Nicholas Mucho

Senior Consultant

Ernst & Young

01.2020 - 11.2025

Provided accounting, budgeting, and audit support to the DoD, supporting financial statement audits and internal control compliance initiatives.
Led and contributed to NFR remediation efforts, completing root cause analyses, developing and executing Corrective Action Plans (CAP) in accordance with DoD Financial Management Regulation (FMR).
Authored and updated process narratives, control descriptions, and supporting documentation, strengthening audit evidence and reducing repeat findings.
Enhanced civilian payroll reconciliation procedures, identifying discrepancies and implementing corrective actions to improve accuracy and timeliness.
Improved expense accrual processes by incorporating detailed lookback analyses, increasing reliability of period-end reporting.
Led the Dormant Account Review - Quarterly (DAR-Q) program, developing methodologies, performing analyses, and documenting results to support audit assertions.
Coordinated Provided By Client (PBC) requests and audit samples, serving as a primary liaison between audit teams and DoD stakeholders.
Maintained the OUSD NFR Database activity and Audit Response Center (ARC) Tool audit requests.
Collaborated with client leadership to enhance adoption of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), improving audit tracking, milestone visibility, and responsiveness.
Designed and delivered quantitative audit metrics dashboards, enabling leadership to monitor remediation progress and audit readiness in real time.
Documented and coordinated the NFR & CAP lifecycle, improving traceability and accountability across remediation efforts.
Assisted in monthly acquisition and disposal transaction reviews, validating population completeness and supporting audit testing requirements.