Joseph Termine, CIA CISA

Past

Supervisor at Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP
Corporate Auditor at Tyco International
Internet Systems Administrator at East Baton Rouge Public School System

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Education

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Joseph Termine, CIA CISA’s Summary

Joe Termine is an auditor who lives outside of sunny Princeton, NJ. He has been an auditor for nearly 7 years – a job which has taken him to 23 countries, 41 U.S. states, and 83 Marriotts. The job has enabled him to work in four types of organization: a large retailer, a multinational conglomerate company, a public accounting firm, and a public school system. Prior to his life as an auditor, Joe worked as an I.T. systems administrator.

Joe Termine has a passion for researching technology and its role in governance and public policy. He believes that auditors should embrace today’s technology to enable them to reduce their workload and extend their ability to oversee conditions that can cause inefficiencies, lost opportunities, and damage to internal control and reputation. This has led Joe to pursue several research projects on the subject of improving audit efficiency and coverage. Details on this research is posted on his blog, njauditor.com.

Joe maintains a demeanor not typical of most auditors: he considers auditors to be “therapists”, not “investigators”, and strives to open the channels of communication when ambiguity or uncertainty prevails. Where possible, Joe uses automated testing to reduce the drain clients experience when undergoing an audit.

While not globetrotting or researching audit technology, Joe spends time in NYC at the theatre, plays the piano, and irons his extensive collection of sweater vests.

Joseph Termine, CIA CISA’s Specialties:

IT audit, financial close, internal controls, SOX, process improvement, refactoring, project management, ACL, proactive fraud monitoring

Joseph Termine, CIA CISA’s Experience

Supervisor

Amper, Politziner and Mattia LLP

(Accounting industry)

September 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 6 months)

1. Managed internal audits, Sarbanes-Oxley reviews, J-SOX readiness projects, and deficiency remediation projects for clients. Responsible for project plans and budgets, resources at client sites, and reporting audit findings.
2. Developed and executed data analytics testing programs to automate audit testing and optimize the use of audit resources.
3. Lead projects to optimize and control clients’ financial reporting processes.
4. Developed the functional requirements for database applications that replace spreadsheets in financial reporting.
5. Developed an approach to screen vendors, employees, and shipping destinations as part of “auditing with a fraud mindset” for select financial attestation engagements. Published an article in Compliance Week in September 2008 about this approach.
6. Developed a model to implement a continuous monitoring program that automatically screens for conditions in data that might indicate control weaknesses.
7. Lead a project to optimize staff scheduling and developed an application to coordinate the scheduling of consultants and third-party contractors on client projects.
8. Lead an internal project to refine internal audit risk assessment methodology to leverage data analytics screening during the audit planning process.
Corporate Auditor

Tyco International

(Public Company; TYC; Industrial Automation industry)

May 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 5 months)

1. Audited SAP application controls on financial reporting (FI), inventory management (MM), accounts payable (AP), and human resources (HR) applications and evaluated controls on data interfaces to the company’s financial consolidation package (Hyperion) for reporting entities in a healthcare business unit.
2. Remediated control deficiencies in trade compliance, HR, and financial consolidation business processes.
3. Prepared data extracts from enterprise systems for use in financial audit testing in ACL.
4. Audited application configuration for segregated roles, data integrity, and change control in financial engagements in JDE, Hyperion, Microsoft Dynamics, and Tax Stream.
5. Trained finance auditors to review general computer controls (e.g. password policies, software compliance) and execute automated network security tools enabling I.T. auditors to focus on more technically-demanding tasks.
6. Lead a project to develop new audit programs and work paper templates as part of a Corporate Audit initiative to reach IIA certification. Some of these work papers use principles of software design (inheritance) which enable to them to be completed automatically and reused between engagements.
7. Designed a training program to on-board new users to the audit department’s work paper management software (AutoAudit) and delivered it to the audit teams at regional meetings and through computer-based training modules.
Internet Systems Administrator

East Baton Rouge Public School System

(Education Management industry)

November 1998 — June 2001 (2 years 8 months)

1. Implemented the school district email system running on Linux (QMail) and webmail application for 4,000+ user accounts. Collaborated with outside vendors to migrate this system to Novell GroupWise in 2001.
2. Developed the school district website and employee portal using various back-end databases and ColdFusion.
3. Conducted school site visits to area faculty to train the use of the district website, email, shared folders, and authentication on the district network.
4. Developed a Web “store front” to enable school librarians across Baton Rouge to order materials from the district Library and Information Services group.
5. Provided on-call technical support for district networks, phones, and other critical systems on a rotation basis in the two district data centers.