Maria Helena Gaspari
Internal Audit Advisor at Skillnet Ireland- Claim this Profile
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Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
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English - Certified by the Institute of English Language Studies of Malta Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Full professional proficiency
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Credentials
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Accounting Foundations: Internal Controls
LinkedInOct, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Accounting Foundations: Understanding the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
LinkedInOct, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
International Compliance Congress
LEC - Legal, Ethics and ComplianceMay, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Compliance and Internal Controls
Saint Paul Escola de NegóciosNov, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Skillnet Ireland
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Ireland
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Internal Audit Advisor
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Jun 2023 - Present
• Contribute to the full audit cycle including risk management and control, management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance. • Monitoring and update of the Corporate Risk Register and Risk & Issue Log. • Risk assessments monitoring, tracker update and development of annual plans for Risk and Compliance. • Review Annual Independent Account Reports of the Enterprise groups; • Conduct annual financial due diligence of the Enterprise groups • Analyse and evaluation accounting documentation, previous reports, training activity data, etc. • Review and present reports that reflect compliance review findings • Conduct follow up to the compliance reviews and monitor responses to findings • Support Enterprise groups in implementing compliance findings • Objective source of independent advice to Enterprise groups • Oversee and support Enterprise groups in the implementation and operation of appropriate policies and procedures. • Manage engagements with outsourced Internal Audit and compliance partners. Show less
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Grant Thornton Brasil
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Brazil
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Associate I
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Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
Statutory audit engagements and internal controls in accordance with the SOX methodology, International Standards on Auditing, GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards and other local standards in public and private companies in various segments such as beverages, food, cosmetics and technology responsible for the following activities. • Planning of procedures for testing internal controls as well as accounts/disclosures of financial statements in accordance with risk mapping. • Understanding the control environment, entity-level controls and entity activities and elaboration of narratives and flowcharts, WCGW, walkthrough, test of operating effectiveness of controls and evaluating the design and implementation of a control test of operating effectiveness of controls. • Planning of audit procedures on the financial statements from the definition of Materiality and significant accounts and disclosures, general risk assessment, planning analytical and substantive testing, substantive procedures for non-signicant accounts and other procedures. • Develop, train and promote the continuous improvement of the less experienced team in carrying out the work within the agreed deadlines and budget. • Completion and reporting. Show less
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NEW TIGER DIGITAL S.A. – BRAZIL
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Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Compliance Audit
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Jun 2019 - Oct 2019
Participation in a banking regulatory compliance project related to cybersecurity in online bitcoin trading, responsibilities included: • Develop, together with the financial directors, the Code of Ethics and Conduct in accordance with the company's strategy, vision and objectives. • Design of the compliance risk matrix focused on interaction with customers and protection of the company against possible risks of embezzlement and money laundering in accordance with common market practices and applicable rules and regulations such as Brazil Anti-Corruption Law and Decree 8.420/ 15 and Law on Corrupt Practices Abroad – FCPA Show less
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Croda
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United Kingdom
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Chemical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Compliance Auditor
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Oct 2017 - May 2018
Participation in a LATAM Compliance project assisting the internal audit team in planning a regulatory audit focused on bribery and corruption risks in the interaction with public agents, the responsibilities included: • Understanding the control environment through interviews with employees and third parties and elaboration of narratives to identify risks involving interactions with public bodies/agents and possible risks of corruption in accordance with local anti-corruption regulations as well as U.K. Bribery Act (UKBA) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). • Mapping of the risks involved in activities and interactions with public agencies / agents by internal employees or through the participation of third parties e elaboration of the risk matrix and analysis of individualized potential risk. • Planning risk-responsive procedures, testing the effectiveness of controls and due diligence • Conclusion and report on audit tests and recommend improvements. • Elaboration and implementation of procedures for compliance with anti-corruption rules (risk management and image crises, internal controls, code of ethics and Compliance Conduct, policies and procedures, monitoring and audit channels, whistleblowing channels and internal investigations). • Promote through training awareness of the proper conduct of employees. Show less
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KPMG Brazil
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Brazil
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Accounting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Auditor
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Sep 2013 - Aug 2017
Statutory audit and internal controls engagements in companies of different sizes and segments such as automotive, pharmaceutical, food and fuel. The responsibilities included: • Plan the statutory and internal controls audit financial statement strategy and procedures in accordance with risk assessment based on international auditing and accounting standards such as International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Internal Control–Integrated Framework (COSO). • Develop, train and promote the continuous improvement of the less experienced team. • Perform audits of accounts with higher risks, as well as review the work of the less experienced team in conducting design and effectiveness tests, response testing to the identified risks. • Completion of procedures and reporting of results. Show less
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Education
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2013 - 2019
UNINTER Centro Universitário Internacional
Honour Bachelor´s Degree in in Accounting Sciences, Accounting Sciences - to be concluded until December 2019 -
2019 - 2019
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
Business Compliance: Practice and Mechanisms Anticorruption, Business Regulatory Compliance -
2022 - 2024
ACCA
Qualification, Accounting
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