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Houston, Tx, Us

Remote

Houston, Texas, United States

Remote

Houston, Texas Area

Annual SOX-404 audit:o Conducted implementation of controls framework across 3 new divisions globally, and two newly acquired Oracle modules.o Streamlined control documentation request process between external / internal audit partners, and control / process owners within 2018/2019 Audits, further utilizing SharePoint as an Audit repository. Overall, resulting in a reduction of 100 Billable Audit hours (Planning & Risk Assessment) per year.o Led the re-design and implementation of… Show more Annual SOX-404 audit:o Conducted implementation of controls framework across 3 new divisions globally, and two newly acquired Oracle modules.o Streamlined control documentation request process between external / internal audit partners, and control / process owners within 2018/2019 Audits, further utilizing SharePoint as an Audit repository. Overall, resulting in a reduction of 100 Billable Audit hours (Planning & Risk Assessment) per year.o Led the re-design and implementation of new General and Application IT Control framework within 2018 , resulting in mitigation of overall systems risk, and achievement of Annual IT Organization Audit milestones o Championed the successful implementation of Audit communication initiative facilitated through internal ticketing (ServiceNow), reducing scope creep and increased customer and stakeholder satisfaction within 2018/2019 Audits. In aggregate, this initiative has saved approximately 300 Billable Audit hours.Fraud Investigations:o Uncovered Travel and Expense (T&E) fraud during regional controls testing of Latin America Division (Details redacted, investigation still on-going). Infraction further mitigated through creation of two new controls and overall revision of T&E review process.o Uncovered External Wire-Fraud, facilitated through intercompany transfers across multiple international subsidiaries at Parker. Company-Wide Process improvement:o Led a company-wide initiative related to provisioning of Oracle access and mitigation of Segregation of duties (SOD) risk. Project proactively streamlined reporting SOD issues long before access was granted. Initiative was a low-cost but effective method of mitigating SOD risk. Show less

Austin, Texas Area

Operational Finance Audits (Manufacturing, Cost of Sales, Global Supply Chain, Regional, A/P, Revenue/Sales, Executive T&E)Yearly SOX-404 Planning/Audits (Manufacturing, Cost of Sales, A/P, Revenue)One-off Engagements (Fraud Investigations, Revenue Cut-off Testing, Ad-hoc assessments per Audit Committee)Notable Achievements:o Uncovered T&E fraud during regional (Japan) review of Supply Chain organization (~$14,000). Infraction handled internally due to impact of… Show more Operational Finance Audits (Manufacturing, Cost of Sales, Global Supply Chain, Regional, A/P, Revenue/Sales, Executive T&E)Yearly SOX-404 Planning/Audits (Manufacturing, Cost of Sales, A/P, Revenue)One-off Engagements (Fraud Investigations, Revenue Cut-off Testing, Ad-hoc assessments per Audit Committee)Notable Achievements:o Uncovered T&E fraud during regional (Japan) review of Supply Chain organization (~$14,000). Infraction handled internally due to impact of damageso Partnered with Business control owners to design, optimize, and implement control documentation during a corporate flow-charting initiative.o Post consolidation/re-design: removed 25 redundant and/or irrelevant controls, yielding cost-savings of ~1,000 annual hours (Internal, External audit, Business owners)o Uncovered Segment reporting fraud, facilitated through whistleblower tip. Fraud was perpetuated by Senior management by way of misrepresentation of financial growth and business demand (Damage impact withheld for Confidentiality).o KPMG Direct Assistance audit for year-end 2013: Review/testing of inventory and associated revenue cut-off for regional manufacturing segment, eliminated need for approximately 80 externally billable audit hours for AMAT Show less

Austin, Texas Area

Weekly reporting/analysis, Weekly account (B/S, P&L) reconciliations, Quarterly forecasts, Reserves/Risk analysis and mitigation, Intermediate-Advanced Accounting/Journal Postings, Quarterly/Interim/Year-End Final External and Internal audit requirements, SOX-COM Audit Testing (External), Consistent process evaluation/improvement, Cross-functional Operational Alignment, Special Projects (Company-wide Acquisitions/Integrations).Area of Focus: Inventory and Variances (Spares and Service… Show more Weekly reporting/analysis, Weekly account (B/S, P&L) reconciliations, Quarterly forecasts, Reserves/Risk analysis and mitigation, Intermediate-Advanced Accounting/Journal Postings, Quarterly/Interim/Year-End Final External and Internal audit requirements, SOX-COM Audit Testing (External), Consistent process evaluation/improvement, Cross-functional Operational Alignment, Special Projects (Company-wide Acquisitions/Integrations).Area of Focus: Inventory and Variances (Spares and Service group)Following Variances covered (Consistently Updated): Excess and obsolescence, Inventory Shrinkage, Inventory Scrap, Inventory reportingProficiencies: SAP (FI/CO), Business Intelligence (MSBI), Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook), Brio Explorer/K-Warehouse.Notable Achievements:o Partnered with operations planning management in an initiative to further optimize spare parts demand planning. Initiative successfully reduced overall service lead-time, risk for field service failure/downs, inventory levels, and average variance/reserve impact year-over-year.o Upon completion of extensive investigation and analysis, identified a process gap involving financial misrepresentation of credits associated with field service returns occurring globally. When triggering this specific transactional return, credits were being inaccurately accounted for during systemic clearing. Upon resolution of this gap, Impact was found retroactively to be valued at approximately $200K.o Led planning and acceptance of new group-wide reporting tool, Business Objects. Consolidated approximately 12 redundant reports, resulting in gained efficiencies of hundreds of work hours, while also offering a boost in overall customer satisfaction.o Consolidated 2 redundant controls when working with Internal Audit to push for continuous improvement and gained efficiency, saving approximately 20 hours a quarter Show less

Assisted in correcting system issues and troubleshooting inventory/shipping bottlenecks using Hewlett-Packard's SAP material and warehouse management system Communicated daily with multiple international vendor representatives from leading technology companies regarding the status of active stock in-house, issues concerning incorrectly received/shipped inventory, and general reconciliation of missing stock.Worked in the largest procurement and logistics facility controlled by… Show more Assisted in correcting system issues and troubleshooting inventory/shipping bottlenecks using Hewlett-Packard's SAP material and warehouse management system Communicated daily with multiple international vendor representatives from leading technology companies regarding the status of active stock in-house, issues concerning incorrectly received/shipped inventory, and general reconciliation of missing stock.Worked in the largest procurement and logistics facility controlled by Hewlett-Packard (HP), servicing nearly 60 percent of HP's global business daily. Processed daily reports on lost material, stock consumption, facility-wide stock levels, and inbound/outbound tracking Released material such as servers, processors and hard drives from vendor owned consignment, into HP owned inventory after authorization from HP supply chain associates. Reconciled lost material worth $400-500,000 through systematic research Show less

Processed procurement of new shipment of carpets to international customersMaintained payroll management system for employees

Master’S Degree, Accounting, 3.76 (Cum Gpa)

Activities and Societies: Accounting Students Association (Graduate Chapter) Chicago Internal Audit Association (Student member) Masters.

Post Bach - Accounting Certificate (Masters Pre-Requisites), Accounting

Activities and Societies: Internal Audit Students Association Asian Business Students Association Post-Bach: Completion of Accounting.

Bachelor, Business Administration Finance; Global Energy Management Track

Activities and Societies: APICS - Member FA - Member Bachelors in Finance, global energy management track, minor in supply chain.

Pre Business, Pre Business

Transferred to University of Houston, financial reasons.