Project Real Estate

Executive Summary

Seeking situations offering a challenging and value added role within an

innovated environment. My twenty-five years of work experience as an

accountant, auditor and analyst has led way to the versatility and

successfulness in providing project based services. Auditing

responsibilities have included financial, operational, compliance, IT

general and application controls. My combined background in Information

Technology assists in bridging the gap between business and technical

arenas.

Project Accomplishments

Summary of Internal Control Work

Assisted companies in preparing and maintaining compliance with regulations

set forth by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to include: AMD, ATT, Dell, ERCOT,

First Data, General Motors, SCI, Silicon Labs, temple Island, Terensen Gas,

Texas Mutual Insurance

. Met with stakeholders to strategize the company's approach in

identifying and documenting the control environment. These results

will successfully identify business strengths and weaknesses and will

be levied when preparing a sufficient and reliable business plan to

comply with act.

. Designed risk assessments to help determine business strengths and

weaknesses

. Produced functional flow-charts to document processes and there

associated controls through walk-throughs with process owners

. Utilizing PCAOB & SOX 404 guidelines, constructed Test of Design and

Test of Effectiveness over internal controls. Performed associated

testing for compliance over the design and the operational

effectiveness over the control

. Held weekly meetings with business and process owners to facilitate the

global understanding of the control environment and the expectations in

meeting and maintaining business objectives and compliance with the Act

. Developed project timelines from business requirements in concert with

business sponsors and project teams

. Cultivated project methodology and tracking tools tailored to industry

specific objectives

. Guided business and process owners through the exercises of identifying

and selecting key controls, the documentation and testing of said key

controls and the remediation process for controls not meeting desired

results

. Participated in liaison meetings with external auditing firms (Deloitte

& Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers) to ensure the

successful certification

Finance & Information Technology Auditor and Analyst 1997 - Present

Performed financial, operational (process), compliance, regulatory and IT

internal audits for various private and governmental entities to include:

AMD, ATT, Dell, Farm Credit Bank, Grande Communications, Rice University,

Teachers Retirement System, Temple Island, Terensen Gas, Texas Education

Agency, Texas Mutual Insurance.

. Executed preliminary industry specific risk assessments

. Identified key controls to be used in the designing effective audit

programs

. Developed preliminary outline of audit program to be used during

entrance conference discussions

. Finalized audit programs and produced work template(s) to be used to

organize, assign, and document audit results

. Assigned audit activities and reviewed weekly status reports of audit

team

. Held interim status meetings with business owners and/or executive

staff

. Conveyed "show-stopper" exceptions with business owners immediately to

allow business owners to confirm and implement necessary improvements

to the control environment

. Produced preliminary audit reports and facilitated discussions with

appropriate business owners to obtain assurance of audit results prior

to publication

. Held exit conferences with executive and key business owners

. Completed follow-up audits on any Corrective Action Plans written by

management in response to audit findings to ensure business objectives

continue to be met.

Accounting & Systems Analyst 2004

Executed General Ledger conversion for 20M property management company with

real estate holdings and construction enterprises, Convergence Management

. Analyzed financial statements for reasonableness and identified out-of-

balance inconsistencies

. Identified general ledger and sub-ledger out of balance conditions and

wrote appropriate journal entries to correct conditions.

. Reviewed and reconciled each general ledger account to determine

accurate ending / starting balances

. Redesigned the general ledger chart of accounts to capture and report

transactional data at the departmental level for this multi-company

operation

. Developed automated financial statements for each company and a company

consolidation reporting feature.

Business & Systems Analyst 1998 - 1999

Successfully collaborated on the project design and execution of a Y2K

general ledger system remediation for a 3.5 billion-dollar agency, Texas

Department of Human Services

. Identified twenty-three sub-system interfaces posting to the general

ledger

. Assisted the development team in writing program code for general

ledger and interfacing sub-systems

. Verified general ledger and sub-system period-ending balances for

accuracy and initiated corrections to program code if necessary

. Created and executed both manual and automated test script scenarios

for end-user acceptance testing

Functional Systems Analyst 1995 - 1997

Assisted State Agencies ranging from 12 - 30 thousand employees through the

legislatively mandated payroll software (USPS) conversion process to

include: 200 Texas State Agencies

. Held meetings with stakeholders and business owners to gain an

understanding of the overall business objectives of the agency.

. Performed software FIT analyses to ensure completeness, accuracy, and

validity of program transactional data.

. Analyzed coding structure of legacy accounting software and redesigned

coding structure to satisfy agency reporting requirements.

. Wrote journal entries to transfer legacy account balances to new

database then verified for accuracy and completeness

. Generated beginning general ledger control account (sub-ledger) totals

in the new environment then tested for accuracy and completeness

. Developed agency financial statements and departmental transactional

reports then confirmed for accuracy

. Provided user training and help desk services with each agency

conversion

Other Project Work

Performed work flow analysis and business process re-engineering needs

. Successfully planed, led, and managed cross-functional business and

system implementations

. Evaluated business functions for effective internal controls and

transactional accuracy, completeness and validity

. Interviewed business owners and documented an overall understanding of

the process

. Prepared process flow maps tracking the life-cycle of the activity and

noting key controls

. Wrote recommendations identifying cost effective measures to include

improvements in efficiency, addition of key controls, and elimination

of redundancy

. Developed new and/or improved transactional data reports to add value

to corporate financial statements and departmental reporting

Developed and executed risk assessments aligned with industry standards and

company goals

. Created and implemented risk mitigation strategies for change

management initiatives

. Made provisions to ensure continued business operations in the event

the process or system changes were not fully effective

Performed business impact analysis in concert with key business owners and

subject matter experts

. Analyzed, documented and delivered potential impact on business

operations of proposed corporate initiatives, including new products

and product enhancements

Developed corporate and departmental policies and procedures

. Met with senior management to determine business objectives

. Interviewed business and process owners to gain an understanding of

business transactions

. Designed corporate templates to be used in establishing, documenting

and maintaining company policy and procedures. Created coding

structure used to trace archived and modified policies and procedures.

. Developed new and extended existing procedures in line with industry

standards

Collaborated on the publishing of corporate disaster recovery and business

continuity plans

. Held interviews with key personnel over critical business processes

. Documented key business activities

. Reviewed, developed, and executed test plans to verify effectiveness of

published corporate plan

Utilized knowledge of:

. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

. Generally Accepted Audit Standards (GAAS)

. Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT)

. Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)

. Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO)

. Various regulatory and compliance standards such as Yellow Book, A133

Industry Experience

Private and governmental entities to include: Semi-Conductor,

Communications, Retail, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Gaming,

Construction, Insurance, Banking, Real Estate, Property Management,

Mortuary, Texas State Government, and Higher Education

Education, Certification

. BA, Accounting, University of Northern Colorado

. Certified Fraud Examiner certification (CFE)

. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

. Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

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