Sandy Li

Experience

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  KPMG

  Aug 2007 - Oct 2012

  Assistant Manager

  • 5 year experience covering financial statement audit for Chinese enterprises, FIEs, and IPOs; consulting services to improve business processes and internal controls; internal audit and compliance services; group reporting services, SOX and review services; prepare engagement proposals; staff training.• Experienced in statutory audits under Chinese Accounting Standards (old/new), IFRS, HK GAAP, and US GAAP.• Assume a high level of responsibilities on audit planning, engagement timing and cost control.• Analysing audit clients' financial performances, evaluating the control environment, to identify any problems.• Lead the team to perform on-site audit work, allocating audit work, communicate with clients, supervise team members and review their work to ensure the whole team deliver the quality service within the professional standard.• Provide consultancy services on companies’ internal controls to improve their business processes.• Being part of large proposal team for mega engagements.• Deliver training to junior staff, including accounting knowledge, audit skills and soft skills, etc. Show less

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  Dell Inc

  Oct 2012 - Oct 2015

  Audit Manager

  • Being a key player in Dell’s Global Assurance & Transformation (GAT) that help provide enterprise risk assessment/assurance, integrated corporate governance & control, and internal business transformation consultancy to align corporate strategies on the right track and pace. • Lead different complex assurance or business intelligence engagements throughout the planning, execution, and reporting phases, with team members and stakeholders from the regions across the globe, e.g., Malaysia, India, USA, Slovakia, etc.• Specialized in the Financial Reporting Assurance (FRA) which evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of corporate financial statement key controls and ensure SOX compliance.• Assess and provide advisory on Risk Management Framework as well as if its effectiveness for the selected auditable entities across all the regions Dell operates.• Co-work and establish mutual reliance with appointed corporate auditor, PWC, as joint assurance forces for GAAP financial statement assurance by complying the audit work with the same standards PWC requires.• Coach and develop junior global team members during the engagements.• Lead the “Entrepreneur Spirits” pillar of Dell Beijing’s finance development committee and serve as the auditor for labor union budgeting and expenditure. Show less

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  R3

  Apr 2016 - Nov 2016

  Lead Analyst/Audit

  • Being part of co-management team that help define R3’s strategic grow path by providing advisory through financial analysis, including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow, on an appropriate balance among topline growth, profitability, and cashflow• P&L analysis and pricing for audit engagements, including resource planning, cost analysis, and price quotation strategy • Coaching and developing team members• Working with other consultants to design and deliver project solutions and recommendations• Enhancing R3’s processes to better the quality of audit/research/analytics• Performing business and data analysis to help the client to make strategic decisions• Leading audit engagement to improve client and their agencies’ internal control and processes Show less

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  Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Service Co. Ltd

  Nov 2016 - now

  Compliance Manager

  • Develop and implement the Company’s compliance programs and policies on anti-bribery/corruption, economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, anti-fraud/embezzlement as well as data compliance system in China;• Establish the data compliance management system in China over a wide range of topics, including data cross-border transfer, DPoB, DPIA, privacy policy, handling customers’ rights, etc.;• Be a member of Ethical Business Conduct Committee and conduct internal investigations on employee’s misconduct;• Localize HQ policies and procedures to adapt to the entities/businesses in China;• Lead cross-entity and cross function compliance projects to drive the coordination and alignment among entities/functions/departments;• Conduct regular and ad-hoc compliance risk assessment;• Provide dedicated compliance support to BUs by dealing with all the compliance consultation; cases and working out feasible solution to BU on all the compliance relevant topics;• Develop and organize various internal and external compliance training and communication;• Periodically/timely report to management and, when necessary, to regulatory authorities;• Coordinate with HQ team frequently for daily operating and also compliance projects. Show less