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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDLewis B. Freeman & Partners, Inc.2008 – Present Risk Advisory Services (RAS) Manager • Analyze and manage risk (Sarbanes-Oxley) • Compliance and SEC Reporting • Audit and Internal controls BDO Seidman, LLP (Miami, FL) 2006 - 2007 Associate in the “Risk Advisory Service” division of one of the big five public accounting firms Providing financial, accounting, audit, internal audit, compliance, real estate (REIT) and manufacturing expertise on a consulting basis to a diverse client base. Clients included: Vector Group Ltd, Equity One REIT, Nathan’s Famous (hot dogs) Blue Arc (internet data storage). MRZ and ASSOCIATES (Consulting Assignments) (Miami, FL) 2004 – 2005 CEO Providing high level financial and accounting services for publicly traded corporations as well as mid/large size private corporations. Industry experience includes: manufacturing/processing, wholesale distribution, medical billing, telecom, hi-tech, exports, securities and brokerage fund accounting. SARBANES-OXLEYClients included: (Jacuzzi Industries, Vector Group Ltd, Westwood One, Gemplus, Peregrine Systems, SBA Communications, CBIZ Harborbiew, Cunard Cruise Lines) USA, UK and Mexico • Internal control procedures analysis and testing. • Interviewing, writing/rewriting of the process narratives (including background, scope and applications, procedures, risks, controls, residual risks, mitigating controls, and segregation of duties). • Walkthrough documentation, writing of control risk matrix, writing of test plans, and testing; resulting in improvements in organizational procedures in accounting, finance, and systems efficiencies. • Corrective actions and remediation. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE SERVICESEquity One, Inc, ( Real Estate Investment Trust) - (Miami Gardens, FL)Consultant working closely with the COO and the heads of the various
company departments of this Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust with
over 190 shopping centers throughout the United States. Projects
included: Internal Audit risk-control analysis, departmental integration
and streamlining for Property Leasing and Property Management; resulting
in major cost savings as well as control and efficiency improvements,
and JD Edwards system/web site optimization. Restatement of consolidated financial statement for yearend SEC
Reporting (10-K). Consultant assisting in the restatement of the quarterly financials, in
compliance with SEC requirements prior to the (IPO) “Initial Public
Offering” of this Bio-Metrics and security firm operating in many of the
US ports and local, state and national governmental agencies. Projects
included revenues recognition, deferred revenues and accounts
receivable. Consultant working closely with the CFO of this Emergency Room medical
management and billing firm, with over 40 hospitals spread throughout
the US. Projects included system implementation of analytic tools
(modeling and implementation of monthly budget to actual variance
analysis program) for effectively measuring and managing the business. Consultant working with the Franklin Fund Groups and dealing with
“Compliance Procedures and Practices of Certain Investment Companies”
(Rule 38a-1). Procedures include the review of the compliance procedures
for “Valuation and Pricing Conventions” of the portfolio of securities,
determination of liquidity, and calculation of Net Asset Values.
Functions included walkthrough documentation, risk/control objectives,
writing of test plans and audit procedures, and testing. Latin American facilities-based telecommunications company providing IP
–based broadband communications and internet service to business
customers as well as Cable TV services in 9 countries throughout Latin
America and the Caribbean. Company. Implemented and Directed accounting and management
information flows; measuring profitability and matching up product costs
to revenues for this startup CLEC operation. Supervised carrier
reconciliation’s and line cost analysis. Implemented First Usage and
Cost Plus Prepaid Calling Card platforms profitability on a daily basis
using WEB CDR and in house developed platform. Billing cleanup and
reconciliation of customer and carrier billing while directing credit
guidelines and collections. Consultant for a large specialty retailer of luggage and gift
accessories in the United States with over 100 retail stores in major
malls, with aggressive E-commerce, catalog and corporate sales.
Responsibilities included the creation, design and implementation of
budget model. Consultant called upon to fill in and run the day to day operations of
this large multi-national juice concentrate importer/exporter with sales
in excess of $100 million annually to major beverage and food
processing, Snapple, Del Monte, Haagen-Dazs etc.). Financial Analyst for multinational cell phone distributor with 10
percent of all cell phone sales in Latin America. Responsibilities
included budgets, monthly financial analysis and consolidations. EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
PROFICIENCIESMicrosoft Excel and Hyperion, Word, Access – JD Edwards, People Soft, Platinum, Great Plains, Fox-Pro, Real World/ Counter Point, Peach Tree, Oracle Database Systems, Timberline, Lawson, Citrix Methodware - Enterprise Risk Assessor software- GAAP Accounting Principles, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC Compliance(Rule38a-1),SEC Reporting, Derivatives, Software Revenue Recognition ( SOP 97-2) LANGUAGESFluent Spanish at the level of conducting sophisticated business negotiations.
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