Deeksha Jayakara

Experienced senior with 11+ years of experience in the statutory audit of US based Healthcare and Life Sciences companies, Internal controls and Sarbanes Oxley Audits of Financial Services clients. High ethical and quality standards, professional attitude, and co-operative behavior. Excellent communication skills including formal presentation and email writing. Skilled in identifying design gap, mitigating risks and identifying process improvement opportunities.

Participated in the development of the SOX testing plan by assisting with annual scoping exercise.

Conducted walkthrough of control processes and ensured controls are appropriately designed to assess applicable business and financial reporting risks.

Performed audit procedures to verify controls are operating effectively through walkthroughs, inquiry, observation and testing.

Communicated in a timely manner any deficiencies or exceptions identified during testing and assisted in identifying root cause and proposing practical recommendations to remediate control gaps.

Followed-up on remediation activities for deficiencies identified to ensure control gaps are successfully resolved.

Assisted with the Company’s SOX and internal control documentation including Risk Control Matrices (RCMs) and process narratives and flowcharts.

Documented SOX testing results in accordance with established regulatory and auditing standards.

Assisted in the implementation of tools or software used for the Company’s internal control compliance program (Workiva)

Performed other activities on an ad-hoc basis (such as SOC-1 analysis and reviews) to ensure COSO framework requirements and other regulatory standards are met.

MBA in Finance (Year 2012)