Paul Beck, Cpa, Ca Email & Phone Number

Calgary, AB, CA

Reporting to and supporting the Manager, Risk Compliance and providing technical expertise ininternal controls, risk management, quality management and policy and procedure management. Developed and conducted tests of internal controls, including business process controls, IT general and application controls, IT entity level controls, and corporate entity.

With 15+ years experience mainly in Oil and Gas, Energy, Pipeline and Non-Profit public and private sectors, I have developed a broad and comprehensive understanding of how organizations succeed. My experience includes internal audit (IA), internal controls (including SOX compliance), leadership, financial reporting, risk management and strategy.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Plan, perform, report on and suggest improvements to internal controls for compliance with internal controls over financial reporting.

Planned, prepared and performed financial, operational and compliance based internal audits in different business areas. Duties included conducting risk assessments, preparing and executing detailed audit plans, preparing detailed working papers, preparing audit reports.Developed process documentation and conducted data analysis.Identified, documented and.

Prepared and performed testing on segregation of duties, SOX business and process internal controls in a number of business areas. Documented, reported and followed up on deficiencies and made pragmatic recommendations. Developed process documentation and executed test plans to identify and assess entity and transactional level risks and internal controls.

Calgary, Canada Area

Planned, prepared and performed testing, and reported results for operational audits.Managed SOX compliance program, including planning, internal control rationalization and remediation, working paper review, preparing status updates and reporting.

Calgary, Canada Area

Managed a portfolio of risk-based internal audits (corporate, energy and IT) resourced with employees located in Calgary and Houston, in addition to having accountability for the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance program at TransCanada and one of its partially owned, publicly traded entities. Work was planned and executed such that reporting deadlines were.

Planned and led a number of financial, operational and compliance-based audits across the organization either individually or as part of a team.Prepared audit reports and presented recommendations to senior management.Trusted advisor to management on internal control and governance.Followed up on prior audit recommendations.

Developed, planned and performed procedures to assess entity level controls for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation for TransCanada Corporation and TC PipeLines, LP entities using the COSO internal control framework.Created, planned and performed procedures relating to SOX narratives and test plans for various business activities across the.

Developed, planned and performed procedures to assess entity level controls for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation for TransCanada Corporation and TC PipeLines, LP entities using the COSO internal control framework.Created, planned and performed procedures relating to SOX narratives and test plans for various business activities across the.

Planned and performed financial, legislative and operational audits for post-secondary institutions, government departments and agencies. Activities included risk assessment, determination of audit approach and scope, developing criteria for operational audits, scheduling and assigning resources in order to conduct an efficient audit, preparation and.

Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for a $100 + million organization, including reporting to senior management and the board.Supervised a team of four individuals.

Prepared financial statement schedules and reports relating to sponsored research, special purpose and endowment activities (over $130 million). Activities included creating Microsoft Access database queries and manipulation of thousands of rows of data to create summary schedules for inclusion in the University of Calgary’s financial statements and.

Prepared financial reports and schedules relating to sponsored research grants and special purpose activities.Advised faculty and staff on research grants and university financial regulations, resulting in resolving or avoiding over expenditures in research accounts.Extensively involved with re-engineering the University of Regina student registration.

Planned and performed financial, legislative and operational audits for post-secondary institutions, government departments and agencies. Activities included risk assessment, determination of audit approach and scope, developing criteria for operational audits, preparation and review of detailed audit files, preparation of audit findings and reports for.

Chartered Accountant

B. Comm With Distinction, Accounting