Kristin V. Drozdowski, CIA
Manager, Risk Services
PRACTICE AREAS
Audits, Reviews & Compilations; Risk Services; Technology
Government Contracting & Technology
Tysons Corner
MAIN OFFICE
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 950<br/>Tysons Corner, VA 22182
(703) 847-4436
PHONE
(703) 761-4815
FAX
Ms. Drozdowski is a Manager in the firm’s Risk Services Group and has more than eight years of accounting experience. In her current role, she supports clients in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, internal auditing, and overall risk mitigation. Her responsibilities include managing projects, performing risk assessments, developing internal control documentation, and planning and implementing tests of controls. Ms. Drozdowski also develops and presents training programs for control owners and reports process results to senior management and audit committees. She has been a member of several Sarbanes-Oxley implementation teams and has supervised the integration of client acquisitions into their Sarbanes-Oxley program, which included supervising the documentation and risk assessment processes and training subsidiary personnel. Ms. Drozdowski has recently assisted several public and non-public companies in developing and documenting policies, procedures, and internal control documentation. Ms. Drozdowski also has experience assisting companies develop role based access permissions within general ledger applications and incorporating segregation of duties.
Prior to joining Watkins Meegan, Ms. Drozdowski worked for nearly four years in the internal audit and finance groups of a Fortune 500 telecommunications company. There, she supervised a team of auditors performing traditional audits and Sarbanes-Oxley testing of more than 600 controls. She also participated in the corporate risk assessment process, documentation of internal controls, and audit planning, fieldwork and reporting.
In addition, Ms. Drozdowski worked in the Controller’s organization and has experience performing month-end close account reconciliations and analyses and preparing state and local tax filings. Her software experience includes SAP, Deltek Costpoint, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Visio.
Education, Memberships, & Recognition
Ms. Drozdowski holds a Master of Science degree in Management with a concentration in Finance from Babson College. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Lehigh University. She also earned an International Economic Concentration from University College London. Ms. Drozdowski is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.