Accountant Consultant

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Experienced and versatile accountant with 7+ years of experience in public accounting, tax, and audit. Highly skilled and experienced accountant with a demonstrated history of working in education and health care. Exceptional attention to detail and skilled in risk management. Great analytical and communication skills, passionate about quality and result-oriented.


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Education

08/2011 - 05/2015 Bachelor Degree in Accounting @ Prairie View A&M University

Experience

12/2022 - 08/2023 Sr. IT Project Manager Scrum Master @ DeannaMichelInc

● Successfully led and managed multiple IT projects from initiation to completion, resulting in a 30% increase in efficiency and cost savings of $500K annually.
● Managed vendor relationships, including 3rd party implementation or development teams, ensuring timely and on-budget project delivery, resulting in a 20% reduction in project costs.
● Collaborated with cross-functional distributed teams for successful software releases into production, ensuring 100% compliance with project management standards and guidelines in Jira.
● Led ERP transformation implementations based on client needs, resulting in a 40% increase in customer satisfaction and revenue growth of $1M.
● Provided leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle, resulting in 80% increase in employee engagement and retention rate.
● Developed and managed project budgets, ensuring 100% adherence to project management standards, resulting in an average of 15% savings in project costs.
● Identify and assess potential cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities associated with the project within Jira and Confluence.
● Liaising with stakeholders such as project personnel, vendors, and end-users regarding project requirements.
● Provide status reports for senior management and key project stakeholders.
● Lead project from technical/infrastructure to business process improvement initiatives documented in Jira and Confluence.
● Adhere to project management standards, guidelines, and frameworks.
● Requirements Mapping Communications Cross Functional and Support Model Recommendations.
● Collaborate with project team to define, facilitate resolve risks and issue management utilizing Jira and Confluence.
● Define and maintain document repository and status reporting in collaboration with project team in Confluence.

04/2022 - 12/2022 Auditor @ Motherson Group

● Conducted successful SOX testing on key platforms including SAP ERP, global Windows/Unix infrastructure, and various legacy applications, resulting in compliance with SOX regulations and cost savings of $200K annually.
● Identified and managed security vulnerabilities and risks across networks, resulting in a 50% reduction in cyber threats and mitigated potential loss of revenue of $500K.
● Developed and implemented strategies to identify, manage, and mitigate identified threats and vulnerabilities, resulting in a 30% reduction in risk exposure and cost savings of $300K.
● Conducted technical and non-technical risk and vulnerability assessments of relevant technology focus areas, resulting in the identification of improvement opportunities and implementation of adequate processes, resulting in 20% improvement in operational efficiency.
● Recommend new and improved products to the customers and explain how the equipment will be more cost-effective.

07/2018 - 04/2022 Internal Auditor @ Texas A&M University System

● Audit the accounting and financial data of business entities to ensure accuracy and compliance.
● Audit supply chain procurement, IT governance and support, financial reporting, and SOX compliance.
● Research identified issues, develop audit findings and recommendations to assist in drafting portions of audit reports.
● Prepares and submits reports of audit results including making recommendations on matters of significance and follows up on audit recommendations to ensure implementation.
● Responsible for conducting and documenting audit projects in a variety of areas with an emphasis on operational, and financial audits.
● Evaluates business processes, procedures, policies and internal controls and identifies factors causing deficiencies.
● Evaluates internal controls and designs and conducts tests;
● Assists in the implementation and support of a continuous auditing program;
● Performs professional auditing work in accordance with yellow book, green book, red book standards and procedures.
● Prepare the Governor’s Annual Audit Report.
● Collects and analyzes information for potential areas of risk and conducts evidence gathering procedures.
● Train new hire employees.
● Review auditors’ workpapers.
● Grant agreements and contract monitoring for to ensure accuracy and compliance.
● Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation, and implement risk reduction action plans.
● Driving US and IFRS GAAP implementation Projects
● Identify and assess potential cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities associated with the project.
● Develop risk mitigation strategies, contingency plans, and incident response protocols.
● Regularly monitor and communicate risks to stakeholders, and take appropriate actions to address them.
● Oversee the implementation of cybersecurity projects, ensuring adherence to project plans, quality standards, and best practices.
● Anticipate and address any issues or roadblocks that may arise during project execution.
● Promote cybersecurity awareness within the organization by conducting training sessions, workshops, or awareness campaigns.
● Educate stakeholders on cybersecurity best practices, policies, and procedures to mitigate risks and enhance security posture.

07/2017 - 07/2018 Tax Analyst @ McKesson

● Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation, and implement risk reduction action plans.
● Applied tax knowledge to ensure accurate and timely filing of federal tax returns including Form 1120, 1065, and 990-PF.
● Utilized accounting and tax software to compile information for federal tax reporting.
● Assisted the company in driving compliance process improvements and systems solutions.
● Prepared tax provision and estimated tax calculations.
● Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.
● Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems and distractions to meeting team goals.

09/2015 - 07/2017 Accountant @ McKesson

● Successfully reconciled ledger accounts and prepared accurate journal entries, resulting in a 98% reduction in accounting errors, saving the company over $50,000 in potential losses.
● Analyzed drug discounts and inventory for practices, identifying discrepancies that led to a 15% increase in cost savings for the company, amounting to over $100,000 in annual savings.
● Oversaw medical practice accounting teams’ journal entries that affect EBIT impact.
● Led presentations discussing practice financial gain and McKesson risk to ED, SVP, RFD, Controller, as well as internal controls.


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