Matt K Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

• Currently manage all facets of the process for ensuring all IT gaps identified are timely and effectively remediated to meet the expectations of all stakeholders. Built relationships across the IT functions to influence priority and timely completion of gaps by utilizing my strong business acumen, overall technology knowledge and audit experiences. Work closely with the IA and Controls Groups to minimize time IT resources need to expend during remediation activities.• Published the IT Risk and Compliance Calendar. By formalizing this calendar, we have been able to more efficiently work with resources outside of IT Governance by allowing them to more effectively forecast their own mandatory support activities related to compliance efforts throughout the year.• Created and maintain IT compliance related reports that allow for timely completion of routine and ad hoc requests by IT leadership. Steadfast ability to react to changes based on current organizational leadership requirements as well as support the details of specific remediation efforts throughout the month.• Overhauled and restarted the user access review process that had been allowed to idle prior to my involvement. Role requires the ability to work across all parts of the organization to present the needs of IT compliance activities to a non-technical audience. Process improvements I have implemented in the past two years have saved significant hours during each review cycle, as the typical end user involvement is over 450 Managers, Directors, VP and Business Presidents as stakeholders. • DE BP MS 150 team member during 2013 and 2014 rides as an overnight site set up volunteer.

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Houston, Tx, Us

• First year (2011) SOX implementation post bankruptcy and IPO for a $50 Billion global company. I was the employee team lead for Tax, Financial Reporting and Procurement global processes. This included the highest profile group in the company (Tax) that had a disclosed material weakness in 2Q and 3Q of 2011. My team worked with the new Tax management team to assess, implement and perform management testing for SOX readiness in order to gain the clean external audit opinion for December 31, 2011. We also converted the entire company’s manual SOX documentation environment into a new GRC tool in 2Q 2012 that allowed the company to reduce SOX related staffing by 75%.• Leading a cross functional team, we created and executed the process for paying thousands of bankruptcy claims (manual checks) for hundreds of millions ($) outside of SAP by working with key stakeholders. Working directly with the CFO, we sped up certain vendor payments based on analysis of our process and documentation that both internal and external resources would be better utilized without the negotiated settlement of vendor recurring payments.•Worked with key management stakeholders to support ad hoc requests to document the company’s position on compliance matters and worked with PwC to resolve issues with the least amount of company resources being expended.• Led a multi business unit team to plan, promote and execute the Houston Corporate HQ 2009 and 2010 Global Care Days. In 2010, over 150 employees and family/friends helped beautify Hermann Park. In 2009, we helped to beautify Memorial Park with over 125 employees and motivated them to represent the company that had just gone into bankruptcy.• Led a multi-disciplinary team to recommend process improvements in the North American Procurement organization.• Led team in documenting access controls, access changes and authorized owners for critical reports directly impacting CEO/CFO financial statement certifications.

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Implemented external and internal audit services to diverse client base burdened with complying with SOX regulations covering internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR). Worked with all levels of management to communicate control deficiencies and recommend control solutions to comply with SEC regulations. • Supervised the audit and testing of storm costs for state utility regulators ($1.8 Billion in costs as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in fall 2005) for Entergy over a 15 month span. Audited controls surrounding inter-company service billings in preparation for multiple state regulatory rate hearings.• Collaborated with the PwC national team while testing ICFR for Boeing, the world's leading aerospace company. Identified key control breakdowns as a result of poorly created internal audit strategies.• Managed IT related testing for 3 years of SOX compliance at Quanta Services, a nationwide consolidated provider of specialized contracting services in the utility, telecomm, cable and pipeline industries. Reduced audit hours by over 40% from year 1 to year 3.• Reviewed accounting and treasury business processes for SOX compliance at Hanover, a leader in natural gas compression technology manufacturing. Developed testing procedures to ensure coverage of client's ICFR framework.• Guided Stewart Enterprises, a leader in the death-care industry on their finance, accounting and treasury business processes for SOX compliance.• Assisted financial audit teams in addressing automated business process controls for a variety of business applications on various technology platforms.

Treasurer of the Jones School Student Association

Specialized in Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning at Sprint, Sprint Paranet, Sprint E-SolutionsAdapted Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery methodologies for specific client risk profiles to achieve client management recovery objectives. • Maintained $10 Million sales pipeline with the national practice team for project proposals throughout the sales development lifecycle. Evaluated sales support team project proposals, delivered sales presentations to customer executives and negotiated with the client to develop a final project plan.• Implemented project plan deliverables to meet Sprint risk management compliance guidelines by managing project finances for billable revenue, expense management, and margin requirements.• Focused on energy industry Risk Assessments, Risk Analysis, DR Strategy Development, and information security projects. Identified issues, conducted gap analysis, and recommended solutions.• Created a business continuity plan for PGS, a global oil and gas seismic data processing company. Major project requirements involved international teambuilding and travel to England, Norway, and Egypt in order to bring local operating companies up to the company’s compliance standards.• Performed a comprehensive DR strategy development project for ABB Vetco-Grey, a major oil & gas equipment manufacturer.• Overhauled University of Texas Medical Branch’s IT Policies and Procedures to ensure compliance with state law.

London, Gb

Coordinated, prepared and reviewed general computer control reviews.• Led a national project team in a detailed financial audit “clean up” for McKesson, a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company after a failed enterprise system conversion.• Performed IT audits on Fortune 100 client base and small businesses with over $50 M in revenue.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Supervised the activities and employees in the Federal Reserve Network Center with 24-hour operations.• Managed information security guidelines for compliance with Federal Reserve Bank standards and served as local liaison for district and national implementation issues. • Eliminated overlapping shift time and increased remote support through employee/internal customer feedback focus groups.• Directed high-speed critical production print operations with multiple daily shipping deadlines. • Performed LAN administration duties with multiple site support.• Designed reports and analysis for MIS budget items and office communication expenses.• Monitored and forecasted annual $900K departmental and $250K office technology budgets.• Consulted with business unit leadership to implement technological solutions.

Mba In Finance, Concentrations In Accounting And Technology

Bba Risk Management & Insurance, Minor In Accounting