Avril Garcia Goodenough

About Avril Garcia Goodenough

People-oriented and performance-focused risk and controls professional with deep internal audit experience in fast-paced, evolving organizational cultures. Significant knowledge of operations, risk management, and compliance.Previous experience in financial services and risk management consulting in the commercial and federal space. Industries of focus included financial services/banking and capital markets, consumer and industrial products, technology, and healthcare. Advised on risk and internal control, business process engineering and implementation, program reviews and assessments, and compliance and reporting. Performed projects requiring program start-up, internal controls process design and development, resolution planning/\"living wills,\" as well as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) quality reviews.

Experience

1. Senior Manager Internal Audit

   Washington Gas

   Jan 2014 — Present

   Lead the Internal Audit function in our Utilities sector. Responsible for development and execution of risk-based Internal Audit plan, providing leadership to Internal Audit team, overseeing audit execution and reporting, and supporting overall risk management strategy. Strive to promote positive brand through effective stakeholder management. Support continuous improvement of function and development of both team and self.

Education

• Louisiana State University

  BS, Accounting, Internal Audit

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Auditing
• Risk Management
• Internal Audit
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Risk
• Risk Assessment
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Financial Services
• Business Process