Katherine van Hook

Background

About Katherine van Hook

Professional experience summary Katie is a Managing Director in the Technology Risk Assurance practice of Ernst & Young LLP. A seasoned IT Audit Executive with 18 years of experience supporting complex, global organizations through high quality external audits and rigorous control environments. Katie brings deep expertise in Financial Statement and Integrated Audit support, with a strong track record advising Audit Committees and senior leadership on IT risk, internal controls, and audit quality across diverse, highly regulated industries. Engagement experience • Coordinated and led several IT audit engagements for core assurance teams in order to support the annual financial statement and internal control (SOX 404) audits from an IT perspective. This included overseeing testing performed by EY IT personnel, communicating results and status with the client executives. • Coordinated and led several Global IT Services Organization Control Reports - provided annual financial statement support and SSAE 16 services which included assurance over business process controls and supporting IT environments. • Participated in a multi-year internal audit IT co-source engagement for a large government contractor. Responsibilities included performing risk assessments, creating work programs for application and supporting infrastructure reviews, reporting activities to IA team and Management. • ERP Process and Controls: Performed ERP control assessments across several industry lines including Retail, Aerospace and Defense, and Technology. Engagements included performing segregation of duty (SOD) reviews, assisting with the remediation/mitigation of SOD conflicts, configurable controls assessments, pre/post implementation reviews, assessment of ERP GRC applications, and testing IT/process controls across several ERP modules.