ROSE FOSTER
Dallas
Summary
Compliance Analyst with background audit. Establishing internal controls, conducting risk assessments and implementing regulatory compliance policies. Strengths include analytical skills, attention to detail and ability to interpret complex legal documents. Demonstrated ability to improve processes, ensure organizational compliance and mitigate risks. Highly ethical and focused team player with productive, diligent approach.
Highlights compliance reporting, data analysis, skilled risk manager equipped with strategic planning, and program leadership abilities in audit industry environments. Establishes strong and successful policies to mitigate risk at each level and establish clear procedures for assessments, prevention and containment. Familiar with regulatory requirements to maintain strict controls.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Compliance Analyst
Dadam Partners
07.2023 - Current
- Partnering with multiple teams and stakeholders across the organization to deliver timely and complete audit responses.
- Maintaining security control inventories, mappings, and evidence repositories.
- Validating audit evidence for accuracy and reliability.
- Assisting with internal control reviews and risk assessments by documenting gaps and improvement opportunities.
- Prepare accurate documentation of all audit evidence.
- Communicate effectively with team members and provide timely updates on tasks and track progress.
- Collaborate with stakeholders SMEs to identify and manage risks.
IT Governance Risk & Compliance Analyst
Newrez LLC
01.2025 - 06.2025
- Document and communicate noted control gaps to respective stakeholders, review Management Action Plan (MAP) for timely remediation of findings.
- Serves as SME on all monthly controls and User Access Reviews.
- Conducts quarterly User Access Review on SOX controls.
- Prepares detailed documentation to Internal Audit for all monthly SOD controls.
- Conducts look back analysis on all SOX systems.
- Send requests for audit logs & performs control assessment of users based on job functions.
- Organizing and validating evidence for external audits per request.
- Tracking remediation items, control testing cycles, and continuous monitoring activities.
Lead Risk and Compliance Analyst
Broadridge
12.2021 - 01.2025
- Support management in effectively responding to external auditors and quality security assessors.
- Participate in planning, defining and developing audit scope.
- Facilitate document request during PCI, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOX quarterly reviews and annual assessments.
- Reviews audit documents and records to ensure accuracy.
- Collaborates with all business units including management and stakeholders to set and meet organizational goals.
- Collaborate with various teams to ensure timely completion of action items and deliverables.
- Review and draft audit findings, recommendations, and audit reports for management.
- Monitors management corrective action plans to ensure they are properly implemented, and schedule proper follow up meetings after audit projects.
- Contributes to a smooth and successful transition of different audit stages, ensuring successful completion of internal and external audits on schedule.
- Documents all audit process and provides timely updates to management.
- Provides efficiency and coordination of the audit process by bridging the communication gap between external auditors, internal audit, management, and business units.
IT Auditor
Verizon
11.2016 - 12.2021
- Conducts all audits on risk-based approach using IT audit process – planning, execution, reporting and follow-up.
- Performs ITGCs and IT Application control (ITAC) testing to determine design appropriateness and operating effectiveness.
- Performs review of business processes to identify risk and recommend mitigating controls.
- Performs recommendation follow-up with management verifying remediation plans to address identified control weaknesses are adequate.
- Document and communicate noted control gaps to respective stakeholders, review Management Action Plan (MAP) for timely remediation.
- Prepares and presents workpaper status, audit progress, audit challenges to audit executive management team on weekly basis.
- Conducts meetings with senior members of management and business process owners to understand the business process.
- Execute Information Technology General Controls (ITGCs) and IT Application Controls testing (ITAC) using COSO and COBIT frameworks.
- Track audit issues and tasks using JIRA and Confluence from beginning to completion of project.
Tech Support
Logix 4 Systems Inc
Owings Mills
04.2013 - 09.2016
- Provided support to clients while walking them through the process of resolving technical problems.
- Facilitated, Installed, and configured computer systems.
- Ensured smooth operation of all systems by monitoring hardware and software configurations in the network.
- Properly set up new user accounts.
- Assisted Product owners in preparing and refining backlogs for program increments as well as sprint planning.
- Provided proper testing and maintenance of new technology.
- Created and maintained working log detailing all required system updates and completion dates.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support team.
Education
BS - COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of Lagos
LagosSkills
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Dynatrace
- Azure
- V-lookup
- Teammate
- SharePoint
- SailPoint
- Confluence
- Jira
- Internal Control Systems
- Data Backups
- Audit laws and regulatory compliance
- Cloud Computing/AWS
- Archer GRC
- Nist
- PCI DSS
- COSO
- ISO
- Cobit
- SOC 2
- Azure Devops (ADO)
- Nessus
Certification
Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
Timeline
IT Governance Risk & Compliance Analyst
Newrez LLC
01.2025 - 06.2025
Compliance Analyst
Dadam Partners
07.2023 - Current
Lead Risk and Compliance Analyst
Broadridge
12.2021 - 01.2025
IT Auditor
Verizon
11.2016 - 12.2021
Tech Support
Logix 4 Systems Inc
04.2013 - 09.2016
BS - COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of Lagos