Elizabeth Sibley, CIA
Brandon
Summary
Certified Internal Auditor with notable experience in project management and a strong history of fostering effective relationships with clients and colleagues. Skilled in strategic problem-solving and committed to driving team success and achieving impactful results.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
VP – Audit Manager
Rabobank
Chesterfield
06.2024 - Current
- Through account management, establishes trusting working relationships in which issues or risks are openly communicated and strong relationships with senior management are built.
- Assists in the development of a comprehensive risk based annual audit plan. Based on the annual audit plan, commits to quarterly plan and monitors the timely execution.
- Manages progress of assigned engagements over all phases of the audit, including planning, scoping, reviewing, and reporting.
- Reviews audit work of assigned staff, ensuring adherence to quality and Audit Rabobank standards.
- Ensures timely communication to stakeholders regarding the risks and progress of the engagement.
- Establishes relationships with regional/global businesses, functions, and audit teams to ensure alignment between regions/global, as well as efficient use of resources by coordinating audit and risk management activities.
- Provides input to quarterly reporting of the audit function, including insight into risk developments and issues, and the way in which the entity controls its risks and manages issues.
- Assists in setting the NA audit function strategy through participation in the Leadership Team (LT), as well as collaborating with the LT in tactical matters arising.
- Oversees the establishment of Agile Sprints to ensure overall plan and engagements are achieved and meet objectives (time, quality, etc.).
- Manages engagement level staff performance and provides input to grow goals, including proposals and support for training, as well as on-the-job coaching and timely constructive feedback.
- Leads interviews for audit department positions and provides insightful feedback to select top candidates.
VP – Senior Auditor
Rabobank
Chesterfield
07.2022 - 05.2024
- Effectively leads and participates in the planning and performance of audit fieldwork for assigned areas.
- Provides constructive feedback to peers and supervisors as audit work is performed.
- Ensures and performs timely communication of audit progress and findings to stakeholders both verbally and in writing.
- Manages time and assigned tasks efficiently and effectively to meet deadlines, which involves frequent status discussions with team members to achieve an agile way of working.
- Assists in current initiatives to enhance audit processes, which includes standardization of work paper documentation and continuous monitoring utilizing data analysis.
- Serves as the backup data driven analysis (DDA) DPO within the audit team by discussing data analysis uses throughout audits and signing off as reviewer of those initiatives. This role includes coordinating with global audit colleagues in determining and implementing methods to improve both data integrity and DDA utilization in North American audits.
Senior Internal Auditor
Hancock Whitney Bank
Gulfport
10.2019 - 06.2022
- Participates in enterprise-level risk assessments to help Internal Audit Management produce a risk-based audit plan and recommends updates/revisions as prompted by changes to the Company’s risk profile.
- Effectively leads and participates in the planning and performance of audit fieldwork for assigned areas to evaluate the accuracy of financial information, the effectiveness of internal controls, and compliance to laws, regulations, and internal policies and procedures.
- Assists in the development of audit staff on assigned reviews by providing feedback, reviewing work papers, drafting audit reports, training, supervising work, and addressing and resolving problems.
- Effectively communicates risk-based findings to management both verbally and in writing. Coordinating and evaluating acceptable management responses for reported issues and following-up to ensure corrective actions have been implemented.
- Develops partnerships with audit clients for assigned areas by understanding their goals and deliverables, key business processes, technologies, risk management practices and areas of potential risk.
Auditor
Bank of Yazoo
Yazoo City
01.2015 - 10.2019
- Performs several first year audits with responsibilities of developing audit programs and working papers, identifying and documenting audit issues and recommendations, and writing audit reports.
- Creates and budgets the annual internal audit schedule and manages time to stay within budgeted timeframes.
- Trains and supervises summer audit interns and reviews their working papers.
- Provides independent advice to line and senior management on risk mitigation and best practices.
- Exhibits strong communication skills by presenting audit reports to both management and the Audit Committee.
Education
Bachelor of Accountancy -
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS07.2012
Pre-Accountancy -
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, MS05.2010
Skills
- Audit planning
- Team leadership
- Report writing
- Problem solving
- Data analytics
- Project management
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Training and development
Honors And Certifications
- Certified Internal Auditor, IIA, 09/20, Present
- President-Elect, Central MS IIA Chapter, 06/23, 05/24
- President, Central MS IIA Chapter, 06/24, Present
Timeline
VP – Audit Manager
Rabobank
06.2024 - Current
VP – Senior Auditor
Rabobank
07.2022 - 05.2024
Senior Internal Auditor
Hancock Whitney Bank
10.2019 - 06.2022
Auditor
Bank of Yazoo
01.2015 - 10.2019
Bachelor of Accountancy -
Mississippi State University
Pre-Accountancy -
Northwest Mississippi Community College
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