James is a director with Baker Tilly’s risk advisory practice. He has more than 15 years of experience in internal audit and accounting. He specializes in providing internal audit and risk consulting services, including outsourced and co-sourced internal audits, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance (SOX) for public companies, and internal control design and implementation consulting. Before joining Baker Tilly, James worked with a Big Four firm, a top 10 global public accounting firm and has Fortune 100 industry experience.
- Led engagements to design and implement systems of internal control over financial reporting at existing and newly public companies
- Led engagements to remediate multiple material weaknesses and significant deficiencies at public companies
- Led engagements to outsource or co-source annual SOX compliance testing services at multiple public companies
- Led engagements to execute operational and financial internal audits across clients in manufacturing, technology and energy industries
- Led design and implementation of internal audit risk assessment and audit planning processes at public companies
- Led the internal audit annual risk assessment and planning process at a public company
- Led design and implementation of fraud risk assessment, SOX scoping, and internal control testing procedures at public companies
- Led implementation of internal audit electronic work paper programs at public companies
- Project managed accounting standard adoptions (revenue recognition, lease accounting) for a public company
- Led a project to remediate segregation of duties material weaknesses at a public company
- Collaborated as a team member on internal audit external quality assessments (EQA)
- The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Former president, San Antonio chapter)
- IIA, Former chapter officer, Long Island and San Antonio chapters
- IIA chapter events and conferences, speaker
- Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
