Christopher Thomas

Director of Internal Audit @Jackson State University

Jackson, MS, US

Plan, develop, and direct the institutional internal audit function, which serves as an independent assurance and advisory activity of the university’s risk, governance and control processes.• Design, develop, and implement internal auditing policy and procedure within the university to ensure compliance with identified objectives, standards, and laws.• Maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the institution’s goals and objectives; recruits, employs, trains, supervises, and evaluate unit staff.• Develop an audit schedule in conjunction with the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s (IHL) Chief Audit Executive (CAE) and the University’s President, which allocates audit resources among projects based on risk assessment and assigns auditors to various projects on the audit schedule.• Review results of audit projects and communicate results to university administrators and IHL’s CAE.• Consult with and advise university administrators, faculty, and staff on operational and administrative issues.• Coordinate and perform audit work, approve audit plans, review audit reports prior to formal release, and review supporting work papers to ensure reports are properly supported.• Establish and implement short-and long-range organizational goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures; monitors and evaluates operational effectiveness; and effects changes required for improvement.• Manage and monitor whistle blower ethics system. Investigate anonymous complaints and provide reports to executive administrators.

University of Phoenix

Master, Accountancy

Belhaven University

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

Jackson State University

BA, Accounting