Management Control
Resume:
Alexander Ioffe, CPA
**** *. *********** ***., #***, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Home: 847-***-****, Cell: 224-***-****, E-mail: ****.*****@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MYR Group - Rolling Meadows, IL
Internal Audit, SOX Auditor, temporary consulting project
November 2009 - March 2010
o Assessed design and operating effectiveness of internal controls
o Performed detailed analysis and review of transactions
o Identified and documented control gaps
o Managed control testing plans, evaluated results, and provided
remediation guidance
o Concluded on the adequacy of internal controls
o Participated in management meetings to discuss internal control
deficiencies and action plan
o Prepared memos for management documenting issues and providing
recommendations
o Communicated with external auditors and corporate management to address
internal controls related matters
Corbett, Duncan & Hubly PC - Itasca, IL
Audit and Assurance, Senior Auditor
December 2007 - July 2009
o Performed agreed-upon procedures, reviews, and risk-based audits of
financial statements and account balances for clients primarily in
manufacturing and distribution sector. Performed audit procedures for
pension plans
o Experienced in audit and review of US subsidiaries of privately held and
publicly traded international companies
o Prepared consolidation packages and reporting packages for auditors of
foreign companies
o Determined planning materiality, tolerable misstatement, and sample sizes
o Prepared population data files for sample selections
o Evaluated entity-level controls as defined by the U.S.-based Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
o Identified and assessed risk in relation to financial statements
o Interviewed management and process owners to create or update process
narratives
o Identified internal control deficiencies and provided recommendations for
process improvements
o Customized audit programs to include procedures to respond to risks of
material misstatement due to error or fraud
o Reviewed client prepared schedules, interviewed client management,
developed expectations, performed analytical procedures, performed
current to prior year and actual to budget comparisons, analyzed profit
margins
o Reviewed and supervised audit fieldwork leading teams of 1-3 staff
members
o Trained, developed, and evaluated audit team through engagement
performance reviews
o Prepared financial statements and footnote disclosures for audit and
review clients
o Summarized material audit adjustments and evaluated passed audit
adjustments
o Researched content in external databases to gain understanding of
accounting pronouncements and evaluate proper application of GAAP
o Managed engagement team economics and time budget
Blackman Kallick Bartelstein LLP - Chicago, IL
Audit and Assurance, Senior Auditor
February 2007 - October 2007
o Audited and reviewed financial statements of small business clients in
various industries
o Performed analytical procedures and general ledger account analysis
o Prepared journal entries to reflect audit adjustments
o Prepared financial statements and footnote disclosures
o Identified process deficiencies and communicated to management
Ernst & Young LLP - Chicago, IL
Assurance and Advisory Business Services, Auditor
February 2005 - February 2007
o Examined and attested to financial statements of SEC and Non-SEC clients
primarily in manufacturing industry in conformity with GAAP
o Reviewed companies' business and financial information system processes
as well as their internal control structures
o Conducted interviews with management and process owners, created
narratives and flowcharts, performed walkthroughs, identified control
deficiencies and provided recommendations for improvements
o Researched client industry and trends as well as accounting developments
o Tested design and implementation and effectiveness of internal controls
and remedied control deficiencies in conformity with Sarbanes-Oxley Act
o Manipulated population data files to make sample selections
o Ran statistical software to determine sample sizes
o Applied analytical procedures to general ledger account balances
o Performed substantive testing of general ledger account balances
o Summarized in the work papers all required general ledger audit
adjustments
o Experienced with consolidations and IFRS adjustments
o Led and supervised a team of 3 professionals on two audit engagements
o Performed financial statements and account analyses
Evoy, Kamsculte, Jacobs & Co. LLP - Waukegan, IL
Auditor
January 2002 - January 2005
o Audited financial statements of clients in industries including
manufacturing, financial, governmental, and NFP
o Audited cash, investments, retirement and flexible benefit plans,
federal, state, and private foundation grants, leases, fixed assets,
inventory, performed physical inventory counts, directed work of other
staff members
o Tested disbursements, receipts, payroll, A/P, searched for unrecorded
liabilities, prepared tax returns
o Performed account analysis and analytical procedures, wrote-up GAAP and
OCBOA financial statements
Legion Insurance Company - Milwaukee, WI
Reinsurance Accountant February 1999
- January 2002
o Analyzed and reported on programs valued at more than $180 million
o Analyzed cash flow and proposed solutions improving cash flow by 18%
o Examined contracts, account summaries, and expense structures to provide
clients with monthly reports
o Assisted external and internal auditors in understanding specifics of
programs
o Investigated records of past operations resulting in $0.4 million annual
savings
o Performed imprest and escrow analysis recovering $1.5 million in
unreported losses
YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
Supervisor, Accounts Payable
September 1997 - January 1999
o Supervised staff of four employees processing $4
million a month in payments
o Created teamwork environment among 26 branches,
unified vendor system
o Designed and implemented procedures reducing customer
complaints by 75%
o Designed standards to more efficiently process
vouchers, expense reports, petty cash, and cash
advances
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI
o B.B.A. - Accounting, Honors Graduate, Golden Key National Honor Society
member May 1997
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, Red Wing Accounting, Creative Solutions,
QuickBooks, Tax Commissioner, Ultra Tax, Great Plains
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