Senior Internal Auditor Position

Kara L. Horton

Auditor

*** ******* **. *********, ** 37027 314-***-**** **************@*****.***

PROFILE: An accomplished auditor with over 15 years of unusually diversified experience in government agencies and private sector firms. A highly educated professional recognized for excellence in program evaluation, investigation, report writing, interpersonal relations, and oral briefings.

Professional Experience

Expense Analyst, Deloitte Services, LP 02/2008 – present Hermitage, Tennessee

• Perform regular and/or extended reviews of T&E data and documentation to determine compliance with policy.

• Identify instances of non-compliance, instances where spending should be challenged, unusual data trends, and potential fraud/abuse.

• Determine appropriate course of action for resolving issues based on results of the analysis work. Interact with team manager, department leadership, and functional leadership to resolve issues of a highly confidential or sensitive nature.

• Draft reports; follow through on results of analyses; develop recommendations for improving policies and/or procedures.

• Continuously improve analytical processes to ensure appropriate level of coverage while displaying solid business judgment, strong decision making and excellent oral and written communication skills while being able to work with key practice office leaders including senior firm management and partners in problem resolution.

• Ability to work with sensitive and confidential data.

• Demonstrated flexibility in changing processes and procedures, ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, with attention to detail and closure.

Major Accomplishments:

• Have assisted the firm in retrieving approximately $110,000 in adjustments in travel related expenses

Senior Internal Auditor, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01/2000 – 08/2006 St. Louis, Missouri

• Performed independent protective and constructive audit activities for management.

• Reviewed the effectiveness of financial controls, financial records, and operations.

• Performed major sections of audits of intermediate to higher risk or larger functional areas.

• Served as a liaison for medium to high risk or intermediate to larger size functional areas (check processing, check adjustments, postal money orders and government checks, Treasury projects).

• Experience in leading, planning and conducting independent audit assignments, programs and functions.

*Experience in developing recommendations to correct audit findings.

• Performed audit activities requiring knowledge of current technology and automated systems.

• Reviewed the effectiveness of security controls, records, and operations in areas providing automation services.

• Assisted with audits of higher risk or larger functional areas.

Major Accomplishments:

• I participated in two system-wide audit engagements requiring extensive audit knowledge and project management skills.

• I gained increased knowledge, skills and experience necessary to effectively lead audit teams through various audit engagements of higher risk functional areas within required timeframes

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• Due to my extensive knowledge gained by serving as audit liaison for the Check Adjustments and Postal Money Order/ Government Check Processing, I was chosen for a team that developed an audit program for the system-wide Check projects.

Internal Auditor, Metro 03/1999 to 01/2000 St. Louis, Missouri

• Developed recommendations to improve the policies, procedures and functioning of the Agency.

• Collected and provided information and coordinated audit activities by communicating, orally and in writing, with Agency personnel.

• Compiled and organized audit evidence into workpapers to support findings and recommendations.

• Performed research of the audit field and transportation industry to gain knowledge of practices and current events which might affect the Department or Agency.

• Determined cause - effect relationships by identifying and documenting problems and inconsistencies.

• Developed Audit Programs

• Developed spreadsheets for areas audited to include in workpapers.

• Collected, analyzed, and evaluated data and information pertaining to Agency accounting practices, program operations, financial reporting, and internal control mechanisms to gain a firm understanding of all aspects of the Agency and use a tool of comparison of what is done and what is supposed to be done.

Major Accomplishments:

• I assisted in the development of audit programs for unique agency business lines.

• I developed recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the internal audit function.

Associate Examiner, NASD Regulation, Inc. 06/1997 to 03/1999 Kansas City, Missouri

• Gained an understanding and working knowledge of the securities industry, NASD, SEC and MSRB rules and regulations

• Conducted examinations of member firms and prepared examination reports

• Monitored members financial and operational conditions

• Prepared memos and reports to member firms

• Participated in conferences and interviews of new member firms

• Assisted in special projects as needed

Compliance Auditor, Missouri Gaming Commission 03/1994 to 05/1997 St. Louis, Missouri

• Prepared monthly tax liability and reserve adjustment letters to licensees

• Reviewed and approved internal controls, requests, tournaments, and promotions

• Conducted random On site Compliance Audits

• Conducted exit interviews upon completion of on site audits and prepared Audit Findings Reports submitted to licensees

• Reconciled weekly tax payments to the Department of Revenue

• Acted in a supervisory capacity in the absence of the Compliance Audit Manager

• Reviewed and verified daily tax transmissions by licensees

• Assisted in preparation of Audit Unit procedures

• Assisted in interview process for and training of Compliance Auditors

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EDUCATION:

• M. S., Human Resources Management, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri.

• B. S., Business Administration, Majoring in Accounting, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

• College Summit – Writing Coach 2008

• Girl Scout Troop Leader 2007 – 2008, 2008 - 2009

• Mentor St. Louis 2001 – 2005

• Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity

• Tour Guide at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2003 – 2006

• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FEVR Advisory Board Member 2004 – 2006

• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Activities Committee 2004

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