Resume of SOX Analyst

Title
SOX Analyst

Primary Skills
SOX, Change Management and HR experience within the Financial, Energy, and Government Infrastructure industries

Location
US-TX-Houston (will consider relocating)

Posted
Mar-14-07

Summary:
Sarbanes-Oxley, Change Management and Human Resources experience within the Retail, Financial, Energy, Utilities, and Government Infrastructure industries

Experience:

SOX ANALYST (Contractor) -- Reliant Energy, Inc.
Houston, TX
Sept 2006- present

• Test internal controls to ensure they are operating effectively and identify any control deficiencies and assist in the development of remediation strategies.
• Contribute to the identification and initiation of process improvements which have resulted in an increase in accountability.
• Oversight of control remediation efforts created to decrease deficiencies.
• Streamlined the communication workflow process within the billing department -- reducing audit failures by 85%.

KBR- HUMAN RESOURCES INTERN
Houston, TX
June 2006- Aug 2006

• Responsible for mapping the recruiting process within the LOGCAP III Government Infrastructure project resulting in a drive to improve the process by highlighting material weaknesses.
• Registered participants and attended weekly job fairs.
• Researched between 50-150 online resumes daily to fill open requisitions. Successfully filled over 100 requisitions during internship.
• Posted between 25-50 open positions to career websites daily.
• Reviewed and chose advertisement literature targeted toward critical needs openings to send to unemployment offices, job centers and universities.
• Conducted between 5-10 phone interviews daily with potential candidates.

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (Contractor) -- Waste Management
Houston, TX
Jan 2006-June 2006

• Worked with project team to develop and track project schedules, milestones, and deliverables based on the project plan.
• Responsible for escalating bottlenecks and communicating project status to upper management to guarantee responsiveness and mitigate potential delays.
• Organized and effectively implemented various internal aspects of communication events such as lessons learned, all-hands meetings, and kickoff announcements.
• Created communication deliverables such as newsletters, bulletins, briefings, scripts, and business processes aimed at improving team performance.

SOX ANALYST (Contractor) -- Shell Trading Company
Houston, TX
Dec 2004-Dec 2005

• Tracked and reported project milestones to management as needed.
• Produced, edited, managed, and archived over 200 business processes, including flow charts, control registers, and walk-through narratives for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 compliance of financial controls.
• Responsible for a coordinating the set up of charge codes (WBS), statements of work (SOW), and initiating and tracking the approval requests for both North America and London.
• Assisted with change control and in-scope tracking of over 200 controls and processes.

Education:
Candidate for a MPA in HR Management May 2007
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

B.A. Mass Communications 2003
Grambling State University, Grambling, LA

Other Relevant Experience:

Weatherford International, Inc., October 2004 Temp-Inter-company Accounts Receivable
Morgan Stanley, July 2004-October 2004 Temp-Sales Assistant
Express, July 2001-Jan 2005 Brand Service Coordinator
Centrix Financial, July 2003-Jan 2004 Customer Service Representative

Technical Skills:
Windows Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Visio, Publisher, Documentum, VSS (Visual Safe Source), MS Project, SAP

Social Service Affiliations:
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated

Certifications
See above


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