Cassandra James Scott

Senior Financial Analyst @RTI International

Durham, NC, US

International Compliance• Lead the Financial Compliance team of 4 individuals located in the international offices. Oversee workloads, goals, performance and development of staff. • Lead the design, implementation and monitoring of internal control environment for international operations. • Develop new metrics of reporting results for key performance indicators.• Assist in financial or governmental audits, both domestic and international. Domestic Internal Control Monitoring • Responsible for planning, testing, and evaluating results of internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with COSO principles. • Identify control deficiencies and communicate findings to Business Process Owners (BPO) and Corporate Management.• Collaborate and communicate with BPOs in regards to risk assessment, scoping, and timing of testing their internal controls over financial reporting.• Evaluate user control considerations (SOC 1) in regards to outside service organizations the Institute is dependent upon within its financial reporting framework.• Prepare report findings in regards to testing of the Institute internal controls over financial reporting.Accountant (2006 – 2013)• Compiled and recorded accruals, provisions, and other journal entries in the general ledger.• Prepared journal entries for financial statement presentation.• Assisted in the financial reporting process including preparation of key financial statements.• Performed financial statement analysis to ensure accuracy in the numbers while communicating business drivers to management.• Prepared monthly account reconciliations and analysis.• Documented Accounts Payable processes and internal controls.• Coordinated yearly audit schedules for financial and Uniform Compliance – Single Audit (formerly A133) audits with external auditors.• Prepared quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements and footnotes for Audit Committee and key financial schedules for Board of Governors.

Pfeiffer University

Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

East Carolina University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)