Finance and IT professional

Education

Texas A&M University – Mays College of Business (College Station, TX) September 2002 – May 2006

• Master’s of Science in Management Information Systems – GPR: 3.65

• Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Accounting – GPR: 3.4

• Jesse Jones Scholar, Terry Scholar and University Scholar (most selective academic scholarship awarded)

• Completed both undergraduate and graduate degree in four years and earned my way through college.

Work Experience

CFO Consultants (Asheville, NC)

June 2008 – present

Accounting Manager

• Provide financial services to small and medium sized companies. Duties include financial statement compilations, budgeting, variance analysis, cash flow forecasting, capex budgeting, monthly and quarterly closings, and bank reconcilements. We focus on providing timely and accurate financial reporting to small businesses throughout WNC.

• Primary roles included stepping in as interim controller or training the accounting department for many companies.

Bauknight Pietras & Stormer (Columbia, SC)

September 2006 – May 2008

Advanced Audit Staff

• Planned and performed financial statement audits, financial modeling for consulting projects and IT systems audits.

• Prepared audit schedules and time budgets to ensure timely completion of audit; supervised staff onsite at clients.

• Specialized in documenting and improving internal controls over financial reporting and general computer controls for SAS 109 compliance. Firm’s clients were concentrated in the telecommunications industry. Audited security of IBM OS400 and Windows 95 to XP; Cisco and many other firewalls; GreatPlains, MAS500, and many other accounting apps.

ConocoPhillips (Houston, TX)

Summer 2005

Financial Analyst

• Implemented automated approach to forecasting models and income statement preparation by programming an interface between Hyperion Essbase (Oracle) and Excel. Participated in monthly closing process and budget variance analysis. Worked with SAP, Oracle, and Essbase. Learned the basics of an OLAP database cube.

• Financial modeling experience.

Deloitte & Touche (Houston, TX)

Spring 2005

Enterprise Risk Services Associate

• Planned and executed internal control and governance audit for first year SOX client. Relied on COSO and COBIT frameworks to generate the audit plans against which I helped audit the general computer controls of a public company.

The Edge Magazine (College Station, TX)

Fall 2002 – Spring 2006

Art Director & Copy Editor

• Oversaw art department and overall copy quality for a 40-page, full-color, student-run quarterly magazine with a distribution of approximately six thousand students campus-wide.

• Organized and synergized diverse staff of twelve. Oversaw transition of magazine from small black and white publication to a highly professional magazine that became the standard for many other Universities campus magazines.

• Coordinated the business efforts of the publication to turn it from a cost center of the university to a self-funded publication through advertising revenue.

Leadership and Involvement

Young Professionals of Asheville – Vice President

Asheville & Hendersonville Chambers of Commerce

Mensa

Personal & Professional Development

Teach classes in Advanced Microsoft Excel to organizations such as ConocoPhillips, Ingles and Mission Hospital

Taught CPE class during accounting seminar on forensic accounting (fraud detection)

Eagle Scout (earned at age thirteen)

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