Matt is a director with Baker Tilly’s risk advisory practice. With more than 10 years of experience serving large and small, public and private clients in the general manufacturing, financial, consumer products, public sector and higher education industries. He provides services including internal audit, risk assessment, resource optimization, financial and operational risk management, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, fraud investigation and organizational governance. Prior to joining Baker Tilly, Matt worked for a large, national firm where he provided financial statement audit, compliance and risk advisory services.
- Assists organizations in assessing enterprise-wide risks
- Identifies, designs and implements internal controls that balance efficiency and effectiveness for both private and public companies and maximize control reliance by external auditors in audits of financial statements
- Provides independent evaluations on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and compliance with regulatory and professional standards
- Assesses process and operational efficiencies by improving internal controls
- Executes strategic financial management engagements by assessing fiscal position and identifying financial metrics for higher education institutions
- Executed SOX 404 compliance engagements across multiple industries including manufacturing, technology and consumer business sectors
- Served as lead manager in developing internal controls that have successfully positioned organizations to be SOX 404(b) compliant
- Executed full-cycle, internal audits across multiple business functions including operations, finance and compliance
- Has experience planning, coordinating and managing audit engagements for both public and private companies, communicating with senior management and recommending process improvements that are practical and economical
- Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAS)
