Los Angeles, Ca., USA – PwC US announced that Walter Smiechewicz has joined the firm’s Risk Assurance practice as a managing director.[break]
With more than 25 years of internal and external auditing experience, Mr. Smiechewicz has spent the majority of his professional services career serving the banking sector, including his most recent post as the Chief Audit Executive and Chief Risk Officer of First Niagara Financial Group.
Mr. Smiechewicz also spent time as the Chief Consultant for GMI Ratings and five years at Countrywide as Chief Audit Executive and Senior Managing Director of Enterprise Risk Assessment. Mr. Smiechewicz’s professional background also includes seven years with Deloitte & Touche and more than 15 years with U.S. corporations as General Auditor and Senior Managing Director of Risk Assessment.
Mr. Smiechewicz brings significant experience in providing strategic and operational direction and support to internal audit, financial controls groups (Sarbanes - November 7, 2012, Los Angeles, Ca., USA – PwC US announced that Walter Smiechewicz has joined the firm’s Risk Assurance practice as a managing director.
Article continues below
break]
With more than 25 years of internal and external auditing experience, Mr. Smiechewicz has spent the majority of his professional services career serving the banking sector, including his most recent post as the Chief Audit Executive and Chief Risk Officer of First Niagara Financial Group.
Mr. Smiechewicz also spent time as the Chief Consultant for GMI Ratings and five years at Countrywide as Chief Audit Executive and Senior Managing Director of Enterprise Risk Assessment. Mr. Smiechewicz’s professional background also includes seven years with Deloitte & Touche and more than 15 years with U.S. corporations as General Auditor and Senior Managing Director of Risk Assessment.
Mr. Smiechewicz brings significant experience in providing strategic and operational direction and support to internal audit, financial controls groups (Sarbanes-Oxley), regulatory compliance & privacy, and risk management teams. He’s also an expert in creating effective structures for governance, risk, regulatory activities, professional practices, compliance, fraud investigations, quality control, model governance, vendor risk and Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA).
Mr. Smiechewicz earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Cleveland State University and his Master of Divinity degree in Humanities from Columbia International University. He also received his certificate from the Executive Leadership Program at eCornell. ■