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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
12.2021 - 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
05.2019 - 11.2021
  • 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
02.2016 - 04.2021
  • 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, ON
05.2016

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
12.2021 - Current

Auditor

PRGX Canada
05.2019 - 11.2021

Staff Auditor

PRGX Global Inc
02.2016 - 04.2021

Bachelor of Arts - Finance

University of Waterloo

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