Michael Kemp

About Michael Kemp

I am a Senior Financial Services Professional with 20 years of experience in…

Experience

1. Senior Sox Accountant - Vice President Within Wholesale Group Controller\'s Department

   Wells Fargo

   Jun 2014 — Present

   Perform design and operating effectiveness testing on the key controls of the assigned business processes in compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) •Assist the Senior Group/Group Controllers by working with the business areas, Internal Control Unit Project Management Office (ICU PMO), external and internal auditors and others as needed to ensure all in-scope processes, risks and controls are properly documented and evaluated •Assist with the analysis and review of assigned processes, risks and controls to confirm key risks and key controls have been identified and there are no gaps •Coordinate and assist with facilitating design meetings with the business areas to document and/or update in-scope processes, risks and key controls •Maintain SEC/SOX documentation within the Financial Control Management (FCM) application and ensure any changes are appropriately reflected as needed •Participate in control walkthroughs to evaluate and document design effectiveness of the key controls •Responsible for updating test plans and testing the operating effectiveness of key controls at interim, year-end and remediation testing •Responsible for identifying control deficiencies surrounding derivatives and communicating deficiencies to Finance Control Director and/or Senior Group Controllers will assist with drafting the issue document •Work with the business areas to help them develop a remediation action plan for issues identified •Coordinate test samples and meetings with external and internal auditors to minimize duplicate work on the business areas and ensure the external auditors have the necessary documentation to complete their testing •Work with Finance Control Management, business areas across the company, ICU PMO, Internal Audit, External Audit and others as needed to ensure that the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting is adequate

Education

• Morris College

  BS, Accounting

  1993 — 1997

• University of Phoenix

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Accounting

  2004 — 2006

• Ashford University

  Master of Arts (MA), Organizational Management/Global Management

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Retail Banking
• Compliance
• Risk Management
• Banking
• Analytical Skills
• Treasury
• Management
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Internal Audit
• Financial Services
• Regulatory Reporting
• Finance
• Regulatory Filings
• Financial Analysis
• Sox 404
• Analysis
• Mortgage Banking
• Us Gaap Reporting
• Capital Markets
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Sox Compliancy
• Loans
• Financial Risk
• Credit