SENIOR FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE/SENIOR MANAGER/CONTROLLER

with comprehensive experience in

STRATEGIC PLANNING

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING

GAGAS

RE-ENGINEERING

INTERNAL CONTROL

GAAP

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

COSO FRAMEWORK

SAS - 70/SSAE 16

TAXATION

OMB A-133

F..A.R.

INDIRECT COST ALLOCATIONS

GASB

FISCAM

Pro-active and performance oriented with broad experience in all aspects of accounting, auditing and taxation. Hands-on in the development of and implementation of the overall audit plan to ensure effective and efficient execution and timely completion of the audit plan, including the realization on the job. Solid organizational skills in coordinating all aspects of each project from inception through completion.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Infrastructure Resources

Birmingham, Al

Senior Consultant (6/2016 to 10/2016)

A -123 Audit Remediation Audit Readiness project reviewing the financial management system, FMMI, of a major federal agency’s compliance with their accounting for their grant management and inter-agency’s requirements related to unliquidated obligations financial accounting and reporting

Destiny Management Services

Silver Spring, MD

Senior Consultant (5/2013 to 7/2016)

Review financial management system of federal grantees, large metropolitan transit agencies, for compliance with FTA guidelines and assessment of the internal controls.

Review and evaluate indirect cost allocation plans of FTA grantees for compliance with FTA guidelines

Conducted IT review of the ongoing conversion to Oracle E-Business Suite at the major transit agency. The review focused on the implementation risk related to Oracle’s Financial Accounting Hub (FAH) module, specifically the inherent risk control testing related to the implementation of the financial reporting, cash management, purchasing and project management modules. This testing included accounting rules development, user defined journal lines definitions and the reporting rules definitions and validations.

Reviewed and evaluated business processes and provided best practices recommendations pursuant to COSO internal control framework and FTA guidelines

KGS

Fairfax, VA

Senior Manager (11/2012 to 5/2013)

Documenting DoD agency, the Defense Logistics Agency, business processes and internal controls, including those performed by other entities, making applicable recommendations for improved processes and controls, and assisting with implementing and institutionalizing related policies and procedures

Identifying and reconciling data files to business and financial statement reporting, and assisting with development of repeatable/sustainable processes for data file retention and retrieval

Reviewed SSAE 16 reports of 3d party service providers feeder systems

Conducting reviews (e.g., FFMIA, FISCAM) of DoD agency-owned Oracle and SAP systems and/or feeder systems, including EAGLE,DSS, DMLSS-W ECAT and MRA, and developing acceptance criteria and IT audit test steps

Independent Consultant

Alexandria, VA (4/2009 to 11/2012)

Served as audit manager, as a subcontractor to Lani Eko & Co. CPAs, for CFO Act financial statement audits of the Office of Thrift Supervision and Defense Facilities Nuclear Safety Board

Consulted on a transit-related financial management oversight reviews, financial capacity analysis, capability assessments and grant review as a subcontractor to Destiny Management Services.

Accomplishments:

Identified $100,000 in questioned costs and material weaknesses in internal control as a part of the financial management oversight review of a recipient of an FTA grant.

Identified several significant deficiencies in internal control, including questioned costs of approximately $400,000 and material instances of non-compliance in the management of ARRA funds by a federal sub-grantee.

Cherry Bekaert & Holland LLP

Vienna, VA

Audit Manager (6/2007 to 2/2009)

Supervised financial consulting engagements, primarily internal control reviews and evaluations of various clients within the firm's Government Services Sector, with engagement teams of up to four professionals. These engagements normally required approximately 900 hours and involved travel to transit agencies located across the U.S.

Accomplishments:

During these reviews identified several material weaknesses and significant deficiencies in the control structure of several of the grantees. The reviews included risk assessments, evaluation of grantees internal control environment in accordance with the COSO framework, the review and verification of the accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications assigned to various records, general ledger account reconciliation and general ledger account analysis to agree amounts reported to grantor per SF-269 to the general ledger.

Mitchell & Titus, LLP

Washington, D.C.

Audit Manager (1/2006 –6/ 2007)

Directed external financial and compliance audits pursuant to OMB Circular A-133 of the firm's Not-For-Profit sector, with engagement teams of up to four professionals normally requiring between 200-400 man hours.

Mitchell & Titus, LLP(Cont’d)

Accomplishments:

Managed the audit of two large employee benefit plans, based in Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC. Each plan held over $1 billion in assets including the review and reliance upon SAS 70 audits of the benefit plans in reliance of 3rd party service providers internal controls. Additionally, performed type II SAS 70 internal control review of a service provider

Sharpton, Brunson & Company, P.A.

Miami, Florida

Audit Manager (1991 – 2005)

Oversaw external financial and compliance audits pursuant to OMB Circular A-133 in the firm's Government & Not-For-Profit sector, with engagement teams of three to eight professionals. These engagements represented over 90% of chargeable hours. These engagements normally required from between 200 to up to 2000 hours. Additionally, led annual in-house training courses on conducting municipal audits including GASB 34 implementation, Government Auditing Standards and OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations.

Accomplishments:

Managed the contract with the State of Florida Department of Revenue performing sales tax compliance audits. These tax compliance audits resulted in tax assessments of over $10 million in four years.

Led the compliance audits of Broward County Housing Finance Agency's mortgage revenue bond indentures. The agency has issued over $2 billion in mortgage revenue bonds since inception.

Performed financial and compliance audits of the nation's fourth largest public housing authority, Miami-Dade Housing Agency and as the firm lead on a consulting engagement on the reorganization of the nation's second largest public housing authority, the Chicago Housing Authority

Certified Public Accountant – Virginia

EDUCATION/SPECIALIZED TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

MBA Accounting with Honors - University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Business Administration with Honors - Florida International University

B.S. Accounting - Hampton University

Teammate • Pro-systems Engagement • Caseware • Go Systems • QuickBooks Pro• IDEA

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