Audit Professional

JOHN CHOI

*Willing to relocate

Address: *** ******** **. ***, *********, TN 37919

Phone: 205-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jchoi0521

SUMMARY An analytical 3+ years of experience in business and 2+ years of experience in financial and IT data audit/analytics from a fast-paced large professional service firm. Highly experienced in interpreting raw data into useful information and project management under tight deadlines. Industry knowledge includes: Consulting, Construction, Oil & Gas, Retail, Food Services, Manufacturing, Media and Healthcare. Actively seeking to obtain CPA and CISA certification as well. EXPERIENCE KPMG – AUDIT ASSOCIATE

JAN 2015 – MAR 2017, KNOXVILLE TN

Reduced clients’ financial risks by recommending improvements based on inefficiencies identified through data analysis by extracting data from large databases and manipulating the data tailored for each specific testing

Concluded on reasonableness of clients’ financial statements by performing yearly and quarterly financial statements analysis through researching and conducting interviews with key business users in different business areas to collect information

Strengthened, but simplified a clients’ sales analysis presentation to supervisors and management by interpreting complex sales data and illustrating them into organized graphics

Reduced inefficient data extraction time by more than 30% through creating a formula driven Excel spreadsheet that eliminates typing multiple accounts by simply copying and pasting account numbers to data management software

Reviewed and documented multiple ERP systems, IT environment, and financial reporting processes for both public and private companies

BEAUTY MARK – ASSISTANT MANAGER

JAN 2013 – MAY 2014, GASDEN AL

Increased sales by 10% within one month frame by redesigning store layout, recommending management to purchase more top-selling inventories, and launching sales promotion on low-selling inventories

Reduced theft loss by 10% through installing store-wide security system in efficient locations by analyzing most stolen inventories and identifying blind spots in the store FORCE FIVE – LEAD CONSULTANT

AUG 2012 – DEC 2012, TUSCALOOSA AL

Increased client’s new customer acquisition rate by improving advertising documents through conducting intensive online and market research

Executed sales-improvement project from scratch within a tight-deadline by prioritizing and supervising each team members’ tasks, and efficiently communicating the progress, budget, and findings with the client

EDUCATION THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA, AL - GRADUATED DEC 2014 MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY – 3.7 GPA – Cum Laude

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA, AL - GRADUATED MAY 2013 BACHELOR’S IN COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – 3.6 GPA – Cum Laude RELEVANT

COURSEWORK

Information System – Relational database, SQL, Access, Flowcharts, and ACL

Advanced Excel – Pivot table, Lookups, Macro, and Add-ins

Financial Reporting & Analysis – U.S. GAAP Financial reporting and financial statements analysis SKILLS

MS Office – Advanced in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Access

Data Analytics – Experience in SQL, Tableau, IDEA, and ACL

Language – Fluent in Korean and English

Research – Experience with LexisNexis and major search engines

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