Stephen Debose Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Alexandria, Virginia

Assisted the Defense Human Resource Activity (DHRA) in its preparation for financial and IT audit. Testing internal controls and Complementary User Entity Controls (CUECs) to ensure that financial reporting objectives are met and risk are mitigated.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Assisted the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) in its Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) efforts by way of monitoring the execution of system change requests (SCRs) as a result of audit testing.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

· Acted as a liaison between the independent public auditor and the US Army to provide data for the purpose of testing to help ensure that the Army acts as good financial stewards to US taxpayers · Generated job scripts in the Army Audit Data Repository (AADR) to transfer audit sample data from the Army Field commands folders to the independent public auditor’s folder for review and audit testing· Wrote desktop procedures of the tasks performed by the Procurement Audit Support team to provide guidance for new team members.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted the portfolio manager for Enterprise, Sourcing, Medical, Contingency group in his efforts to meet its FY2015 strategic goals.• Worked to enhance the organization’s use of technology to provide for greater transparency to events, activities, and best practices across the portfolio. • Performed data capture for the organization’s leadership in order to allow for critical decision-making.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

· Worked with a team of audit readiness professionals to move the Government Furnished Equipment assessable unit to assert auditability.· Generated and updated assertion work products (AWPs) such as process narratives, flow charts for key business processes, assessable unit strategy documents, and systems inventory documents through the assistance of government clients.· Conducted walkthroughs at client facilities to validate the documented processes for the origination of loan assets placed in the hands of a third-party for contract performance to the point of reporting on the USAF’s financial statements.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

· In accordance with the FIAR guidance, assisted in moving WHS toward auditability by generating, reviewing, and editing documentation associated with the assessable units Procure-to-Pay, General Equipment, and Real Property.· Produced flowcharts using MS Visio that illustrated the processes for the assessable units and identified internal controls for key business processes.· Generated process-to-systems drill-downs identifying the funding source, financial line item, process category, assessable units, assessable sub-units, and systems used.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

On this short-term project, Stephen:· Assisted in the performance of testing of key controls for 13 out of 26 key business areas for HUD in their most recent assessment of compliance with OMB Circular A-123.· Generated test scripts based on control descriptions with process cycle memorandums to establish test methods and procedures.· Completed write-ups on the test results and conclusion as to the operating effectiveness of internal controls with the business environment.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

· Reviewed business processes, risks, and internal controls documentation, in order to gain an understanding of the “as-is” controls environment, which existed in government agencies.· Interviewed client personnel, in order to document business processes, including manual and automated internal controls.· Identified, documented, and tested internal controls to determine their effectiveness in mitigating the risks associated with business processes

Washington D.C. Metro Area

· Developed narratives and flowcharts and implemented standard processes for sections of the Financial Resource Management Manual (FRMM), Commandant’s Instruction Manual 7100.3D to be deployed and trained to various Coast Guard internal organizations.· Worked with Coast Guard personnel to close Construction-in-Progress (CIP) projects by obtaining supporting documentation for CIP assets and to clarify discrepancies in final project costs.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

While working at the Defense Logistics Agency, Stephen added value on the following task orders:Accounts Payable Team 2006 – 2008 • Worked with client personnel to generate process documentation used to allow for the agency to move towards auditability based on the requirements specified in OMB A-123.• Generated process cycle memorandums and flowcharts to identify discrepancies in processes and deficiencies in the use of internal controls that were material in nature.• Generated risk analyses, corrective action plans, and plans of action and milestones to establish a schedule for resolving deficiencies found in the controls environment.Property, Plant, and Equipment Team 2006• Analyzed leases to determine if leased equipment was written on an operating or capital lease for the purpose of expensing or capitalizing.• Obtained and reviewed legal documentation and contracts associated with leased equipment.• Developed spreadsheets for the two classes of leases as determined by the DoD, Federal Management Regulation, Volume 4, Chapter 6, to be provided to the client for their review.Inventory Valuation Team 2005 – 2006 • Interviewed and worked closely with Defense personnel at remote locations to document processes that would have a material impact to the inventory line item on the balance sheet.• Visited client locations to vet the processes that were documented to ensure that those processes were being performed as documented.

Master'S Degree, Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance And The Management Of Global I.T.

Activities and Societies: Black M.B.A. Association at KogodFinance and the Management of Global Information Technology

B.A., Management, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Morehouse Business AssociationManagement and Accounting