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Miami, Fl, Us

Miami, Florida

In relocating to Miami, assisted the Head of Latin America set up the operation/unit from scratch. Managed and executed special projects as directed by the Head of Latin America. With a sound understanding of the Group’s operations, served as a source for the Head of Latin America. Collaborated with other segments of the Group to create and implement operational processes. Served as the liaison between International and Group corporate functions for various local business requirements and needs (Lloyd's requirements, Finance, Compliance, Claims, HR, IT, Marketing). Provision of local underwriting support. Managed credit control process for the local office. Communicated and coordinated with Brokers as needed.

London, United Kingdom

In relocating to the UK, solely responsible for organizing and performing the annual audit review of the financial control environment for the Syndicate 1200 (ArgoGlobal). Identified risk areas for improvement and their root causes to develop recommendations using independent judgment and knowledge of the operating effectiveness of other similar processes across the organization. Responsible for providing Internal Audit management with insight on control deficiencies, issues and audit engagement completion milestones. Presented potential audit findings and recommendation to audit client management. Responsible for closely collaborating with the external auditors (E&Y) to effectively minimize their work volume and work effort duplication.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Performed audit engagements of financial, compliance, and operational processes and controls. Assisted in identifying and evaluating the organization’s risk areas. Developed and documented audit issues and recommendations using independent judgment concerning areas being reviewed. Performed audit procedures, including defining issues, developing criteria, review and analyzing evidence, and documenting client processes and procedures. Prepared work papers, computations and statistical reports to ensure compliance with established control procedures.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Prepared the audit report for Benton City Water Supply Corporation. Assisted in the planning and fieldwork of audits of municipalities, water districts, non profit and other governmental entities (including A-133 audits), including reviewing, testing and documenting internal controls to ascertain client’s effectiveness and compliance with establishing management policies. Staff on audit engagements for non profit organizations and manufacturer engagements. Provided direct audit support by investigating audit exceptions and obtaining explanations and documenting findings. Assisted in income tax preparation during tax season by reviewing supporting documentation provided by clients and streamlining process of inputting client data to tax preparation software.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Responsible for monitoring business fluctuation to identify opportunities for improvement. Responsible for compiling summary spreadsheets worth an estimated $300,000+ a month of sold and pending business activity for Sales Manager. Corresponded with external stakeholders to ensure advertising campaigns were being executed correctly.