Overview
Profile:
Yolanda Wiggins is a manager on CLA’s Business Risk Services team. She has over 25 years of business and industry experience in internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, Model Audit Rule, internal controls, financial reporting, privacy, and risk management. Yolanda joined CLA in 2019 as a CAST Consultant supporting clients with control assessments, internal audits, SOX compliance, third-party risk management, and account reconciliations. Prior to joining CLA, she held various leaderships roles such as Assistant Vice-President of Internal Audit, Chief Privacy Officer, and Manager of Financial Reporting. Yolanda has spent much of her career at CLA supporting financial services clients. Her industry experience has also included healthcare, insurance, and telecommunications.
Experience serving clients and technical experience:
- Internal audit including information technology, financial, and operational audits as published by COSO
- Application of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing
- External quality assessment reviews
- Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance engagements
- Policy development
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Certified Public Accountant
- Certified Fraud Examiner
In the community
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners