Manager Project

DONALD LAWSON

**** ***** ****** *******, *** ***

Austin, Texas 78728

Home Phone 512-***-****

Cell Phone 512-***-**** E-mail: **********@*****.***

SUMMARY

A highly motivated Financial/Audit professional with extensive experience in accounting, finance, and auditing. Skilled in budget creation, cost analysis, and auditing. Proficient in financial and governmental auditing, flexible budget creation, and applying multiple analytical techniques to cost analysis. Strongly committed to bring creativity to Accounting, Finance and Auditing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CLIFTON GUNDERSON (PHBV PARTNERS), Austin, Texas 11/11 - 03/12

Audit, Regulatory Healthcare

Manages highly advanced regulatory auditing work on Managed Care Organizations. Work involves developing the strategy and methodology to audit Managed Care Organizations. Provides guidance and assistance to audit team and members conducting audits, including managing workload, project assignments and supervising the work performed in the unit. Ensures all work is performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and agency policies and procedures.

• Develop time lines and budget to deliver accuracy and profitability using Government Auditing Standards and GAAP.

• Identify and resolve issues that might prevent meeting audit objectives and deadlines.

• Manages audit process from conception thru report stage.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Austin, Texas 10/10 - 11/11

Cost Report Review Unit Auditor VI – Team Leader

Performs highly advanced Cost Report Review Unit auditing work for the Office of Inspector General Compliance Division. Work involves planning, scheduling, coordinating, conducting, supervising, reviewing and reporting the results of audits and reviews of Medicaid Long Term Care providers' cost reports.

• Provides guidance and assistance to audit team and members conducting audits, including managing workload, project assignments and supervising the work performed in the unit. Ensures all work is performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and agency policies and procedures.

• Reviews all audit reports prior to submission to Unit manager to ensure findings are written in clear and concise manner and are in accordance with Government Auditing Standards.

• Reviews the procedure steps performed by others including coaching notes and clearing coaching notes as necessary.

• Manages workload as Team Leader to ensure status and progress reports are accurately submitted.

• Ensures complete project evaluation forms are completed as assigned along with other management reports as requested.

• Communicates and works with other HHSC agencies and outside stakeholders as needed to determine possible program changes

• Conduct thorough reviews of the audit work prior to submission of the report to the Team Leader and/or Unit Manager.

• Ensure all reports are complete, accurate, and that the dollars identified for recovery are accurately reported in the performance measures.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Austin, Texas 09/09 - 10/10

Outpatient Hospital Managed Care Organization Auditor V

Assist the Unit's Team Leader in planning and assigning, the work of Outpatient Hospital/MCO (OHMAU) Audit Team. Provides direction, guidance, and assistance to the Team as needed.

• Plans and assigns the workload of the OHMAU audit staff as necessary, and ensures that assignments are completed timely.

• As needed, provides assistance and guidance to the Audit staff to ensure successful completion of assigned task(s).

• Conduct thorough reviews of the audit work prior to submission of the report to the Team Leader and/or Unit Manager. Ensure all reports are complete, accurate, and that the dollars identified for recovery are accurately reported in the performance measures.

• Assists the Unit's Team Leader in maintaining the Unit's Project Status/Gantt Tracking Sheet and Timeline.

• Develops and provides training to the Unit's Audit Staff on Audits existing and/or new procedures as needed.

• Work Effectively with External and Internal Stakeholders to complete Audit Procedures and Working Papers using TeamMate.

• Created the audit procedure and working paper templates to audit Home Office Cost Reports, CMS Form 287-5, by researching the Texas Administrative Code and Provider Reimbursement Manual.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Austin, Texas 04/08 - 08/09

Outpatient Hospital Managed Care Organization Auditor IV

Performed complex (senior-level) auditing work. Work involved examining, investigating, and reviewing financial documentation and management practices to ensure legal compliance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the Medicaid and Medicare guidelines.

• Worked as part of audit teams within the Outpatient Hospital Medicaid Audit Unit in conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness with a goal of identifying and eliminating waste, abuse, and fraud within the programs.

• Served as a project manager for audits and supervised the work of others. Worked under general direction with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Traveled significantly up to 25%. Develops and

DELL COMPUTERS, Round Rock, Texas 01/05 - 03/08

Financial Planning and Analysis Consultant

Budget, forecast and analyze Operating Expenses for Dell, Inc.

• Create and manage the operating expense budget for 5 major segments, approximately 1,500 employees, using Hyperion, Oracle, MS Excel, and many other software applications.

• Analyze and approve over 100 purchase requisitions and direct orders per day to assure budget directives are maintained.

• Meet with all levels of management and Execs to assure that the budget mirrors segment objectives and business direction.

Finance Consultant

Ensure WW_Services_Warranty Cost across multiple product lines.

• Create and manage SKU cost for services warranty cost for over 30 to 50 products over 2 products lines.

• Initiate business cases to support the decisions to launch exit potential products from the planning phase.

• Create and update the profile for SKUs as needed to assure the accurate accounting treatment of warranty cost.

TOTAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES, Houston, Texas 07/01 – 12/04

Owner

Structured and created a Durable Medical Equipment and medical services business.

• Built all of the processes, documentation, and infrastructure to initiate and achieve over a $250,000 in the first year of operation.

• Activated operations with over 20 private insurance companies, 10 Long Term Critical Care Elder facilities and with Medicare.

• Processed all of the necessary applications to become a Medicaid provider in 5 states.

• Extensive knowledge of the Medicare/Medicare billing process, ICD-9-CM catalog, and HIPPA requirements.

COMPAQ COMPUTERS CORPORATION, Houston, Texas 06/99 – 06/01

Manager of Finance

Managed the financial support of the Corporate Procurement organization across all areas within the Commodity and Divisional groups.

• Managed the financial support for approximately $500 million in purchases for the Corporate Procurement (CP) organization.

• Utilized SAP to analyze and control over 30 to 50 weekly inquiries on all cost elements for 13 overhead cost centers and over 150 GL accounts.

• Authorized to develop and manage Commodity Material Savings in concert with (CP) which saved $15 to $20 million annually.

• Performed assessments of vendor financial health, using Dun and Bradstreet, to interpret over 15 to 20 Solvency, Liquidity, and Debt ratios.

NEURALOG INCORPORATED, Stafford, Texas 12/96 – 05/99

Controller of Finance and Accounting

Developed all budgets and pricing models, using Excel and Microsoft Office, to ensure sound financial management of all day to day operations.

• Developed budgets and pricing models for over 10 product lines, using MS Excel and Microsoft office, to ensure sound financial management of all operations.

• Analyzed the P & L and Balance Sheet using ratio analysis to direct financial management that produced a 50% profit margin growth over future years.

• Developed the business plan for and created Neuralog Consulting Services (NCS), a specialized department utilizing a matrix organization structure.

LOCHKEED MARTIN, Owego, New York 04/94 – 11/96

Benefits Manager

Implemented and administered Lockheed Martin’s newly created benefits and charge card programs.

• Created responses for and managed the process flow for over 125 to 150 daily inquires.

• Verified and paid the Lockheed Martin-FSC Owego payroll of over $100 million monthly.

IBM, Houston, Texas 04/91 – 03/94

Pricing Analyst

Projected future product costs and analysis of direct budgets to insure financially sound proposal pricing.

• Conceptualized and priced the follow-on NASA Space Shuttle proposal with costs totaling over $186 million over five years.

• Utilized advanced Lotus 123 and MS Excel processes that included macros and other specialized pricing procedures.

• Spearheaded successful team created to investigate cost after the period of performance on federal contracts that saved IBM over $650 million.

EDUCATION

Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama

MBA - Masters of Business Administration – 3.7 out of 4.0

Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama

BS - Bachelor of Science - Accounting - 3.5 out of 4.0

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