• IT Project Management, Senior Roles
• Responsible for ensuring the company's compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and other financial regulations by reviewing and testing internal controls, financial reporting processes, and systems.
• Policy creation and implementation.
• Identify areas of risk and make recommendations to improve internal controls and processes.
• Review and test the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting.
• Prepare and maintain detailed audit documentation and workpapers to support findings & recommendations.
• Communicate audit findings and recommendations to management in a clear and concise manner.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Accounting, IT, and Operations, to ensure compliance with SOX requirements.

• Perform audit reviews to effectively manage relationships with control owners and related PBC requests.
• SOX Documentation Updates; Create Technical Accounting Memos. Keen Project Management skillset.
• Communicate discrepancies and testing deficiencies to Audit Management team.

• Manage relationships with control owners and related PBC requests.
• Testing SOX controls for a financial institution in support of the interim and annual controls policy documentation program. Keen Project Management skillset.
• Communicate discrepancies and testing deficiencies to Audit Management team.

• SOX Controls Manager for company's risk mitigation efforts; chief liaison to external auditors, under the direction of the CFO.
• Integral in liaising with process owners regarding PBC requests and documenting pertinent audit issues. Edifecs and Facets experience for consumer data management. In addition, business project management.
• Write SOX technical accounting memos in support of ongoing audit efforts.

• Evaluate financial risk. Document and implement SOX controls under the general direction of the CFO, noting any deviation from corporate policy and protocol (RCM, Narrative and Process Flows).
• Integral in liaising with process owners regarding PBC requests and documenting pertinent audit issues.
• Provide monthly SOX status presentations to the Senior Management team. Assist in remediation planning.
Full-Time, Permanent Roles

• Lead and develop high-performance controls/audit teams; provide remedial guidance and solutions to senior/executive management. ERP implementation SME regarding SOX and the implementation of ICFR controls. Edifecs and Facets experience for consumer data management. Primary External Audit liaison.
• Lead research teams to resolve high-risk accounting deficiencies, errors and reconciliations (SAP ERP).
• Areas of Specialty: COSO, Sarbanes-Oxley, Internal/External Audit, Financial Reporting Compliance, Financial Close (FRCP), ITGC reviews, Process Remediation, GAAP, IFRS, FCPA, TQM, Six-Sigma, Procure-to-Pay, ISO.

• Oversee end-to-end internal audit controls development and implementations, frequently interacting with business unit stakeholders, and responsible for monitoring and measuring ICFR control performance.
• Project lead for process redesign and controls governance efforts of company's US and Foreign legal entities.
• Review of balance sheets, P&L statements, ensuring financials are compliant with US GAAP, IFRS & FCPA.
• Implemented governance procedures for ONNR and Joint Venture audits. Keen Project Management skillset.
• Data mining activities include large data migration projects integrating SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft systems.

• Led company's financial compliance and internal controls program after public acquisition.
• Responsible for the redesign of the month-end close, expense reporting, and intercompany processes.
• Oversee the documentation of corporate compliance policies; SME for recent PeopleSoft implementation.
• Manage the division's quarterly Internal Control Self-Assessment program, domestically and internationally.
• Division coordinator for the submission of SEC reporting and year-end accounting schedules.
Internal Audit Experience

• Implemented SOX following the company's initial public offering (IPO), which included all elements of internal control and business risk mitigation — controls development, documentation, walkthroughs, testing, and remediation.
• Manage accounting staff of 12 employees to perform internal controls, monthly/quarterly close and special projects.
• Worked directly with CFO, Controller, and functional process owners to collect and update company internal controls documentation and was responsible for creating, monitoring, and executing process improvement project plans.
• Conduct regulatory audits, in accordance with internal audit standards & US GAAP (domestic & international travel).

• Provided internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley (404) documentation. Role included extensive meeting facilitation, process mapping, and risk assessment. Included extensive travel in an extremely fast-paced work environment.
• Major facets of this role included hands-on experience with transactional, financial, and operational data mapping.
• Part of a team responsible for the implementation, updating and measurement of new functional process controls.
• Conducted independent audit reviews related to the company's joint-venture interests.