Cary Spain Joins PwC Risk Assurance Services Practice

DENVER, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US today announced that Cary Spain has joined the firm as a partner in the Risk Assurance Services practice, focused on internal audit, governance, risk and compliance and enterprise risk management for the healthcare industry.  Based in Denver, Spain will lead risk assurance teams focused on healthcare in the Rockies and San Francisco.  Prior to joining PwC, she was a Vice President at CHAN Healthcare Auditors serving numerous hospital systems in internal audit, risk management and consulting capacities.  The addition of Spain represents the practice's continued growth across all industry sectors to better assist with clients' specific risk assessment needs.

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"We are continuing to expand to support clients' endeavors to holistically reduce risks and maximize business opportunities as clients need to cope with increasingly complex business issues every day," said Dean Simone, leader of PwC's U.S. Risk Assurance practice. "We are pleased to welcome Cary to our team of diversely talented individuals in a range of different industries.  With her deep healthcare experience and proven results, we are confident in her ability to add further value to our healthcare-related risk assurance services."

With the addition of 500 new hires in the past year, PwC's Risk Assurance Services practice now numbers more than 1,900 professionals who provide companies with significant technical expertise as well as deep industry knowledge across all industries.  Skilled team members assist companies in developing risk and compliance programs, performing audits and creating internal controls processes around business performance issues, IT systems as well as strategy and contingency planning.

Spain previously served as an Advisory Services Partner at Ernst & Young where she was responsible for growing the Internal Audit practice in Denver, in addition to assisting clients in implementing risk based internal audit plans and improving policies and procedures. She now returns to PwC after serving as a business assurance practice manager for the firm for eight years where she identified areas of risk in client financial and operational areas and created specific procedures to address those risks. 

Spain received her B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Cincinnati and a M.S. from the University of Colorado. She is an active member of the Make-A-Wish Colorado Foundation as a board member and chair of the finance committee, as well as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Healthcare Financial Management Association.

About PwC's Risk Assurance practice

PwC understands that significant risk is rarely confined to discrete areas within an organization.  Rather, most significant risks have a wide-ranging impact across the organization. As a result, PwC's Risk Assurance practice has developed a holistic approach to risk that protects business, facilitates strategic decision making and enhances efficiency. This approach is complemented by the extensive risk and controls technical knowledge and sector-specific experience of its Risk Assurance professionals. The end result is a risk solution tailored to meet the unique needs of clients.

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