Saturday, 4 May 2013
Resume
Internal Controls… Business & IT Risk… Compliance… Audit... Supply
Chain Finance
~ Core professional competencies ~
Op and IT Audit
Risk Universe/ Audit Planning
SOX Management
Enterprise Risk Management
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Product Costing
Forecasting and Analysis
Cross Function Knowledge
Policies & Procedures
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360* Relationship builder
International Market Knowledge
System Implementation Risk and Review
Information Technology Risk
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Develop Team and Department
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REPRESENTATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS:
Built new departments, including
structure, audit methodology, policies & procedures, staffing and
relationships
Re-design of internal control
reviews concentrating on process improvement and financial impact
Vast interntaionl experience
across 25+ countries/6 continents and extensive knowledge in key growing
markets
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Career Synopsis
& Key Achievements
Avon Products Inc............................................................................................. 09/2012
– PRESENT
Senior Manager, Product Costing and Finance
Direct Reports: ~8 Associates
® Manage Annual
restatement of all product costs
® Responsible
for accurare costing of new products
® Key
participant in the new product development process
® Ensure accurate
PPV analysis, COGS inputs and manage components
of the annual profit plans and forecasts. .
® Provide costs
and explanations of cost movements to Marketing to help determine Direct Margin
targets
® Global Sourcing,
Costing and Finance partner, collaborating to identify areas of improvement and
standardization
® Manage
productivity and indirect savings process from tracking project ideation/
pipeline to execution via collaboration between Finance and Supply Chain in
order to drive accountability and ensure realization of savings
Senior Manager, Internal Audit, ERM and SOX ......................................................................................... 04/2010 – 09/2012
Direct Reports: ~6 Associates
® Manage global
audit activities for Supply Chain, IT and Operations, includes annual audit
plan development to align with rotational model and business risks.
® Coordinate
ERM Program and work with key senior management and executives on emerging
risks and updates.
® Migrated
department from outsource to co-source model including developing department / audit
policies and procedures hiring and associated budget tasks.
® Building
strategic partnerships within Avon, educating and promoting both internal
controls and SOX compliance
® Prepare
quarterly Audit Committee presentations
® Manage
associates responsible for Audit and SOX testing and remediation follow-up
Sony Music Entertainment...................................................................................09/2008 – 04/2010
IT Associate Director, Risk and Controls – New York, NY
Direct Reports:
~4
Associates
® Built Risk
and Controls department, including developing department policies and
procedures that aligned to corporate guidelines and executed associated hiring
tasks.
® Managed day
to day department activities including department manuals, performance
development, delegation of responsibilities, budgeting, workspace, global SOX
compliance, and internal controls projects
® Developed 6
staff responsible for SOX testing and remediation
® Lead and
implemented global SOX compliance including testing and remediation projects
® Lead and
executed internal controls projects including documenting and issuing Global IT
user access and Change Management procedures and implementing change testing
requirements across multiple platforms.
® Prepared and
participated in the presentation to senior management on SOX and controls
projects
® Responsible
for core liaison with internal and external audit including fees, scope,
testing, and results
Ernst & Young, ..................................................................................................... 08/2007
– 08/2008
Manager, Assurance – Wellington New Zealand
Direct Reports:
~4
Associates
® Internal Project
Manager Secondment for IT segments of
the largest NZ bank application integration with Australia parent
® Project
Managed control identification, documentation and compliance with SOX and
Bill-198 for a newly listed Gas company.
® Managed teams
of internal and client staff of up to 6 assigning, overseeing and ensuring
quality and completeness in deliverables.
® Active
counselor and coach for consultants and active participant in recruiting campus
hires
Sony BMG Music Entertainment..................................................................... 03/2005
– 03/2007
Senior Manager, Internal Audit – New
York , NY
Direct Reports: 8+ associates
® Assisted in developing an integrated Internal Audit
function, including documenting and department policies and procedures and
executing associated hiring in 3 countries.
® Responsible for developing annual audit plan and
managing department budgets and staffing to achieve audit plan.
® Managed execution of audit plan in accordance with internal developed
procedures
® Simultaneously managed and executed all aspects of
integrated audits including scoping (risk assessment), execution and reporting
® Prepared and participated in the presentation of
quarterly audit updates to senior management and audit committee
® Ensured all reports were appropriately closed to
mitigate associated risks
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP ..................................................................................................................... 12/1998
– 12/2004
Manager – Global Risk Management Solutions- New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada
® Acting Project Manager for the implementation
of Bill-198 (Canadian SOX) for billion dollar companies
® Executed all
aspects of control documentation for new Bill-198 filers including scoping
(risk assessment), control rationalization, test plans, evaluation of internal
control deficiencies, and 302 quarterly certification processes.
® Coordinated
and reviewed walkthroughs and testing of internal controls and development of remediation
plans
® Trained
selected client Project Managers to execute PMO activities to achieve
Bill-198compliance
® Reviewed JDE,
SAP and Oracle Implementations and executed technical reviews of databases and
operating systems
® Managed
(budgeting, planning, testing, reviewing, and supervising team members)
day-to-day activites for IT audits
® Supervised
audit engagement teams.
® Coordinated
with senior management to discuss audit issues and resolve critical IT issues
® Drafted and
issued audit reports and management recommendations
® Planned and
executed Training
Education ~
Certifications
BBS
in Information Systems and Finance –
Massey University: New Zealand (1998)
Institue
of Internal Audit (IIA) Training
Certifications and Memberships:
Certifitied Information
System Audit - CISA (2002)
Institute of Internal
Auditors - IIA, Information Systems Audit and control Association – ISACA
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