About Susan W.
Susan D. Wentz, MBA CPA CIA CFF CGMA
350 Salster Road
Fleming, Ohio 45729
diannwentz@gmail.com
740-350-9727 (cell)
Education:
Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Management concen... more
Susan D. Wentz, MBA CPA CIA CFF CGMA
350 Salster Road
Fleming, Ohio 45729
diannwentz@gmail.com
740-350-9727 (cell)
Education:
Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Management concentration; 3.94 GPA (May 2018) Ohio University, Athens OH (Summa Cum Laude)
Bachelor of Science – Accounting (May 1994)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
Licenses/Certifications:
*Certified Public Accountant (CPA); Licensed in Ohio and WV
*Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
*Certificate in Financial Forensics (CFF)
*Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)
*ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
Work Experience:
Susan D. Wentz CPA, LLC (July 2018 to current)
Owner/Operator
• Offering Project Management skills, including IT system implementations
• Offering financial forensic skills: digital forensics, electronic data analysis, and audits, including Fraud prevention, detection, and response
• Offering Systems Reviews skills: auditing systems and providing updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to strengthen and improve the system
• Offering financial reporting audit skills: Financial Statement Audits and SSAE 18 / SOC 1 (internal controls over financial reporting) Audits
• Offering operational and quality audits to ensure compliance with corporate policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and contracts
Director of IT Operations (January 2015 – January 2018)
Memorial Health System, Marietta OH
• Responsible for directing a staff of ten (10) IT analysts and one IT Supervisor
• Responsible for providing IT support for twenty-eight (28) financial and administrative applications within Meditech, a healthcare software system
• Responsible for implementing software system upgrades and third-party vendor applications
Director of Internal Audit and Special Investigations (October 2006 – January 2015)
Manager, Internal Audit (January 1998 – October 2006)
Highmark Inc., Pittsburgh PA
• Reported directly to Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors
• Responsible for directing a staff of thirty-two (32) auditors, business analysts, and report writers and one SIU Manager, all located in three states (Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware)
• Responsible for directing an annual budget of $2,600,000
• Responsible for developing the annual Audit Plan using a risk-based approach
• Responsible for testing to enhance audit efficiencies: Financial Statement Audits, SAS 70 (internal controls and safeguards) Audits, and implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, Section 404, Assessment of Internal Controls over financial reporting
• Responsible for completing operational and management audits to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and contracts
• Actively served on the Corporate Compliance Committee
• Actively served on the Corporate Risk Committee
Chairperson – Supervisory Committee (March 2003 – June 2005) West Virginia Central Credit Union, Parkersburg WV
• Conducted audits of loans to ensure compliance with policies and procedures
• Conducted surprise cash counts of vaults and teller drawers
• Contracted independent public accountants to perform the annual audit
Senior Corporate Accountant (March 1996 – January 1998)
Elkem Metals Company, Marietta OH
• Responsible for implementing/updating internal control policies and procedures
• Responsible for preparing monthly combined financial statements for Elkem Metals Company, the holding company, and eight (8) subsidiary companies
• Responsible for completing monthly closings of all U.S. plants in three days in order to convert financial results into Norwegian Krone in preparation for reporting results on the Norwegian Stock Exchange (parent corporation was located in Norway)
• Responsible for quarterly and yearly governmental reporting requirements for all U.S. companies
• Responsible for performing monthly and quarterly analyses on all general ledger account balances
Staff Accountant (June 1994 – March 1996)
Deloitte, Richmond VA
• Responsible for performing public accounting duties such as substantive tests of cash and cash equivalents, investments including compliance with debt covenants, accounts receivable, accounts payable, revenue, and expenses
• Responsible for reporting audit findings including management letter comments and recommendations for improvements in internal control procedures
• Responsible for performing SAS 70 (internal controls and safeguards) Audits
Professional Memberships:
* American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
* Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
* Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA)
* West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (WVSCPA)
* WVSCPA – Parkersburg WV Chapter (past President - 2006)
* Beta Alpha Psi – Virginia Commonwealth University
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