Experience

Billy Favara is a director in Citrin Cooperman’s Risk Advisory and Compliance Practice. With over a decade of experience, Billy is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), specializing in Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance, internal audits, and Service Organization Controls (SOC) reporting for both public and private clients across various industries, including manufacturing, distribution, technology, and professional services.

Billy has extensive expertise in SOX implementations, SOC 1, 2, and 3 reports, information technology (IT) governance audits, and internal control assessments. Having led key initiatives, such as pre- initial public offering (IPO) SOX readiness and large-scale audit transformations, he is instrumental in helping clients achieve compliance milestones, including successful first-year SOX implementations.

Previously, Billy was a senior manager in the Compliance and Risk Management Practice at Clearview Group, which joined Citrin Cooperman in 2024. Before that, he was the director of internal audit a leading global service provider of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added solutions in Atlanta, GA, where he led SOX compliance and audit strategies across subsidiaries.