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Audits of operations for efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance highlight strengths and weaknesses in internal controls.

Internal Audits

Various Clients
Self-directed evaluations of potential compliance issues, based on observations and careful review of supporting documentation (audit trails). Conducted compliance assessments as a pre-requisite to, and as a basis for, planning other tasks. Recommended changes in procedures and/or actual practices to mitigate or eliminate likely customer/DCAA exceptions. See the Portfolio for details.

Defense Contract Audit Agency
Completed fifteen operational audits of contractor activities, from shift-change efficiencies to best-use of vehicles/transportation for maintenance workers. Observed actual practices; evaluated formal policies and procedures; and detected weaknesses in internal controls.

Hernando County Government
Directed all activities of the department, from developing a five-year audit plan based on a comprehensive risk assessment of each auditable function to hiring and training new internal auditors. Performed internal audits of many departments within a county government, including airport leases under a federal government grant; all aspects of customer billing and related money-handling at a utility; and the efficiency and effectiveness of internal legal services.

Pinellas County Government
Performed internal audits of many departments within a county government, including an extensive audit of all steps in processing Payroll; several audits assessing risks and requirements of purchasing and sales contract compliance; and a team audit of a utility.