Sr Internal Auditor

CISA - MBA

Experienced IT / Financial Auditor, Multi Lingual, Open to Travel

EXPERIENCE

June 2007 – Present CDC Corporation

Internal Audit Sr. Consultant (Contractor)

• Performed Internal Audit side of the audit engagement in connection with companies’ financial reporting requirements for SEC and PCAOB.

• Executed detailed business process audits, assessed existing internal controls and developed solutions for improvement with the client.

• Evaluated process-level and pervasive control deficiencies under PCAOB Auditing Standard No.5. Developed internal audit test plans and performed testing over several cycles, including: expenditures payroll, financial reporting, long-lived assets, and revenue.

• Accounting/Finance and Revenue Recognition SOP 97-2

• Engaged in Corporate integration procedures, helping centralize accounting departments throughout the world into Atlanta corporate offices.

• Business processes evaluated include: Purchasing, Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Amortization & Impairment, Tax, Acquisitions, Financial Statement Close, and COSO.

• IT processes evaluated include: Information Systems Operations, Information Security, Application Systems Implementation and Maintenance, Database Implementation and Support, Network Support, and Systems Software Support.

September 2004 – May 2007 Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Controls Assurance and Internal Audit Sr. Consultant

• As a Control Assurance Senior Consultant at Deloitte, I performed both sides of the audit engagements; that is, Internal Audits as well as External Audits in connection with companies’ financial reporting requirements for SEC and PCAOB. Full-scale readiness and external audit engagements for companies required to comply with SOX-404 regulations included performing fraud risk assessment, controls rationalization, design and implementation of internal controls (both for IT Audit and Financial Audit), developing and testing internal controls for design and operating effectiveness based on rigorous industry Best Practice audit methodologies.

• Supervised at least 20 Control Assurance Consultants at different occasions on SOX and Internal Audit projects across the entire United States.

• Led several SOX Audit (both IT and Financial Cycle Audit) engagements in Alabama, Florida, Florida, Colorado, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.

• Significant experience with complex ERP environments such as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, AS400, Mainframes and others, which required technical and in-depth understanding of the financial data structure and information flow for the companies’ Financial Reporting purposes.

• Communicated with all levels of management in the client’s organization as well as within Deloitte regarding the status of engagements.

• Business processes evaluated include: Purchasing, Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Amortization & Impairment, Tax, Acquisitions, Financial Statement Close, and COSO

• IT processes evaluated include: Information Systems Operations, Information Security, Application Systems Implementation and Maintenance, Database Implementation and Support, Network Support, and Systems Software Support.

June 2002 – July 2004 Southeastern Louisiana University

Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Management

• As a GRA at SLU, I assisted the Management Department professors in gathering, compiling, and analyzing research data in order to publish academic articles and textbooks.

• Participated in scientific research projects initiated through cooperation between certain University professors and outside professional organizations

October 2000 – September 2001 Procter & Gamble Corporation, Central Asian Region

Regional Retail Account Manager

• As a CBD Manager, I recruited and supervised a group of Sales Personnel.

• Promoted the company products in the Central Asian Regional markets.

• Developed promotional programs for new products.

• Maintained an information database on Wholesalers’ and Retailers’ Accounts.

• Prepared and Communicated monthly sales performance reports to the Regional Headquarters.

SPECIAL SKILLS, CERTIFICATES, AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Desktop computer skills:

Proficient in AS/2, Folio Views, Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, ACL, Peachtree Accounting Software, SPSS, Front Page, Macromedia MX, Corel, Jasc Soft, Novel, Pixela, SmartDraw, QuickBooks, various business applications (Softrax, Changepoint, etc) and others.

ERP software experience:

Iren, SAP, Oracle financials, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, IBM Mainframe (including RACF security tools), Hyperion enterprise, Great plains, and others,

Experience in platforms/ databases and operating systems/ networks:

UNIX (AIX, Solaris flavors), Adabas, DB2, Sybase, Oracle DB, SQL server, Windows NT/ 2000/ 2003, Microsoft Active Directory, Novell, AS400/ OS400, and Lotus Notes.

Client engagement experience:

CDC Corporation, Nina Paper, MedAvant (Formerly known as ProxyMed), Caraustar, Intelliverse, DataPath, PTEK, Walter Industries/ Mueller Water Products, Pennigton, Kubota, EnergySouth, United Parcel Service, Scientific Games Inc., HealthSouth, Atlanta Clark University, Capital City Bank, ChoicePoint, Quebecor, Roper Industries, US Express.

Language skills:

Fluent in English, Russian, Turkish, and Uzbek (native) languages.

References, transcripts, and writing samples are available upon request

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