Israel
I Hold a B.A in Public Administration, M.A in Internal Audit and I am a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). My experience includes working with clients in the High-Tech, Real Estate, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Energy sector, Industry sector, Government sector, etc. both in Israel as well as abroad. As part of my work, I was involved in wide range of projects in those sectors, such as Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) and Israel SOX implementation, Internal Audit projects, Consulting and testing of Internal controls, conducting Risk and Fraud surveys and assessments for Israeli and foreign clients.
- Performing SOX, Internal Audit and Consulting engagements individually and as part of a team including management and control of meeting goals and deadlines. - Responsibility for planning and performing SOX projects and Internal audit reports at the client sites, managing and supervising the work processes. - Analysis of the results of internal audit and SOX projects, preparing reports including recommendations to be implemented in the system of internal controls of the companies. - Perform and control the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations effectiveness, compliance with all applicable directives and regulations. - Documenting existing processes through interviews, observation and inquiry, development and implementation of the Risk Control Matrixes including Identifying risks and key control activities. - Testing the operating effectiveness of internal controls in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley act; - Identifying any gaps in controls and making practical recommendations; - Working directly with business process owners on the implementation of SOX controls, including business process re-design, policies, procedures, documentation, evidence evaluation, and system enhancements. - Acting as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and goal achievement - Conducting follow-up audits to monitor management’s interventions.
- Assessing business risks and developed an annual audit plan based on the assessment results and management requests. - Prepared internal audit reports with detailed findings and practical recommendations to strengthen the overall control of the authority. - Identified control weaknesses; formulated recommendations for improvement and performed follow-up work to ensure timely implementation. - Performed special audits on an ad-hoc basis as required by regulators, management and audit committees. - Conduct high-level audits and reviews in order to meet the SOX-IT (ITGC) standards controls in various companies. - Identified control weaknesses and developed recommendations that remediated them, while adding value to the business area by increasing efficiency and/or economy where appropriate.