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Fort Worth, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Worldwide, Oo

I led a finance transformation project assessing core finance and accounting processes to recommend optimization and tech enablement opportunities that will maximize the functionality and capability of an upcoming S4 HANA implementation. Prior to this, I stood up a global internal audit data analytics team that generated $1M in annual revenue. In addition, I sold and delivered a $3M Enterprise Fraud Management project by identifying process optimization improvements and fraud detection that recovered over $1M in costs. I also led a team implementing a $700K warehouse and inventory management risk sensing solution that identified high risk transaction solutions and continuous monitoring.• Led / managed small domestic teams ranging from 3 to 10 employees to global teams (India, Indonesia, Chile, Peru) of 15-25 employees.• Led and delivered over 50 domestic and global internal audit project teams performing assurance and advisory services across a wide range of risk domains (e.g., finance, fraud, ESG, operational, health/safety).• Grew a global internal audit analytics team of 7 employees (increasing our team presence by 10%) to augment internal audits and reviews and develop risk sensing tools.• Played at the intersection of the business and information technology; translating business processes, requirements, and challenges to data scientists to help in the development of tech enabled solutions.• Partnered and collaborated cross-functionally to co-develop and refine data-driven risk sensing and performance management solutions to a point of precision and value. • Managed a global Sarbanes Oxley business process and controls program for 2 years; including assessing/testing 500 controls.• Strong and effective communicator; ability to storyboard and simplify highly complex business activities to a diverse set of audiences leveraging various communication tools (dashboards, trainings, PPTs).

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

In this role, I managed up to 7 team members and trained on skills and best practices to boost confidence and productivity and maintain a high employee retention rating. Prepared, reviewed, and reconciled financial statements to comply with GAAP standards for 10 business units to achieve a monthly close in 4 days on average. Executed internal control management for financial reporting, fixed assets, inventory and environmental management to provide operational assurance to leadership and external auditors.• Coordinated external, regulatory, and internal audits to maintain controls are performing as expected and lead to compliance with governing body standards.• Executed asset management and physical inventory reconciliation including root cause analysis to ensure the existence of organizational assets.• Recruited and hired up to 3 employees annually. • Led end-user training of ERP and asset management implementations for up to 20 audience members.• Facilitated 4 training sessions domestically with up to 25 audience members per session to spearhead professional development.• Maintained SOX compliance and peer review for 10 business units including remediation and mitigation control testing to meet company expectations.• Preserved compliance with local and state taxes owned and identified and tracked monies owed.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Served as an enrollment counselor for just over two years, recruiting and qualifying working professionals to enroll in an undergraduate or graduate online program flexible to their work and family commitments. The driving force for me to work at the University of Phoenix (UoP) after graduating at Arizona State was to achieve my MBA. I had accumulated a fair amount of student loan debt to obtain my undergraduate degree and a benefit of working at UoP was that they'd subsidize a continuing education program/degree provided you were a high performing enrollment counselor. Performance was evaluated based on the number of enrollments fulfilled each month. Given my high performance I was eligible to receive free tuition to any of the University's programs after six month of employment.More over to my motivation to achieve my MBA, I was unable to achieve my preferred degree at Arizona State (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration) and achieved a more unfamiliar degree (Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Studies). This was a result of struggling to adapt my education priorities within my full-time work schedule that I have been sustaining since I was 15.5 years old, and the distractions that come with being independent for the first time after graduating high school. My low (and high) point during my time at Arizona State was failing to maintain my academic probation (a requirement to receive student loans) which required me to pay subsequent tuition out-of-pocket until by GPA was raised to the acceptable threshold. Rather that give up entirely on education, I temporarily stepped away for a year, I moved in with my mother, worked two full-time positions (600a - 1000p) to fund my tuition and pay off some personal debt. I began prioritizing my education, significantly recovered my GPA, and then aligned my goals to an advanced degree at UoP.

Bachelor Of Interdisciplinary Studies, Entrepreneurship And Economics

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting