ROBERT BREW SPENCER

106 Goodwin Circle

Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 519-5012 (H) / (860) 874-4163 (C)
Email address: rs6433ce@westpost.net
BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
Financial/IT audit /analyst professional with proven leadership, problem-solving
and communication skills in support of value added business objectives. Extensi
ve exposure with increasing responsibility and achievements in diversified busin
ess, systems and executive level operations within Fortune 1000 companies, inclu
ding over twenty years of industry and financial management experience and fifte
en years of financial, technology, analytical audit experience. Focused on Sarba
nes Oxley/SAS 70, SEC compliance, audit, PMO, business analysis, internal contro
ls, strategy development and change management, with extensive involvement in th
e following areas:
* Financial and IT audit management
* Internal controls/compliance
* Audit project management/security assessment/documentation/change management c
ontrols
* PMO
* SEC compliance
* Manufacturing / Financial / Security / Service Industry Experience
* Informational security applications
* Business process and systems analysis
* SOX operational and IT design, testing, documentation and resolution
* External auditor/Big Four audit coordination
* SAS 70 operational and IT compliance
* SOX COSO and COBIT modeling and reporting
* AP/AR/INV/FR/FA/Payroll financial audit cycle review
* Documentation of critical systems and key controls
* ERP software (SAP/Oracle/JDEdwards/PeopleSoft/SyteLine)
* Enterprise risk management
* Analysis of financial systems/software integration/IT security/business contro
ls
* Infrastructure and data management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cigna Corporation, Bloomfield, CT. (3/08 - Present)
IT Audit Consultant
* Responsible for IT audit planning, scheduling and coordination for a $18B
Fortune 200 international health care provider
* Performed audits at domestic and foreign sites during 2008 - 2010
* Managed SOX and SAS 70 compliance for global audit initiatives
* Coordinated integration of SDLC project audit model
* Administrator for Paisley global audit software tool monitoring audit requi
rements for business units worldwide
* Implemented corporate wide COBIT internal controls audit program
* Supervised three audit professionals responsible for global business unit i
nternal audits

Financial Audit Consulting (6/06 - 3/08)

* Clients included Fortune 1000 financial services, distribution and manufacturi
ng companies
* Sarbanes Oxley :
- Manage Financial/IT audit team projects and deliverables
- PMO staffing and implementation
- Define/document Financial/IT business and security risks/controls
- COSO audit framework and design
- Financial statements/reporting/SEC compliance review
- Define/establish cycle/system process flows and interfaces
- Document formal processes and procedures
- Identify critical system security controls
- Interface weekly with change management committee
- Coordinate change management roles and resolution as project rep
- Identify Financial/IT business risk mitigation controls
- Design test plans based on Financial/IT business control criteria
- Execute and populate Financial/IT business audit test results

MacDermid Corporation, Waterbury, CT. (5/06 - 7/06)

Audit Manager
* Responsible for global audit and informational security oversight involving
operations at ten domestic and twenty four foreign facilities within the $1.5B
Fortune 500 specialty chemical and printing solutions manufacturer.
* Performed financial and IT audits at two domestic and six foreign sites dur
ing 2006
* Managed PMO for global audit initiatives
* Administrator for global audit tool "Focus" while implementing monthly surv
ey and quarterly testing/reporting requirements for business units worldwide
* Implemented corporate wide internal controls audit program (34 sites)/("bes
t practice" documentation/SOX compliance reporting/security/general and applicat
ion controls testing)
* Supervised two audit professional responsible for US/European/Asian busines
s unit internal audits
IT/Financial Audit Consulting (9/02 - 5/06)
* Clients included Fortune 1000 security, financial services and manufacturing c
ompanies
* Sarbanes Oxley :
- Manage Financial/IT audit team projects and deliverables
- Financial (ING/The Hartford) industry experience
- Manufacturing / service industry emphasis
- PMO staffing and implementation
- Define/document Financial/IT business and security risks/controls
- COSO/COBIT audit framework and design
- Financial statements/reporting/SEC compliance review
- Define/establish cycle/system process flows and interfaces
- Document formal processes and procedures
- Identify critical system security controls
- Interface weekly with change management committee
- Coordinate change management roles and resolution as project rep
- Identify Financial/IT business risk mitigation controls
- Design test plans based on Financial/IT business control criteria
- Execute and populate Financial/IT business audit test results
Alcoa Aluminum, Darien, CT. (6/00-9/02)
Group IT Manager
* Managed IT operations at six domestic and foreign facilities within the $50
0M Aluminum Division of Fortune 500 manufacturer
* Responsible for IT and internal audit at six division facilities
* Managed four division IT auditors
* Developed and managed PMO framework for ERP implementations
* Developed financial software at six division facilities
* Implemented Division wide internal controls/informational security (complia
nce) audit database (6 sites) (business cycle process mapping/metrics/"best prac
tices"/process analysis and documentation/system security application configurat
ions)
- BPM (Business Process Management) framework implemented at each of six sites.
* Supervised nine senior IT, two internal IT audit and three junior IT professio
nals.
KPMG, Stamford, CT (1/98 - 6/00)
Senior Consultant/Auditor
* Business process and audit consulting and strategy for Fortune 1000 clients fo
r "Center of Excellence" team
* "Hands on" financial software development/implementation/direction of Oracle 9
I Financials
* Project / Team lead on $5M financial and IT security and compliance applicatio
n projects with Fortune 1000 financial services firm.

IBM - Global Services Group, Pittsburgh, PA (8/94 - 1/98)

Business Analyst
* "Hands on " internal controls/process analysis/systems implementation for $5M
ERP software project with Fortune 100 manufacturer/distributor (Proctor & Gamble
) as team lead.
* Project and site lead for $5M business cycle process redesign/mapping internal
controls project for Fortune 1000 manufacturer.
Datalogix International, Inc., Valhalla, NY (3/91 - 8/94)
Financial QA Coordinator 1993 - 1994
Senior Consulting Engineer 1991- 1993
RJR/Nabisco Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (2/84 - 3/91)
Senior Finance Manager 1987 - 1991
General Accounting Manager 1984 - 87
Monsanto Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (1/80 - 2/84)
Senior Cost Analyst
Rubbermaid Corporation, La Grange, GA (4/74 - 12/79)
Cost Accounting Supervisor 1976 - 1979
Accountant 1974 - 1976

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Software/Computer Packages/Tools: Oracle (including Designer/Developer Report Wr
iting)/ GEMMS), SAP (R/3), SyteLine/Progress, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, AMEX Finan
cial Planning software, SQA, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoi
nt, Microsoft Project, Visio, Paisley, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Notes, Knowledge of SQ
L, Visual Basic, C, Fortran and Basic.
Operating Systems: Windows/Windows XP, NT, Citrix, Windows 3.X, Windows for Work
groups
Networks: Novell NetWare, LAN/WAN, Client/Server, Ethernet.
Licenses: Insurance/Investments (State of Connecticut); registered/scheduled fo
r 6/10 CISA exam.
EDUCATION:
M.B.A., Finance, Clemson University, South Carolina 1983
B.A., Management, College of William and Mary, Virginia 1973
MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
US Army Reserve Officer (Major (Ret.) (Military Police) (1976 - 19
96)
(Provost Marshal, Desert Storm/Shield/Security Manager, 99th Army
Command)