Paul has over 18 years experience working with financial institutions, public companies, large private companies and service organizations to provide attest, forensic and risk-based audit services. The forensic services include investigating the misappropriation of client assets and analyzing data used by clients to support revenue and disbursement transactions. The risk-based services include internal audit services (in both out-sourced and co-sourced arrangements), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) section 404 readiness services and SAS 70 audits. The industries in which Paul has worked include primarily the financial services and healthcare industries. Paul’s experience includes working as an outsourced provider of internal audit services to a large regional bank in Nashville as well as working in the Tax Department of a national bank in Atlanta, Georgia.

Paul served as the Compliance Officer for CIGNA HealthCare Medicare Administration, a Medicare Part B and Durable Medical Equipment contractor for the Federal Government. In that role, he was responsible for helping to ensure company compliance with a Corporate Integrity Agreement, a compliance plan mandated by the Federal Government, as well as various other Government regulations. In addition, Paul was responsible for the company's internal audit function. This included the completion of an annual risk assessment and the subsequent development and completion of an internal audit plan.

Paul also has served as a Manager in the Risk Consulting practice for Arthur Andersen, LLP. In this role, he was primarily responsible for managing internal audit outsourcing and forensic accounting engagements for the firm's clients. His primary clients were in the banking and healthcare industries.

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