Internal Audit Manager
Resume:
SOPHIA SAMUEL
*************@*****.***
FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL WITH DIVERSE EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDES
• Project Management
• Internal Audits / Risk Assessment
• Fraud Investigations
• SOX Assessment & Reporting
• Leadership & Mentoring
• Information Technology
Skilled with strategic blend of finance, operations and technology supported by excellent leadership, rapid execution skills, communication and presentation abilities that facilitates client focused team work, leadership to meet or exceed sustainable results.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SENIOR SOX ANALYST, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 9/2010 - Present
• Assist business units within Quest in developing and maintaining controls that ensure efficient processes and accurate financial reporting
• Conduct risk assessments and recommend risk management techniques for above business units
• Manage all aspects of SOX testing coordination and reporting, including assisting financial analysts in clarifying requirements and measuring and improving the effectiveness of controls as well as the efficiency of tests
• Assisted in the development of a framework for business review and approve control performance and testing through an integrated tool (ICE)
• Led several corporate initiatives and results presented to Senior Management
SPERVISOR/SENIOR AUDITOR, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 7/2007 – 9/2010
• Displayed strong qualities in project management, staff development, leadership and mentoring. Extensive experience in Internal Audit, Information Technology and a strong mix of skills in business analysis, planning, consensus building and process improvement. Managed a team of six or more staff on any given audit.
• Developed and implemented risk based audit plans providing efficiency and effectiveness to the operations. Worked with Legal on FCPA audits.
• Developed internal controls assessment plans to evaluate adequacy and efficiency of internal controls to ensure proper safeguarding of assets, reliability and integrity of financial reporting and compliance with policies and procedures
• Provided support to Corporate Security in fraud investigations and supervised high risk international audits while providing valued added corrective solutions to Senior Management
• End to end domain expertise in Quest processes
AUDIT MANAGER, SBLI USA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1/2007 – 7/2007
• Evaluated policies and procedures in relation to Death Claims, Policy Accounting, Accounts Payable, Purchases and Facilities to ensure that policies are in compliance with management goals
• Reported results and made recommendations to management on how to implement proper procedures and segregation of duties
• Assisted Management in identifying operating risks and opportunities to improve internal controls and to bring to management attention any fraudulent activity identified during the audit
• Constantly involved in Continuous Audit to ensure that controls were in place and being adhered to in all departments of the Organization
• Managed a team of 4 employees and co-coordinated with Information Technology on all data issues
STAFF / SENIOR ACCOUNTANT - PUBLIC ACCOUNTING 1/2003 – 12/2006
BDO SEIDMAN LLP. (12/05 to 12/06)
REICHMAN & LAZAROFF, CPA’s (08/05 to 12/05)
MARC BINDER, CPA (6/04 to 8/05)
CHRISTOPHER M. ARUNKUMAR, CPA (7/03 to 5/04)
• Responsible for planning and executing audit engagements for clients within the firm’s Financial Services audit practice
• Provided client service that exceeded expectations and fostered future business relationships
• Prepared federal, state, and local corporate income tax returns including all quarterly estimated payments and annual extension requests
• Prepared individual, partnership, and corporate income tax returns and sales and use tax returns
• Performed general accounting including financial statement preparation and month-end close
• Managed account payables, account receivables, and maintained general ledger and P&L
DEVELOPER, INTL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD (Involved in building Client applications while working in the capacity of Finance Manager for the company) 2/2001 – 4/2003
• Involved in the development of a client-server application in Visual Basic 6.0 to facilitate user billing.
• Involved in Analysis, Design, Coding and Testing of the system
• Used Crystal reports 8.5 for complex report generation for business rules
• Prepared a detailed technical document that would assist other developers to understand the application.
FINANCE MANAGER, INTL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD (NJ) 1/1996 – 2/2001
• Provided overall leadership for business development and managed financial operations
• Implemented company procedures in human resources, operations, and accounting/finance and managed all benefit and insurance programs
• Provided leadership and employee coaching to promote teamwork, quality customer service, and a positive work environment
EDUCATION: Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
• MS: Finance and Accounting
• BS: Finance and Accounting
• Diploma in Computer Applications
COMPUTER Teammate, Excel, Access, Word, Peachtree, QuickBooks, ADP, ProSystem Tax Software,
SKILLS: ProSeries, Visual Basic, SQL Server, Oracle, Oracle DBA, Peoplesoft, Solaris, AIX and Windows Platforms, DB Technologies including Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server.
CERTIFICATIONS: Visual Basic, Oracle 7.0, Oracle DBA, SQL Server, C, C++, Dbase, Working towards CPA
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
• Worked as a Professor of Company Law, Business Law, Accounting, Finance, and Business courses in India (1990-1995).
• Involved in need identification, developing training strategy, training course content, course content delivery, training effectiveness, analysis and feedback.
• Conducted Training sessions for new hires in the company.
• Experience speaking in public forums in professional setting.
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt trained
• Knowledge of SOX & ITIL.
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