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Pepperell, MA, US

Søborg (Copenhagen), DK

Manage the company's global Internal Controls environment, including responsibility for the company's SOX and IFRS compliance, to ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial information; safeguarding and protection of assets from loss; and adherence to policies. Zealand is a fast-growing, commercial biotech company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with.

Marlborough, Massachusetts, US

• Conducted a comprehensive audit of incentive stock compensation (ISO) plan records for a privately held, $100Mil. network integration and optimization software company. NetNumber supports major telecommunication.
• Audited all historical transactions in the companys' web-based ISO administrative system, and a master tracking spreadsheet. Organized and analyzed hard-copy source documents, including Grants and Option Exercises..
• Substantively verified the complete and accurate transfer of all transactional data to the new ComputerShare Equity Management system (GEMS).
• Created filing methodology for historical hard-copy ISO supporting documents, and trained designated users.

Marlborough, MA, US

• Conducted a Risk Assessment of the Record-to-Report process of a major Boston area bio-pharma company. Risks associated with consolidating N.America and Europe financial results were identified and evaluated, as they.
• Designed an Interview Questionnaire; scheduled and conducted interviews with all key Finance and Operations stakeholders; and documented all responses in Summary Reports to Management.
• Designed and created a customized Risk Assessment Model to evaluate risks by multiple attributes. The Model includes functionality to quantify the potential amount of risk reduction, based on the mitigating.
• Authored presentations to the IT Steering Committee and CFO, including findings and recommendations.

Framingham, MA, US

• As the internal control expert in the STAPLES Corporate Accounting Group, provide overall guidance and support to the business units and finance organization. Maintain control environment for a privately-held, $22B.
• Enhance and improve the effectiveness of Staples controls across all Business Processes, including entity-level.
• Coordinate annual Risk Assessment and SOX Scoping with Internal Audit and obtain External auditor agreement.
• Conduct Walkthroughs of all Key Business Process controls with Finance and Operations control owners, Internal Audit, and External auditors. Recommend control additions, modifications, and deletions, which reduced.
• To prevent recurrence of prior-year fraudulent data breach, ensure that ITGC, application, and configuration controls were effectively designed and implemented for any new systems and existing applications. Avoided.
• Manage audits and control testing requests utilizing online Portal. Ensure timely remediation of deficiencies / findings.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics purchased Alere, Inc. in October 2017.

North Chicago, Illinois, US

• In conjunction with Senior Director, manage worldwide SOX compliance activities for various in-full-scope and self-assessment Entities of a diversified $3B manufacturer of medical equipment and diagnostic tests.
• All SOX documentation including standardizing Narratives and Risk Matrixes for Business Process and ITGC controls. The diverse collection of entities included manufacturers of: medical diagnostic equipment; drugs of.
• Created a standardized set of 30 ITGC controls to be used across all systems and applications, including: SAP, MAS200, SAGE1000, Great Plains, JD Edwards, and others. Saved $300K in annual audit fees by simplifying the.
• Developed standard Business Process controls for Revenue, Payroll, Expenditures, Inventory, Treasury, and Financial Reporting cycles to be used across all in-scope and self-assessment entities. Saved additional $200K.
• Author reviews of SSAE-16 / SOC-1 & 2 Service Provider reports, saving $100K in annual audit fees.
• Reduced control Deficiencies by (30%) while full-scope Entity coverage increased 35% over 6 years.

Dedham, Massachusetts, US

• Provided internal control consulting services to an $800M independent energy company, after their recent IPO and NYSE listing. Identified control weaknesses and deficiencies requiring remediation. Recommended.
• Collaborated with Atlantic Power Corp (APC) Finance personnel to develop, update, and finalize a risk assessment and control framework. Updated and finalized the APC entity-level control framework for 2010.
• Authored SOX Narrative documentation for all APC corporate processes. Conducted Walkthrough audits and completed interim testing of internal controls for APC and wholly-owned project management subsidiary.

London, GB

• Reported to Corporate Director of Internal Control of $14B national healthcare service provider. Duties included SOX compliance and testing of internal controls for Workers’ Compensation Revenue & AR, Corporate.
• Planned and executed complex financial, operational, and IT audits of SOX internal controls with responsible Control Owners. Prepared work papers, lead sheets, and executive summaries for senior management.
• Performed previously outsourced SOX control testing; realized annual savings of $100K in PwC service fees.
• Partnered with Best Practices Group and Operations Management to re-engineer processes, mitigate risks, and improve the control environment. Successfully remediated significant deficiencies in Case Management billing.
• Authored all control documents: SOX & SAS-70 Narratives, Risk Control Matrixes, Flowcharts, and Walkthrough Audits.
• Streamlined quarterly internal control Self-Assessment survey process to report results to senior management in three weeks, 50% faster than previously issued.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting