Manager Management
Resume:
ROBERT BREW SPENCER
Hartford, CT 06105
860-***-**** (H) / 860-***-**** (C)
Email address: ************@***.***
BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
Financial/IT audit /analyst professional with proven leadership,
problem-solving and communication skills in support of value added
business objectives. Extensive exposure with increasing responsibility
and achievements in diversified business, systems and executive level
operations within Fortune 1000 companies, including over twenty years
of industry and financial management experience and fifteen years of
financial, technology, analytical audit experience. Focused on
Sarbanes Oxley/SAS 70, SEC compliance, audit, PMO, business analysis,
internal controls, strategy development and change management, with
extensive involvement in the following areas:
1. Financial and IT audit management
2. Internal controls/compliance
3. Audit project management/security assessment/documentation/change
management controls
4. PMO
5. SEC compliance
6. Manufacturing / Financial / Security / Service Industry Experience
7. Informational security applications
8. Business process and systems analysis
9. SOX operational and IT design, testing, documentation and
resolution
10. External auditor/Big Four audit coordination
11. SAS 70 operational and IT compliance
12. SOX COSO and COBIT modeling and reporting
13. AP/AR/INV/FR/FA/Payroll financial audit cycle review
14. Documentation of critical systems and key controls
15. ERP software (SAP/Oracle/JDEdwards/PeopleSoft/SyteLine)
16. Enterprise risk management
17. Analysis of financial systems/software integration/IT
security/business controls
18. Infrastructure and data management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cigna Corporation, Bloomfield, CT. (3/08 - Present)
IT Audit Consultant
. Responsible for IT audit planning, scheduling and coordination for
a $18B Fortune 200 international health care provider
. Performed audits at domestic and foreign sites during 2008 - 2010
. Managed SOX and SAS 70 compliance for global audit initiatives
. Coordinated integration of SDLC project audit model
. Administrator for Paisley global audit software tool monitoring
audit requirements for business units worldwide
. Implemented corporate wide COBIT internal controls audit program
. Supervised three audit professionals responsible for global
business unit internal audits
Financial Audit Consulting (7/07 - 3/08)
. Clients included Fortune 1000 financial services, distribution and
manufacturing companies
. Sarbanes Oxley :
- Manage Financial/IT audit team projects and deliverables
- PMO staffing and implementation
- Define/document Financial/IT business and security risks/controls
- COSO audit framework and design
- Financial statements/reporting/SEC compliance review
- Define/establish cycle/system process flows and interfaces
- Document formal processes and procedures
- Identify critical system security controls
- Interface weekly with change management committee
- Coordinate change management roles and resolution as project rep
- Identify Financial/IT business risk mitigation controls
- Design test plans based on Financial/IT business control criteria
- Execute and populate Financial/IT business audit test results
MacDermid Corporation, Waterbury, CT. (5/06 - 7/07)
Audit Manager
. Responsible for global audit and informational security oversight
involving operations at ten domestic and twenty four foreign
facilities within the $1.5B Fortune 500 specialty chemical and
printing solutions manufacturer.
. Performed financial and IT audits at two domestic and six foreign
sites during 2006
. Managed PMO for global audit initiatives
. Administrator for global audit tool "Focus" while implementing
monthly survey and quarterly testing/reporting requirements for
business units worldwide
. Implemented corporate wide internal controls audit program (34
sites best practice" documentation/SOX compliance
reporting/security/general and application controls testing)
. Supervised two audit professional responsible for US/European/Asian
business unit internal audits
IT/Financial Audit Consulting (9/02 - 5/06)
. Clients included Fortune 1000 security, financial services and
manufacturing companies
. Sarbanes Oxley :
- Manage Financial/IT audit team projects and deliverables
- Financial (ING/The Hartford) industry experience
- Manufacturing / service industry emphasis
- PMO staffing and implementation
- Define/document Financial/IT business and security risks/controls
- COSO/COBIT audit framework and design
- Financial statements/reporting/SEC compliance review
- Define/establish cycle/system process flows and interfaces
- Document formal processes and procedures
- Identify critical system security controls
- Interface weekly with change management committee
- Coordinate change management roles and resolution as project rep
- Identify Financial/IT business risk mitigation controls
- Design test plans based on Financial/IT business control criteria
- Execute and populate Financial/IT business audit test results
Alcoa Aluminum, Darien, CT. (6/00-9/02)
Group IT Manager
. Managed IT operations at six domestic and foreign facilities within
the $500M Aluminum Division of Fortune 500 manufacturer
. Responsible for IT and internal audit at six division facilities
. Managed four division IT auditors
. Developed and managed PMO framework for ERP implementations
. Developed financial software at six division facilities
. Implemented Division wide internal controls/informational security
(compliance) audit database (6 sites) (business cycle process
mapping/metrics/"best practices"/process analysis and
documentation/system security application configurations)
- BPM (Business Process Management) framework implemented at each of
six sites.
. Supervised nine senior IT, two internal IT audit and three junior IT
professionals.
KPMG, Stamford, CT (1/98 - 6/00)
Senior Consultant
. Business process and audit consulting and strategy for Fortune 1000
clients for "Center of Excellence" team
. "Hands on" financial software development/implementation/direction of
Oracle 9I Financials
. Project / Team lead on $5M financial and IT security and compliance
application projects with Fortune 1000 financial services firm.
IBM - Global Services Group, Pittsburgh, PA (8/94 - 1/98)
Business Analyst
. "Hands on " internal controls/process analysis/systems implementation
for $5M ERP software project with Fortune 100 manufacturer/distributor
(Proctor & Gamble) as team lead.
. Project and site lead for $5M business cycle process redesign/mapping
internal controls project for Fortune 1000 manufacturer.
Datalogix International, Inc., Valhalla, NY (3/91 - 8/94)
Financial QA Coordinator 1993 - 1994
Senior Consulting Engineer 1991- 1993
RJR/Nabisco Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (2/84 - 3/91)
Senior Finance Manager 1987 - 1991
General Accounting Manager 1984 - 87
Monsanto Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (1/80 - 2/84)
Senior Cost Analyst
Rubbermaid Corporation, La Grange, GA (4/74 - 12/79)
Cost Accounting Supervisor 1976 - 1979
Accountant 1974 - 1976
TECHNICAL SKILLS/ CERTIFICATIONS:
Software/Computer Packages/Tools: Oracle (including Designer/Developer
Report Writing)/ GEMMS), SAP (R/3), SyteLine/Progress, JD Edwards,
PeopleSoft, AMEX Financial Planning software, SQA, Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Visio,
Access, Paisley, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Notes, SQL, Visual Basic, C,
Fortran and Basic.
Operating Systems: Windows/Windows XP, NT, Citrix, Windows 3.X,
Windows for Workgroups
Networks: Novell NetWare, LAN/WAN, Client/Server, Ethernet.
Licenses: Insurance/Investments (State of Connecticut); CISA 6/10.
EDUCATION:
M.B.A., Finance, Clemson University, South Carolina 1983
B.A., Management, College of William and Mary, Virginia 1973
MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
US Army Reserve Officer (Major (Ret.) (Military Police) (1976
- 1996)
(Provost Marshal, Desert Storm/Shield/Security Manager, 99th
Army Command)
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