Leah Rinta Brady, CIA
Director of Internal Audit at Dreamscape Companies- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Domestic Violence Advocacy
YWCA of Greater PortlandDec, 2013- Oct, 2024 -
Certified Internal Auditor
The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc.
Experience
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Dreamscape Companies
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Internal Audit
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Aug 2023 - Present
Dreamscape’s talented team of real estate professionals has collectively deployed in excess of $35 billion in capital across residential, retail, hospitality, entertainment and gaming experiences. This team has worked on a diverse portfolio of significant properties - now including The Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas. Beginning a $350 million renovation of the Rio in August 2023, the vision in Vegas is to honor the iconic history of the property. As the Director of Internal Audit I am responsible for all internal audit functions, reporting directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. I could not be more thrilled to be at Dreamscape, working with extraordinary leaders, building our team, and transforming this property. Show less
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IndiCap
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Controller
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Jun 2022 - May 2023
With deep admiration for the founders and partners of IndiCap, I enthusiastically dove right into the chance to work with this team. IndiCap specializes in ground-up joint venture, development management, and build-to-suit industrial projects from 50K to 1M+ square feet. In this role, in collaboration with our Principals and Partners, I implemented and managed the accounting, financial reporting, process implementation and improvement, and development of policies/procedures. With deep admiration for the founders and partners of IndiCap, I enthusiastically dove right into the chance to work with this team. IndiCap specializes in ground-up joint venture, development management, and build-to-suit industrial projects from 50K to 1M+ square feet. In this role, in collaboration with our Principals and Partners, I implemented and managed the accounting, financial reporting, process implementation and improvement, and development of policies/procedures.
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Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
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United States
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Hospitality
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700 & Above Employee
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Financial Assurance Manager
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Aug 2020 - May 2022
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and Eldorado Resorts, Inc. came together in 2020 to create the largest gaming company in the U.S. With over 55 properties, Caesars audit became increasingly critical. An opportunity with the Internal Audit group and a return to my professional passion, I joined Caesars as part of a specialty within the group - financial and operational audit and innovation. In this role, I helped build our specialty audit team performing strategic and innovative risk-based audits. Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and Eldorado Resorts, Inc. came together in 2020 to create the largest gaming company in the U.S. With over 55 properties, Caesars audit became increasingly critical. An opportunity with the Internal Audit group and a return to my professional passion, I joined Caesars as part of a specialty within the group - financial and operational audit and innovation. In this role, I helped build our specialty audit team performing strategic and innovative risk-based audits.
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The Pregnancy Pause
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Public Policy Offices
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700 & Above Employee
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Mom
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Dec 2018 - Aug 2020
Stepping away from professional life and taking on this new role, I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to devote time to learning about one of the most important jobs I’ll know. In the meantime, I remained active as a director on two non-profit boards, as co-treasurer for our school's Parent Leadership Team, and as a finance consultant for a local animal shelter. But for this time, if even for a short while, I mainly focused on raising a kind, loving, tiny human. Stepping away from professional life and taking on this new role, I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to devote time to learning about one of the most important jobs I’ll know. In the meantime, I remained active as a director on two non-profit boards, as co-treasurer for our school's Parent Leadership Team, and as a finance consultant for a local animal shelter. But for this time, if even for a short while, I mainly focused on raising a kind, loving, tiny human.
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The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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United States
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Hospitality
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700 & Above Employee
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Director of Finance, F&B and Nightclub Operations
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May 2017 - Dec 2018
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas features a combination of hotel-managed bars and restaurants, in addition to third-party managed operations, making for a diverse food and beverage (F&B) atmosphere. The knowledge and experience I gathered throughout my audit projects resulted in an opportunity to become the Director of Finance for F&B Operations. In this role, I joined the accounting team as the finance liaison for F&B general managers, both internal and third-party contacts, as well as retail partners. My responsibilities included the timely and accurate preparation of all F&B and retail reports and financial statements in compliance with US GAAP standards, including all managed and third-party outlets as well as the Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub. I also established and maintained relationships with operators and third-party finance partners, serving as the direct company contact. Additionally, I assisted with the annual budgets and developed deep working relationships with management to understand operations and identify and assess process improvements. Show less
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Corporate Internal Audit Manager
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Sep 2014 - May 2017
An opportunity to join The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas as the Internal Audit Manager presented leadership experiences in gaming and hospitality that I could not refuse. Although it was bittersweet moving away from Portland and Nike, Las Vegas quickly became home. There, I managed financial, operational, fraud, and compliance/regulatory audits in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Gaming Control Board Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standards, and Anti Money Laundering (AML). I will never forget my first time standing in a count room, and I would be amiss to not mention it didn’t look anything like what I learned from Ocean’s Eleven. After a taste of the gaming audits, I focused primarily on operations including reviews of inventory management, hotel operations, security, gift card management, artwork tracking, nightclub management, and food and beverage operations. A resort is like a little city with a variety of moving parts and, with an operational audit background, the work is limitless. Show less
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Nike
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Corporate Audit Senior Principal
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Oct 2011 - Sep 2014
Nike is a dream company for many. For a little girl growing up in Portland, running around the impressive headquarters as a high schooler, and already loving the brand, audit at Nike was my dream job. I hadn’t even unpacked all my boxes from my move to Seattle when the opportunity prompted my move back to Portland to join the Nike family. Due to the size of the company and an organizational structure called “the matrix,” Nike Corporate Audit is characterized by a considerable amount of ambiguity. I loved it. There, I planned and led operational and financial audits for Nike Inc. and affiliates' domestic and international operations. My various projects included approximately quarterly travel for 3 weeks at a time to Europe, Asia, and Central America. Our team partnered with management to develop creative and innovative business-oriented solutions to improve operations, mitigate risk, ensure process effectiveness and efficiency, and meet corporate strategic objectives. My audits included country audits of Nike Croatia, Nike Mexico, Nike China, Converse China, Nike Korea, as well as operational audits for Treasury, Corporate Talent Management (HR), and the Manufacturing Index (3rd Party Factory Scorecards). Show less
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Univar Solutions
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United States
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Chemical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Internal Auditor
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Jul 2011 - Oct 2011
When Evraz announced that their North American Headquarters would be moving from Portland to Chicago, a trip to the Windy City in February convinced me that I wasn’t ready for those Midwest winters. However, an opportunity at Univar ensured that I was ready for a move to the Emerald City. At Univar, I primarily performed controls audits for our Canadian and European operations. Traveling to Canada, Belgium, and Germany, our team worked to identify control weaknesses and process improvement observations and developed recommendations to mitigate associated risks or identified inefficiencies in various areas of operations. Show less
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EVRAZ North America
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Internal Auditor
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Dec 2009 - Jun 2011
While looking for a job after public accounting, I told my recruiter “anything but internal audit.” Up until this point, my experience with Internal Auditors had led me to believe that the only work I’d ever do would be testing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls. (I also imagined this to be some kind of sentence to a life behind a computer, without a team, doing the same things repeatedly.) For those that might not know, internal audit is NOT that. At Evraz, I performed operational and controls audits throughout the US and Canada. From the melt shop, where electrodes liquefied steel for molding, to the mills rolling plate, pipe, and rail, my auditing tools sometimes included a hard hat and steel metatarsal boots. At Evraz, I realized that I loved internal audit. Show less
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KPMG US
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Audit Associate
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Jan 2006 - Apr 2009
During my senior year at the University of San Diego, I realized that if I “had” to do Accounting (it was my degree after all), I’d be an auditor. So, after graduation, I moved back to Portland to start in Assurance Audit at KPMG. As part of one of the largest firms in the city, my clients resided in a variety of industries from healthcare to electronics. Varying industries offered unique experiences – for example, I remember being completely amazed while at a hospital reviewing paperwork for human organs. To this day, I am grateful for the invaluable experience, exponential learning curve, and life-long friends, that came from my time at KPMG. Show less
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Education
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2001 - 2005
University of San Diego
Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting and Finance -
St. Mary's Academy
High School Diploma
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