Sean is a Director with Protiviti based out of Cleveland where he is responsible for leading the execution of Financial Advisory and Internal Audit services to our clients across the Lake Erie Market (Cleveland & Pittsburgh). Sean has over 13 years of experience including management experience with a Global Fortune 50 retail company and has proven experience leading cross-functional project teams and delivering results across multiple industries.
Major Projects
- Initial Year SOX Compliance – Led multiple internal control projects for companies preparing for initial SOX compliance. Key deliverables included entity-wide risk assessment and scoping, process documentation (process maps, narratives), risk and control matrices, Gap analysis, and remediation roadmap for compliance readiness.
- Multi-phase Control Design Assessment and MW Remediation – For a newly public construction services company, provided a multi-phase project to evaluate the current design of internal controls across all in-scope SOX process cycles and decentralized locations to identify recommendations to address individual design and operating deficiencies attributable to multiple identified material weakness. Delivered results include a deficiency log of issues and observations as well as recommendations for improving internal controls in support of remediating the MW’s. Work is ongoing, yet as a result of work performed to date, one MW has been remediated and others have been downgraded in severity as additional implementation plans are completed.
- Global SOX Program Management – Responsible for the tactical oversight of the Global SOX Compliance program for a large multi-national retailer. Key deliverables include establishing global guidelines and procedures, timelines and milestones, and managing the task completion of key SOX testing activities across multiple workstreams for each of the participating in-scope entities.
- Multi-national SOX and Internal Audit Co-Source – Manage an ongoing multi-year project coordinating the global execution of a SOX and Internal Audit co-sourcing engagement for a glass manufacturing and distribution company. Markets served include US, Mexico, Portugal, Netherlands, and China.
- Retail Pharmacy Process and Control Assessment – Led a multi-phase process and control assessment of the pharmacy retail business segment of a mid-size retailer to identify and implement internal control improvements to remediate a reoccurring material weakness. Key deliverables included process documentation (process maps) for the pharmacy, optical and 340b liens of business, risk and control matrices, and internal control gap listing and remediation recommendations.
Areas of Expertise
- Finance & Accounting
- Internal Audit
- SOX Compliance
Industry Expertise
- Consumer Products/Retail
- Manufacturing & Distribution
- Healthcare Services
- Construction Services
Education
- B.S. – Accounting, University of Pittsburgh
Professional Memberships and Certifications
- IIA Accredited in Quality Assessment and Validation
- Member, IIA