Cherisse Aquil
currently serves as the Internal Control Program Manager within the OCFO
Quality Assurance Division at NASA. She joined NASA in 2014 and is responsible
for overseeing the following:
- Execution
of NASA’s Internal Control Program
- Maintenance
of NASA’s Integrated Management Systems and Internal Control (IMSIC) Framework
- Management
of NASA’s ERM Framework
- Execution
all assessments covered under OMB Circular A-123 including annual risk
assessment and reporting:
- Financial
Controls/ICOFR (Appendix A)
- Charge
Card Compliance (Appendix B)
- IPIA and
Recapture (Appendix C)
- FFMIA
(Appendix D)
- Operations/Management
Controls
- Fraud
Risk Management
- Management
of NASA’s Annual Statement of Assurance Program
- Technical
guidance, training and recommendations on NASA’s System of Internal Control and Business Processes Prior to
NASA, Ms. Aquil spent 2 ½ years at the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) as an auditor.
Ms. Aquil started her career with five years at
PwC and subsequently holding two auditor positions at SAIC and General
Dynamics, all with the focus on financial management and internal controls. Ms.
Aquil received her undergraduate degree in business administration with a
concentration in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a
Certified Public Accountant.