Nataliia Synko
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Technology Audit Senior Manager with 8 years of professional experience assessing effectiveness of controls in complex environments in various industries: Retail, Banking, Steel, E-Commerce, etc. Proven record of efficient project management and delivering high quality results in compliance with professional standards, leading and coaching multiple teams during audit execution and maintaining positive relationships with key stakeholders.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Analyst to Senior Manager
Deloitte Australia
09.2021 - Current
- Performed project management, planning and budgeting of work for complex audits (over 3000 hours);
- Managed financial performance of engagements, including WIP tracking, billing and budget vs actuals analysis;
- Managed engagements during all audit stages from planning to execution and reporting, including the following:
- Defining audit scope and audit plan, presenting it to key stakeholders from Financial Audit and Client side;
- Developing and agreeing timeline and deadlines for the audit;
- Execution of work, coaching and support of the team, quality review of audit documentation;
- Preparation of audit report, providing audit findings, developing and agreeing remediation plan with key stakeholders
- Managed positive relationships with key stakeholders, including executives from client side;
- Presented audit findings and remediation plan to Financial Audit and client executives;
- Supported implementation and continuous auditing of segregation of duties frameworks in complex environments;
- Performed assessment of internal controls in a number of internally developed systems and complex ERPs (SAP ECC, S/4 HANA, Oracle Fusion), as well as constantly changing CI/CD and IAM landscapes.
Assistant Manager in Risk Advisory
Deloitte Ukraine
10.2020 - 08.2021
- Performed planning and budgeting of team workload to ensure effective resource planning;
- Participated in recruitment activities, including designing testing procedures and interviewing potential candidates;
- Coordinated with financial audit team to identify audit objectives and develop audit plan in order to meet those objectives and provide assurance over internal control framework on a number of national clients;
- Performed examination of internal controls system in the following audit areas:
- General IT Controls;
- Automated controls within various operational cycles;
- System generated reports;
- Data flows and interface controls
- Performed coaching and supervision of junior team members (team consists of 8 to 10 individuals);
- Performed review of reports on audit procedures to ensure appropriate level of quality and compliance with internal policies and procedures, as well as international professional standards;
- Developed audit report criteria and reported to Risk Advisory and Audit Partners, as well as key stakeholders from client side on the effectiveness of internal control framework across the areas defined above.
Leading IT Audit Specialist
Lifecell
06.2020 - 09.2020
- Participated in all stages of operational and SOX audits from developing detailed audit plan to reporting to Audit Committee and stakeholders on existence and effectiveness of internal control framework within operational processes and IT General Controls.
Consultant to Senior Consultant in Risk Advisory
Deloitte Luxembourg
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Participated in PCAOB projects in Steel and Banking industries, ISA projects in Banking and Insurance industries
- Served as one of the lead senior consultants on the PCAOB Global Audit of one of the world’s largest steel producers
- Responsible for managing client relationship across various entities around the world
- Lead the execution of multiple system audits
- Accurately tracked multiple system audits to timely completion and ensuring strict compliance with all deadlines
- Performed risk assessment and assessment of IT General Controls in SAP, UNIX AIX, Linux and internally developed systems;
- Coordinated with financial auditors to identify and assess effectiveness of automated controls within key business processes;
- Through deep understanding of the relevant business flows, identified and provided assurance over relevant application interfaces (SAP and non-SAP);
- Performed risk assessment and development of IT control framework, including policies and procedures development;
- Reporting on the existence and effectiveness of internal controls on a weekly basis or upon audit completion to Partners, Directors and Senior Managers within Deloitte Audit team, as well as global audit leadership at each audit client;
- Was involved in planning, budgeting and project coordination;
- Ensured, through inspection of testing and deficiency evaluations that a homogenous testing approach and quality standards were maintained across components globally;
- Coached junior team members in order to grow their knowledge of PCAOB guidance and ensure quality of work.
Intern to Consultant in Risk Assurance
PwC Ukraine
08.2015 - 04.2018
- Served national and global clients in various industries including Banking, Telecommunications, and E-commerce:
- Examined, evaluated and reported on the risks and effectiveness of processes, policies and systems within IT General Controls in SAP, Oracle and number of internally developed systems
- Through coordination with financial auditors, identified and evaluated risks and effectiveness of key business process controls and system generated reports
- Designed and implemented audit plans to meet audit objectives and provide assurance over internal controls system in audit areas mentioned above;
- Demonstrated technical expertise by performing analysis of complex SQL scrips and Big Data;
- Reported on the existence and effectiveness of the system of internal controls upon each audit phase to the Risk Advisory Managers, Senior Managers and Director, as well to control owners and Board Members from client side.
Education
Master - Economic cybernetics
National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
2016
Bachelor - Economic cybernetics
National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
2014
Skills
- Risk Assessment and Management
- General IT Controls Evaluation
- Assessment of Segregation of Duties Framework
- ICFR Improvement
- Risk mitigation
- Planning and Project management
Certification
Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), ISACA (19160042)
Languages
Ukrainian
Native or Bilingual
Russian
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Analyst to Senior Manager
Deloitte Australia
09.2021 - Current
Assistant Manager in Risk Advisory
Deloitte Ukraine
10.2020 - 08.2021
Leading IT Audit Specialist
Lifecell
06.2020 - 09.2020
Consultant to Senior Consultant in Risk Advisory
Deloitte Luxembourg
04.2018 - 04.2020
Intern to Consultant in Risk Assurance
PwC Ukraine
08.2015 - 04.2018
Master - Economic cybernetics
National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor - Economic cybernetics
National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
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