noreen schwartz

About

A dedicated internal audit professional with 20 years experience in financial and operational auditing for Fortune 500 international companies (food, paper, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and recreation) and 10 years as an internal audit and financial services consultant. International experience includes: Latin America, Europe, Japan, Singapore and Australia. Highly effective in directing employees with exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills. Able to work diplomatically and effectively with all levels of management. Goal is to obtain a consulting position as a project associate. Specialties: Financial and Operational Audits Process Improvement Report & Memo Writing SOX Reviews Annual Audit Planning Audit Scheduling Project Management Audit Risk Assessment Oracle AR to Legacy AR Reconciliations

Country

united states

City

milwaukee

Industry

accounting

Skill

auditing, project management, sarbanes oxley act, supervisor, sarbanes oxley, accounting, training, finance, process improvement, audit, financial audits, budgets, account reconciliation, management consulting, internal audit

Experience

internal audit director

chiquita brands international

1982-1 - 1997-1 · 15 yrs 1 mo

director of internal audit

chiquita

1982-1 - 1997-3 · 15 yrs 3 mos

Responsible for hands-on leadership of worldwide operational and financial audits and internal consulting projects. Shared operational, technical, financial and human resource management responsibility. Managed up to 15 direct reports and administered a $2.6 million annual budget. Responsible for risk assessment, development of the annual audit plan and budget, all resource allocation/scheduling and presentation of findings through audit reports.

engagement manager

jefferson wells

1998-1 - 2008-1 · 10 yrs 1 mo

Managed/participated in audit work that included assignments of financial and operational audits for Fortune 500 companies, a privately held manufacturing company, mid-size manufacturing/distribution companies and a major commercial printing company. Since 2003, successfully completed eight Sarbanes/Oxley documentation, testing and control recommendations assignments. Non-audit projects included: intercompany account reconciliations, balance sheet account reconciliations, reconciling and developing new procedures for legacy AR to Oracle AR differences, SAP/AR pre-implementation documentation using the D&T methodology, determining the cause of significant inventory write-offs; and resolving and collecting past due receivables,