Dan Leonard Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Conduct financial/compliance audits and operational reviews of business units. • Plan audits by evaluating the complexity and risk of the business unit and adjust the scope of the audit procedures accordingly.• Conduct audit testing of specified areas and identify reportable issues and dimension of risk.• Present Process Improvements both in terms of overall design and enhancements to the current processes. • Utilize financial reporting systems to analyze business units financials including SAP, Hyperion, Macola and JD Edwards.• Build complex excel models with data extracted from financial reporting systems to perform analyses and assist the business units in streamlining processes including budgeting, forecasting, calculating accruals, etc.

Arlington Heights, Il

• Conduct circulation audits of newspapers, periodicals and magazines in accordance with AAM Rules, Bylaws and established documented procedures as defined by audit management. • Coordinate and complete multiple in-house audit assignments in accordance with restrictive time budgets.• Utilize various procedures including review of the publications journals, trial balances, general ledgers, and bank statements to verify they accurately reflect the circulation claims. • Prepare written audit reports summarizing findings and recommendations of each engagement.

• Participated in the State of Illinois Graduate Public Service Internship Program (GPSI) (21 month program)• Served as a member of an audit team for the following engagements: Illinois Department of Revenue, Illinois Department of Military Affairs and the Illinois Board of Higher Education• Conducted attestation engagements in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and the Illinois State Auditing Act• Performed examinations of areas assigned by management and supervisory personnel working in a team environment• Assured that agencies properly obligated, expended, received and used public funds in accordance with applicable rules, regulations and laws • Assured that agencies were in compliance with applicable statutory mandates issued by Illinois Legislation• Prepared various audit report components

Bachelor Of Arts, Accounting, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Varsity Cross Country & TrackCross Country & Track: • 2008 Team Captain • NCAA National Meet Qualifier • 8 x.

Master Of Arts, Accountancy