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Sarah Damaze

Fremont,CA

Summary

Collaborative manager with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Experience in SOX compliance and internal control evaluation of business and ITGC processes control environments, process policy improvements, systems implementation, IPO readiness and SOX control assessments.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager - Financial Operations

Connor Group
10.2020 - Current
  • Planning and executing IT SOX audits for various technology companies by analyzing systems and control environment to develop IT risk control matrices
  • Managing and collaborating with head of internal audit to conduct external audit walk throughs of IT general and automated controls (ITGCs and ITACs
  • Collaborating with external auditors and control owners to ensure PBCs, follow ups, and/or findings are addressed in a timely manner
  • Identifying business and IT risks and controls in key applications and cloud systems such as NetSuite, Oracle, Workday, AWS including control design and implementation
  • Evaluating and testing design/operational effectiveness ITGCs/ITACs and providing head of internal audit with findings (i.e., control deficiencies) and guidance on improvement and/or remediation plans
  • Assisting with SOC 1 Type 2 report reviews performed and ensure reports with a qualified opinion are assessed for financial impact and identify compensating controls and/or alternative testing procedures
  • Working on new system implementations which require an understanding in system development life cycle controls (SDLCs) and ensuring project/control owners have sufficient knowledge on the SOX requirements
  • Working closely with system engineers and developers to discuss audit requirements as it related to ITGCs and ITACs including interfaces
  • Managing and cross trained teams of 3+ IT audit professionals to maximize team agility and performance

Audit Senior - Financial Services

Ernst and Young
10.2017 - 10.2020
  • Served commercial banking institutions on integrated audit engagements
  • Commercial lending; Allowance for Credit Losses (collective and specific impairment); equity comp
  • Pension plan audit
  • Compliance audit (Housing and Urban Development Lending Program)
  • Lending system implementation and migration
  • Served venture capital clients, primarily with valuation of portfolio companies
  • Obtaining financial data through client interviews/review of client support and documenting key accounting processes, data flow charts, narratives, and risk control matrices
  • Researching complex technical accounting requirements such as CECL and leases standards under U.S
  • GAAP
  • Managed engagement economics, and supervised both onshore and offshore teams of staff and seniors.

Education

Master of Accountancy; Audit Emphasis -

University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business
Salt Lake City, UT
05.2017

Bachelor of Science; Accounting -

University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business
Salt Lake City, UT
12.2015

Timeline

Manager - Financial Operations

Connor Group
10.2020 - Current

Audit Senior - Financial Services

Ernst and Young
10.2017 - 10.2020

Master of Accountancy; Audit Emphasis -

University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

Bachelor of Science; Accounting -

University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

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