Yolanda Lockett is the Director of Process & Reporting for Turner’s Domestic Accounting Center of Excellence (CoE). In this role, Yolanda is responsible for directing the consolidated financial reporting process, supporting CoE leadership operationally, and overseeing the monitoring of compliance and efficiency of CoE standards and operations. She also serves as the primary liaison with the company’s Financial Compliance, Internal Audit, Accounting Consolidations, Tax, and External Audit organizations. Yolanda began her career with Turner in 2007 as the Senior Manager of Financial Compliance. Yolanda’s integrated accounting and IT background, along with her proven ability in improving challenging processes and controls made her a great candidate for her role in the newly formed CoE.
Prior to joining Turner, Yolanda spent most of her career in internal audit within various industries. Yolanda was the Vice President of Internal Audit for a corporate credit union and Director of Audit for a small market television broadcast company. Her entire career has been dedicated to the assessment of internal controls and business process improvements.
Yolanda received her Bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University. She is both a Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Information Systems Auditor. Yolanda has also completed several other Financial and IT Audit certificate programs through various local and national organizations.