Rachna Sharma

• Executed risk assessments and control testing in the following areas: Talent Acquisition, Leaves and Accomodations, Affirmative Action, Brand Strategy
• Experienced in leading audits, including successfully monitoring the audit budget for efficiency, creating testing strategy in compliance with audit methodology, reviewing audit workpapers, and drafting audit engagement report to present to stakeholders
• Reduced instances of regulatory and policy non-compliance through identification and presentation control weaknesses, leading to opportunities for improvement in the current HR/Marketing operating environment
• Navigated complex cross-enterprise communication between auditors, senior management, and other stakeholders to reduce risk and ensure timely and throrough audit delivery

• Served as primary Bank Risk contact with PwC and first line partners

• Independently approved Process, Risks, Controls Inventory cycle for 25 Cards marketing, acquisitions and servicing experiences by completing risk and control mapping and issue analysis..

• Partnered with Audit to complete a payments MRA deliverable targeted risk assessment including 50+ experiences.

• Completed effective challenge in Risk and Controls Self Assessment cycle for Cards, by reviewing inherent risks and evaluating control strength to calculate the residual risk rating for various member-facing experiences (i.e. opening a credit card, request military benefits).

• Approved issues, reviewed control design and implementation, and mapped processes to identify areas of improvement and assess business exposures.

• Planned and performed audits in the areas of Fraud Operations, HR Shared Services and Data Governance, and Mortgage Retail Originations

• Led client meetings to walk through processes, identify key controls, and create process maps (in Visio) to demonstrate understanding of risks and controls for each process.

• Executed design effectiveness and operational effectiveness testing to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of controls.

• Identified, drafted, and reported issues observed during the audit to key stakeholders, and verified effectiveness of corrective action plans to address them in a timely manner.

• Independently prepared journal entries, managed operational activities (including invoicing) and collaborated in audits of four private equity funds.