Shane C. Oden
External Auditor, Audit Senior
Baton Rouge, LA · (225) 555 0114 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/shanecoden
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in external audit, five focused on governmental and federal award engagements
INDUSTRIES
Parish and municipal government, public school systems, housing authorities, transit districts
SPECIALTIES
Single audits under the Uniform Guidance, fund accounting, compliance testing, internal control evaluation
SYSTEMS
CaseWare, Suralink, Tyler Technologies Munis, Microsoft Excel, Power BI
CREDENTIALS
Certified Public Accountant licensed in Louisiana, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants
EDUCATION
Master of science in accounting, Louisiana State University; bachelor of science in accounting, Southeastern Louisiana University
Executive Summary
External auditor with a regional firm, specializing in governmental entities and organizations that receive federal awards. Seven years running single audits under the Uniform Guidance for parishes, school boards and housing authorities, and explaining findings to boards who have to vote on them in public.
Signature Achievements
- Served as in charge auditor on thirty one governmental engagements, all filed before the statutory deadline.
- Identified a federal award compliance failure at a housing authority that allowed the client to self report and avoid a repayment demand of one point two million dollars.
- Cut budgeted hours on a recurring school board audit by twenty two percent using full population testing of payroll.
- Trained eleven associates on fund accounting and compliance testing.
- Drafted the annual comprehensive financial report review checklist now used across the firm's government practice.
Professional Experience
Audit Senior
Bayou State Assurance Group, Baton Rouge, LA 2021 to present
Regional firm of one hundred and forty people; portfolio of eighteen governmental clients with budgets from six million to four hundred million dollars.
- Plan engagements, assess risk and set the scope of compliance testing for each federal program.
- Supervise teams of two to five associates in the field and review their working papers.
- Test internal control over financial reporting and over compliance, and document deficiencies for the report.
- Draft the financial statements, the schedule of federal awards and the findings for partner review.
- Present results and management letter comments to finance committees and elected boards.
Audit Associate
Pelican Ridge Accountants, Lafayette, LA 2018 to 2021
Field work on governmental, nonprofit and small commercial engagements.
- Performed substantive testing on cash, receivables, capital assets and debt.
- Prepared confirmations, reconciliations and supporting schedules for review.
- Completed the compliance testing sections of eight single audits each season.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Public Accountant, Louisiana State Board of Certified Public Accountants
Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2020
Member, Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants
Education
Master of science in accounting, Louisiana State University, 2018
Bachelor of science in accounting, Southeastern Louisiana University, 2017
Core Skills
Single audit · Fund accounting · Compliance testing · Internal control evaluation · Engagement planning · Working paper review · Financial statement drafting · Board presentation