Professional Overview

Austin leads Elliott Davis’s enterprise risk management and internal audit practice for all non-financial services industry customers and has extensive experience performing risk assessments, internal audits, and consultative reviews for a variety of customers throughout the U.S.

Austin’s professional résumé includes nearly a decade of customer-facing service and industry experience specializing in the practice of planning, executing, and managing business process risk and controls assessments; including risk assessment, internal audit, SOX engagements, and consultative reviews.

Utilizing a consultative, technology-focused, and agile approach to enterprise risk management and internal audit, Austin prioritizes value-adding over box-checking. Through automation and other efficiencies, validating compliance requirements are now only a small part of the modern internal audit function. This innovative approach allows internal audit to focus on the root cause of recurring issues, the remediation and monitoring of these issues, and the identification of cost savings opportunities, vendor management problems, and other process inefficiencies.

Education, Credentials, and Special Training

• Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina
• Certified Information Systems Auditor, ISACA
• Certified CSF Practitioner, HITRUST Academy
• B.S.B.A, Accounting – Cum Laude, Miami University

Professional Affiliations

• North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
• The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

Services

Consulting & Advisory

Fraud & Forensic Accounting

HITRUST Services

SOC Reporting

Industries

Manufacturing & Distribution

Relevant Experience

Internal Audit, Internal Controls Evaluation and Redesign, Project Management, Risk Monitoring