Education

• M.S. Accounting, Louisiana State University, May 2005
• B.A. Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, May 2002
• B.S. Accounting, Louisiana State University, December 2001

Professional Certification

• CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor, December 2007
• CIA: Certified Internal Auditor, May 2005

Work Experience

Consultant
March 2009 – Present

• Developed a software application that prepares an enterprise audit risk assessment using financial and operational data.
• Implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM at a staffing agency.
• Published a blog about governance and audit technology (njauditor.com)

Audit Supervisor
A Public Accounting Firm – Edison, NJ
September 2006 – February 2009

• Managed internal audits, Sarbanes-Oxley reviews, J-SOX readiness projects, and deficiency remediation projects for clients.  Responsible for project plans and budgets, resources at client sites, and reporting audit findings.
• Lead projects to optimize and control clients’ financial reporting processes. 
• Developed the functional requirements for database applications that replace spreadsheets in financial reporting.
• Developed an approach to screen vendors, employees, and shipping destinations as part of “auditing with a fraud mindset” for select financial attestation engagements.  Published an article in Compliance Week in September 2008 about this approach.
• Developed a model to implement a continuous monitoring program that automatically screens for conditions in data that might indicate control weaknesses.
• Lead a project to optimize staff scheduling and developed an application to coordinate the scheduling of consultants and third-party contractors on client projects.
• Lead an internal project to refine internal audit risk assessment methodology to leverage data analytics screening during the audit planning process. 

Corporate Auditor (Integrated Finance / Technology)
Multinational Conglomerate Company – Princeton, NJ
May 2004 – September 2006 

• Audited SAP application controls on financial reporting (FI), inventory management (MM), accounts payable (AP), and human resources (HR) applications and evaluated controls on data interfaces to the company’s financial consolidation package (Hyperion) for reporting entities in a healthcare business unit. 
• Remediated control deficiencies in trade compliance, HR, and financial consolidation business processes.
• Prepared data extracts from enterprise systems for use in financial audit testing in ACL.
• Audited application configuration for segregated roles, data integrity, and change control in financial engagements in JDE, Hyperion, Microsoft Dynamics, and TaxStream.
• Trained finance auditors to review general computer controls (e.g. password policies, software compliance) and execute automated network security tools enabling I.T. auditors to focus on more technically-demanding tasks.
• Lead a project to develop new audit programs and work paper templates as part of a Corporate Audit initiative to reach IIA certification.  Some of these work papers use principles of software design (inheritance) which enable to them to be completed automatically and reused between engagements.
• Designed a training program to on-board new users to the audit department’s workpaper management software (AutoAudit) and delivered it to the audit teams at regional meetings and through computer-based training modules.

Consultant
August 2002 – May 2004

• Network Technician and Security analyst consultant to Baton Rouge, LA regional bank.
• Technology administrator to the Termine family consulting business and developer of its website.
• Web Software programmer on Microsoft .NET platform for HR applications for a Baton Rouge, LA staffing agency.
• Level 3 Technical Support to a regional East Ascension Parish, LA telephone company.

Internet Systems Administrator
A Public School District – Baton Rouge, LA
November 1998 – August 2002

• Implemented the school district email system running on Linux (QMail) and webmail application for 4,000+ user accounts.   Collaborated with outside vendors to migrate this system to Novell GroupWise in 2001.
• Developed the school district website and employee portal using various back-end databases and ColdFusion.
• Conducted school site visits to area faculty to train the use of the district website, email, shared folders, and authentication on the district network.
• Developed a Web “store front” to enable school librarians across Baton Rouge to order materials from the district Library and Information Services group.
• Provided on-call technical support for district networks, phones, and other critical systems on a rotation basis in the two district data centers.