Quality Assurance Management
Resume:
Richard R. Wright, MBA, CIA, CISA, CIPP
Austin, TX 78739
*********@*******.***
Senior Auditor / Senior Financial analyst
A highly talented, dedicated, and detail oriented Internal Control and
Audit Professional with in-depth experience leading and performing all
aspects of the financial and operational review process, eager to apply
strategies and initiatives to improve the integrity of fiscal and business
operations and organizational performance Skills have been tested and
proven in a broad range of large dollar and high profile public and private
sector environments. Reputation for possessing exceptional financial and
business acumen and ability to work in collaborative partnerships with
business leaders and senior managers, both in the U.S. and abroad, to
uncover vulnerabilities in financial and operational processes, with a goal
of enhancing stakeholder value by proactively managing risk. Utilizes
expertise in computer programming and systems management along with
analytic, organization and technical abilities to streamline and improve
processes resulting in cost savings, efficiencies, service improvements and
establishing the utmost integrity in all fiscal and program operations. A
dynamic leader and consummate professional who consistently demonstrates
the ability to lead cross functional teams to achieve project objectives.
Independent, driven, accurate, confident, trusted, strategic, creative and
analytic.
Professional Skills
IT and Operational Auditing Internal Control Review
Leadership
Project Management Collaborative Partnerships
IT Program Management
Formal Presentations Research/Analysis Problem
Resolution
Interpersonal Customer/Client Relations Process Improvements
Vendor Negotiations/Management
Risk Management Initiative Taker Team
Development/Training
Employment Background
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs - Austin, TX
2009 - Present
The US Department of Veterans Affairs provides patient care and federal
benefits to veterans and their dependents.
Senior Auditor
. Consistently meet project objectives and timelines expertly planning,
conducting and presenting department-wide reviews of internal controls
and their effectiveness over financial reporting for $125B annual
budget in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
procedures and requirements.
. Employ qualitative and/or quantitative methods for the assessment of
complex management processes and systems.
. Expert knowledge of Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA),
Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), Federal
Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and other administrative laws, policies,
and regulations for numerous important public programs.
. Successfully led procurement/contracting effort for a $4.9M, 3-year
accounting and financial management services contract. Developed
comprehensive statement of work, cost estimate, quality assurance plan
and deliverables requirements.
. Conscientiously ensure the accurate, timely and complete reporting of
domestic spending by program on USAspending.gov by developing a
Department-wide data quality plan and business case. Project includes
documenting key business and reporting processes, obtaining CFO
approval, effectively collaborating across multiple work teams and
developing a handbook of standard procedures for data quality and data
quality oversight.
. Meet critical business need for audit remediation and financial
management services work by effectively negotiating pricing labor mix
and managing $2M contract, including workflow and deliverables.
Served as Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) on
projects which have included remediation of material weaknesses
associated with capitalization of construction projects,
capitalization of internal use software, overpayments, user access
reviews, data conversion discrepancies, capitalization of fixed
assets, pharmaceutical inventory and invoice reconciliations, third
party insurance coding and billing, intergovernmental transaction
monitoring and review.
. Applied strong verbal and technical presentation skills to deliver
talks on technical subject matter to large finance and business
audiences of 200 or more.
. Received Performance Awards and Special Contribution Awards for
exceptional performance.
Dell, Inc. - Austin, TX
2006 - 2009
Dell is a multinational information technology company that develops, sells
and supports computers and related products and services.
Senior Auditor, Consultant, Corporate Auditor
2007 - 2009
. Protected company financial assets and minimized liabilities by
leading/performing audits to identify control deficiencies in global
financial systems. Used corporate Assurance Management Framework
which incorporated COSO/ERM.
. Successfully lead and performed audits as a team member through
rigorous planning, interviewing, collecting and analyzing data.
Planned, organized, and effectively negotiated with management to
drive acceptance and implementation of recommendations where that
involved substantial resources and changes in established procedures.
. Articulated and defended well-developed and written audit findings
based on quantitative and qualitative data spanning multiple business
areas in $50B Company to senior management through utilization of
solid analysis and technical command skills.
. Significantly improved sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness of
controls through recommended system and process enhancements resulting
from audit findings.
. Took initiative to ensure audit recommendations would be implemented
by building effective collaborative partnerships with those audited to
develop and execute management action plans (MAPS) for control
improvements.
Finance Consultant, Worldwide Procurement Finance
2006 - 2007
. Provided respected financial support to Procurement VP and team
directly responsible for $8B in annual spend with non-production
suppliers.
. Played key role in influencing financial strategies and plans to
achieve $367M in annual non-production savings.
. Ensured accurate and compliant procurement savings and alignment with
business partners.
. Actively engaged in fiscal year spend and savings target setting with
Procurement Directors.
. Identified $342M in spend reduction opportunities not previously
addressed by procurement partners.
. Improved and enriched procurement partner assessments of, and
visibility to, supplier capabilities by revamping vendor financial
health analysis.
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs - Austin, TX
2005 - 2006
Financial Systems Auditor
. Improved the operational efficiency and capability of financial
systems by reviewing systems and supplying expert IT advice.
. Always met time schedules and quality standards planning/conducting
financial management/accounting system reviews in accordance with OMB
Circular A-127. Assess FFMIA compliance utilizing FISCAM.
. Appropriately assessed critical exposures resulting from ineffective
or missing control practices by applying internal control concepts
when reviewing a wide variety of processes and systems.
. Tenaciously identified and evaluated financial, operational, and
compliance risks which impacted or were derived from financial
information systems design, modification and processing activities.
State of Texas, Senate Finance Committee - Austin, TX
2002 - 2005
The Finance Committee is a fifteen member panel of State Senators whose
chief responsibility is to review the State budget.
Budget Analyst
. Working for Committee Chairman Senator Steve Ogden, diligently oversaw
biennial agency budgets totaling $5.7B.
. Utilized extensive knowledge of government accounting practices to
partner with executives at state agencies to facilitate internal
capital budget requests, clarify objects of expense and interpret
legislative appropriations rider language.
. Provided superior support to Committee Chairman by presenting detailed
analyses and well conceived recommendations on increases and/or
decreases to agency budgets in line with the Chair's stated budgetary
goals.
. Key player in influencing and collaborating with Senators, senior
agency management and legislative finance staff to ensure that state
agencies complied with requisite budget strategies and goals.
. Skillfully developed mitigation measures to negative program impacts
on performance measures available to the public.
. Routinely worked under tight deadlines and extreme internal and
external pressures, but always met fiscal budget timelines.
. Identified $45M in new revenue source relating to delinquent court
collections, representing a 275% increase in collections.
. Improved ability to recruit and retain qualified commissioned peace
officers by analyzing multiple pay package proposals, then justifying,
recommending and obtaining Senate approval of a 23% pay increase.
American Express - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2001
Amex is a diversified global financial services company and one of the 30
components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Business Process Consultant (Summer Intern)
. Capably managed project to improve service levels for cardholders
through segmenting members and providing differentiated services based
on value. Successfully completed project, recommending outsourcing
initiatives estimated to save client $4.8M annually.
. Reduced the number of reworked disputes by 40% for an annual savings
of $500K by analyzing operations and making recommendations to improve
productivity through use of existing technology and enhancements to
processes and workflows.
SAFECO Corporation - Seattle, WA
1997 - 2000
SAFECO, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is a national U.S. insurance
company.
Programmer/Analyst
. Improved operations and bottom-line profitability by developing and
maintaining an enhanced sophisticated underwriting decision system and
claims system.
. Achieved 100% transaction availability and completion of batch cycle
through coordinated software development and quality assurance efforts
for 50-person team on a successful Y2K project. No down time resulted
during the event.
United States Marine Corps
1989 - 1993
. Honorably discharged after four years of distinguished service.
. Veteran of Desert Shield/Desert Storm and awarded Combat Action
Ribbon.
. Secret Clearance (Inactive)
Education
Masters of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Analysis and Management
Information Systems
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX
Studied abroad in Koblenz, Germany - Studies included the changing
environment for international business in Europe.
Professional Certifications and professional Development
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Cert# 96086, 07/09/2010, Institute of
Internal Auditors
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Cert# 0971638, 02/26/2009,
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Cert#838891, 06/26/2008,
International Association of Privacy Professionals
Certified Government Financial Manager, (CGFM) (in process) Association of
Government Accountants.
Contracting Officers Representative, 40 hrs, 2009
Certified Government Financial Manager (Accounting, Finance, Audit), 40
hrs, 2010
Meeting Federal Requirements for Accountability, 12 hrs, 2010
Budget Analyst Guide-Formulation, Justification, Execution, 15 hrs, 2010
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel (pivot, vlookup), Access, PowerPoint
Experienced in process optimization and strategic customer service
initiatives
PWC TeamMate, ACL, Monarch
Ariba (Spend Analysis, ADE), Oracle, Hyperion, D3, D&B eRAM, COBOL, JCL,
Windows
Experienced in the analysis and design of complex software solutions
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