Customer Service Real Estate

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Motivated, creative and versatile professional

. Excellent communication, problem solving, and research skills

. Legal education and international working experience in the financial and

audit industry

. Especially skilled at building effective, productive working

relationships with clients and staff

. Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering quality results

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, August 2010

Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Bachelor of Laws - Diplom-Wirtschaftsjurist (FH), March 2006

FH Trier, University of Applied Sciences - Birkenfeld Campus, Germany

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KPMG Audit - Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Senior Auditor (2005-2009)

. Served as team leader for ISA conform audits, reviews and compilations

for a portfolio of diversified clients in the banking, financial holding,

mutual fund, real estate, and commercial industry under IFRS, Lux-GAAP

and German-GAAP. Client size ranged from small businesses ($1,000,000)

to large businesses ($13,000,000,000).

. Compiled detailed reports regarding the assessment and testing of

internal controls over financial reporting for year-end audits and

quarterly filings. Reviewed financial statements and records, audited

operations, and interviewed all levels of personnel to research

operations.

. Responsible for directing meetings and presenting reports to senior

management at corporate and client level with respect to audit results

and recommended changes in operations and financial activities.

. Member of the KPMG Luxembourg Learning and Development team. Responsible

for development and delivery of training material and presentations for

90-120 entry-level staff annually, and additional training to experienced

staff on KPMG Audit Methodology and industry specific topics.

. Analyzed contract provisions as part of the audit field work from

articles of incorporation, asset purchase agreements, service level

agreements, credit facilities, lease agreements, and indemnity

agreements.

. Developed an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorist Financing

(ATF) risk assessment analysis matrix specifically designed for

Luxembourg's Private Banking sector. The matrix is used to help identify

potential areas of risk in departments that might expose the bank being

directly or indirectly involved into money laundering or terrorist

financing.

. Attended over 150 hours of technical, industry specific, and professional

development training. This included: fraud prevention, anti-money

laundering, risk management, IFRS, SOX and SAS 70.

Continental Automotive Group (Teves AG & Co. oHG) - Frankfurt, Germany

Assistant Financial Controller (2003-2004)

. Compiled, maintained, and analyzed budget-related information for various

profit centers. Prepared and presented periodic budged analyses.

. Analyzed and organized historical data that provided the basis for

costing project for OES-Braking System Components that achieved

significant cost reductions.

. Developed and designed a template to evaluate and calculate distribution

overheads for braking system components. The result was a 17% increase

in overall profit for this business unit.

Cookmal Kitchenware Retailer (GmbH & Co. KG) - Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Accounting/Internal Audit Intern (2001-2003)

. Prepared data for monthly financial reporting and analysis including

budget to actual and trend analyses; and assembled financial statement

packages for distribution to senior management.

. Analyzed and tested controls and processes related to financial reporting

and logistics operations and prepared detailed reports and presentations

for management.

Midwest Petroleum Corporation - St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Logistics Intern (2001)

. Designed and implemented an inventory and records system for the

maintenance department to allocate resources more efficiently.

. Assisted in upgrading and modernizing the dispatching department which is

responsible for the movement of more than 4,000,000 gallons of fuel each

day. The result was an increase in profit of 12%.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Webster University Office of Academic Advising - St. Louis, Missouri, USA -

Add value to customer service activities by organizing and improving

workflow procedures (03/2009-present)

Webster University Department of International Languages & Cultures -

St. Louis, Missouri, USA - German Tutor (08/2009-present)

German Army - Idar-Oberstein, Germany - Developed leadership, discipline

and training skills (1999-2000)

SKILLS

. Skilled in Olympic Banking software, VECTOR & Caseware audit software,

Bloomberg, Reuters

. Trained in SOX, SAS 70, US-GAAP, IFRS, Lux-GAAP & German GAAP

. Experienced in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; knowledge of Access

and SAP

. Fluent in German and English; knowledge of French

ACTIVITIES

. KPMG Luxembourg Banking and Real Estate Group Member (2005-2009)

. Member of the managing-committee of the TV Hettenrodt 1890 Sports Club

(1998-2008)

. TV Hettenrodt 1890 Sports Club, Youth Soccer Coach (2002-2005)

. Study abroad - 17th German-American Youth Exchange Program for young

professionals (2000-2001)

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