SHAWN HWUNG
North York,Ontario
Summary
A committed, bright, and hardworking individual with 6+ years of experience in performing contract compliance audits and identifying irregularities, control deficiencies, and other non-compliances for established retailers such as Walmart, Safeway, and Grand & Toy
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deductions Specialist
Lindt & Sprungli Canada
2021.12 - Current
- Investigate customer debit notes to ensure compliance with existing Lindt partner programs & policies
- Process deductions to appropriate General Ledger accounts
- Perform cross functional tasks with Sales teams to ensure validity and timeliness of deduction clearing process
- Correspond with Lindt wholesale customers regarding potential issues with invalid deductions or claims
- Create and reconcile month end journal entries to JD Edwards resource planning software
- Led the creation of a new Post Audit Process to ensure accuracy and validity of customer Post Audit claims and introduction of best practices
Auditor
PRGX Canada
2019.05 - 2021.11
- Analyzing and examining client contracts and transactions to identify overpayments and under-deductions, using proprietary Access and Excel tools
- Preparing detailed audit reports to support root cause analysis
- Identifying variances and instances of non-compliance in procurement and payment processes
- Professionally corresponding with clients and suppliers to confirm validations
- Providing timely follow up to ensure collection
- Recovering tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue on behalf of the client
- Effectively identifying control deficiencies in client operations and systems
- Updating client contacts to provide feedback on audit findings and progress
- Training, coaching, and mentoring new audit staffs
- Performing final review and quality control on team member’s work
- Contributing to brainstorming sessions to improve audit tools and optimize project processes
Staff Auditor
PRGX Global Inc
2016.02 - 2021.04
- Performed detailed work in accordance to a firm audit cycle
- Evaluated, reviewed, and collected information required for the accounts payable audit
- Performed financial analysis and reconciliation on client data by using accounting tools and other audit concepts
- Assessed and analyzed client data in Excel, Access, and Retail Link
- Inspected and evaluated client financial information including buyers’ files, supplier contracts and agreements, client standards, manifests, purchase orders, invoices, statements, DSD purchases, and freight invoices to audit and analyze the client’s business operations
- Top producer for multiple quarters
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Finance
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON05.2016
Skills
- Extensive auditing and contract compliance experience
- Excellent writing skills, ability to draft formal engagement reports
- Focused, active listener when handling client & supplier correspondence
- Efficient and flexible, able to adapt to unexpected occurrences while adhering to overall project cycle
- Software proficient in Access and Excel, able to acclimate quickly to unfamiliar proprietary programs
Affiliations
A committed, bright, and hardworking individual with 6+ years of experience in performing
recovery audit engagements and identifying irregularities, control deficiencies, and other
non-compliances for established retailers such as Walmart, Safeway, and Grand & Toy
Additional Information
- AWARDS , University of Waterloo Merit Scholarship, 2010 Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship, 2010 Fermat Canadian Mathematics Competition, Top 25% nationally, 2009 Cayley Canadian Mathematics Competition, Top 25% nationally, 2008 Pascal Canadian Mathematics Competition, Top 5% nationally, 2007
Certification
Canadian Securities Course Certification
Canadian Securities Institute, Toronto ON, Canada
Certified Internal Auditor, 2021
Institute of Internal Auditors, Lake Mary, FL, United States
Timeline
Deductions Specialist
Lindt & Sprungli Canada
2021.12 - Current
Auditor
PRGX Canada
2019.05 - 2021.11
Staff Auditor
PRGX Global Inc
2016.02 - 2021.04
Bachelor of Arts - Finance
University of Waterloo
Canadian Securities Course Certification
Canadian Securities Institute, Toronto ON, Canada
Certified Internal Auditor, 2021
Institute of Internal Auditors, Lake Mary, FL, United States
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