Internal Auditor
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Edward M. Siess. CPA, CIA, CFE
Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124
216-***-**** (Cell)
*******@***.***
Skills/ CPA, State of Ohio
Education CIA, Certified Internal Auditor: Experience in Conducting & Managing all areas of Internal Audit & Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance audits.
CFE, Certified Fraud Examiner: Conducted many fraud investigations leading to recoveries and convictions.
Project Manager: Successfully managed migration of Multi-National Public Company Accounting/Finance Department with over 25 software programs to international location, Leader in providing new ideas to bill and bring in hundreds of thousands of lost revenue by improving contractual billing processed, and another project saving hundreds of thousands by improving intercompany processes for a multi-national private company.
MBA, University of Akron
BSBA Accounting, John Carroll University
Work (2011-Current) RGP, Independent Project Work Assignments for Multi-Billion Dollar Cleveland Area Public Companies/Entities, Banks, Cities, Universities, New Acquisitions.
Responsible for conducting all aspects of a SOX compliance audit including design of controls, identification of risks, all areas of testing & reviewing, recommendations to overcome significant deficiencies and material weaknesses, and identification of process improvements.
Responsible for conducting fraud and process improvement audits for a Governmental Entity and a multi-national retail company.
Responsible for implementing company Accounting, Finance, and Operational policies for new acquisitions.
Responsible for conducting banking compliance audits in the areas of ACH, Wires, Dodd-Frank, HUD Mortgage, and other governmental compliance audits.
Implementation of a new banking risk management/assessment (GRC) company-wide program.
Responsible for conducting grant, process improvement, NCAA, and other compliance audits for a local university.
Responsible for governmental and contract audit work for a Public Utility.
Responsible for Performing Federal, State, and Local Tax returns for a large Public Utility.
Responsible for being a project manager for various corporate projects for large multi-national manufacturing corporations.
Conducted numerous SEC filing engagements by performing review services for 10K, 10Q, Proxy, and Annual Report productions.
(2007 - 2011) Accounting Compliance Manager, SIRVA, Inc., Cleveland, OH.
Responsible for SOX compliance for Global Relocations reducing 16 material weaknesses to zero.
Responsible for keeping SIRVA Relocation SOX, GAAP and government compliant.
Conducted successful operational, financial, fraud, legal and tax audits as well as process improvement audits.
Developed policies to strengthen financial controls and project managed key initiatives for cash flow, tax, client, treasury and SAS 70/SOC (Service Org. Control SSAE 16).
Project Managed groups from all department’s of SIRVA bringing them together to develop and implement policy changes, control implementation, and process improvements that were necessary as SIRVA migrated from a public company to a private company saving SIRVA millions of dollars.
Produced divisional risk & key project assessments for Relocation divisions not subject to SOX or annual audits so management could rely upon financial reporting, controls and project effectiveness.
Supervised & trained staff, consultants, and external auditors to lead various Relocation audit projects.
(2000 - 2007) Internal Audit Senior, Agilysys, Inc., Cleveland, OH. Pioneer Standard/Agilysys.
SOX significant compliance project auditor to support 302 and 404 including the design, planning, implementation, documentation, and testing of nearly all project areas. Key areas responsible included most areas of operations, revenue recognition, general & application information technology, planning, creation of audit programs, documentation including flow charting and control self assessments, developing identifications of key controls, and significant assessment & evaluation of processes.
Retrieved $800K from insurance proceed recoveries and obtained five court convictions due to significant audit work performed regarding collusion involved in a warehouse theft ring.
Performed audit services in a $34M systems solution provider lawsuit.
Performed Oracle system implementation audit and corresponding control analysis framework.
Significant tax, credit card, divestiture, security, freight, and fraud prevention audits.
Conducted operational & financial audits based upon risk analysis assessments with Management and the Audit Committee as well as providing external audit replacement and consulting work.
Conducted monthly employee training for 25 Agilysys, Inc. for CPE.
PUBLIC Oboist, University Heights Symphonic Band 50+ members playing full schedule
SERVICE of concerts for retirement homes, schools, parks, colleges, synagogues, churches and public functions.
Vice President and currently serving on the Board of Directors for a 501(c)(3) Public Charity providing financial, control, and reporting leadership.
MEMBERSHIPS Ohio Society of CPA's,
American Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE),
AICPA, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
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