Jan Beckmann Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

Training and DevelopmentSuccessful, fun, energetic, and experienced speaker for key notes, presentations, and training workshops. Topics include:Career and Leadership - Emotional Intelligence, Goal Achievement, Know Your Why, Intentional Time Management, Critical Thinking, Everyday Ethics, Conflict ResolutionPublic Accounting - Succeeding in Public AccountingInternal Audit - Impact Auditing, Audit Reports that Produce Results, Root Cause AnalysisData Analysis - Tools and Practices to Make Data Analysis WorkCoachingI combine my specialized coach training through the Martha Beck Institute with over 20 years of coaching hundreds of people develop their talents and careers.- Entrepreneurs - From creating clarity on ideas to concept to launch to growth. Practical, prioritized, and specific steps to move your business to the next level.- Transition - Moving into management or an executive level requires a different skill set than what got you there. I help people excel through transitions.Consulting- Strategic Planning - My experience facilitating groups with various, and possibly competing, objectives to develop an effective and prioritized approach with a clarified vision and plan.- Data Analysis Implementation for Auditors - Developing a data analysis implementation that works and creates the results the audit department wants to provide for the company is difficult for many organizations. I help develop an individualized approach for Audit Executives to create the impact they are looking for.- Team Development - Most teams have some dysfunction, but occasionally this becomes very limiting. Turning this around typically requires an outside perspective and guidance. I help teams identify and move past these dysfunctions so they can create a common goal and achieve it.

Greater St. Louis Area

- Directed company wide initiatives on business impact analysis and risk assessment while working closely with the CISO as he built the information security program. - Led a team of 13 auditors as we issued impactful internal audit reports, completed SOX compliance testing, and worked closely with management on system implementations.- Built improved processes for quality control and team management.- Created Audit Committee presentations and executive dashboards.

Greater St. Louis Area

- Data Analysis Business Development Successfully created, developed, and grew a data analysis service line which made Brown Smith Wallace the go-to firm for data analysis work in the St. Louis area. Laid the groundwork for national data analysis service development. Worked with clients to create and implement continuous monitoring tools and processes. Curated a top team of data analysts with excellent skills and strong teamwork.- Internal Audit Principal Created the approach for and led large internal audits for complex topics such as self-funded health insurance, futures trading, and system implementation issues creating financial errors. Audit scope included IT Audits, fraud investigations, SOX, compliance, process improvement, and more areas in multiple industries. Managed a large and growing team of internal auditors and worked closely with professional associations (IIA, ISACA, ACFE) to ensure professional development was on the leading edge of the industry.

As an ACL Certified Trainer, I worked with companies to teach them how to implement ACL into their audit approach, the pitfalls they would likely encounter, and how to function in the software. Classes ranged from introductory to advanced and included managment implementation. Industries included public accounting, insurance, manufacturing, oil/gas, and retail.

International audit including China and Europe. Audits of derivatives, manufacturing operations, international accounting, corporate accounting, system pre-implementation, distributers, and Sea World/Busch Gardens. Majority were SAP and MFG/Pro environments.

External audit focused on large manufacturing, SAP environment.

Bs, Accounting, International Business

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa PsiInternational Business Tour through Europe

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