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•Ensured the school stayed under budget by synthesizing thousands of financial transactions into actionable reports for the Dean and department managers and proactively alerting leadership to potential overruns. •Improved transparency and empowered the Board of Directors with accurate financial reports by leading the audit review process, addressing gaps in reports prepared by auditors and improving accuracy. Received bonus award for excellent management of this process.•Developed an internal control test that identified five violations of university policy. Educated department managers on proper procedure resulting in improved compliance.•Developed a draft website for the Finance Department, enabling employees to quickly access efficiency-enhancing policy, forms and reports that were previously underutilized.•Managed employee billing for over 50 employees from hundreds of grant sources, preventing cost overruns by ensuring that labor was fully financed and ensuring credibility for grant funders by enforcing grant policies.•Empowered school fundraisers to communicate to donors on the impacts of their donations by providing easily understood financial information. Was praised by fundraisers for timely and clear communication that help to increase donations and improve donor relations.

•Maintained relationships with Administrative Officers in 70 countries. Communicated with Officers to resolve reporting errors and ensure timely collection of financial reports.•Resolved a 3-year long interagency dispute over a Treasury Department report. Led conference calls with the State and Treasury departments to solve discrepancies.•Co-Authored a CFO Policy Statement with the Office of General Counsel, which will establish new reporting requirements and significantly improve budget estimates and record-keeping.•Resolved decade-long need for clarified accounting procedures by leading the revision of the Host Country Contributions (HCCs) section of the Peace Corps accounting manual. •Streamlined the process for submitting In-Kind HCCs, resulting in hundreds of saved labor hours internally and for respondents, and increasing the error detection rate by ten times. •Thoroughly researched GAAP to develop a new accounting policy that resolved a long-standing audit compliance problem.•Recruited 20+ local businesses as donors for the Combined Federal Campaign in 2009 and 2010 and organized a department-wide bake sale in 2010 to support the campaign.

•Improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the firm’s processes and procedures by conducting a variety of audits including a full audit of a London subsidiary.•Ensured regulatory compliance by developing expertise on accounting and financial industry regulations, tracking changes and implementing adaptation strategies. •Satisfied Board of Directors requests by designing and performing audit procedures, developing recommendations, liaising with process owners and authoring audit reports.•Improved audit department performance by leveraging experience and expertise to manage and advise a team of 2 staff auditors.

•Performed auditing procedures for public and private clients in a variety of industries, including non-profit, government, aerospace and defense, technology, and real estate.•Praised by managers for exceptional client relationship-building skills, which yielded high-quality responses to requests for information and interview answers from process owners.•Audited high-risk accounts for a $1 Billion education technology firm and tested internal controls to ensure compliance with GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley.•Audited quarterly and annual reports for a $40 Billion aerospace and defense firm to ensure accurate financial statements.