Experience

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  Ey

  Sept 2008 - Mar 2013

  Senior iii (acting manager)

  Led a team of up to 10 auditors in the planning and execution of financial statement audits for corporate clients—including McDonald’s, AT&T, Lehigh Hanson, Agnico Eagle Mines, SunTrust Bank and Invesco. Hired in Canada, and transitioned to the U.S. in 2010—following the economic downturn, and a demand for senior-level auditors.—Earned recognition for driving increases in revenue, taking on new challenges, and delighting clients, managing audits of financial statements for SEC and IFRS publicly traded entities in a variety of industries.—Led a successful large divisional audit ($3B) for Lehigh Hanson, with two staff members, training staff on an audit methodology that drove understanding of impacts and implications—enabling the team to improve efficiencies, while meeting objectives. Show less

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  Commercial metals company

  Mar 2013 - May 2015

  Lead, internal auditor

  Oversaw and managed operational and financial accounting audits at Corporate and divisional levels—to ensure SOX compliance. Evaluated and assessed risk for compliance under the new COSO framework.—Applied critical thinking and data analytics to identify working capital improvements, discovering and correcting process to recover $57M of extended payment terms that exceeded 120 days.—Researched, analyzed, and concluded on technical accounting issues under U.S. GAAP, reviewing contracts revenue (percent of completion), foreign currency revaluation, effect of exchange rate on cash, and non-routine transactions. —Reduced audit fees by $100k, transitioning audit activities in-house, and identifying efficiencies in financial reporting, controls testing, and filings tie-outs for 10-Q and 10-K. Show less

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  Mckesson

  May 2015 - Aug 2018

  Promoted through a series of increasingly responsible leadership roles—earning a recommendation by executives of U.S. Pharmaceuticals at McKesson to develop a Controllership for ClarusONE.—Identified the source and methodology to operationalize suppliers admin fees and members service fees (valued in hundreds of millions dollars) for ClarusONE, that enabled finance to record revenue and execute billings. —Played an important role in educating stakeholders on SOX controls and ITGC requirements during database migration to Cloud platform and development of new operating engine (SAP HANA) deployed via agile methodology.—Synergized existing SOX controls on buy- and sell-side platforms to compensate for risk due to organizational changes—Proactively engaged with Finance colleagues and other cross-functional teams to drive forward the execution of strategic initiatives with quality and timeliness of deliverables.—Incorporated best practices to enhance project management by compiling weekly review materials with discussions on focus areas and coordinating communication with project managers on action items for accountability. Show less Selected as Manager, Financial Controls, and within one year promoted to Senior Manager to manage the compliance activities of U.S. Pharma—with oversight of 7 sub-teams for 12 major processes.—Created and maintained SOX narratives and flowcharts to ensure appropriate controls are in place for all relevant processes and updated the documentation due to process changes.—Revamped walkthrough narratives for a comprehensive discussion of $9B deals income and fees, and $3B multi-layer rebates, aligning understanding of risks and controls for properly scoping.—Reviewed SOX assessment and provided feedback to testers and controls owners in ensuring the standards of quality are maintained and for reliance approach by external auditors which drives efficiencies.—Assisted management in the development of remediation measures and monitored the remediation testing which successfully resolved controls deficiencies and minimized risk of material misstatements.—Acted as the audit and compliance subject matter expert (SME) to business owners, translating audit terminology and external audit requests to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and timeliness of deliverables. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Financial Controls & Compliance - ClarusONE Sourcing Services (London office)

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2018

  • Senior Manager, Financial Controls | Buy-Side Sourcing & Sell-Side Programs

    May 2015 - Oct 2016
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  Global blue

  May 2021 - Jul 2024

  Manager, internal controls