Alice BOISSON (DUVERT), CIA

Assignments performed in English, within Europe

Conduct process reviews to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over the business cycles; the efficiency and effectiveness of operations; and the accuracy of the financial statements.

Work performed in French and English
Scope: Maison du Café (C&T), Maison du Café Coffee Systems (DECS), Eurodough et Household & Body Care

In an already established Sarbanes Oxley compliant environment:
• Be responsible for the continued compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley act for France all entities C&T, DECS, H&BC, Eurodough and Shared Services;
• Play a pivotal role in coaching the business process owners of the various concerned business processes in the Sarbanes Oxley compliance process; hence contribute to the reconciliation of the requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act with the needs of the business;
• Support and follow up on the implementation of action plans for control deficiencies or process improvements;
• Assist, where applicable, with the review of business processes, the identification of risks and controls and you provide the business process teams with recommendations;
• Apply the ‘continuous improvement’ basics on the SOX and control framework;
• Reporting to SOx central team in Europe and to French Boards of Directors;
• Coordinate on Sox with business process owners, internal auditors and external auditors;
• Ensuring the updates of existing process documentation.

Additional projects:
• Lead the harmonization of local Sox controls of Eurodough with the harmonised key controls defined by the group;
• Roll out the implementation of SOx reporting tool (SAP GRC Process control) used for reporting and documenting controls performed and Sox management testing;
• Review Segregation of Duties conflicts in SAP, identify mitigating controls and participate to redesign of SAP roles and processes.

Work performed in English
Assignments performed in Europe, the US and Australia

• Conduct process reviews to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over the business cycles; the efficiency and effectiveness of operations; and the accuracy of the financial statements;

Entities audited: Bakery Australia, Bimbo, Decotrade, C&T NL, C&T Belgium, C&T France, C&T Australia, DECS NL and DECS Australia.

• Determine compliance with established Finance and/or IT policies and Sarbanes Oxley legislation.

• Conduct review to evaluate controls effectiveness over IT operations in the context of Business Process Outsourcing to an external service provider (HP).

• Conduct review of Sara Lee priority process (S&OP) in order to prepare audit toolkit (8 keys framework, RCM, training materials and knowledge transfer sessions).

I have performed assignments in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UKn Romania, poland and Algeria.
I have worked in French and English.

• Internal audit (60% of assignments)
-Perform interviews, define testing strategy, sampling and testing procedures
-Testing performed on different processes (Purchase to payment, , Order to Cash, HR and Payroll, Inventory, Financial Statements Closing Process, Fixed Assets, Travel and entertainment expenses) and Control environment
-Process documentation (narratives, flow charts) and Risk and Control matrix preparation
-Procurement process assessment: evaluate the management and performance effectiveness of outsourcing contracts based on interviews, process testing and recommendations

• Internal Control and SOx compliance (20% of assignments)
-Participation to the development of a toolkit (questionnaires and analysis reports) to auto evaluate and grade the internal control system for an international group
-Internal control general review based on assessment questionnaires or internal control documentation
-SOx Testing and process documentation to assist the External Auditors

• External audit / Assurance
-Review and documentation of processes to identify key controls in place
-Testing of Controls
-Testing of Financial Statements

Project Six sigma for the Green Belt certification
Plant of Montreal, QC

• Internal Control and SOx compliance
-SOx Testing to assist the External Auditors

• Risk management: Assignment of strategic risk mapping in the chemical industry
-Analyze the corporate risks identified during interviews with top client management
-Prepare and participate to the workshop with top management in order to validate corporate risks
-Analysis of the risk mapping and definition of action plans to cover the major risks identified

• Fraud Investigation missions in the retail industry sector (4 months)
-Review of the Purchase and Sales processes to identify potential frauds on assets
-Testing to prepare expert reports

Project Manager Junior, Cofathec Group GDF (internship of 3 months)
Projects for Gaz de France :

• Facilities management services contract preparation an negotiation with the Direction des Transports,
• Creation and definition of guidelines and methodology for implementing Facilities Management services (processes analysis, best practices definition, templates creation)
• Ranking and analyse of the Facilities Management costs for the GDF sites to determine a cost structure according to the site type.