PAUL PRECIADO

CPA, CFE

EDUCATION:

Chapman University (School of Business), Orange, CA
BS, Accounting.

CERTIFICATION:

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) License #87512
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) License #139092
Certified Expert Witness – North Carolina Court 2010

PROFFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Member of California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Member of Institute of Internal Auditors (IA)

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Audit Command Language (ACL), Microsoft SQL, Oracle General Ledger , Great Plains General Ledger, Pencil Pushers General Ledger, Peachtree General Ledger, QuickBooks General Ledger, PWC Teammate Audit, ATB Audit, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Power Point, Pro FX Tax, Lacerte Tax

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in Spanish.

EXPERIENCE:

The Alpha Spectrum Group, Inc. Consulting, Corona, CA (4years)
Partner – Responsibilities:

• Perform fraud audits: Financial, Tax, Corporate, Partnerships, Pension, Not-For-Profit, Payroll, Inventory and Sales Tax.
• Develop and manage fraud strategies and investigations.
• Conduct and perform fraud investigation interviews.
• Provide court expert testimony for fraud investigation cases.
• Prepare and develop corporate risk assessment business models.
• Perform internal control reviews and implement controls in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).
• Perform financial compliance reviews – US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), United Kingdom GAAP, and SOX.
• Perform substantive and analytical tests of General Ledger (GL) account balances and transaction in accordance with Generally Accepted
• Auditing Standards (GAAS) and GAAP.
• Prepare Income Tax Returns: Corporate, Partnerships, Trust, Estates, Not-For-Profit and Individual.
• Represent and provide client litigation support before the Internal Revenue Service.

Experian, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (4years)
Audit Supervisor – Responsibilities:

• Managed international and domestic fraud, financial, compliance, operational, and information technology audits (North America, South American & South Pacific).
• Performed and managed corporate operational fraud investigations.
• Conducted and performed fraud investigation interviews.
• Developed corporate risk and fraud assessments models.
• Assessed and implemented revenue recognition policies in accordance with IFRS.
• Performed substantive analytical tests for corporate reporting structure in compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, UK GAAP, SOX, and Company Policies and Procedures.
• Conducted and developed financial due diligence reviews for new acquisitions and integration strategies.
• Provided internal fraud audit support for Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ (PwC) external auditors.

Freedom Communications, Inc., Irvine, CA (3years)
Senior Auditor – Responsibilities:

• Performed and managed corporate and operational fraud investigations.
• Performed operational risk assessment audits and implementation of controls related to SOX.
• Performed audit: Financial, Compliance, Operational, Fraud, Information technologies (IT), Project Management, Construction, Information Systems (IS), and Internal Control.
• Performed substantive and analytical tests of GL account balances and transactions in accordance with GAAS, GAAP, SOX and Company Policy and Procedures.
• Performed internal control studies and recommended changes to management.

White, Nelson & Co. LLP, CPAs, Irvine, CA (5years)
Senior Accountant – Responsibilities:

• Performed audits: Financial, Pension, Not-For-Profit, Payroll and Sales Tax.
• Prepared tax returns: Corporate, Partnerships, Not-For-Profit, Trusts and Individual.
• Participated in the corporate development team – Assessed clients business needs, recommended corporate structure, implemented finance functional controls and IS applications.
• Performed substantive and analytical tests of GL account balances and transaction in accordance with GAAS and GAAP.
• Prepared full disclosure consolidated financial statements.
• Performed and supervised internal control reviews and presented control findings and recommendations to management.
• Performed client fraud investigations