Thomas P. Kehrer, Cpa, Cba Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Provide expertise and counsel to new Chief Financial Officer.

New York, NY, US

• Led a team of 20 professionals accountable for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, financial reporting, United States and Israeli regulatory reporting, income tax planning and associate tax provisions, post-retirement planning.
• I reduced recurring operating expense over a five-year period by $45M.
• I sold bank’s South American subsidiary, resulting in improving efficiency ratio by 700bps.

Toronto, ON, CA

• I led a team of auditors to oversee two insurance companies and two community bank clients, with oversight of financial statements and internal control audits. I maintained client relations, trained staff assigned to.
• I successfully completed and delivered two additional SEC clients, a Sarbanes-Oxley filer, and a non Sarbanes-Oxley filer with year-end filing dates in March, September, and December.
• I managed eight internal controls audits in three years with 100% compliance.

I successfully established the company’s first internal audit function and directed day-to-day operations of the new department delivering results within compliance and minimizing legal fees.

London, GB

As a member of HSBC Transition Team, I created and executed an implementation plan for two new lines of business focused on precious metals and banknotes. I identified and prepared best practices incorporating policies and procedures implemented into HSBC’s Global Policies & Procedures Manual.