Diana Nguyen

Senior Associate, Federal Advisory Services at KPMG

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

About

Experience

  • Senior Associate, Federal Advisory at KPMG
    May 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

    Provide high quality, professional day-to-day execution of internal audit engagements and projects in line with firm risk management practices •Develop audit programs, working papers, and internal audit reports •Assist in preparing risk assessments and annual audit plans for clients •Work on teams focused on advisory projects and assist engagement management to successfully complete engagement objectives •Help identify performance improvement opportunities for clients and communicate findings to senior management and client personnel

  • Senior Compliance Auditor at Calibre CPA Group, PLLC
    Jun 2015 - May 2017 · 2 yrs

    Assess whether employers are in compliance with regulations governed by their respective union’s collective bargaining agreements over a contract span of 3 years Independently travel 50% out of the year to employer facilities to reconcile, retrieve, and analyze information from payroll, accounting systems, and tax documents Differentiate discrepancies from either systemic or random occurrences that help employers improve internal controls Adapt to unique payroll systems by utilizing Excel in unusual methods Increase overall efficiency in the office by communicating techniques to and mentoring coworkers Revise and resolve rebuttals of audit findings related to mismanagement of pension contributions

  • Office Assistant at University of Maryland Baltimore County
    Nov 2011 - May 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Provided support to supervisor for decision-making by closing out monthly reports Utilized PeopleSoft to calculate promotional wages and determine applicant qualifications Managed all student HR employees by overseeing their timesheets, schedules, mandatory training, and paperwork Mentored incoming students to ensure that business operations will continue to run smoothly after my employment

  • Intern with the Internal Control and Audit Follow-Up Group at Federal Housing Finance Agency
    Jul 2013 - Jan 2014 · 7 mos

    Collected qualitative information from all audit findings over the span of 3 years Converted data quantitatively to analyze efficiency in resolving findings Created visual representations of data and analysis that targeted weaknesses and areas of improvements used in presentations to the Executive Committee of Internal Control Developed written guidance of standard procedures surrounding the annual A-123 internal control assessment required by all government agencies

  • Intern with the Survey and Certification Team at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Jun 2012 - Aug 2012 · 3 mos

    Established a new process to convert the regional office to a paperless system to help their goal to transition from paper files to electronic files; thereby reducing paper files by nearly 75% Developed written guidance to support the office’s transition and achieve their goal within 6 months