Terri A. Weems

https://www.linkedin.com/in/terri-weems/ Phone: 313-***-****

Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Email: ac0o18@r.postjobfree.com EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Multi-disciplined Certified Public Accountant with 18 years of public accounting expertise spanning accounting, financial reporting, and auditing both in the US and abroad. Outstanding leadership capabilities demonstrated through management of multinational audit engagements and implementations of strategic transformational company initiatives.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Technical Accounting • Strategic Planning • Process Improvement

• Financial Reporting • Auditing • Shared Service Centers

• Internal Control • Financial Analysis • Change Management

• Accounting Expertise – Recognized as a US GAAP/GAAS expert advising on revenue recognition and other technical accounting, auditing, SEC reporting and complex business matters.

• Transformation and Innovation Leader - Leader of innovation and transformational change efforts aimed at evolving company culture, reducing thousands of manual transactions, enhancing organizational performance, improving profitability and creating competitive advantage.

• International Experience - Strong cultural dexterity developed through multinational experiences while on tour abroad and from championing local diversity efforts.

• Demonstrated Leadership - Proven leadership skills managing multiple projects while motivating teams to achieve project outcomes in a responsible and quality manner to meet needs and interests of all stakeholders.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PWC) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 199*-****-**** - 2017 Senior Manager - National Audit Transformation Office

• Launched and managed a Kaizen practices program focusing on improving economics and achieving 10% improvement in profitability.

• Designed and administered a contingent workforce model to support client service efforts during peak times reducing staff augmentation costs by $10 million.

• Developed and delivered a new global talent brand and performance management process aimed at accelerating the development of 30,000+ PwC professionals across the practice, more effectively managing resources across the firm, improving client satisfaction, increasing margins and retaining top talent.

• Led strategy meetings to gain consensus on vision statements, translate vision statements into action plans, communicate and coordinate with leadership and manage interdependencies across work streams, departments, and/or cross functional areas.

• Advised and developed audit enhancement technologies and talent management needs including business model updates, integration of disparate technologies and improved financial and management reporting to become a differentiator in the area of operations, quality and in client interactions.

• Facilitated Assurance technical accounting and auditing trainings 2010 - 2012 Lead Senior Manager – Detroit, MI

• Accountable for management and budget of 30+ person, 60,000 hour audit engagement with global audit fees in excess of $40 million for Fortune 100 Company with revenues in excess of $130 billion.

• Developed recommendations to improve control environment and close process discipline facilitating more timely financial analyses and smarter decision making.

• Leveraged expert to the Quality group for the Greater Michigan office. Initiated quality reviews to ensure adherence to policies and inspection process.

• Developed best practices in assessing and responding to global economic conditions and potential reporting issues. Developed a protocol, and engaged teams on a regular basis across the industry to disseminate information regarding economic conditions and plans to encourage alignment, efficiencies, and communication in working through local reporting issues. Terri A. Weems Page Two

PWC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

2008 - 2010 Senior Manager - PwC London, England

• Assembled a cross European team to advise on financial and operational performance of client businesses and drive profitable growth for European operations.

• Collaborated across 19 European engagement teams and 60 statutory audits representing approximately

$20 million in shared audit costs in the performance of procedures over shared service center activities at the shared service centers in London England and Cologne Germany.

• Advised on opportunities for consolidation of client functional areas resulting in reduced costs and strengthened cross territory relationships.

• Identified and addressed perceived barriers between business units and national network firms to deliver maximum effectiveness and efficiency in serving the global client. Specifically, invested time in working with statutory teams to understand the obstacles they face in delivering quality client service to drive continuous improvement.

• Served on US GAAP/GAAS Network of Excellence as US GAAP expert to European client management including communications and consultations on accounting matters and business transactions and in the benchmarking of best practices.

• Enhanced communications between the US and Europe and strengthened the US GAAP knowledge of the Europe audit team.

1999 - 2008 Associate, Senior Associate, and Manager - PwC Detroit, MI

• Performed the planning, execution and reporting on several multi-location audits spanning several industries including implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, evaluation of adequacy of internal controls, complex accounting issues and financial statement disclosures.

• Conducted carve out audits in connection with M&A transactions (acquisitions, spin-offs and divestitures).

• Managed accounting and reporting activities related to debt offerings, bankruptcies, restructurings, and restatements.

• PwC Greater Michigan Diversity Champion

EDUCATION

Ohio University, Athens Ohio

1999 Masters of Science, Accounting, magna cum laude 1998 Bachelors of Business Administration, magna cum laude LICENSES & AFFILIATIONS

Certified Public Accountant

Michigan Society of CPAs

National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)

Women of Tomorrow Program Mentor

BOARD AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Farmington Public Schools Board of Education Treasurer Earn Your Future Financial Literacy Campaign Coordinator Farmington Public Schools PTA, PTSA Executive Boards Homeowners’ Association Treasurer

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