Joseph Cruz
Torrance, CA
currently: Just looking around
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Work history
GAO
July 2001 to the present
Senior Analyst / Audit / Analyst-In-Charge
How would you describe your time at GAO?
Key Accomplishment: Analytical results have led to over $300 million in saved taxpayer dollars, enhanced internal controls, and improved business case analysis across the Federal government.
- Plan, develop, and conduct audits and reviews of Federal agency information systems and related financial management issues with technically complex characteristics. GAO reviews are done at the request of the U.S. Congress to assess program compliance with agency goals and to propose significant changes to work practices, procedures and internal controls.
- Lead information collection efforts and brief results to senior agency officials at Federal agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice, as well as Congressional requestors and the White Houses Office of Management and Budget.
- Responsible for developing criteria, preliminary findings, product messages, and recommendations and incorporating them into engagement product. Effectively evaluate audit results, weighing the relevancy, accuracy, and perspective of conclusions against the accumulated audit evidence.
- Demonstrate effective project management skills by completing assignments within time budgets and calendar schedules while handling multiple tasks. Analyze and prepare program status reports for review at all levels.
- Collaborate with engagement teams and clients to ensure client needs are being met. Communicate status and issues regularly through in-person meetings and teleconferences.
- Serve on the GAOs IT Investment Committee Working Group, directly supporting the selection, control, and evaluation of internal IT projects.... 
Analyst
How would you describe your time at Accenture?
- Researched and analyzed client business lines.
- Interviewed officials at the client site to determine their business needs, areas of deficiencies, and develop methods for improvement.
- Worked on the design, development, and testing of B2B web portals.
- Worked in conjunction with developers and content architects through development efforts.
- Helped prepare and present training material and user guides....
Financial Analyst (Intern)
How would you describe your time at US MINT?
Key Accomplishment: Helped establish a Coin Equivalency with which to estimate future budgets and reduce costs by 15%.
- Conducted cost benefit analysis on various manufacturing and operating procedures.
- Collaborated in the composition of the agency strategic plan.
- Assisted in monthly accounting reconciliation efforts.
- Worked on team to evaluate and develop Standard Operating Procedures.
- Utilized ABC/M for financial and ERP analysis.
- Researched and initiated use of Monarch Pro as a solution for procedural and data integration problems between PeopleSoft and pre-existing systems....
Credit Manager
How would you describe your time at Fidelity Financial Services?
Key Accomplishment: Significantly reduced delinquency from nearly nine percent to less than three percent within first month.
- Worked on high-risk consumer finance.
- Focused on collecting delinquent accounts and advising consumers on consolidation loans.
- Responsible for underwriting loans; including credit investigation, loan interviewing, analysis and documentation, and distributing proceeds....
Education
CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor
How would you describe your time at none listed?
I sat for and passed the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam. I have currently applied for and anticipate attaining certification.
Chief Information Officer
How would you describe your time at National Defense University...?
National Defense University, Information Resources Management College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington DC.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certificate. April 2007.
MPA: Finance and Information Systems
How would you describe your time at indiana university, bloomin...?
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. May 2001.
MPA: Finance and Information Systems.
UCLA
September 1994 to June 1998
Business and Administration, Political Science, History
How would you describe your time at UCLA?
BA: History and Political Science, with an emphasis in International Relations and a Specialization in Business and Administration.
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