DEBORAH Y. MCFARLAND

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Sunnyvale, CA 94087

adu1z2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Experience in SOX Process and Controls, Internal Audit, and Information Systems Risk Management/Computer Audit,. California-CPA(inactive), AICPA-CITP, Certified Information Technology Professional, ISACA-CISA, Certified Information Systems Auditor.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

-SOX documentation & testing for Operations/Manufacturing of a $1billion revenue company

-Followup SOX review of a $445million Construction project of a telecom company

-Recommended quarterly Accruals of $25-$30million that was previously not recognized

-Concluded on a $24million Construction department’s future Construction expansion

-Led a global Physical Inventory that achieved a 99.7% accuracy on $120M of Spares Parts Inventory through improved project planning, well-defined roles and responsibilities, accountability, and implementation of prior years’ recommendations.

-Implemented integrated Financial System for the City of Mountain View for Y2k compliance. Easily accessible information by City departments for Purchasing, Stores Inventory, AR/CR, Project Ledger, and General Ledger. Facilitated the decentralization of Purchasing Requisition entry, Cash Receipts entry, and Document Imaging.

-70% reduction in the number of Internal Audit findings during the annual review of the Western Area Accounting function through management of the Corporate Internal Audit process.

EXPERIENCE:

CRC Results, San Francisco 2005-2007

COBIT Review

Stanford University, School of Medicine - Performed initial review in 2005 and follow-up review in 2010.

Sarbanes Oxley Management Team

Doument and identify controls in the Supply Chain,Demand to Build Process: Procurement, Raw Materials, WIP, FG, Logistics delivery to Customers, Quote to Cash (Order to Shipment/Fulfillment)

Internal Audit

Tests of effectiveness for the Supply Chain Process: Procurement, Raw Materials, WIP, FG units and COGs. Site lead for San Jose and Santa Rosa. Tested Ottawa, Canada

Control Solutions, International, San Francisco 2003&2005

Process and Controls

SOX $445million Construction Review followup of Operational Observations

Quarterly Accruals of $25-$30million recognized.

$24million Construction Review. Recommendations included Legal review of Contracts, Invoice Accruals, Change Request Management, and Retainage Accounting recalculation.

Silicon Graphics, Mountain View 2000 – 2001

Inventory Management

Led Global Annual Physical Inventory(PI). Created and maintained Physical Inventory website using FrontPage. Implemented Clarify ClearLogistics Cycle Count program to eliminate the need for annual PI.

Crystal Clarify Financial Manager

Created project cost system to analyze Actuals vs. Forecast vs. Plan for a $50M global implementation of Clarify ClearLogistics, ClearCase,and ClearContracts tracking 200 project members for SOP98-1.

City of Mountain View, Mountain View 1997 – 1999

Finance Systems Project Manager

Responsible for the successful implementation of $1M Y2k financial system, on-time and on-budget. Managed hardware installation, system and application software installation and training. Supervised data conversion. Externally communicated project status to departments. Trained 200 department users across 13 departments.

Price Waterhouse Coopers, San Jose

Senior Manager-Information Systems Risk Management(ISRM): 1996 – 1997

Responsible for ISRM services to San Jose clients. Managed transition of new practice area.

Reviewed efficiency and effectiveness of San Jose client’s IT operations and management. Audited real-time ordering system from voice to data entry at a major San Francisco client.

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Apple Computer, Inc. Cupertino 1993 - 1996

Finance User Systems Manager

Trained, supported, and maintained Apple's finance systems. Developed and implemented on-going training programs. Provided phone support and system trouble-shooting. Coordinated the design and implementation of financial system enhancements.

-Doubled the number of participants trained in Apple’s finance systems from 200 to 400 participants during the fiscal year permitting users to access financial information as needed, on-line.

-Expanded Apple’s finance systems training programs. Brought Apple’s planning and forecasting training in-house. Initiated and revitalized old training programs based on needs analysis. Revised target audience from financial analysts to area administrators which permitted non-financial users to access and interpret financial information on-line.

- Demonstrated new electronic management reporting system to 175 managers and created training document for the 1500 department and project managers affected. This process eliminated 200 administrative hours per month.

Apple Internal Audit Supervisor

Analysis and feasibility study of Apple’s business process reengineering the manufacturing supply chain using SAP R/3 software. Performed international financial and operational reviews. Performed international computer center reviews in DEC/VAX and IBM/AS400 environments. Performed Apple direct sales catalog operations review and US sales order entry review. Focused on root cause of business problems and created operationally implementable recommendations using a problem analysis format.

Ernst & Young, San Jose/Cleveland 1983 - 1993

Senior Manager-Information Systems Audit (ISA)

ISA client handling of multi-national clients after returning from an 18 month National Audit internship in Cleveland. Managed the San Jose ISA function which consisted of 3 staff auditors with responsibility for application and general computer facilities reviews at audit clients.

- Performed on-going quality assurance engagement for a lottery printing company generating $500,000 in annual revenue for Ernst & Young. Reviewed C program code and created test deck for logic checking.

- Provided Bay Area audit software training to staff auditors, managers, senior managers, and partners to automate the audit process. This provided consistency and efficiency of audits.

- Developed and published 3 technical white papers on UNIX, IBM/AIX, and HP3000/MPE for audit teams to use during their audit of financial applications in these operating system environments.

Digital Equipment Corporation, Santa Clara Western Area Accounting Operations Manager

Arthur Young & Company, San Jose Computer Auditor

Ampex Corporation, Redwood City Internal Auditor, Financial Analyst

Information Systems Skills:

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage. BusinessObjects, HP9000/UX Systems Administration. Software languages include Java, SQL, C++, ACL, and an introduction to MC6800.

Professional

Associations: AICPA, ISACA-Information Systems Audit and Control Association, ISSA-Information Systems and Security Association

Education: University of California, Berkeley - School of Business

B.S. Degree in Finance, Applied Economics, and Management Science

Phi Beta Kappa

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