Tara is a Managing Director at CBIZ Stinnett and has 20 years of significant experience with internal controls and various segments of the energy industry—including trading and marketing, exploration and production, mining, manufacturing and retail propane.
Tara is responsible for overseeing multiple internal audit outsource projects for public and private organizations, ranging from FCPA and anti-corruption reviews to structured deal process reviews, contract administration reviews along with deal capture, valuation and analysis for energy marketing and trading business units.
Tara has spearheaded Enterprise Risk Management projects, production volume assessments, financial reporting special projects and assisting clients with policy and procedure creation. She has also been responsible for project management and execution of business process reviews related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 requirements. Many of these engagements are for first-time public filers and include assisting clients document, evaluate and test key financial reporting controls and implement the COSO Internal Control Framework.
Prior to joining CBIZ Stinnett, Tara was a Risk and Control Manager in The Williams Companies Energy Marketing and Trading group overseeing middle-office functions, including deal confirmation, pricing model validation, hedging evaluation and trader portfolio reviews, and implementation of a new risk management system. Prior to Williams, Tara worked for MAPCO, Inc. and was responsible for accounting functions within their retail propane business unit.