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Phoenix, AZ, US

Seattle, WA, US

• CORE EXPERIENCE
• Planned and executed risk-based contractual, legal, and regulatory compliance audits for Amazon’s 3rd party delivery service partners (DSPs) using Amazon’s Transportation, Risk, and Compliance’s (TRC’s) custom auditing.
• Delivered findings and recommendations to 3rd party DSPs.
• Managed auditee recommended corrective actions to resolution or escalation to corporate management for breach of contract.
• Quality control reviewed completed compliance audits and provided quantitative scoring, feedback, and coaching to auditors.
• On-boarded and trained new auditors and supervised contracted auditors and interns.

West Hollywood, California, US

• CORE EXPERIENCE
• Built, implemented, and directed global company’s internal audit function that included an ERM framework, audit charter, control self-assessments, audit workbook template, executive audit report, and audit KPM dashboard.
• Created and maintained audit budget and schedule.
• Planned and executed IIA standards compliant risk-based financial, payroll, human resources, operations, information technology systems, contractual, legal, and regulatory compliance audits for domestic & international.
• Ensured compliance to GAAP, IFRS, USALI, SOX, and CPRA and GDPR privacy standards, and U.S. regulatory requirements.
• Presented and reported audit findings with recommendation to corporate and business unit leadership.

Denver, CO, US

• CORE EXPERIENCE
• Developed, implemented, and directed internal audit function that included an ERM framework, audit charter, control self-assessments, audit workbook templates, fraud reporting hotline, executive reporting, and KPM BI.
• Planned and executed IIA standards compliant risk-based financial, payroll, human resources, operations, information technology systems, contractual, legal, and regulatory compliance audits for 75 domestic.
• Trained and supervised auditors, and delivered scored quality control reviews with feedback and coaching to improve audit performance.
• Presented and reported audit findings with recommendations to corporate and business unit leadership.
• Verified recommended audit corrective actions were implemented by stated due dates or escalated to corporate leadership.

Atlanta, GA, US

• CORE EXPERIENCE
• Planned and executed IIA standards compliant risk-based financial, payroll, human resources, operations, information technology systems, contractual, legal, and regulatory compliance audits for 55 domestic wholly-owned.
• Designated as the company’s liaison for external auditor SAS 70 audits, addressing their inquiries and ensuring process control recommendations were resolved.
• Trained and supervised contracted auditors, and delivered scored quality control reviews with feedback and coaching to improve audit performance.
• Presented and reported audit findings with recommendations to corporate and business unit leadership.
• Verified recommended audit corrective actions were implemented by stated due dates or escalated to corporate leadership.ACHIEVEMENTS

San Clemente, California, US

• CORE EXPERIENCE
• Directed budgeting and forecasting for corporate and 65 business units.
• Developed GAAP and USALI compliant financial and ad-hoc analysis reports with KPI BI dashboards for corporate and 65 hotels and resorts.
• Served as task force internal auditor, and on finance and accounting’s property acquisitions and disposals team.
• Performed process mapping, gap analysis, and quality assurance and user acceptance testing prior to system implementations.
• Completed external auditor’s Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) schedules and requests prior to REIT’s IPO and management company’s incorporation.ACHIEVEMENTS

• CORE EXPERIENCE
• Directed 15 financial controllers at 12 hotels, 2 resorts, 2 convention centers, a performing arts theater, and an industrial laundry facility, and partnered with regional ops managers to drive strategic planning.
• Reviewed and approved business units’ 5-year strategic plans featuring operating budgets, capital budgets, and rolling forecasts.
• Conducted period-end closings that included approving and posting journal entries, reconciling account balances, verifying inventories, calculating 3rd party management or owner fees, incentives, or distributions.
• Pre-approved business unit capital bids and purchases, bonus payouts, leases, and vendor contracts over threshold dollar limits requiring corporate pre-approval.
• Reported or reviewed daily and period-ending financial statement results with KPI analyses, and conducted strategic planning reviews with business unit and department leaders.

Stamford, CT, US

• CORE EXPERIENCE
• Managed finance, accounting, information technology, and night audit functions for decentralized, managed, wholly-owned, and joint-venture hotels.
• Hired, developed, and supervised 6 accounting and night audit employees.
• Built and managed 5-year strategic plans featuring operating budgets, capital budgets, and rolling forecasts.
• Executed daily accounting operations that included income journal, purchasing, accounts payable, accounts receivable billing and collections, general cashiering, managing cash flows and fixed assets, and approving bids.
• Performed period-end closings that included approving and posting journal entries, reconciling account balances, verifying inventories, and calculating management and owner fees, incentives, and distributions.

Stamford, CT, US

• Planned and executed IIA standards compliant risk-based financial, payroll, human resources, operations, information technology systems, contractual, legal, and regulatory compliance audits for 55 domestic wholly-owned.
• Represented company interests during hotel acquisitions and disposals by safeguarding assets and verifying legitimacy of financial account balances.
• Assisted director of audit in conducting risk assessments, creating control self-assessments, control tests, and program templates and reports.
• Discovered $115K in business unit fraud and theft.

Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Accounting

Bachelors Of Science, Business Management