Jo Li is a Director at CNM’s Los Angeles office with 10 years of experience in public accounting and SOX compliance. Her primary expertise is in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, process flow narratives/flowcharts, internal audit and financial statement reporting. Jo oversees end-to-end audit planning and execution, guiding teams through process flow narratives/flowcharts, internal control design, deficiency assessment, and financial statement reporting, and delivers timely, high-quality deliverables. Serving pre-IPO, first-year and mature public companies across diverse industries, Jo manages risk-based scoping workshops, partners with process owners to pinpoint control gaps, and delivers timely, actionable recommendations that sustainably strengthen clients’ internal-control environments.
Prior to joining CNM, Jo worked at KPMG LLP as a senior associate in Audit for over three years, focusing on financial institutions and commercial banking industries. Jo participated in the public banking clients’ engagement planning, risk assessment, coordination, budget setup, control testing (SOX testing), and substantive testing for a variety of process areas. She has developed strong skills in creating process flowcharts, developing control and substantive procedures, evaluating and documenting control deficiencies, and generating audit opinion reports.
