner
Languages
Fluent in Lebanese Arabic
Timeline
Senior Internal Auditor
Westfield Insurance
09.2023 - 05.2025
Quality Assurance Manager
RTI Real Estate
08.2022 - 07.2023
Internal Auditor
Park Ohio Holdings Corp.
09.2019 - 08.2021
Sr. Internal Auditor 2
AmTrust Financial Services Inc.
09.2017 - 09.2019
Sr. Trade Analyst
The J.M. Smucker Company
01.2015 - 09.2017
IT Auditor
The J.M. Smucker Company
11.2012 - 01.2015
Internal Auditor
The J.M. Smucker Company
12.2009 - 11.2012
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
The University Of Akron