Maricris M. Benedicto

• Led on-site IT audit engagements, overseeing planning, team briefings, and execution.
• Collaborated with Finance Audit Team and Senior Manager to define audit scope, strategy, budget, and finalize plans.
• Reviewed working papers and facilitated live discussions with Senior Manager and Engagement Partner.
• Prepared IT audit reports highlighting practical recommendations for enhanced control effectiveness.
• Resolved audit findings in collaboration with client management to ensure clarity and alignment.
• Managed client expectations regarding deliverables, timelines, and outcomes.
• Cultivated strong client relationships while supporting business development initiatives.
• Mentored team members through coaching, feedback, and performance evaluations.

• Supported engagement managers in scoping, audit strategy, and finalizing plans during planning phase.
• Tailored audit procedures to identify vulnerabilities in IT systems systematically.
• Guided audit team through client discussions on design tests and operational effectiveness of controls.
• Conducted thorough reviews of working papers prepared by staff and seniors for completeness.
• Tested Software Development Life Cycle processes to verify adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Led weekly client meetings, presenting overall audit status updates effectively.
• Communicated exceptions identified in testing phases with clients for resolution.
• Advised clients on optimizing operational processes and control enhancements through actionable recommendations.

• Directed daily fieldwork progress and communicated engagement status to Senior Managers.
• Managed performance of senior staff and associates to ensure project efficiency.
• Guided associates through client interviews and walkthroughs to enhance process understanding.
• Gained specialized experience in Financial Audit IT Integration, SOX Compliance, Global IT Internal Audit, and SOC Audit.

• Involved in planning, evidence gathering, documentation of audit procedures and testing results, and completion phases of audit engagements with IT audit involvement.
• Performed testing and review of design and operating effectiveness of IT general controls, application controls and IT-dependent manual controls.
• Performed OS/DB review for various Operating Systems and Databases (e.g. Windows, Linux, Oracle and SQL) based on provided script results and other forms of evidence.
• Collaborated with other team members from other project streams to discuss the results of the audit and the impact of the issues noted to the procedures of the other teams.
• Supervising audit professionals performing the IT portion of the audit (IT General Controls, ERP, application knowledge, IPE, system implementation, audit knowledge, and similar).
• Designated as a Counselor for performance evaluation, coaching and feedback to assigned Counselees.

• Territory Leader for Pilot Territories (PwC Japan, New Zealand, Korea, India, Israel):
• Oversee Audit Engagements and coordinates with Territories’ Representative, Global PwC Team & Team Manager for any updates and/or issues on engagements.

Subject Matter expert:

• Reviewed works performed by team simultaneously, delivering risk assurance work (data integrity test, completeness test and others) and ensure compliance with Center’s policy. Conducts training, imparts adequate knowledge and understanding on ACL functionality and provides technical assistance to team. Assists on critical analysis of complex accounting system and methodology used by Client for transformation into ACL configurations. Considers external audit suspicions and judgments to integrate integrity of data provided by Engagement Team.

Live Reviewer:

• Performed extensive reviews of quality output to support engagement teams of PwC member firms in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong & Singapore for Financial Statements review, Disclosure checklists, electronic audit file set up and maintenance, Template Preparation, Test of Details, Substantive Analytics.
• Led team with 15 members performing PwC’s latest generation technology that gives assurance on accounting information data integrity.
• Key contributor to project documenting most used ACL scripts in performance of JE testing and promotes process improvement, thereafter, received an award thru Employee Recognition Performance (ERP) program.
• Delegated resourcing for team ensuring work allocations is made based on trained skill set and capacity metrics.

• Drove demand growth across Service Delivery Network, fostering strong relationships with major clients in PwC Adelaide and Hong Kong.
• Coached delivery team members, particularly new hires, while tracking and reporting work status to PwC teams.
• Conducted extensive quality output reviews to support Engagement teams in Financial Statements and analytics tasks.