Accounting Professional Project Management
Resume:
Mark E. Waters, CPA, CGMA, MBA, MIM
Powder Springs, GA 30127
**********@*****.***
Mobile: 678-***-**** Home: 770-***-****
Highly Accomplished Finance and ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL
Dynamic Finance and Accounting Professional with over 20 years of diverse
business experience leading the financial direction of Fortune 50, Big 4
Accounting, Federal Government, and Banking industries across a wide
variety of finance and accounting management issues. Highly effective in
collaborating with senior leaders on the creation and development of common
sets of financial models, project management processes, guidelines, and
serving as a trusted leader in mentoring others and promoting a cohesive
and productive work environment.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Financial and Operational Audit Management Internal
Controls/ SOX Compliance
Business Process Improvement/Re-Engineering Financial
Planning & Analysis Team Development
Hyperion ESSBASE/HFM
Global Financial and Accounting Management Cost and
Managerial Accounting
Budgeting/Forecasting/Variance Analysis Foreign
Currency Translation
Financial Reporting Risk Management
Consolidated Executive Reporting GAAP Accounting
Professional Experience
FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING CONSULTING, Atlanta, GA
2012- Current
Finance and Accounting - New Client Services
Current contractor with Rock Tenn Internal Audit performing SOX testing and
Control Remediation, Other Clients Verizon Corporate Finance/ Telco
Accounting focused on monthly circuit cost reporting, International Line
Cost Transfer Pricing, high-level country analysis and Management
discussions, foreign currency translations. Georgia Pacific, Consumer
Products, Consolidated Reporting and Analysis as Interim Executive
Reporting Manager.
Financial Statement review and preparation including balance sheet, income
statement and statement of cash flows,, audit documentation, forecasting
vs. actual analyses, budgets (actuals vs. baseline, best-case, upside and
downside), and numerous ad-hoc requests by senior management,
accounting/financial groups on an ad-hoc basis as needed. Recently a
contractor with Encadria Solutions for Georgia Pacific as an Interim Sr.
Finance Manager for the Consumer Products Group (CPG), particularly Tissue,
Towel, Napkin and DIXIE. Developed manufacturing finance models, and
process documentation, reconciled Canadian Trade Accounts, performed
foreign currency translation of accounts and consolidated financial
reporting packages for the CPG. Collaborated with all levels of the
corporation on various financial and accounting high-level issues.
VERIZON BUSINESS, Alpharetta, GA 2003 - 2011
Manager Internal Controls and Reporting
Establish, monitor and report on corporate internal controls over financial
reporting, including SSAE 16 and SOX reviews, perform financial modeling
and analyses for presentation to upper management as income statements,
cash flows and balance sheets were finalized for the monthly, quarterly and
yearly reporting cycles
. Evaluate key risks within each finance process and recommend improvements
to the design of internal controls.
. Partner with external auditors to monitor progress and to provide input
on audit observations.
. Prepare management analyses, and reviews of full profit/loss statements,
cash flows and balance sheets.
. Improved key business processes and supporting models and processes, led
operational and SOX reviews to identify and recommend business process
improvement opportunities. Cash management, TELCO operations, SGA
Classification, Chart of Account Maintenance, Central Purchasing, and
Invoice Processing were some of the more major areas of expertise.
Performed Circuit Analysis and Billings for Traffic Volumes across the
world, including foreign currency translations for selected countries.
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AMERICAN EXPRESS, Atlanta, GA 2001 - 2003
Personal & Small Business Financial Advisor
Oversaw a $9 million book of business and maintained ownership of high-
income individuals, offering wealth management and investment
recommendations
. Identified project tasks and set baselines and milestones for tracking
and reporting.
. Analyzed financial information obtained from clients and market trends
to determine strategies, products and services to help meet their
financial objectives.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA 1998 - 2001
Senior Auditor, CPA, Assurance Services 1998 - 1999
Audit Manager, CPA Assurance Services 1999 - 2001
Assisted corporate and federal government clients with overall risk
identification, quantification and mitigation controls in reviews in
accordance with GAAP, GAAS, and GASB regulations.
. Developed annual audit plans to maximize value and ensure client risk
concerns were identified and incorporated.
. Provided guidance and leadership to teams of engagement staff as
necessary during the planning and execution of audits.
. Completed comprehensive reviews of audit work papers and financial
statements, mentoring team members on quality, thoroughness and accuracy.
. Maintained open lines of communication clients while anticipating,
addressing, and escalating concerns as
they arose.
AMERICAN EXPRESS, Arlington, VA 1997 - 1998
Manager, Business Planning / Financial Analysis
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Washington, DC 1991 - 1997
Senior Budget Program Analyst, Office of the Undersecretary, 1995 - 1997
Senior Financial Analyst, Office of Postsecondary Education, 1991 - 1995
WASHINGTON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, Fairfax, VA
1989 - 1991
Co-Founder
BANK OF AMERICA, Baltimore, MD
1984 - 1989
Check Float Manager
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance/Accounting, Loyola
University, Baltimore, MD 1985
Master of International Management (MIM), Thunderbird School of Global
Management, Glendale, AZ 1983
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA 1981
Certifications: Current CPA licenses in Georgia and Maryland, Chartered
Global Management Accountant (CGMA)
Computer skills: MS Office Suite, SAP, SAP Business Objects, Logistics,
Accounting, FICO, Blackline, ESSBASE, Hyperion (HFM), QuickBooks, Oracle,
Visio, AS2, Discoverer, Turbo Tax, Tax Cut, Lotus Notes
Foreign Languages: French, Russian
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