Financial Analyst, Internal SOX Auditor and Accountant

ASIM ALI

Cell: 510-***-****

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SUMMARY

Five years in-depth experience in the Finance and Accounting field providing quality services for internationally renowned global companies. Extensive experience in internal auditing and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations and compliance.

Rapidly able to adapt to new technologies and possess expertise with MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel(V-Lookups and Pivot Tables) and broad range of statistical software's. History of excellence in: Financial Modeling, FP&A GAAP / IFRS Compliance Risk / Quantitative Analysis Reporting Processes Trend Forecasting Statistical Software Tools Executive Presentations.

EXPERIENCE

Risk and Advisory Services Associate Oct 2015-Feb 2016

BDO LLP – San Francisco

Document control processes and procedures through observation, testing, and discussions with finance and operational personnel.

Analyze current business processes to ensure that controls are operating effectively.

Team with outside auditors to identify and remediate Sarbanes Oxley control deficiencies.

Document audit issues illustrating the associated risks of the operations and the action plan to be implemented.

Verify proper controls are in place over production, inventory management, distribution, sales and order entry, and cash receipts, credit and collection.

Review systems applications to ensure user access is properly segregated and restricted to job performance

Internal SOX Audit Analyst Mar 2015-Oct 2015

Consulting Roles with Restoration Hardware (Corte Madera), Kaiser Permanente (Oakland), and bebe Stores (Brisbane)

Designed test scripts for SOX control testing related to business processes in coordination with the Senior leader of internal Audit to optimize testing effectiveness and efficiency

Evaluated business processes by performing walk-throughs and testing controls

Participated in the analysis of current controls, and process information to assist in the coordination of testing by Internal Audit Services and improved process efficiencies

Recommended modifications to established practices and procedures and successfully handled full range of assignments and projects

Participated in multiple cross-functional/divisional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources, and system/process specifications

SOX/Internal Control subject matter expert and experienced in assisting clients in or performing SOX compliance

procedures. Integrates entity level, business process and IT controls to make the most of key controls and maximize

external auditor’s reliance on internal testing to reduce redundancy and increase efficiency, thus ultimately cutting down

the cost of compliance.

Worked with external auditors to resolve their queries and maintained documents as per their expectations

Played an instrumental role in updating narratives and flowcharts and also managed Fixed Assets

Fiscal Office Specialist Dec 2014-March 2015

San Mateo County Controller Office (Redwood City, C.A)

Worked with payroll team to upgrade new system from PIPS to Workday

Analyzed the drawback of old system and rectified it within the new system

Reviewed employee benefit plan enrollment

Financial Analyst(Process Developer) Feb 2010- Feb 2014

Genpact (GE Capital Retail Bank)

Responsible for invoicing clients such as Walmart, Men’s WearHouse, American Eagle, Amazon, GAP, Lowe’s and other retail stores

Reviewed financial statements to ensure SOX and OCC compliance

Reviewed monthly expenses, revenues and royalties to ensure they are booked correctly and work with the team to make any necessary reclassification especially for inter-company transactions which includes multiple currency

Tracked client’s reserves and amortized marketing expenses. Notify team of any income trend

Determined financial status by comparing and analyzing plans and forecasts with actual results

Reconciled balance sheet reserves, AP/AR, income accounts, provisions, promo discount and royalty accounts

Responsible for monthly FP&A closing activities

Led quarterly entries such as FAS 91 and BDME

Used Oracle Hyperion for forecasting and budgeting analysis

Identified non-value added processes that resulted insignificant financial and FTE benefits

Led processes for daily deliverable, task list & CTQ to client &COE management

Trained new employees and updated training material/documentation and SOPs

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Promoted due to high quality work and potential shown in short time span

Awarded 3 times for Service Excellence, and 4 times for Cheers Awards

Transitioned 3 new processes from Client end (Atlanta team, USA) to Genpact India

Added two new client to the portfolio which are Toys R Us and Ebates

Made macros to separate royalties from sales

SKILLS

Excellent Time Management

Self Motivated Professional

Team Player

Advance Computer Proficiency (both PC and Mac)

MS Office Suite, Visio

Invoicing

Receivable/ Payable Accounting

General Ledger Accounting

Accounts Reconciliation

Order to Cash

Oracle Discoverer/Oracle 11i Financial

Knowledge of US GAAP

Hyperion, FTP, T-Rec

SAP & Business Object

Financial Modeling

Internal Audits

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) & COSO

Lawson

Google Aps

PCI Compliance

EDUCATION

Pursuing CPA

MBA: Finance, 2010

Punjab Technical University – Jalandhar, Punjab, India

B.COM (Hons): Commerce, 2007

Delhi University – North Campus, New Delhi, India

References available upon request.

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