Roselyn Hickey, Cma, Mba
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
651-***-**** ********@*******.***
Internal Auditor with progressive experience conducting internal audits and
providing financial consulting services to a diverse set of small, midsize,
Fortune 25 and 500 clients. Proven ability to effectively manage time,
prioritize, coordinate multiple tasks, and consistently meet deadlines.
Skills include advanced analytical skills, strong leadership skills to
facilitate and manage projects and build upon client relationships,
decision making abilities, strong innovator and motivator, excellent
problem solving and communication skills. Specific areas of expertise
include:
. Corporate Governance and Compliance
. GAAP, FASB, AS5/Sarbanes Oxley
. Risk Assessments, and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
. Project Management
. Business Intelligence
. Internal Controls and Process Improvement
. Financial, Operational and Compliance Audits
. Project Management
. Data Analysis / Recovery Analysis
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, Minnetonka, MN 2009 - current
Internal Compliance Audit Manager
Create, execute and monitor the policies, procedures, workflows, reporting
and internal compliance audit work plan. Develop, evaluate, and monitor the
risk-based work plan, train a core staff accordingly on performing risk
assessments. Collaborate with the business operations executive and senior
leadership and personnel throughout the audit process. Review and sign off
on audit work papers and reports. Determine all deadlines are met in
accordance with the audit work plan. Develop and build infrastructure
special projects for the new department. Lead, manage, develop and train
staff.
. Developed audit workpapers and policies and procedures for the new
department.
. Developed risk assessment compliance procedures for the new department.
RSM McGLADREY, Minneapolis, MN 2006 - 2009
Audit Manager
Performed risk focused audits. Analyzed financial operating statements,
ratios, reports, and complex set of data. Performed documentation of
processes and testing of controls. Developed risk assessments and reviews
of systems and internal control environments. Developed audit objectives
and scope, and created detailed audit programs. Assisted in drafting the
planning memo, high level scoping document, findings and the examination
report.
. Obtained an understanding of the clients overall operations, regulations,
and Sarbanes Oxley requirements, inherent risk, and risk mitigating
strategies/controls, to detect clients with potential financial trouble,
and to timely identify noncompliance areas.
. Performed audits within budgeted plans.
. Provided consultative advice and recommendations to business areas to
improve processes and controls.
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SECURITY LIFE, Minnetonka, MN 2000 - 2006
Internal Audit Manager
Developed annual audit plans and risk assessments for executing financial,
operational, compliance, and special investigation audits of third party
administrators. Identified, analyzed and resolved audit exceptions.
Presented audit findings and recommendations to upper management and
performed follow up on audit report recommendations to ensure the clients
completed agreed upon responsive actions. Reported/responded to senior
management, the board, and the audit committee. Hired and developed
professional staff.
. Assisted in the implementation of the company's business intelligence
platform / COGNOS
. Developed COGNOS (pc based query tool) data analysis reports, which were
adopted as the company-wide reporting standards. Trained company
employees in software uses.
. Identified significant areas for the recovery of company profits through
identification of accounting discrepancies.
. Reduced audit report preparation and auditor field work time by 25%.
LAND O'LAKES, Arden Hills, MN 1998 - 2000
Audit Supervisor
Performed corporate, due diligences, and international audits. Assisted in
supervising staff in the assigned financial and operational audits.
Reviewed and evaluated internal controls and key operational processes for
compliance and accuracy. Identified high risk areas and monitored progress
against provided recommendations. Prepared work papers and audit reports
for management review.
. Assisted the department's focus group for improving overall operations
within its audit process, planning memo- risk assessment / in-house
training, and integration of the department's audit software (AutoAudit).
. Assisted in identifying significant areas for the recovery of profits
within the company's accounts payable, sales tax area, and credit card
procedures.
THE PROFIT RECOVERY GROUP INT'L, Atlanta, GA 1996 - 1998
Auditor
Performed independent reviews for food/manufacturing client's payable and
processing systems. Identified ways for the company to improve its
effectiveness through performing vendor analysis for the identification of
lost revenues and recovery of client profits. Provided recommendations
from findings of the clients internal control systems and procedures.
EDUCATION
MBA, Finance, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
BS, Accounting, Elmira College, Elmira, NY
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office . Cognos Impromptu / Powerplay . TeamMate . Audit Command
Language (ACL) . AutoAudit . WebEx . Citrix . Visio . PowerPoint .MS
Project
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
CPA candidate (expected completion 2010)