Jaqueline Griffin

Primary responsibilities include developing a risk based test plan; evaluation of the adequacy of process design & effectiveness of controls; performance of audit tests; preparation of working papers; direction, instruction and evaluation of team members; identification & documentation of control & process weaknesses; presentation of identified issues & recommendations to executive management; completion of follow-up audits to monitor management’s implementation of corrective actions.

As an audit manager, my role involved managing several audits, overseeing the budgets for my engagements, supervising several staff & seniors and reviewing their audit work, interacting with client contacts, researching and (if necessary) consulting with national office on technical accounting and auditing matters and ensuring the audit is commenced and concluded efficiently & effectively. My main clients are privately held companies and non-profits in the manufacturing and higher education industries.

As an audit senior, I was primarily responsible for facilitating the audit process from audit planning through issuance of financial statements, performing substantive and analytical audit procedures to test account balances for material misstatements, researching technical accounting matters and prepare accounting memorandums, managing and reviewing the work of first and second year audit staff and coordinating audit requests with client management.

As an audit staff, my core responsibilities included performing audit procedures surrounding the client’s internal controls and general ledger accounts under supervision of the audit senior/manager, observing physical inventory procedures for accuracy and efficiency and working in a team atmosphere collaborating with team members in order to ensure timely client deliverables.

As an intern, my core responsibilities including assisting the tax and accounting departments with various tasks. During my time, I performed a comprehensive analysis of Canadian invoices in order to identify miscoded recoverable Goods and Services taxes, prepared annual filings and corporate registrations for various states in which business was conducted and worked with American Eagle Outfitters Foundation to help the charity maintain its 501(c)3 status

Intermediate German, European Art, European History, Philosophy, European Literature

2 week international research project - Škoda Auto

Certificate in Leadership and Ethics and Certificate in International Business