Project Management Manager

RAJ KANDUKUR mba cpa email: ****.********@*****.***

*** *********** **. *SPRINGDALE *OH *45246 *Tel: 647-***-****

PROFILE

MBA and CPA with progressive experience in managing and performing financial, IT and compliance audits as per the annual audit plan and provisions of Sarbanes Oxley Act, risk assessment,, documentation and testing and monitoring of internal controls in Business and IT processes, risk matrices, reporting of test results, financial statement review and analysis, project management, and management reporting. Exceptional client relationship with strong analytical, logic, problem solving and management skills, ability to meet tight deadlines with conflicting priorities, self-motivated with excellent interpersonal and project management skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Audit Professional Jul 2009 – Present

(Clients: GE Power & Water, Cincinnati, OH; Volt Info Sciences, NY; FTI Consulting, Annapolis, MD, Direct Energy, Intact Financial, Manulife Financial– Toronto, ON and NewEgg.com – City of Industry, CA)

Designed, developed, tested and documented the business, financial, IT and entity level control processes and developed and identified internal controls which address the organization's risk areas under SOX 404 compliance using COSO/CoBiT guidelines

Conducted quarterly/annual tests of controls over financial reporting required under SOX 404 compliance and worked closely with big 4 accounting firms

Recommended corrective action and process and internal control improvements

Audit Manager Apr 2007 – May 2009

Tarrant Apparel, Los Angeles, CA– Public company with $250 million revenue

Conducted performance, financial, IT and compliance audits of corporate operating units.

Prepared entity wide risk assessment through 10K deconstruction and identified significant accounts and processes for Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Documented business, financial and IT processes and developed and identified internal controls which address the organization's risk areas under SOX 404 compliance project using COSO and COBIT guidelines.

Prepared flowcharts and narratives to document the internal controls, entity level controls and policy and procedures of the organization.

Tested the key controls, presented test results, audit findings and internal control deficiencies to management.

Recommended corrective action and process and internal control improvements.

Compliance Manager May 2005 – Mar 2007

VitalStream Irvine, CA – Public Company with $30 Million revenue

Documented the business, financial and IT processes and developed and identified internal controls which address the organization's risk areas under SOX 404 compliance using COSO and COBIT guidelines.

Conducted quarterly/annual tests of controls over financial reporting required under SOX 404 compliance project.

Developed accounting policies and procedures related to existing and new accounting standards

Presented a complete analysis of all existing internal control deficiencies, identified compensating controls, made recommendations to mitigate weaknesses and risks, and tracked efforts to remediate and reported to the Audit Committee.

Coordinated and performed special audits and ad hoc projects relating to corporate financial and IT matters

Audit Professional (Short term contract) Jan 2005 – April 2005

Jefferson Wells, Irvine, CA- Consulting Company

Documented the business and IT processes and developed and identified internal controls which address the organization's risk areas under SOX 404 compliance using COSO guidelines.

Conducted quarterly/annual tests of controls over financial reporting required under SOX 404 compliance and worked closely with Big 4 audit firms.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified Public Accountant from State of Delaware, USA

MBA from Osmania University, India

(Equivalent to master’s degree of university in the US as evaluated by Foreign Academic Credentials Service Inc)

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Computer Proficiency: Word, Excel, Visio, Oracle, SAP, Mainframe, MAS 200, EPICOR, Policy IQ, and Open Pages

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