Michelle Beck - Palomar College

MANAGER, FINANCE OPERATIONS ― America Online, Inc., Dulles, VA
Managed special finance operations projects supporting the CFO and Corporate Controller. Developed control
methodologies and implemented preventive/detective controls in the areas of advertisement systems, member services
and third party billing to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley standards.
• Developed AOL’s international financial policies and procedures in the area of subscription revenue. Responsibilities
included analyzing and documenting the end-to-end processes that resulted in enhancing the accuracy and timeliness
of financial reporting. Role involved extensive interaction with AOL local and international executives from the
United Kingdom, France and Germany.
• Identified and implemented key controls for SAP, AOL’s financial reporting system of record, in the Procure-to-Pay
and Acquire-to-Retire modules.
SENIOR CONSULTANT, FEDERAL SERVICES PRACTICE ― BearingPoint, Inc. (formerly KPMG), Mclean, VA 1999 – 2004
Led projects involving establishing corrective action plans for complex accounting areas, prepared financial statements,
performed complex accounting reconciliations in the areas of accounts receivable, accounts payable and cash, providing
solutions that resulted in achieving unqualified audit opinion.
• Assessed the effectiveness of current internal controls, establishing primitive and detective controls, providing
guidance on compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley standards and certification of financial statements, and providing
solutions to improving financial operations effectiveness and reducing operating expenses.
• Executed integrated financial system services in the functional area of Oracle 11i for one of the largest public sector
Oracle Financials projects with 200,000 users, 180 field offices and multiple appropriations. This involved mapping of
business requirements, developing system setup, and end-user education in the Fixed Assets, Asset Management,
and Purchasing modules.
SENIOR AUDITOR, Gardiner Kamya & Associates, CPAs, P.C., Washington, DC. 1998 ― 1999
Led CFO Act audits in accordance with OMB 97-01 for major U.S. Government agencies including planning audit
engagements, developing audit programs, assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control structure,
reviewing audit working papers prepared by staff auditors, creating financial statement footnotes, and audit reports.
• Audited, evaluated, and followed up on corrective actions plan.
• Performed Single Act audits in compliance with OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments and other
Not-For-Profit Organizations.
SENIOR AUDITOR, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Cairo, Egypt 1994 ― 1997
Assisted in planning interim and final audit engagements, designed substantive test procedures and test of controls,
developed audit programs and supervised engagement staff including reviewing working papers of audit assignment for
various industries in the energy, manufacturing and pharmaceutical fields. Clients included Exxon Mobil, British Gas,
Amoco, Coca-Cola International, IBM and Bristol Myers Squibb.
• Consulted with non-audit clients including performing risk assessments on financial processes and establishing
primitive and detective controls leading to the improvement of financial operations effectiveness and reducing
operating expenses.
• Performed audits for several USAID-funded projects.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT EVANSTON, IL
MBA June 2011
Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University Cairo, Egypt
B.S. Accounting January 1994
CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Licensed in the State of Virginia Feb 2001
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Languages – Native Arabic speaker, fluent in English, and conversant in Italian
Sports – Former member of the Egyptian National Handball team. Enjoy playing soccer, running and yoga
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