Michele has conducted operational, compliance, and financial audits for all areas within a financial institution. She has worked with compliance committees and was responsible for working on the Sarbanes-Oxley project for a multi-billion dollar financial institution.

Michele is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Association.

Michele graduated from Keller Graduate School of Management with an MBA and a Masters in Telecommunications Management. She also has a BS degree in Computer Information Systems.

Listed below are just some of the areas in which Michele and Next Step Technology can assist your organization. You may reach Michele directly at 773-828-8778 or via e-mail at mfc@nextsteptechnology.com.

Regulatory Compliance

• Assist in preparing for upcoming Federal Audit Exams on the banking Regulations (i.e. BSA, Regulations C, D, DD, CC, GLBA/Privacy, etc.)
• Review Regulation Programs, policies, and procedures to determine if meeting banking regulations

Internal Audit – Operations

• Review and assist on response to outstanding audit issues
• Assist in preparing for upcoming Audit Exams on Bank Operations

Risk Assessment

• Benchmarks risks and controls
• Uses a consistent methodology for measuring risk across all business and service lines
• Planning
• Assess design effectiveness
• Assess operating effectiveness

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

• Evaluation and prioritization of critical needs
• A comprehensive written plan addressing the key operations in functional areas
• Identification of high-risk threats, their impact and prevention techniques
• Prioritization of processing and operations to determine the recovery timeframe required for each operation, function, system or service

Operations Policies and Procedures

• Review current policies and procedures and ensure compliant with current banking regulations.
• Assist in the development of banking policies and procedures.