Kimiko Sahakian: Associate Manager, Internal Audit & Controls

Project Manager for several ad hoc projects Perform testing, documentation, and evaluation of business processes and controls while identifying and remediating areas of risk to the business Conduct SMART audits of US boutiques on a yearly basis Managed a Global Leadership Risk Assessment Workshop Evaluate and approve access rights to the ERP system and perform yearly audits of all user access Co-lead of the Crisis Management Team and primary manager of the Business Continuity Plan Provided internal control consulting to Benefit UK and Benefit SAS Manage internal control reporting to parent company for all Benefit Cosmetics subsidiaries

Responsible for the preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, and account analysis Contributed 30% of capacity to the Partner Revenue Share team by analyzing monthly partner data. Streamlined reconciliations to decrease manual processes Responsible for providing month-over-month variance analysis for expense accounts by using Pivot Tables to manipulate large Excel data sets

Responsible for managing the entire audit engagement from start to finish Reviewed client accounting and operating procedures, performed internal control test work, monitored actual billable hours to budget, and conducted audit tests to support an audit opinion Coached new staff on engagement team and performed preliminary review of their work