Brittany G. Cantrell
Internal Auditor, Community banking
San Antonio, TX · (210) 555 0112 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/brittanygcantrell
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Six years in the third line of defense at community and regional banks
INDUSTRIES
Community banking, consumer lending, credit unions
SPECIALTIES
Control testing, deposit operations audits, issue validation, continuous monitoring
SYSTEMS
AuditBoard, Archer, Jack Henry core banking reports, Tableau, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Certified Internal Auditor, member of the Institute of Internal Auditors
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, University of Texas at San Antonio
Results at a Glance
9
Audits a year
$640k
Aged past two
118 days
Days by validating
34
Locations across two
Executive Summary
Internal auditor with six years inside bank internal audit functions, covering deposit operations, consumer lending and branch cash controls. Certified Internal Auditor who plans and runs her own engagements end to end, writes the findings, and follows remediation through to closure with the business owners.
Signature Achievements
- Delivers 9 audits a year against a plan built on the risk assessment she refreshes each spring.
- Found unreconciled official check balances of 640,000 dollars that had aged past two years.
- Cut average issue closure time from 118 days to 61 days by validating evidence in stages.
- Rewrote the deposit operations audit program after the bank moved to a new core platform.
- Tested branch cash controls at all 34 locations across two audit cycles with no repeat findings.
- Built a continuous monitoring query on new account openings that flags dormant reactivations weekly.
Professional Experience
Internal Auditor
Mission Terrace Bancshares, San Antonio, TX 2022 to present
One of three auditors in a bank holding company with 4.1 billion dollars in assets and 34 branches across south Texas.
- Plans and executes audits of deposit operations, consumer lending, wire transfer and branch cash handling.
- Documents process walkthroughs and tests key controls against the control library in AuditBoard.
- Drafts findings with agreed management actions and presents results to the audit committee chair.
- Validates remediation evidence before closing issues and reports aging issues to the chief audit executive monthly.
Audit Associate
Mission Reach Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, TX 2020 to 2022
Two person audit team serving a credit union with 190,000 members and 12 branches.
- Tested member account maintenance, share draft posting and loan disbursement controls.
- Sampled loan files for underwriting exceptions and documented compensating approvals.
- Supported the annual supervisory committee reporting pack and the external audit request list.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Internal Auditor, Institute of Internal Auditors
Certification in Risk Management Assurance, Institute of Internal Auditors
Member of the San Antonio chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2019
Core Skills
Risk based audit planning · Control walkthroughs · Deposit operations · Consumer lending files · Sampling and testing · Issue validation · Audit report writing · AuditBoard · Data analysis in Excel · Audit committee reporting