Quality Assurance Project Manager
Resume:
ANNETTE M. ARVIE
d58f24@r.postjobfree.com
QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
Experienced professional with administrative responsibility for managing the operational, technical and compliance areas. This includes responsibility for investigating, compliance, quality control and quality assurance, internal investigations; expediting, reviewing documents to satisfy federal requirements, assisting business process owners, staff and serving as the point of contact to address issues with the appropriate state and federal regulatory entities.
EDUCATION:
• BS Computer Science - Southern University A & M - Baton Rouge, LA
• MBA - Regis University – Denver, CO
• Doctorate of Business Administration - California InterContinental University - Diamond Bar, CA
EMPLOYMENT:
Kelly Services Oct. 2011 –Present – Compliance Expeditor
• Assessment of compliance with and regulatory affairs; Quality management, Investigate and ensure compliance control,
• Reviews purchase order delivery requirements to assure quality and project requirements are met, • Establish formal and informal communications with assigned suppliers to enable timely, accurate
and forward-looking analysis of supplier's progress at meeting interim delivery schedules of supplier data, manufacturing milestones, material deliveries, testing activities and material and equipment delivery,
• Ensure effective communications among procurement disciplines, client, project team, and suppliers,
• Ensures expediting issues are being coordinated between the other departments, offices, fabrication and construction to meet project requirements,
• Address issues with procurement to identify performance gaps and delays including engineering drawing delays, fabrication problems, delivery delays, sub-supplier management and people resources,
• Prepare or contribute to preparation of frequent reports detailing supplier's progress, problems encountered and solutions to maintain fabrication, testing and delivery schedules,
• Provides timely delivery of all items on purchase orders to maintain project schedule,
Maintains and promotes a focus on the company’s end product whether procurement or materials,
• Track supplier data information movement to and from the supplier, document the progress,
• Expedite specific deliverables on one or more projects, execute the project methodology and organize resources to implement new accounts that are achieved on time within budget,
• Accurate and timely expediting of purchase orders, updating the expediting reports, and distributing the reports of the project team,
• Understanding and consistent use of expediting procedures as established in company policies,
• Assist buyers in securing and validating the information that supports the timely processing of invoices for payment,
• Travel to suppliers' locations and fabrication shops to verify progress and to construction and operational sites to ensure deliveries are occurring as required by the project.
Medical Transportation Corp., Baton Rouge, LA - VP Audit &Compliance -Jan. 2006 – May 2011
• Assessment of compliance with compliance and regulatory affairs; Quality management, Investigate and ensure control,
• Mitigate risk and address Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 internal control structure
• Reduce costs significantly and helped grow revenue through addressing compliance issues
• Insure internal controls pertaining to hospitals and private healthcare facilities, focus on key internal controls, prepare documentation for privacy, supervise the process were correct through audits and compliance
• Responsible for reviewing and ensuring change management process accurately address company business objectives
• Reviewed process improvement and addressed areas involving GMP, GCP, JCAHO, OSHA, Medicare and Medicaid, federal; and state requirements.
• Liaise with independent entities about their review of specific issues and proposed comments/recommendations; implement recommendations where agreed
• Oversee the service review function ensuring delivery against service standards
• Reviewed documentation for external auditors
• Attend and contribute to the quality assurance and compliance board committees
• Development of staff and provide continuous training, with particular attention to ensuring they are seen as credible an essential element to the company providing value added
Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, WI - IS Controls Manager - Feb 2005 – Jan 2006
• Assessment of compliance and regulatory affairs; Investigate and ensure control,
• Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 internal control structure
• Managed projects internal with D&T and PWC auditors
• Directed and developed internal control procedures for compliance, Quality assurance,
• Determined the degree to which decentralization of security controls takes place
• Provided technical advice, assistance or guidance to employees less experienced or familiar with a specific programming language or with the system
• Provided recommendations and counsel to strengthen internal controls, ensure compliance with laws, regulations and corporate policies; and work towards enhancing management processes to meet the company’s business objectives
Jefferson Wells Intl St. Louis, MO - Engagement Manager - Feb 2004 – Feb 2005
• Project Management for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 internal control structure
• Assessment of compliance and regulatory affairs; Investigate and ensure control,
• COSO, COBIT, GLBA, API & international filing and ISO-17799
• Reviewed Enterprise Resource Planning system and tested for functional and adequate controls, Quality assurance and quality control regarding medical devices
• Directed and developed internal control procedures for compliance with pharmaceutical company, healthcare and manufacturing industries
Fresenius Medical Care – Lexington, MA – Information Sys.Audit Supr/Mgr - Oct 2000 – Dec 2003
• Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 internal control structure
• Assessment of compliance and regulatory affairs; Quality management, Investigate and ensure control,
• Project Manager for IT, Integrated, Financial and Operational Audits,
• Assessment of current systems; Management, replacement, upgrade and/or administration of existing systems information system requirements, researched, reviewed medical devices and helped select a new System
• Performed audits addressing IT services/data management for clinical trials, worked with understanding of health insurance business, claims payment procedures,
• Developed and maintained a compliance and regulatory program, knowledge of general hospital operations, JCAHO, OSHA, Medicare and Medicaid Services and federal and state requirements,
• Worked with pertinent clinical and information systems areas to address the accuracy of data entry and exchange through web-based data collection,
• Insure internal controls pertaining to hospitals and private healthcare facilities, focus on key internal controls, prepare documentation for privacy, supervise the process were correct through audits and compliance
• Worked with provider relations and contracting management,
• Experience in State and Federal health programs,
• Quality assurance for ensuring all compliance,
• Researched the use of system processing functions for departments and divisions and provided technical support
• Evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of existing and ongoing information systems operations and infrastructure
• Correlated and devised cost efficient programs, which contributed in essence and led to training the users and staff
• Ensured CPT code, ICD-9-CM, HCPCS, Charge master and revenue codes relating to billing process were correct through audits and compliance
• Served as a liaison for Administration, Information Systems and provided QA and QC. Reviewed Patient Accounts, Medical Records, Finance, Compliance, Physicians and Revenue producing departments in regards to Electronic Health Record Systems, compliance, charge capture, loss prevention and regulatory updates
• Reviewed process for Clinical process improvement and addressed QA and QC
• Supervised employees and coordinated with executives and departmental administrators regarding design, statistical requests and procedures for compliance issues enhancements
• Assisted with implementation and acquisition involving compliance of system related issues and reviewed specific system environments (Unix RS/6000)
• Researched the use of system processing functions for departments and divisions and provided technical support
• Interacted with VP Information Systems of Clinical & Product division on HIPAA
• Evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of existing and ongoing information systems operations and infrastructure
• Correlated and devised cost efficient programs, which contributed in essence and led to training the users and staff
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE:
• Midrange -- AS/400, OS/390, RS/6000 (SAP),Unix RS/6000 (Non-SAP), Sun Microsystem Boxes
• Servers – SQL, Windows, Windows NT
• Electronic Mail – Microsoft suite, Internet, E-Commerce
• Security -- RACF, ACF2
• Software -- Natural, ACL, Hyperion, COGNOS, EMR – McKesson (Fresenius Medical Care), Exposure -- JDEdwards, SAP, Oracle
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