Donna M. Berger

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Hamilton, NJ 08619

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kdcr3g@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Obtain a hands-on senior/upper management career, which will utilize and enhance my current extensive Sarbanes Oxley and internal audit experience.

SUMMARY

- Over 10 years of extensive Sarbanes Oxley experience accompanied by five (5) years of Internal, financial and operational, Audit experience

- Knowledge of various GRC systems and implementation

- Process reengineering, risk management and control minimization

- Strong technology and software background w/ outstanding analytical and communication skills

- Results oriented team builder

- PMP [Project Management Professional] Certified

EXPERIENCE

OPNEXT

Sr. Internal Auditor

Eatontown, NJ November 2010 – Present

- Partnering with the acting Director of Internal Audit in support of the Director role due to the departure of the Director in May 2011.

- Lead/owner of the annual SOX 404 process (scoping, risk assessment, walkthroughs, narratives, process evaluation/standardization, control evaluation (consolidation and the need for new controls, test plans ,testing and remediation)

- Travel to Los Gatos, CA to perform SOX testing. (Develop test plans, prepare document requests, perform walkthrough and create narratives)

- Developed test plans and re-evaluated the current controls to verify the tests performed pertain to the medium to high risks as stated.

- Manage the SOX platform, Double Check by updating and maintaining all current year SOX data for all six entities

- Responsible for performing internal audits based on the Board of Directors direction. (e.g.; Cash Disbursement Audit and T & E Audit for FYE2011)

- Assist in creating the Audit Committee presentations throughout the year as well as updating all management reporting and the annual Management Assessment memo for the current year.

- Establishing the 2012 planning for both SOX and Internal Audit by partnering with the CFO and acting Director of Internal Audit.

- Working on various projects as they come up in relation to auditing and compliance. These are to be assigned on an ongoing basis.

- Partnering with the external auditors, E&Y, throughout the year and for YE.

David Landau Associates - DLA

Sr. Consultant – INTERNAL AUDIT & ACCOUNTING ADVISORY

Fairfield, NJ July 2010 – November 2010

- Responsible for evaluating financial and operational processes and analyzing the financial impact for process documentation and the creation of narratives and process flows. (Clients include: Gramercy, Crown Plaza, iStar and Blackstone)

o Responsible for conducting a hotel audit for Crown Plaza. The audit resulted in 9 findings and the client was pleased with the work that they will be requesting DLA to come back to perform further audit work and testing.

o Performed SOX testing for Gramercy in order to complete in 2 – 3 weeks for E&Y to perform testing for year end.

o Lead on the SOX testing and monitoring of controls for iStar in order to meet the PwC deadline for their review process. PwC found no additional deficiencies and utilized the DLA samples tested.

- Assigned the tasks of compiling BRDs, process mappings, UAT test scripts and prior narratives to update and re-evaluate key controls and high risk areas for SOX compliancy.

o Drafted new interface narratives for the Blackstone Group. These narratives will be used b E&Y to perform their walkthrough and testing of the new processes. They will be asking DLA to return for Phase 2 in order to integrate Phase 2 with the current narratives.

- Handled the tasks of maintaining a good rapport with clients

- Responsible for assisting clients in creating and implementing strategies for process improvement within a budget and preset guidelines.

- Assisted clients by providing advice and solutions regarding financial compliancy.

- Responsible for generating methods and procedures for analyzing process narratives to assist in process improvements in a real-time setting.

Contractor/Consulting Work Oct 2008 – March 2010

Opnext as Sr. Internal Auditor – CONSULTANT

Eatontown, NJ Oct 2009 – June 2009

- Responsible for performing SOX 404 testing for the FYE2010, extensive SOX work done in support of the overall company initiative in a very short time frame.

- Managed the first and second quarter SOX 404 process and testing at 100% in 3-4 weeks (120 controls). Made various recommendations and updates to the controls and processes.

- Travel to Los Gatos, CA to perform SOX testing for this new entity. Developed all test plans and prepared document requests for both scope documents and sample selections.

- Developed test plans and re-evaluated the current controls to verify the tests performed pertain to the medium to high risks as stated.

- Created excel workbooks to log all testing for each process as well as populating all reports in the system.

- Responsible for the updating and maintenance of all current year SOX data within the Double Check software system.

- Responsible for performing an internal audit on the Revenue Cycle Process developed the audit plan and worked directly with management on assessing the areas of concern.

- Working on various projects as they come up in relation to auditing and compliance. These are to be assigned on an ongoing basis.

- Working with the external auditors, E&Y, during their testing time at Opnext.

PHARMANET INC. SR. SOX Compliance Mgr. – CONTRACTOR

Princeton, NJ Oct 2008 – June 2009

- Lead role mapping out the new staffing processes and providing recommendations for enhancing financial processes in the new entity for 2009.

- Assisting in the planning, maintenance and assessment of the current Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Compliance program in place.

- Responsible for taking the lead on applying the AS5 – “Top-down Approach” within all the current process narratives, in 12 global entities, in order to standardize the controls, eliminate control redundancy and establish compensating controls. This is a total of 127 processes/sub-processes within the 12 various global entities.

- Provide guidance in establishing a methodology for tracking issues as well as the action plans for remediation.

- Responsible for the dissemination and review of the YE Control Self-Assessment (CSA) for 2008.

- Driver for identifying Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions and establishing vendor demonstrations. Built a business case for putting a GRC solution in place.

- Driver in formulating a methodology to re-evaluate the current processes for global standardization providing control reduction and risk minimization.

- Implemented a two-step approach to the company’s year end spreadsheet assessment process to identify critical spreadsheets impacting key financial line items.

- Providing Guidance on putting Process Flow Mapping in place through the use of Microsoft Visio to enhance the SOX Compliance Process and narratives to achieve process standardization.

- Assisted in the writing and review of various Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as well as Standard Business Procedures (SBPs)

CONGOLEUM CORPORATION

INTERNAL AUDITOR

Mercerville, NJ Jan 2007 - June 2008

- Lead internal auditor performing financial and operational audits of manufacturing projects, special programs and promotions, employee pensions, and raw materials and finished goods inventories for 4 plants and 1 corporate center.

- Worked with the IT organization to incorporate all IT controls, based on the COSO elements, into the business processes where key dependencies existed but were never identified.

- Results of audits assisted in maintaining good employee/management relationships.

- Restructured the overall Sarbanes Oxley Audit Process decreasing the number of process from 41 to 18.

- Led the organization in incorporating a Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) top-down approach reduced the number of controls from 212 to 160.

- Responsible for defining the yearly audits, developing the audit plans, test plans and then reporting the results back to the management team.

- Responsible for providing several recommendations /remediation necessary to close purchasing and inventory gaps that prevented any unauthorized purchases and avoided unnecessary excess inventory.

- Responsible for all process walkthroughs, testing schedules, updates to the processes, testing and reporting of all results achieving confirmation from E&Y that the company was compliant for 2007.

- Responsible for reviewing all the test data and results, for internal audits and SOX, with our external auditors on a semi-annual basis as well as SOX at year end.

- Assessed the daily testing process and reported all test metrics to upper management in support of the corporate deadlines. All the 2007 and 2008 deadlines were met and/or were finished ahead of schedule.

- Enhanced various processes by methods of consolidation, elimination of redundant efforts and incorporation of automation where possible.

- Responsible for the sales and use tax return filing on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

ALCATEL-LUCENT

INTERNAL CONTROLS MANAGER

Murray Hill, NJ 2005 - 2007

- Primary administrator for Sarbanes-Oxley database portal; worked with 1,700+ users and supported 24 key process areas

- Supported business process owners regarding controls, risks and associated attributes. Also categorized all identified deficiencies based on their level of risk.

- Responsible for the posting of files and data, maintenance of upgrades, creating standard and user-specified reports and hosting training.

- Reviewed test data with internal and external auditors and captured results in the portal.

- Assessed daily metrics reports for accuracy and consistency. Took corrective action and/or follow-up as needed.

- Identified areas of improvement and set standards for processes within the portal. Also involved in the creation of new and improved methodologies.

- Created a structure for user access security functions which ensured compliance with SOX 404 standards.

- Coordinated and led cross-functional teams to enhance portal data integrity.

AT&T/ALCATEL-LUCENT

VARIOUS Positions

Various locations in NJ 1989 - 2004

- Primary administrator for Sarbanes-Oxley database portal; worked with 1,700+ users and supported 24 key process areas

EDUCATION

PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY

Misenheimer, NC BA – English/Writing & Literature

RVCC-Raritan Valley Community College

Raritan, NJ Accounting I and II

Financial Accounting

Managerial Accounting

Cost Accounting

SKILLS

Internal Auditing (financial & operational)

Sarbanes Oxley Program development & testing

Protiviti & Double Check Sarbanes Oxley Portal software/Governance Risk and Compliance Solutions

Proficient in Microsoft Windows and Office Products [i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access]

PMP Certification

Excellent Microsoft Suite experience

Knowledge Management/repository software

Vertex Quantum/Sales & Use Tax

SAP (FI & MM modules, specific to sales/use tax)

REFERENCES

Furnished upon request.

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