TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• SAP, Peoplesoft, Great Plains, BaaN, MS Office Products, GEAC - Comshare, Hyperion
• Internal and External Audit Software Applications: Voyager, Explorer, Lotus Notes, Paisley GRC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

External Audit Manager

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Financial statement preparation, reviews, and audits of private, benefit plans, and public clients with domestic and international subsidiaries
• US GAAP and IFRS research and composition of technical memorandums
• Supervision, mentoring, and performance review of staff and senior accountants
• Business development and engagement budgeting
• Client industries: Technology, Telecommunications, Software, Medical Device, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Development Stage Enterprises

Internal Audit Manager

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Lead international/domestic operational and financial audits utilizing a risk based approach
• Responsible for risk assessment, planning, and coordination including identifying and obtaining co-sourced resources as necessary
• Supervise and mentor audit teams of 2-8 auditors. Areas of focus were capital markets, commercial lending, international business group and corporate financial audits
• Develop audit reports, follow-up and obtain closure on identified audit issues
• Note: Sought other opportunity from GMAC prior to impending layoffs and credit crisis with residential and commercial lending institutions

Corporate Controller

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Development of internal control structure, compliance, Finance and IT departments
• Overall responsibility for entity’s internal and external reporting (period end close packages, executive summaries, board of directors presentations, key performance indicators, etc)
• Overall responsibility for budgeting cycle, annual operating plan, forecasting activities
• Development of Strategic Plans & formalized accounting and finance policies
• Note: Lay-off including COO, VP of Sales and Marketing and General Managers due to economic downturn in commercial “move, add, change” services needed by corporations

Confidential, Stillwater, MN

Manager Corporate Planning & Reporting

Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for entity’s external reporting (annual and quarterly reports, debt compliance, board of directors presentations, common stock valuation, government economic surveys)
• Overall responsibility for entity’s internal reporting (period end close package, executive summary, board of directors presentations, key performance indicators, annual corporate benchmark study)
• Overall responsibility for budgeting cycle and communication of annual operating plan
• Overall responsibility for maintenance and upgrades of budgeting and consolidation application
• Overall responsibility for establishing analysis and reporting requirements for forecasting activities
• Development of formalized accounting and finance policies
• Supervision, mentoring, and performance review of Corporate Planning and Reporting associates
• Lead continuous improvement projects

Confidential

Supervisor of Accounting & Senior Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Manage reporting, annual cost cycle, product cost and inventory accounting
• Establish physical inventory policies and develop staff
• Develop policies for implementation of new GAAP standards, financial analysis
• Draft annual report footnote disclosures, special projects, entity-wide consulting
• Purchase method accounting acquired subsidiaries, entity-wide analysis and analytical review
• Special projects for Corporate Controller, Vice President of Finance, and CFO
• Promoted from Senior Financial Analyst to Supervisor of Accounting

Manager Accounting & Compliance

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Responsibilities:

• Review and audit international locations for compliance with formalized policies
• Consult on the development of formalized policies where deficiencies exist
• Consult on design of internal controls, test operating effectiveness of internal controls
• Perform due diligence and mergers and acquisitions activities for target international companies
• Perform periodic risk assessments and communicate assessments to executive management
• Lead or help facilitate continuous improvement projects and integration of acquisitions
• Co-managed Sarbanes Oxley Implementation Project to ensure §302 & §404 compliance

Senior Internal Auditor

Confidential, Minnetonka, MN

Responsibilities:

• Special projects to evaluate financial reporting functions and financial system needs of operations
• Facilitate issues-based training for finance employees
• Budgeting, planning, and forecast analysis for Strategic Transformation Leadership Team
• Planning and performance of auditing company records utilizing ‘risk based approach’
• Analyze and recommend enhancements in internal controls/practices/policies
• Provide guidance on business best practices to ensure legal/company/regulatory compliance
• Promoted from Senior Internal Auditor to Finance Development Project Manager
• Note: Sought other opportunity from ADC prior to impending mass lay-offs and telecommunications industry contraction

Supervising Senior Accountant (External Auditor)

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Financial statement preparation and audits of financial institutions such as insurance companies, re-insurance brokers, banks, mutual funds, broker dealers
• Coordination with and supervision of internal audit departments for clients
• Supervision, mentoring, and performance review of assistant and staff accountants and engagement budgeting
• Promoted from assistant to staff during in 1998, subsequently to supervising senior in 1999