Resume category: CONSULTANT

         CONSULTANT           Professional Summary     AUDIT DIRECTOR Extensive experience in developing and redesigning internal audit departments, domestically and internationally in 19 countries. Results include upgraded internal controls, effective SOX 404 management, strong compliance management and an increase in organizational focus on solid internal controls and risks and Best Practices. Enjoy directing Internal Audit as a personal passion. Strengths include: Extensive Executive Skills          Designer of Audit Programs          SEC Compliance Strong Analytical Skills          Focus on Ethics Management          Prioritize Audits Interact with Auditees          Manage all Types of Audits          Pride in Service        Core Qualifications         SAP, Microsoft Office Suite: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook, Navision and a variety of other corporate specific finance and accounting software involving IBM, HP and Dell operations             Experience      Consultant    January 2009       Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Provider of internal audit and internal control consulting services to customers across the U.S.  and Canada.  Focus on privately held firms that do not have Internal Audit Departments.  Emphasize quality and creative service.          Director of Internal Audit    January 2008   to   January 2009     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Fourth largest producer of carbonated beverages in U.S.  with sales of $600M.  Reported to Board of Directors and Senior Vice President.  Managed Internal Audit Department and conducted financial, compliance and operational audits.  Developed and monitored internal controls across the firm.  Developed new audit programs and policies and procedures which improved internal controls.  Prepared and managed performance measures for Company&risqué;s sites.  Interpreted operating results.  Left as the result of a corporate restructuring that affected Internal Audit.          Director of Internal Audit    January 2006   to   January 2008     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Large privately-owned installer of residential and commercial insulation with sales of $500M.  Managed department and conducted annual and quarterly risk reviews and audits.  Directed and conducted internal audits at 61 locations and corporate headquarters functions.  Developed new audit report practices and added new positive practices and a Best Practices section to each audit report.  Audited businesses and updated financial reporting when possible.  Reported audit findings to Board.  Departed due to United Subcontractors filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy and elimination of Internal Audit.          Manager of Internal Audit    January 2004   to   January 2006     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Global developer and manufacturer of tool solutions with sales of $3B.  Managed Internal Audit.  Reviewed Sarbanes Oxley 404 and served as Sarbanes Oxley liaison to all auditees.  Redesigned risk reviews and developed new audit schedules that suited the revised corporate risk profile.  Developed financial solutions to business challenges.  Created new office environment without expense.  Left as the result of Snap-On issuing a 100% outsourcing to a Big 4 firm and loss of jobs for 10 employees.          Manager of Internal Audit    January 2003   to   January 2004     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Manufacturer of paper products with sales of $1B.  Managed internal audits at all U.S.  plants and corporate headquarters.  Redesigned audit reports which provided more clarification of controls, issues and resolutions.  Conducted audits with Sarbanes Oxley 404 reporting in mind.  Improved record keeping and record storage.  Departure allowed me to find an audit position that was closer to my ill Father who lived near Chicago.          Senior Internal Auditor    January 1996   to   January 2003     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      World&risqué;s largest producer of sodium silicate and highway glass spheres.  Privately held since 1831.  600M in sales.  Completed development of a new Internal Audit Department that provided PQ with a well-functioning operation.  Managed Audit Department and conducted audits at 19 foreign subsidiaries and 21 U.S.  plants.  Conducted foreign audits that met all local and international accounting requirements and laws.  Assigned risk levels to all locations.  Worked to implement all SAP computer options as PQ eliminated over 40 self-made computer systems.  Served as key SAP liaison with auditees as Company successfully implemented SAP across the U.S.  Redesigned audit reporting practices and introduced modern internal auditing to a1l 19 foreign locations.  Left due to outsourcing 100% to a large regional accounting firm.          Education      Masters of Business Administration (MBA)   :   Finance      University of North Texas   －   City  ,   State      GPA:   Graduated with Honors    Finance Graduated with Honors        Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA)   :   Finance      University of Illinois   －   City  ,   State  ,   USA     Finance         Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), 1994, up to date certification 
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), in process                Professional Affiliations     Member, Institute of Internal Auditors, 26 years and President of the Philadelphia Chapter. Board of Governors Member at the Philadelphia and Miami Chapters Chair of two Committees of the Philadelphia Chapter, 11 years  Big Brother and Board Member with Big Brothers / Big Sisters, 10 years Treasurer and Board Member, English-Speaking Union, 12 years Member and officer; Rotary International; 2 years MILITARY U.S. AIR FORCE, Strategic Air Command, Finance Department Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, TX Managed 7th Air Wing financial and accounting functions        Skills     accounting, accounting software, audit reports, audit report, audit reporting, consulting, Dell, filing, finance, financial, financial reporting, Focus, HP, IBM, insulation, internal audits, Internal Auditor, Internal Audit, internal auditing, MS Excel, Microsoft Office Suite, office, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, Navision, developer, policies, PQ, producer, quality, record keeping, reporting, sales, SAP, Sarbanes Oxley