Project Manager Management

OBJECTIVE: To work in a challenging professional environment and there by

utilize my talents, auditing skills and other important abilities.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

Certified Information Systems Auditor with over ten years of

professional experience, working in various sectors including insurance,

investment brokerage, retail, education and government.

Extensive background in all stages of audits; including planning,

evaluation, and testing of controls, reporting and follow-up.

Analytical and experienced Systems Auditor with expertise in IT general

control and application review, FISMA compliance assessment, business

process reviews and assessment of controls during System Design,

Development and Implementation.

. Possess experience in review of ERP applications and legacy systems

utilised by clients in various industries and identified weaknesses in

areas such as logical access controls; change management control;

interface controls between applications to verify data integrity and

made recommendations as appropriate.

Good knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and business processes.

STRENGTHS

. Creative problem-solving ability and possessing intellectual curiosity

. Ability to work as an individual and also in a team contributing

positively

. Ability to interact with various levels of client and firm management

. Strong oral and written communication skills

. Attention to details

CERTIFICATION:

. Certified Information Systems Auditor; (CISA)

. Actively pursuing CISSP

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

November 2010 Palmetto GBA, LLC

To Date IT Auditor

. Responsible for performing FISMA (Federal Information Security

Management Act) compliance assessments for the major business

applications (FISS, MCS and HIGLAS) utilized at Palmetto GBA.

. Identify and raise issues of non-compliance to the attention of the

SSO and the various process owners so as to ensure that the company is

compliant with regulatory and best practice standards.

. Participate in the review of the company's IT policies and procedures

in preparation for the various regulatory audits such as SAS-70,

Section 912 and CFO Audits.

. Participate in the remediation of IT Audit findings from the various

regulatory audits.

. Inspect overall internal control processes to evaluate efficiency and

effectiveness of processes, procedures, and internal control systems.

. Effectively communicate with various levels of management throughout

the audit process.

March 2009 KPMG, Jamaica

To November 2010 Business Advisor

. Conduct application review of ERP systems such as Banner and MicroSoft

Dynamics, providing management with independent assessments of

internal controls and the efficiency/adequacy of these business

systems and processes.

. Conduct Post Implementation Reviews of application such as Oracle

Financials.

. Conduct IT general Control review of operating system configuration

such as Windows server with Active Directory and identified weaknesses

in areas such as access administration and change control management

and make recommendations, as appropriate.

. Use IDEA to administer computer aided audit tests (CAAT).

. Prepare Audit scope, report findings, and present recommendations for

improving data integrity and operations.

. Ensure audit tasks are completed accurately and within established

timeframes.

October 1999 Mayo Holdings Limited, Kingston Jamaica

To May 2005 IT Auditor/Consultant

. Lead IT Audit section of engagements and managed up to three audits

concurrently.

. Plan, execute and report on Information Technology/Internal Control

Reviews. Identify issues and risks and make recommendations for

improvements.

. Assess internal controls within business applications of Clients as

they impact financial reporting and its compliance to International

Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

. Responsible for evaluating controls within the IS department of

clients and ensuring validations are appropriate and executed in a

timely manner. Follow up to ensure resolution of unsuccessful control

validation efforts. Additionally, recommend improvements as

identified.

. Perform System Application reviews for applications used in various

financial services/brokerage firms and Insurance companies. Such

applications include systems currently used at Jamaica Money Market

Brokers (JMMB) for investments, encashment, buying and selling of

bonds and trading securities. Also application used at British

Caribbean Insurance Company to manage customers' insurance policy.

. Review of security access and privileges on clients' network. general

control review of operating system configurations such as AS/400,

Windows NT and 2000.

. Participate as a control consultant on clients IT related development

projects. Such as the project responsible for developing an automated

CAMBIO system at JMMB. This system is currently being used for trading

foreign currency at JMMB. I was responsible for analyzing the

associated risks and exposures inherent in each phase of the SDLC and

ensure the appropriate control mechanisms are in place to minimize

these risks in a cost-effective manner. Also responsible for reviewing

the adequacy of project management activities.

. Provide IT technical support to the Financial Audit staff on

application review.

. Served as Project Manager for some IT related projects such as Auto

Identification System currently used at JMMB for storing and accessing

customers' personal information.

. Review and assist in updating IS policies and procedures. Execute

audit procedures to evaluate the adequacy of controls for company's

automation environment and compliance with applicable policies and

procedures

September 1999 ICD Systems, Mechala Group Kingston, Jamaica

To December 1999 IT Consultant

. Test of some modules in the Accounting Software (MACOLA) Modules were:

Accounts Payable Transaction Entry Program, Account Payable Voucher

Transaction, and Project Costing. Also identified the problem with the

aging report.

June 1994 African Petroleum PLC

To July 1998 Programmer

. Maintenance of Debtors System: Providing the technical support in

terms of modification to the system, error handling, and preparation

of reports as specified by users, and also monthly production of

account balances for each of the licensees.

. Development of Stock Reconciliation System: This system keeps track of

the petroleum products received from the government depot, the stock

level at the company's depot and the redistribution to the company's

licensees.

. Maintenance of African Petroleum Shares System: Providing technical

support to the registrars department in terms of modification to the

system, error handling and the periodical production of share holders

dividend warrants.

EDUCATION:

. Ogun State University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria

BSc. Computer Science/Statistics

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