I'm Riasat Khondker, and I love going to Costco. I've spent most of my career working on internal controls and keeping companies SOX compliant. I think I would be a great fit for this role. I'm really looking forward to next steps. 

Thanks,
Riasat

Northern Illinois University

Northeastern Illinois University

•	Wrote Technical Accounting memos on various accounting issues by researching the codification and Big 4 Handbooks.
•	Reviewed business combinations and mergers of clients and provided assurance of the accuracy of the purchase accounting and advised clients on any necessary adjustments to their books.
•	Research accounting guidance and communicated appropriate accounting treatment to client senior management.
•	Develop the firm’s internal control and SOX service offering by partnering with various internal stakeholders.
•	Engaged in business development initiatives; mapping objectives to RPA / AI solutions for potential offering to clients.

Advisory Manager

•	Wrote the internal control and Sarbanes Oxley framework for the company aspiring for an IPO or acquisition.
•	Kicked off the company’s first ever SOX function by:
o	Onboarding new hires to the Control and Compliance team
o	Developing quarterly and monthly test plan for execution over the next 12 months. 
o	Performing walkthroughs of key business functions and transaction cycles to identify risks, and process gaps and design controls and prepared the company’s first ever risk control matrix (RCM).
•	Assessed control activities and accurately documented procedures as controls on standardized narratives and flowcharts.
•	Performed scoping exercise to identify GL accounts, transaction cycles and systems to be scoped in for SOX and obtained alignment of internal (controller organization) and external (external auditors) stakeholders.
•	Rolled out the Risk Control Matrix across all business functions and owned all changes to the central RCM for any control promotion, demotion, redesign or change of ownership and ensured alignment across departments.
•	Prepared testing schedule, test attributes, drafted test scripts and presented summaries for the CAO and CFO. 
•	Facilitated risk assessments to identify gaps, system capabilities and room for enhancements.
•	Mapped process control RCM to ITGC capabilities and designed systematic and manual controls for risk mitigation. 
•	Took over all internal control, SOX, and compliance coordination with internal and external stakeholders. 
•	Partnered with the Head of Accounting of the new Parent and assisted with post acquisition integration.
•	Owned and coordinated monthly control risk control matrix across business functions.
•	Led all internal control initiatives to drive toward a sound and sustainable control environment. 
•	Reviewed legacy policies and wrote new policies with operational and SOX compliance emphasis.
•	Mentored and managed 3 business process and ITGC compliance senior analysts.

Internal Control and SOX Lead

•	Assisted clients with internal control and audit readiness with the 2022 year-end close financial statement audits.
•	Managed year end test plan and engaged in ongoing coordination with client management and external auditors.
•	Helped client accounting teams with year-end inventory counts and observations and assessed issues to conclude whether to propose reporting significant deficiency or material weakness.

Sarbanes Oxley Advisory Manager

•	Managed risk, leading teams of 3-5 during a growth phase from 25 to over 40 PepsiCo Global Horizontals with a 2021 annual spend of $2.7BN supporting brands such as Frito Lay, Quaker, Tropicana, Naked Juice, Cheetos, and Gatorade.
•	Collaborated across the business functions and managed end-to-end financial risks, keeping internal control testing pass rates at over 95% while rolling out a new control framework from scratch at global business solution hubs.
•	Prepared and rolled out end-to-end control design, prepared test schedule calendar, reviewed test-work, and reported to the Senior Leadership with 99%+ accuracy.
•	Coordinated the bi-annual review of process documentation (narratives and flowcharts) for accuracy and timely updating. 
•	Oversaw and owned all control issues and deficiencies, performed root cause analyses, and partnered with the business contacts to develop solution options and roll out decided on steps for timely and robust remediation. 
•	Owned internal, external, and compliance audit relationships end-to-end and scored 4 / 5 or better on all 5 COSO Components in audits between 2015 and 2022.
•	Owned, managed, tracked, and remediated audit findings timely by partnering with the management of various levels, prepared presentations and provided status to the senior management on quarterly pre and post close decks.
•	Owned and coordinated SOX certification by the control executioners to the divisional controller by tailoring 40+ quarterly certifications, and by the functional heads (IT, HR, Sales, e-Commerce, and many others) to the PepsiCo controller and external auditors by tailoring 15+ quarterly management representation letters and overseeing control testing by retained and outsourced resources in Mexico, India and Poland. 
•	Owned retention of all related internal control documentation and test workpapers for 8 years required by PepsiCo policy.
•	Served as Global Control subject matter expert and designed and provided training to process and

Internal Control and SOX Manager

•	Conducted SOX and operational audit procedures and tested controls in business cycle processes such as Close the Books, Fixed Assets, HR / Payroll, Inventory, Order to Cash, and Purchase to Pay across a wide variety of subsidies.
•	Documented business processes, identified business risks, performed controls testing, and reported to upper management in detailed Excel spreadsheet, memorandums, and visual format including Visio.
•	Drafted and distributed various audit communications such as engagement opening memos, closing memos, issues matrices, and final reports while traveling up to 75% to operating locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Corporate Auditor

•	Performed U.S. GAAP audits for clients operating in various industries including publicly traded and private.
•	Researched PwC Audit guide to create an audit strategy and proper methodology for testing client processes.
•	Completed substantive analytical procedures to build expectations and tests of detail to identify process gaps.

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