Management Financial
Resume:
E. Marguerite Rice
******@*******.***
Home: (856) 753- 0540
West Berlin, NJ 08091-3841
Cell: (215)
SUMMARY
Highly motivated Financial Professional with well honed analytical,
communication, organization and process improvement skills, seeking a
challenging opportunity in a fast-paced demanding environment. A
demonstrated ability to produce reports that clarify complex financial
information to enable upper management to enact more accurate strategic
planning decisions. Professional with extensive work experience.
Auditing
Cash Management
Financial Analysis
Project Management
Operations Analysis
Process Implementation
. Researched and Authored Standard Operating Procedures to comply with
State Gaming Regulations
. Worked with outside auditors to verify companies' assets
. Created reports for senior management with suggestions for reducing costs
Professional Experience
Consultant
2009 - Present
Cowan and Rice Associates
. Work with small businesses to assess their weaknesses, evaluate office
policies and procedures and provide continuous guidance for their
development.
. Forensic accounting, reconciliation of monthly bank statements, review of
financial records, inclusive of balance sheet and income statements.
Consultant
2007 - 2008
Robert Half International, Inc.
. Consulting work at Pep Boys, Inc. and Marsh USA
. Performed financial audits on Payroll, Treasury and Fixed Assets
. Gained experience in performing SOX 404 compliance testing. Assessed
operating and design effectiveness of internal controls and developed
testing plans for key controls.
. Operational and compliance audits.
Field Auditor
2002 - 2007
MAACO Enterprises, Inc.
. Performed audit functions for the corporate office including reviewing
financial records of franchise businesses. This entailed the review of
reports submitted to the corporate office, by franchisee's, against
physical invoices maintained at the respective business.
. In reviewing and auditing the reports and invoices I was able to identify
and retrieve over $500K in revenue owed to the corporate office.
. Traveled countrywide 50%.
Senior Internal Auditor
1992 - 2002
Resorts Casino Hotel
. Performed compliance, financial and operational audits.
. Audited the company payroll where I was able to identify that workers
annual increases had been inaccurately computed which resulted in the
workers having to pay back the excess, via payroll deductions.
. Managed cash audits. Performed the monthly audit of the casino cage to
ascertain the accurate accountability of the funds utilized in the Main
Cage to ensure that the shift accountability was accurately recorded
within the cage paperwork, then followed through to the posting in casino
accounting and then to the general ledger.
. Assisted the outside auditors in the performance of their quarterly
reviews with Main Cage accountability which assets were in excess of $52
million.
. Performed research and analysis to determine costs and then to ascertain
if the cost were effective or needed adjusting.
. Developed audit reports for management, preliminary, draft and final.
. Supervised other auditors.
Project Financial Analyst
1981 - 1992
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Septa)
. I worked in one department as a Budget Analyst for one and a half years
(1 ) were I was Responsible for budget development and analysis. After
this time I was promoted to the downtown Budgeting Department where I
developed, along with the individual department's Budget Analyst, the
budget for the largest departments ($200 million in revenues).
. Performed the monthly inter-company financial reports to ascertain if
they were balanced and when they were out of agreement with the General
Ledger I was responsible for making the necessary adjustments with data
processing and once in agreement notifying Accounting so that the monthly
account closings could be performed.
. Responsible for manpower analysis to determine and control expenses
(actual vs. budget) for 10,000 employees.
Education & Proficiencies
Bachelor of Science Degree, Accounting/Business Administration
Delaware State University - Dover, DE May 1980
Certified Financial Services Auditor, June 2002
Polaris, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Lotus-5.O, WordPerfect 8, 6.1,
6.0, 5.1, Flowcharting, Access, AS400
Professional Affiliations
Member - Institute of Internal Auditors
Member - National Association of Financial Services Auditing
Member - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Chicago, IL
Member - National Register of Executives and Professionals - 2004 Edition
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