Brian Sham

Director

Brian Sham is a Director in CNM’s Los Angeles office with over 10 years of experience in public accounting and industry experience. His extensive experience includes evaluating internal controls across multiple industries (e.g., financial services, technology, healthcare, retail, and construction and manufacturing). He specializes in leading control walkthroughs, assessing compliance with COSO framework principles, identifying process and control improvement opportunities, testing key controls for design and operating effectiveness, identifying and documenting control deficiencies and communicating results to relevant parties in a concise and comprehensive manner.

Prior to joining CNM, Brian worked at Ernst & Young, LLP as a senior audit associate. Brian planned, coordinated, and conducted various services, including financial statement audits and SOX compliance audits, with a strong emphasis on SEC registrants. His clients included retail corporations, media conglomerates, REITS, gaming companies, and start-ups. He has extensive experience developing business process narratives, flowcharts, audit reports, control gaps and deficiencies evaluations, and risk-based recommendations. Brian also worked in an industry role as a Director of Accounting for a large General Contractor before returning to CNM. His role focused on financial statement preparation and review, process implementation and automation, cash management, and budgeting and forecasting.

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Education, Certifications and Associations

• The College of William and Mary, BBA Finance (Minor in Accounting)
• University of Southern California, Master of Accounting
• Licensed CPA – California

Industry Specialty

• Retail/Consumer Products
• Media/Entertainment
• Construction
• Healthcare
• Technology
• Manufacturing
• REIT