Terrence Li

About Terrence Li

Shengze (Terrence) Li is a Technology Risk Senior Manager in the Financial Services Organization (FSO) Assurance of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”). In his over eight years with the firm, he has worked with various high performing teams at EY and helped a wide portfolio of clients to identify and manage their key IT risks. Through those services and projects, Terrence has enhanced his leadership skills, project management skills, and strong work ethics. He desires to continue learning and achieve better performance in a fast-paced, challenging environment. Outside of work, Terrence co-leads the local College MAP Program (Mentoring for Access and Persistence) at the Chicago office that consists of around 100 participants and mentors underrepresented high school students on college application and preparation. To read more about the Program and how EY continues to deliver on its commitment to support the next generation: https://go.ey.com/3tYRzsQ

Experience

1. Senior Manager - Technology Risk - Financial Services Organization (Fso) Assurance

   EY

   Aug 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Terrence strives to better navigate his clients through this transformative age with all the emerging technologies. His projects typically focus on the identification of process and control weaknesses and providing clients with knowledge sharing and project oversight on a variety of IT assurance and consulting engagements, such as the ones highlighted below:• Service Organization Control Reports (SOC 1 & 2 - Type I & II), including assessing internal controls relates to business operations, system implementation/upgrades, security administration, IT issue management, privacy and confidentiality protocols for a Fortune 25 health insurance company. Specific to SOC 2, Terrence has experience issuing reports over all five of the Trust Service Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. Terrence has also been involved in projects that provide SOC readiness assessment for clients in various industries including digital assets;• Financial Statement Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 (SOX) Audit, including planning, conducting client interviews, executing testing, concluding evaluations on IT General Controls and IT application controls for a leading producer of semi-trailers in North America; • Internal Audit & Consulting: including providing information security assessment and process improvement recommendations for a subsidiary of a Fortune 10 holding company, and overseeing internal audit services provided to one of the leading insurance providers in U.S. Certifications & Technical Skills • Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)• Applications: SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Workday (HR and Finance), ADP, Kronos, and more. • Systems: Microsoft Windows, AWS, Azure Cloud, AS/400• Languages: SQL, Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling

Education

• Purdue University Daniels School of Business

  Master’s Degree, Accounting

  2016 — 2017

• Purdue University Daniels School of Business

  Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting, Management Information System, Management

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Analysis
• Leadership
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Model United Nations
• Time Management
• Critical Thinking
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Public Speaking
• Accounting
• Teamwork
• Financial Analysis
• Data Entry