ABOUT TWO BAYS
Managing Risk.Delivering Solutions.Creating Value.
It's not easy to come up with a name for an audit and risk consulting firm that isn't already taken or a cliche.
Then we thought - Sandy lives in San Francisco, David lives in Tampa.
And Two Bays was born!
We are executive leaders with 30+ years experience in internal audit, enterprise risk, process improvement, accounting and operations finance.
We have the expertise to help you achieve your business objectives.
OUR SERVICES
Internal Audit Services
Internal Audit can play a strategic role in helping your organization achieve its goals and objectives. With our internal audit expertise we provide management and the Board with the strategies that enable your business to add value, reduce costs and improve efficiency. We work with our clients to create value by: identifying enterprise-wide risks and effective mitigation strategies; leveraging synergies across your business; monitoring and providing early warning of new or emerging risks; and improving process effectiveness and efficiency.
Our internal audit services include:
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Audit Committee Advisory
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Internal Audit Strategy
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Internal Audit Transformation
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Internal Audit Training
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Internal Audit Co-Sourcing
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Internal Audit Technology / Tool Implementation
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Internal Audit External Quality Assessment
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Financial Controls & Sarbanes Oxley Compliance
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Fraud Investigation Support
Risk & Compliance Solutions
Two Bays Audit and Risk Solutions provides risk & compliance solutions that focus on your business’ strategies and performance. We assist our clients in developing robust Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs tailored to your organization using an enterprise-wide, objectives-based approach. We can facilitate critical decision-making with your leadership team to create an effective ERM program, allowing you to mitigate or avoid losses and also identify when you might be missing opportunities to take advantage of positive business impacts.
Our risk & compliance services include:
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Enterprise Risk Management Program Design and Implementation
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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Programs
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Program Design and Reporting
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Business Continuity Management Program Design
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Business Continuity Planning
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Emergency Response and Crisis Management Planning
Process optimization
Our process improvement advisory practice assists our clients to evolve from transaction processor and record keeper to business partner responsible for driving efficiency, growth, profitability, and value. Our approach to business transformations and change management encompasses a holistic view of the organization, its people, processes, systems, reporting and governance structures in order to produce the desired outcome.
Our process improvement services include:
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Finance and Operational Department Optimization
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Shared Service Center Strategy, Design and Implementation
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Program/Project Management
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Systems Implementations
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Interim Executive Resources
We specialize in providing our clients with senior level audit, risk, compliance and financial operations professional resources. With over thirty years of experience, we are executive practitioners who are experienced in leadership and management roles for interim, project-based and contract assignments along with other consulting opportunities.
We are high-level passionate professionals with practical corporate experience in the following areas:
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Internal audit
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Enterprise risk management
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SOX compliance
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Accounting & reporting
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Financial planning and analysis
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Operations analysis
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Project / Change management
ABOUT US
Sandy Peters, CPA
Co-founder and CEO
Prior to co-founding Two Bays Audit and Risk Solutions, Sandy was Vice President, Internal Audit Services at SCAN Group, a Medicare Advantage Health Plan. She joined SCAN in 2020 and lead Internal Audit Services, the Special Investigations Unit, and developed the organization's enterprise risk management program.
Before joining SCAN, Sandy was an Executive Director of Internal Audit Services at Kaiser Permanente where in addition to leading a team of internal auditors and providing fraud investigation services, she also developed and implemented a functional risk assessment process to complement the organization's enterprise risk management program. Prior to Kaiser, Sandy held leadership positions in internal audit, risk management, finance and accounting, and compliance for global companies including McKesson Corporation, Dole Food Company, Ernst & Young, LLP, General Electric, and Transamerica. In addition, she was a consultant with Resources Global Professionals, working with technology and insurance clients on a variety of projects including stock option restatements, internal audit transformation, and functional outsourcing.
Sandy is a graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and she is an active CPA licensed in Iowa. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
David Schintzius
Co-founder and COO
Prior to co-founding Two Bays Audit and Risk Solutions, David was Vice President, Finance at Tech Data Corporation. He joined Tech Data in 2016 leading the re-launch of the Company’s Enterprise Risk Management Program. In addition, he was a key member of the Company’s Acquisition Integration Management Office.
Before joining Tech Data, David was Vice President, Global Financial Operations and Enterprise Risk Management, at Avnet, Inc., responsible for leading global real estate, facilities management, procurement and administrative services teams, Avnet Americas’ credit and financial operations organizations, global finance’s strategic change and program office, and, enterprise risk management. David joined Avnet in 2011 as Vice President, Finance and Global Audit. He was a member of Avnet’s Compliance and Ethics Council and Enterprise Risk Management Council.
A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, David, a Pennsylvania CPA, inactive, began his career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. He has held senior leadership positions in internal audit, accounting and operations finance over his 30-plus year career with major international companies across a wide industry spectrum, including Sears Holdings, McKesson Corporation, Pitney Bowes and Chiquita Brands International. He currently serves as a Senior Consultant to the Head of School and the Interim CFO for The Tampa Preparatory School, where he previously was the Director of Finance & Operations. He has been active in local non profit organizations serving on the Board of Directors of Community Tampa Bay and on the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Community Foundation of San Francisco.
David and his husband, Geoffrey, are the parents of twin daughters, Emma and Paige and reside in Tampa, FL.
CONTACT US
You can also contact us directly at ContactUs@twobayssolutions.com
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