George Schultz

Background

About George Schultz

An accomplished IT Professional, with highly successful Internal Audit and Risk Management experience in the Financial Industry. Background encompasses: Senior Technology Risk Manager with responsibilities of managing the First Line Technology Risk Management and the Technology Audit and Exam functions. Leveraging industry frameworks and practices (e.g, COBIT, ITIL, FFIEC, NIST, etc…), ensured the successful completion of annual risk assessments, periodic re-certifications, control testing, external / internal risk event analysis, ongoing metric analysis, risk mitigation / escalation. Additionally, serving as the central technology contact for interaction with Internal Audit and External Examiners to ensure requests are responded to accurately and timely. Senior IT Audit Manager responsible for the completion of the enterprise level annual Technology Audit Plan and assisting in the strategic alignment of the Audit Department to meet key stakeholders needs and expectations. Managed and successfully lead audit teams on complex engagements within technology focusing on Project Audits, IT General Controls (ITGCs) mainframe & distributed, Data Center Operations, Disaster Recovery, Change / Incident Management, Network Infrastructure Management and Security Engineering. Also supported integrated audits with a focus on end-to-end processing and application controls within the following lines of business: Anti-Money Laundering / Bank Secrecy Act (AML/BSA), Regulatory, Retail, Online Banking, Human Resources, SOX compliance testing and Collections. Managed the completion of payment card industry compliance reviews for the enterprise. Managed the internal audit advisory function for 20+ complex merger / acquisitions.