Kendra Hood

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ABOUT KENDRA HOOD

Proven CPA & CISA professional with 10 years of Big 4 public accounting experience & 10+ years of experience in industry advising Fortune 500 companies on domestic & international assignments, regarding regulatory requirements (SOX, GDPR, PCI and DFARS), controls integration on large-scale SAP implementations, external audits & internal audits.• Established subject matter expert in SAP, Oracle EBS & Salesforce financial application controls & IT general controls. Led national and global efforts to develop training and resources for SAP Business Processes & Security.• Effective leader in training, mentoring & managing multi-person cross functional teams across multiple projects while maintaining established budgets and timelines.• Adept at communicating & collaborating with professionals at all levels of an organization including executive management.• Breadth of experience ranges from $50 million to $100+ billion companies, both public & private, in a broad range of industries including civil engineering, media & entertainment, medical technology, biotechnology, professional services, consumer products & software• Registered CPA & CISA• Member of AICPA & ISACA• Significant experience with all Microsoft Office products.• Expert in several modules of SAP ECC, including Financial Accounting (FI), Asset Accounting (AA), Materials Management (MM), Inventory Management (IM), Product Costing (CO-PC), Project Systems (PS), Sales & Distribution (SD) & Basis.• Expert in Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), Approva, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) & Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) technologies.• Expert in Oracle EBS & Salesforce technologies.• Proficient on major technical platforms including network devices (routers, switches, firewalls), operating systems (UNIX, Microsoft) & databases (MS SQL, Oracle, DB2).• In-depth knowledge of Information Security & Information Technology Governance Frameworks, including NIST, ISO & COBIT.