Internal auditing * financial management * procurement
Resume:
SHELDON GORDON
**** ***** ******** * Alpharetta, GA 30004 * **********@*******.*** *
Results-oriented Auditor with a distinguished 10+ year career providing support
in finance, operations, and IT, revitalizing profitability, and seamlessly
coordinating business financial planning and reporting.
INTERNAL AUDITING * FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT * PROCUREMENT
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Savvy and resourceful leader demanding and delivering the highest standards of
professional excellence in the audit and support/administration of the financial
function: accounting, treasury, financial reporting, business analysis, systems
implementation, risk management and internal control).
* Proven ability to impact operations through cost reductions, business-wide
risk analysis and assessments, internal controls, and realize
productivity/efficiency improvements.
* Adept at delivering large-scale, mission-critical projects on time and within
budget. Big-picture strategist with sharp detail and results orientation.
* Strong negotiator, skilled in conflict resolution, interdepartmental
communication, and developing high-revenue generating financial systems that are
100% compliant.
* Proficient in assessing and ensuring compliance with business policies,
procedures, and federal regulations: PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, FRB, GLBA.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Financial & Quantitative Analyses * Project Valuations * Relationship Marketing
* Market Trend Analysis
Internal Controls * Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance * Cost and Pricing Models
Regulatory Reporting * Financial Modeling * Strategic Business Planning *
Forecasting & Budgeting
Staff Training * Continuous Process Improvements (CPI) * Accounting Principles
(GAAP)
Ad-hoc, Annual/Quarterly/Monthly Reporting * PCI DSS Compliance
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RBS WORLDPAY INC. Atlanta, GA
A global top ten provider of electronic payment processing for credit and debit
card transactions initiated at point-of-sale terminals or through e-commerce.
SR. AUDITOR & OFFICER September 2005-June 2009
* Lead Auditor and SME for audits performed in all aspect of operations which
included reporting, strategic planning, compliance, and process streamlining.
* Aligned and directed process audits and evaluated internal controls company-
wide. Delivered recommendations to add value, mitigate risk, and enhance
operations.
* Tracked and managed updates to business lines to sustain and manage CA/EWS
coverage.
* Served as Lead Auditor administering full-scope and targeted review audit
engagements annually.
* Seamlessly championed enterprise readiness testing of PCI DSS compliance for
security management, policies/procedures, network architecture, tool design etc.
* Gathered and disseminated information on network access to propel logical and
physical access evaluations during SAS 70 reviews.
* Fostered systems integrations and implementations to enable SOX, GLBA, and
Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) compliance.
* Conceptualized, planned, and launched ‘Early Warning Systems’ for the ATM,
Customer Management and Contracts Processing business lines.
* Devised and benchmarked audit practices for RBS Worldpay’s call center,
establishing internal controls and processes.
* Attended ‘Kick-off Meetings’ and ‘Exit Conferences’ with upper management to
outline objectives, communicate audit findings, assess overall scope, and
standardize audit approaches.
PURCHASING SPECIALIST
May 2002-September 2005
* Served as Interim Purchasing Manager. Delivered ad-hoc, project cost saving
analyses, and budget tracking reports as needed. Input and managed accruals
during general ledger closings.
* Conducted quarterly vendor reviews, contract negotiations, cost mitigation,
resource allocation, and procurement policy planning/development.
* Procured MRO supplies and commodities; administered the Company’s Purchasing
Policy and the online purchasing module.
* Reviewed and recommended IT sourcing needs, including: servers, switches,
firewalls, memory, software, etc for various network system projects.
* Launched and integrated an inventory log to track and manage products and
logistics.
* Identified and resolved short pays and outstanding invoice issues from
vendors.
* Collaborated on Dunn & Bradstreet activity to sustain the Paydex rating of 78.
* Triggered $2M in savings within 1 year; reconciled a minimum of $50K in
purchases monthly.
* Negotiated and sourced $4M IT hardware; procured hardware for the
establishment of the disaster recovery site.
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
March 2001 – May 2002
* Administered all aspects of customer relations building, account management,
business development, and issue resolution as an integral member of the Call
Center Escalation Team.
* Supported merchants with accurate credit card processing procedures in
compliance to Visa, Master Card, American Express and Discover policies.
* Recipient of “Extra mile Awards” for outstanding support for client issues and
elevating services.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Assistant Manager, Royal Caribbean Bakery Inc., Atlanta, GA, January 1999-
January 2000
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 1999
AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY Atlanta, GA
3.46 GPA * Deans List * Alpha Chi
TRAINING & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
* Multiple IIA and MIS auditor courses such as: Continuous Auditing for Internal
Auditors, Process Flow Auditing, and Fundamentals of Internal Auditing.
* Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) credential – in progress.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
* Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server Great Plains Dynamics, Juniper
Firewall
* HTML, MS Project, Visual SourceSafe, Microsoft Office, Excel, Visio,
PowerPoint, Access, ACL
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