SANDEEP K. GANGAR
Rockville,Maryland
Summary
Dynamic Internal Controls and Financial Risk Management Leader with extensive Big 4 and industry experience, specializing in SOX compliance, and risk mitigation. Has demonstrated success in implementing internal control frameworks to further strengthen processes and controls. Skilled in team leadership, critical thinking, and executive communications. Ensuring accurate and complete financial reporting, and adherence to regulatory standards across various business sectors.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
INTERNAL CONTROLS & FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT LEADER
DELOITTE LLP
Rosslyn, VA
10.2021 - 11.2025
- Managed a team of 16 professionals across US and Hyderabad to execute annual ICFR testing plan for Deloitte US Firm, covering over 20 process areas and 400 controls.
- Maintained an inventory of over 400 internal controls across diverse process areas and systems, identifying opportunities for control rationalization.
- Collaborated with Finance leaders managing more than 5,400 professionals to conduct annual fraud risk assessments and implement anti-fraud controls.
- Directed annual ICFR assessment and certification process, ensuring timely CFO/CEO attestations in compliance with AICPA and PCAOB regulations.
- Coordinated with Finance and Accounting stakeholders to identify, and monitor enterprise financial risks.
- Championed initiatives that enhanced accountability and risk awareness in financial controls organization-wide.
- Provided strategic guidance to ensure sustainability of internal control frameworks aligned with operational goals.
- Presented annual internal control plans, status updates, and remediation plans to US Firm BoD, Finance and Audit Committee.
GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICES INTERNAL CONTROLS
DELOITTE LLP
Rosslyn, VA
08.2016 - 10.2021
- Established GPS Internal Controls group in 2016, collaborating with management to develop internal controls and due diligence review plans.
- Identified control gaps by working with functional leads, providing actionable recommendations for resolution.
- Benchmarked testing strategy against DCAA and DCMA audit standards, ensuring compliance with government contractor regulations.
- Assisted Managing Director of Deloitte Internal Control for Financial Reporting in annual testing of CostPoint ICFR controls.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments from process flow documentation to final testing for Deloitte Board reporting.
- Executed testing across various GPS process areas, including record-to-report, client-to-cash, project start-up, compliance, procurement, billing, and journal entry/rates teams.
- Managed three internal controls practitioners in completing annual ICFR tasks, ensuring timely completion and reporting to key stakeholders.
- Collaborated with GPS Internal Audit group to align review plans and enhance internal control frameworks.
FEDERAL FINANCE & COMPLIANCE/INTERNAL CONTROLS
DELOITTE LLP
Rosslyn, VA
01.2013 - 08.2016
- Due to increased scrutiny from DCAA on contractor business systems, established Federal Internal Controls Group to document, prepare, and establish business system internal control testing methodology.
- Purpose for the group is to document and test business systems internal controls (post-CostPoint implementation), as defined by the DFAR.
- Managing multiple work streams to complete internal control listing across six relevant business systems for Deloitte Federal Practice.
- Per issuance of Statement of Conditions and Recommendations (SOCAR) by DCAA, auditors found issue with Deloitte Federal’s enforcement and controls of the Fly America Act and Lowest Available Airfare regulations.
- Served as the Compliance and Process Excellence SME with a team that consisted of Billing, Project Control, and Compliance for analysis and implementation of corrective actions and controls to ensure compliance with the Fly America Act and federal lowest available airfare requirements.
- Managed change and ambiguity corrective actions by implementing changes to airfare reservation and expense charging policies and procedures, as well as provided guidance to practitioners and internal resources on application to federal rules and regulations.
- Solely engaged in overseeing the DCAA floor check audits/interviews; present observations directly to Federal Compliance Leadership in order to identify potential risk areas/gaps in time recording and/or training.
- Additionally, provided key findings and resolutions to various floor check related issues.
- Coordinated functional reporting efforts (billing, accounting) to gather and provide CAD (Billing) reports, labor distribution reports, third party verification, and ACH support for personnel interviewed in DCAA floor checks.
- Interfaced closely with DCAA in resolving all floor check issues to minimize noncompliance findings in DCAA’s final reports including time charging issues specific to training and development activities.
Compliance Manager
HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. (HTSI)
Columbia, MD
11.2009 - 12.2012
- Responsible for the direct management of the Compliance Auditing staff which entails knowledge of regulations pertinent to Government contracting such as CAS, FAR, DFAR, and DCAA audit standards.
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with government laws and internal operational policies, procedures and systems.
- Currently manages and performs operational reviews and generates new policies and procedures as necessary to ensure continued compliance.
- Serving as primary liaison between DCAA, HTSI staff, and Leadership.
- Maintaining an excellent working relationship with government auditors through the current turbulent regulatory environment.
- Engaged daily with 15 DCAA auditors, onsite and offsite, as well as DCMA DACO to support multiple audits and bring resolution to multiple compliance matters as they relate to incurred cost audits, contract billings, and disclosure statements.
- Acting as primary liaison and interface for all reviews and audits.
- I have accountability for the overall results of the department.
- Responsible for the employment, performance evaluation, training, counseling, and discipline for the assigned employees.
- Performed internal labor floor checks to ensure all employees comply with timekeeping policies and procedures.
- Reported findings to leadership and implemented corrective action plans to remedy any issues.
- Maintained business system compliance metrics to ensure no system deficiencies for Accounting, Billing, Estimating, Labor/Timekeeping and Indirect/ODC systems in the event of DCAA/DCMA audits.
- Reported any potential risks to leadership and implement corrective action plans to remedy any issues.
Manager
PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS LLP
Mclean, VA
03.2004 - 11.2009
- Engaged with ITT Corporation for analysis of corporate governance and general compliance with FAR, CAS and other governmental regulations for compliance with Administrative Compliance Agreement, Consent Agreement and Deferred Prosecution Agreements.
- Serving as primary interface between ITT Corporate, ITT Defense/HQ, ITT Value Centers and PwC.
- Performed extensive CAS and TINA analysis of 134 government contracts for ITT business unit, ITT Night Vision in Roanoke, VA.
- Analyzed contract documentation for CAS applicability or deficiencies, worked with ITT-NV staff in updating Disclosure Statement and performed gap analysis of pricing structure to assess any possible defective pricing issues.
- Provided guidance and justification memorandum for inter-company transactions between ITT Corporation and their affiliates.
- Facilitated client interactions with outside counsel in providing government compliance guidance.
- Drafted and implemented ITT Corporate and Defense/HQ policies and procedures.
- Managed team of 7 Associates for long term internal project Odyssey, regarding DCAA audits of pre-acquisition PricewaterhouseCoopers government contracts by IBM.
- Contracts included various T&M, CPFF and IDIQ contracts.
- Historical review of contracts, 1995 and 1996, in response to DCAA audit requests.
- Review of post-acquisition contracts, 1999 - 2002.
- Duties included review of contract documentation, invoice tracking and understanding of legacy accounting system.
- Responsible for final review of incurred cost Schedules I and K of over 10 USAid government contracts and served as liaison between DCAA auditors and corporate counsel.
- Additionally, interviewed IBM staff associated with pre-acquisition government contracts.
- Performed forensic accounting analysis for construction company, Montgomery Watson Harza.
- Allegations of bid rigging by MWH subcontractors spearheaded an investigation by the City of Cape Coral regarding the Utility Expansion Project in Cape Coral, Florida.
- Performed independent analysis, on the behalf of MWH, in order to provide actual analytical data supporting MWH and subcontractors.
- Managed team of 5 Associates.
- Researched historical invoicing, bid documentation, and billings to justify bid amounts of various sub contractors.
- Researched and presented comparison bids for similar construction work.
- Reviewed subcontractor employee timecards and reconciled hours against invoices.
- Oversaw entire workflow and finalized presentation for City Council of Cape Coral.
- Prepared CSX Railroads insurance claim due to Hurricane Katrina.
- Worked closely with insurance company analysts in order to justify total claim totaling over $450 million.
- Analyzed track outages, re-routing of trains, and business disruptions of all CSX customers covered under the insurance policy.
- Interviewed various Market Managers in order to accurately calculate total insurance claim for various CSX shipping markets.
- Managed database of data and applying customer name changes, carload and revenue changes to accurately reflect claim.
- Performed termination for Curtiss Wright/Trentec which included scrubbing of unallowable costs, direct labor and facility cost analysis for various business units within Trentec.
- Applied detailed knowledge of FAR Part 31 Cost Principles and communicated findings to Curtiss Wright management.
- Created a government contracts workflow analysis for Computer Associates Corp. in Reston, VA.
- Responsibilities included management of staff, interview with client staff, modification of workflow visuals using Visio and other project GAANT charts, and final report drafting.
Senior Advisory Assurance Consultant
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Washington, D.C.
11.2002 - 01.2004
- Performed labor and per diem analysis for GE Wind Energy in Tehachapi, CA.
- Analyzed expense reports, created scrub spreadsheets and database to filter allowable vs. unallowable costs charged to the U.S. Government.
- Responsibilities included project management, daily interaction with client, and authoring, preparing and reviewing of final report.
- Extensive use of the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations) and CAS (Cost Accounting Standards) compliance manuals.
- Performed independent litigation support and internal audit for EG&G/URS Corporation in Watertown, NY.
- Forensic accounting responsibilities included total analysis and research of all company financial activities between the years of 2000 to 2002, with emphasis on labor, field expense reports and per diem.
- Supervised staff on specific analysis functions necessary for engagement success.
- Duties included project management, conducting interviews with key figures of URS Corporation, and analysis of company financial documents and accounting processes.
- Performed Sarbanes-Oxley, Section 404 overview of Northrop Grumman subsidiary, Xetron.
- Evaluation of internal controls and identification of possible risks of daily financial reporting processes.
- Analyzed operations and possible risks for Overhead Cost Management and Rates, Accounts Payable, and Financial Planning processes in order to suggest recommendations to mitigate risks associated with practices.
- Responsibilities included interviewing of key staff members of Xetron, preparing narrative of Budgeting and Procurement activities of the organization, and authoring, preparing and reviewing of final report.
Senior Consultant
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Washington, D.C.
08.2000 - 08.2002
- Performed workload assessment of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in workload measurement study, which helped define reporting standards and baseline data for a new Internet-based resource planning mechanism.
- Responsibilities included performing research, developing and revising workload measurement tools, interviewing, data collection (at HUD headquarters and corresponding Field Offices across the United States), data analysis and management, and final report production.
- Worked with the Contracts Team assisting in schedule contracts such as MOBIS, HR, Audit Financial Management, and Financial Asset Services Schedules.
- Duties included managing the database for contracts, research contracts and serve as liaison between client contract representatives and Andersen and communicate with managers regarding questions or concerns with contracts.
- Performed a process review and process reengineering of the appraisals reviewed at the HUD Homeownership Center in Atlanta, GA.
- Conducted personnel interviews, analysis, and process reengineering associated with endorsement and appraisal preparation for independent review.
- Additionally, resolved issues concerning the documents required in the appraisals.
- Performed internal interviews with Andersen managers for reviews of their projects.
- Reviewed documentation binders for thoroughness and completeness.
- Additionally, utilized Architeched Solutions in order to keep binders uniform from project to project.
- Worked on several proposals for HUD, DFAS, and DoD.
- Additionally, served as a member of the “Red Team” for proposal review.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
ADELPHI, MD03.2011
Bachelor of Science - Finance, International Business
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, ROBERT H. SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
COLLEGE PARK, MD05.1999
Skills
- SOX Compliance
- Fraud Risk Assessments
- Internal Control over Financial Reporting
- Deficiency Mitigation & Remediation
- Critical Thinking
- Team Leadership & Mentoring
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Process Optimization & Automation
- Change Management
- Executive Reporting & Communication
Training
- Six Sigma Green Belt Training
- CURA
- Certified Fraud Examiner Review
- Federal Publications Government Contracting Seminars
- American Conference Institute Seminars
- NETg Technical Course Library, SkillSoft Training
References
Available Upon Request
Affiliations Certifications
- AICPA – COSO certified
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Certified Fraud Examiner
- National Contract Management Association
- Program Management Institute
Timeline
INTERNAL CONTROLS & FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT LEADER
DELOITTE LLP
10.2021 - 11.2025
GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICES INTERNAL CONTROLS
DELOITTE LLP
08.2016 - 10.2021
FEDERAL FINANCE & COMPLIANCE/INTERNAL CONTROLS
DELOITTE LLP
01.2013 - 08.2016
Compliance Manager
HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. (HTSI)
11.2009 - 12.2012
Manager
PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS LLP
03.2004 - 11.2009
Senior Advisory Assurance Consultant
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
11.2002 - 01.2004
Senior Consultant
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
08.2000 - 08.2002
Master of Business Administration - Finance
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Bachelor of Science - Finance, International Business
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, ROBERT H. SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS