Eryn Blake

About Eryn Blake

Internal Auditor with nine years of experience in financial statement, operations, and…

Experience

1. Audit Project Manager Ii, VP - Strategy, Planning & Analytics

   First Citizens Bank

   Apr 2023 — Present

   Serve as the TeamMate+ Champion for an internal audit department of over 200 associates (post-acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank) which included troubleshooting any system or user errors, approving any access requests in the Bank’s User Access Portal • Improved the configuration of TeamMate+ cloud solution to ensure alignment with the department Audit and Issue Management methodologies as to improve the operational effectiveness of audit execution for audit teams. • Led the decommissioning project for the TeamMate AM database which included ensuring regulatory retention requirements were met, project was under or at budget, and stakeholders were appropriately included in necessary discussions for decision points that required Senior Leadership Team and IT leadership input. • Governed the Plan Management process for an Internal Audit department of over 200 associates (post-acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank) which included appropriate retention of plan changes, timely processing of plan changes in TeamMate+, Enhanced the Audit Plan Management guidance and Plan Change Form utilized to capture audit plan and audit universe changes • Collaborated with the Audit Data Analytics Team to configure a comprehensive Audit Tracking Report in Alteryx leveraging data from the TeamMate+ cloud solution. • Assisted with Dynamic Planning sessions conducted for Continuous Monitoring efforts which include review of Continuous Monitoring summaries for effective challenge of emerging risks, ensure risk assessments were appropriately updated as required, and any identified audit plan or audit universe changes follow the established Plan Management process. • Maintain data integrity in the TeamMate+ cloud solution so the Audit Tracking Report utilized for Audit Plan Management and Audit Committee Reporting was accurate and complete.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  Bachelor of Science, Finance

  2006 — 2010

• North Carolina Central University

  Masters of Business Administration, Business Administration and Management, General

  2012 — 2014

• Wake Technical Community College

  Accounting Certificate

  2018 — 2019

Skills

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Crm
• Communication
• Compliance
• Timely Decision Making
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Data Management
• Operations Management
• Sas
• Technical Writing
• Credit
• Presentation Coaching
• Banking
• Microsoft Technologies
• Multi Tasking
• Credit Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Mortgage Banking
• Mortgage Lending
• Time Management
• Consumer Lending
• Analysis
• Customer Service
• Management
• Analyze Information
• Internal Audit
• Finance
• Leadership
• Loans