Art Lewin, Cpa, Cia, Cfe Email & Phone Number

Illinois

Author, advisor and philosopher.-Author of copyrighted material.-Lover of curiosity and the wonders of the universe.-Educator and financial advisor.

Worldwide

• Perform worldwide SOX business process review of Methode owned entities includes walkthrough of the business processes, identifying financial risks and reviewing and testing of the key financial controls over these.
• Delegated to assist outside auditors to perform business walkthroughs effectively reducing outside audit fees.
• Introduced new COSO 2013 framework into Methode's Risk Control Matrix.
• Aided in value added recommendations.
• Mentored staff auditors.
• Created stylized audit reports for findings and remediation.

• Reporting to the Vice President and CFO. Managed Audit Department for a publicly traded fastener distribution company with $180 million in sales revenue. In December 2004, the company was purchased and converted to a.
• Led Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 initiatives via steering committee and championed management team efforts.
• Assisted with designing a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for documenting processes and business risks under the COSO platform.
• Tracked internal control gaps and aided management team on remediation of control weaknesses.
• Coordinated with outside accountants to create milestone and project deadline dates.
• Member of the company’s legal and ethics committee.

Developing individual/family financial statements. Analyzing client's financial situations, recommending financial products based on client/s needs and goals.

Managed Audit Department for publicly traded $500 million transmission manufacturer and distributor with more than seventy sites throughout US, Canada, Mexico and UK.

Accounting

Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Activities and Societies: U of I Research Scientific AideWorked as a Research Scientific Aide. Programmed FORTRAN T-analysis statistical.