Experience

Four Point Partners

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Custom Accounting Solutions Team/Business Consultant

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  Worked on various audit projects with public companies in the Twin Cities area. Worked on various audit projects with public companies in the Twin Cities area.



Famous Dave's of America

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Internal Audit (CAE)

  • Aug 2007 - Jun 2011

  Responsible for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors Agenda and Audit Booklet. Provided program management and oversight of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance activities and leader of the Internal Control Oversight Committee. Subject Matter Expert for all things SOX related for Company. Responsible for the scoping, management and completion of SOX testing and primary liaison with external auditors on the completion of annual SOX testing, documentation and reporting. Reduced IA SOX hours by 40% over two year period and still met external auditor requirements. Responsible for departmental operating budget and annual audit plan and completion of SOX and audit plan within budget. Developed operational audit plans and audit programs to improve operational effectiveness and efficiencies. Leader of many special projects and analysis initiated within internal audit and as requested by CFO and CEO.



Best Buy Corporation

• Emerging Growth Audit Manager

  • Oct 2005 - Aug 2007

  Responsible for all Sarbanes Oxley Testing for company. This included flowcharting process flows, documenting processes, identifying key controls, and developing work plans. This included training control owners and process owners on Sarbanes Oxley and testing requirements. Responsible for all functions of the Sarbanes Oxley Project Office including deficiency reporting and evaluation, aggregation of deficiencies, quarterly rep process, and Sarbanes Oxley scoping. Responsible for all communication with external auditors with regard to Sarbanes Oxley testing. Developed and provided SOX training to finance personnel. Managed and performed operational audits of At Risk Inventories, Treasury, Vendor Funding, Fixed Assets and other projects as needed. Hired, supervised and mentored a staff of 5.



Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Audit Manager

  • Aug 2002 - Sep 2005

  Responsible for all audit functions for division (22 sales locations and 2 production facilities with sales of $300 million in 7 states) including Sarbanes Oxley requirements. Developed control policies and procedures for operational personnel in production and sales locations. Developed audit work plan and budget for division. Provided policy and procedures training and SOX training to operational personnel. Perform special projects including consolidation of departments into shared service center, rolling out new operational processes, SOX 404 compliance, travel and entertainment card rollout, fraud detection, operation improvements, and other finance related reviews. Identified and implemented efficiency and cost savings of $400k. Managed and coordinated company objectives returning approximately $800k of annual corporate savings back to our division. Hired, supervised and mentored a staff of 6. I also worked at CCE Corporate from November 1993 to April 1995 as a Senior Auditor.



Express Scripts

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Clinical Analysis

  • Oct 1997 - Aug 2002

  Developed financial models and reporting for client sales presentations for approximately 18 programs and 400+ clients. Department developed and provided client reporting to sales staff, account management staff, and clients for sales presentations and annual client reviews. Performed financial analysis to ensure contract requirements and guarantees were achieved. Program guarantees were many millions of dollars. Provided ad hoc analysis for use in client sales presentations and program development teams. Developed proposal language and was a SME on guarantees, clinical program results, and client reporting. Department performed numerous special projects as needed. Hired, supervised and mentored a staff of 3 analysts.



Land O Lakes

• Senior Auditor/Special Projects

  • Nov 1996 - Sep 1997

  Developed financial models and worked with internal and external consultants on public and private company acquisitions and asset purchases. Performed due diligence on public and private acquisitions. Developed financial models and worked with internal and external consultants on public and private company acquisitions and asset purchases. Performed due diligence on public and private acquisitions.



Target

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Auditor/Financial Analyst

  • Apr 1995 - Jul 1996



Arthur Andersen & Co

• Senior Auditor

  • Jun 1991 - Nov 1993