Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
The position was under a one year contract. Challenged to implement new financial procedures to align internal controls to donor regulations. ▪ Managed and trained national staff on policy and procedures, ensured operations ran smoothly, and field operations were financially supported. ▪ Stopped fraud problem by establishing controls, and managed financial reporting for finance, purchasing and logistics. ▪ Finalized all financial reports, P&L, transactional reports, maintained bank relationships, and created budgets for multimillion dollar projects. ▪ Developed fiscal budget, created finance and donor reports for Director as needed.
Under 6 month contract. Developed the training program for implementing the Serenic accounting software. • Trained the Niamey, Niger, Africa office on the Serenic accounting software. • Introduced a new inter-office methodology for handling data input into Serenic. • Developed internal controls for inter-office accounting security in Serenic.
Perform in-depth reviews of systems and processes to assess internal and external risks to Department of Revenue. • Identified potential improvements by automating processes to increase effectiveness and efficiency of Department. • Examine possible misappropriations and other malfeasant acts that break Department policy. • Recouped $500,000 in lost Tobacco stamps, kickbacks, and stolen funds. Corporate Auditor, June, 2006 to August, 2007- • Conduct and managed pre-audit research to find inconsistencies of financial reports, corporate taxation, and analyze accounting procedure and policies of various corporations in 42 different industries. • Collaborate with criminal investigations in following up on leads concerning possible financial crime violations (whistleblowers etc.). • Represent the State in informal and formal court hearings defending statutory law interpretation.