Marquesa Ukawilu, Cia
About Marquesa Ukawilu, Cia
Marquesa Ukawilu is a Manager at Protiviti with extensive experience in internal audit, compliance, and risk management.
Company
Marquesa Ukawilu currently serves as a Manager at Protiviti, where she has been employed since 2021. Her work at Protiviti includes responsibilities as a Senior Consultant, a role she has fulfilled since 2019 in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Protiviti is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise in finance, technology, operations, data, analytics, governance, risk, and internal audit.
Title
Marquesa Ukawilu holds the title of Manager at Protiviti. She previously held positions including Senior Consultant at Protiviti, Consultant at Robert Half, Internal Audit Manager at RGP and Goodman Networks, Lean Improvement Manager at Goodman Networks, and Business Risk Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche.
Education and Expertise
Marquesa Ukawilu obtained her Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University, where she studied from 2002 to 2006. She furthered her education with a Master's degree in Accounting from the same university, achieved between 2006 and 2007. Her professional expertise includes in-depth knowledge of insurance-specific Claims, Actuarial, and Reinsurance processes acquired through her Sarbanes-Oxley work.
Background
Marquesa Ukawilu has a rich professional background spanning multiple high-responsibility roles. Before joining Protiviti, she worked as a Consultant at Robert Half for four months in 2018, and as an Internal Audit Manager at RGP from 2017 to 2018. Additionally, she has experience as an Internal Audit Manager and Lean Improvement Manager at Goodman Networks between 2013 and 2017. Earlier in her career, she served as Business Risk Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche for six years starting in 2007.
Achievements
Marquesa Ukawilu's achievements include serving as the President of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) in the Dallas/Fort Worth area from 2014 to 2016. In her professional roles, she has provided oversight of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance programs including planning, budgeting, and financial statement risk assessment analysis. She has also been involved in the preparation and review of SOX testing methodologies, document requests lists, process flow charts, test plans, work results/procedures, and conclusions for assigned controls.