Kenneth Vann
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PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
Raymond Robinson CPA, Roswell, GA July 2011 to prrsent
Auditor/Accountant- CPA Firm
•Duties are providing auditing, accounting and tax services to businesses.
•Also am responsible for planning and performing auditing services for non-profit businesses and corporations.
•Examined the financial records to determine whether those records were in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
•Rendered an opinion on the fairness and adequacy of those statements as unqualified or qualified.
•Identified weaknesses in auditees’ operations made recommendations to auditee to improve internal management controls
Veteran Affairs - Austin, TX March 2010 to July 2011
Senior Auditor - Financial Service Center (Held Clearance)
•Duties and responsibilities were planning and performing financial audits for contracts and grants.l
•Identified unallowable cost claimed by garantee and initiate actions to recover overpayments
•Developed complex audit programs VA Medical Centers nationwide
•Planned and performed Travel and Purchase Card audit for VA employees worldwide.
Vaasystems – Atlanta, GA Aug 2005 to March 2010
Accountant/ Auditor – Independent Contractor
•State of Georgia – Accountant and Auditor
•Provided tax services for individuals and small businesses
•Provided night audit services for Days Inn, Quality Inn and LaQuinta Inn hotels
US Dept. of Interior, - Washington, DC April 1999 to July 2005
Auditor - Office of Inspector General (Held Clearance)
•Duties and responsibilities were planning and performing financial audits for contracts and grants.
•Also planned and performed internal management, and performance and operational audits. In to audit report issued including follow-up reviews. Tracking and monitoring multi audit assignment labor and indirect cost associated with audit assignments were also my daily duties.
•As an auditor, I complied with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards while performing the following duties:
•Prepared engagement letters with audit objectives/plans and submitted to management audit committee
•Performed risk assessments of internal management controls, developed audit objectives, audit program
•Developed written audit plan with estimated time to complete audit steps
•Interviewed management and staff responsible for programs and operations and performed risk assessments
•Evaluated the adequacy of internal management controls and interviewed staff to determine whether those controls were adhered to during daily operations
•Determined whether financial records were prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
•Prepared sampling plans of expenses and requested management to provide supporting documentation
•Examined supporting documentation for expenses incurred and determined whether they were allocable allowable and reasonable.
•Determined whether expenses and revenues were timely and properly recorded. Prepared written audit reports including finding and recommendations with concise conditions, causes, criteria and effect.
•Obtained management concurrence with audit findings and recommendations; and conducted Follow-up reviews to determine status of implementing recommendations
•Reviewed work papers and provide written review notes to other auditors during peer reviews
Department of Defense - Fort Belvoir, VA September 1995 to September 1999
Auditor, Defense Contract Audit Agency (Held Clearance)
•Duties included planning and performing audits on Fortune 500 companies. Those companies had multi-billion dollar contracts with government organizations.
•Evaluated the adequacy of those companies' entire operations.
•Demonstrated my ability to timely perform audits of those companies accounting, budgeting, purchasing and billing systems. During those audits, the overall objective of my audit responsibility was to determine whether those companies were operating effectively and efficient.
•My duties included analyzing financial records and internal management controls.
Military Traffic Management Command - Bayonne, NJ Feb. 1989 to Sept. 1995
Senior Auditor/Cost Accountant
•Duties included planning and performing financial and performance type audits.
•Performed accounting duties such as recording, reconciling and reporting accounting data.
•Planned and performed Purchase vs Lease Heavy Equipment audits
•Performed audits on the procurement operations to determine whether the organization solicited and awarded contracts in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations
U S Army - Fort Benning, GA July 1986 to January 1989
Accountant
•Duties included recording accounting transactions and reconciling general ledgers to ensure the accuracy of financial data. T
•Identified accounting classification errors and entered data in accounting system to correct error
U S Department of Labor - Washington, DC June 1985 to June 1986
Auditor - Office of Inspector General
•Duties included planning and performing financial statement and grant type audits.
•Interviewed management and staff responsible for programs and operations and performed risk assessments
•Evaluated the adequacy of internal management controls and interviewed staff to determine whether those controls were adhered to during daily operations
•Determined whether financial records were prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
•Prepared sampling plans of expenses and requested management to provide supporting documentation
•Examined supporting documentation for expenses incurred and determined whether they were allocable allowable and reasonable.
EDUCATION
BBA in Accounting
Savannah State University
SKILLS
Certified Internal Control Auditor (10+ years)
GROUPS
Institute of Internal Auditors
Association of Government Accountants