Resume - JOHN BERLIN

Audit Manager - Controller - Financial Manager

1830 Dixianna St # 503 - Hollywood, FL 33020
Telephone (954) 549-6327
E mail: jbfa1452@westpost.net
SUMMARY
Audit and Financial Manager, with 20+ yrs at Fortune 500 US companies with subsi
diaries worldwide.
Substantive consulting financial & audit work performed domestically and oversea
s.
Fluent in in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Computer literate.
Extensive experience coordinating a team of professionals performing audit, fina
ncial or operational reporting, following American GAAP and foreign countries' G
AAP.
Exposure to manufacturing plants dealing with industrial and production reportin
g issues.
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LAST ENGAGEMENT
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FISCAL AGENT - FINANCIAL DIRECTOR , Yerevan, Armenia, Asia (former Soviet Union
) ----August 2006 - Five year contract, from 2006 to 2011, obtained in bidding p
rocess, competing against companies such as KPMG, Grant Thornton and other inter
national and local CPA firms. See http://www.tv.am/eng/news.php?y=2007&m=1&d=30&
id=2221 Position included: Managing a staff of twenty (nine CPAs, auditors an
d accountants) acting as Fiscal Agent Director for MCC-Millennium Challenge Corp
oration (www.mcc.gov) reporting to US Department of State, Washington DC, cont
rolling the disbursement of $ 236 million in US financial assistance to MCA - Mi
llennium Challenge Armenia, to finance construction and rehabilitation of 1,500
km. of rural roads, irrigation projects throughout nine provinces in Armenia an
d other improvement projects, benefiting agriculture, production efficiency and
improvingliving standards of over one million people. See http://www.mca.am/en/
compact.php
* Responsibility for internal controls, procedures and bank signatory authority
of disbursement of $ 236M in payments to vendors providing works, goods and serv
ices to Millennium Challenge Armenia, reporting data following IFS - Internation
al Financial Standards. Use of AS Accounting Software (comparable/similar to MS
Great Plains software), customized to our Fiscal Agent special & specific repo
rting needs.
* Issuing of monthly financial statements in US dollars and in Armenian drams fo
r reporting to local authorities in Armenia (Ministry of Economy & Finance, Pri
me Minister, National Assembly representatives) and to the American Department o
f State officers (Director of Fiscal Accountability and other senior officers
in charge of Eurasia countries' review of incoming information and audit). See
http://www.mca.am/en/index.php and http://www.mcc.gov/countries/armenia/index.ph
p
* Presentations to ministers, deputy ministers and other Government officials fr
om Armenia and from de US Dept. of State, as well as conducting press conference
s. See http://www.banks.am/eng/index.php?sub=shownews&newsid=20070130_1 .
* Giving interviews to local newspapers and making presentations at US Embassy.
See http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/mediareviews.php?d=31&m=01&y=2007.
* Video-conferencing from US Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, making live presentati
ons to US State Dept. and MCC officials in Washington DC about fiscal agent acti
vities, i.e. presentation of financial statements, P&L, cash flow, forecasts, mo
nthly & quarterly budgeting, analysis, etc.
* Periodic presentations to MCA-Chairman, CEO, CFO, and to MCC directors, as wel
l as to US Embassy senior personnel, i.e. Country Director, Deputy Country Direc
tor and US Ambassador / Chargee d'Affairs.
* Representing MCC and MCA facing audits from eleven Armenian governmental entit
ies, and US Dept. of State auditors, external and internal audit teams, defendin
g procedures, systems and internal controls followed during the process of execu
tion of the Compact's activities.
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PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
SARBANES OXLEY CONSULTING PRACTICE, Boston,Massachusetts
March 2002 to 2006
Managing own consulting practice (Abacus Audit Consultants, Inc.) with own clien
ts and taking
Sarbanes Oxley audit consulting assignments from the Parson Consulting Group, G
locoms, Inc., Sherpa Partners, BDO Seidman,
Resources Connection, Inc., and other consulting companies, at Fortune 500 compa
nies: Textron, Inc. (Providence, RI), EZ-Go, Inc.
(Augusta, GA), Williamson, Inc. (Charlotte, NC), Auxis, Inc. (Miami, FL), Del Mo
nte Produce (Coral Gables, FL), and others.

LEAR CORPORATION, Dearborn, MI / El Paso, TX / Juarez, Mexico - Fortune # 137 -

(NYSE: LEA) - See www.lear.com
Audit Ma
nager - Latin America January 2001 to March 2002
* Ensuring the integrity of all financial and operational reporting, in English,
Portuguese and Spanish, according to US GAAP, while complying with local accoun
ting principles prevalent in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and other countries.
* Audit of US taxes and customs laws; Review of Mexican taxes and customs laws;
Coordination of efforts to avoid double taxation, i.e. NAFTA & PITEX. Experience
dealing with US IRS audits and Mexico's Hacienda reviews.
* Coordination of professional staff under my jurisdiction, to comply with corpo
rate deadlines. Continuous interaction with all ranks, from plant personnel, tec
hnical staff & manufacturing managers, to senior management team.
* Guidance, mentoring and tutoring to local staff, to indicate what is needed fr
om each employee, how and when.
* Supervision of all reconciliation of ledgers, sub-ledgers, inter-company accou
nts, production and waste reporting, inventory control & cycle count procedures,
etc.
* Continuous monitoring to improve systems, procedures and internal controls to
produce measurable savings to the company.
* Cost control in the manufacturing process: materials warehousing efficiency, i
nventory control of parts and WIP, finished products efficiency and accuracy / f
luidity in shipments area.

RCA VICTOR-THOMSON CONS. ELECTRONICS, Indianapolis, IN- Fortune # 433 - (NASDAQ:

TMS)
See http://home.rca.com/EN-US/Rcahome.html
Corporate Audit Manager-the Americas 1998 to 2000
Initially hired as an audit consultant, later offered Audit Manager posi
tion.
* In charge of a team of 5 CPAs and IT engineers performing financial & audit a
ssignments at about 100 locations throughout the Americas.
* Extensive domestic & overseas travel, in one to three weeks assignments.
* Guidance to controllers in each country, in local language, about HQ needs.
* Streamlining of manufacturing reporting processes and inventory control improv
ement.

VELCRO INDUSTRIES, INC, Manchester, NH, Mexico, Brazil / Argentina / Italy / Cos
ta Rica / Uruguay / Spain / China - UK -.
See www.velcro.com
Internal Auditor 1996 to 1997
* Guidance & supervision of 15 foreign controllers in Europe and South America,
in local language.
* Interaction with local Big 5 CPA firm in tandem projects. Assisting corporate
M&A Mergers & Acquisitions team with due diligence audit field work in several c
ountries.
* Focus in improving internal controls in areas such as Purchases, Inventory of
Materials & Finished Products, Treasury & Budgeting.
* Forensic & fraud oriented audit reviews, including providing corporate legal c
ounsel audit reports to be used in exhibits in courts of law in several countrie
s.

DIAS OF FRANCE, INC, Coral Gables, FL

1990 to 1996
Operations Manager, June 1992 to February 1996
Chief Financial Officer, May 1990 to June 1992
Controller, April 1989 to May 1990
* Initially hired as Controller, later promoted to CFO, in charge of all day to
day operations of all financial areas.
* After VP Operations retirement, I was promoted to his post, where I dealt with
suppliers, customers, marketing managers, etc.

ICC - INTERNATIONAL CONTROLS, CORP., Boca Raton, FL - Fortune # 384

1985 to 1989
Audit Manager-Latin America Division, June 1986 to March 1989
Senior Auditor-Latin America Division, May 1985 to June 1986
* Initially hired as Senior Auditor, to perform financial reviews in their Latin
American subsidiaries. Later promoted to Dept. Manager, in charge of a staff of
8, reviewing all financial data coming to Boca Raton headquarters from about 20
0 locations in SE USA and Latin American countries.

PROMARA DEVELOPERS, INC., Buenos Aires, Argentina

Internal Auditor
* Monitoring and internal control evaluations in countries under severe inflatio
nary processes. Profitability of construction projects of civil & commercial bui
ldings in five countries. Focus in forecasting & cash management control. Manage
d 6.
DELOITTE, HASKINS & SELLS, CPA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Performing external audit on a number of clients, including Austral Airlines,
General Motors, John Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Promara Developers, etc.
* Focus in financial audit, following H&S audit program.
EDUCATION & PERSONAL

* US citizen. CPA & MBA - Certified Public Accountant and Master in Business Adm
inistration
(Bs. As. University). Diploma, certificates and legalizations available
upon request.
* Member of the IIA - Institute of Internal Auditors.
* Numerous courses and seminars in financial & operational audit in manufacturin
g environments, including environmental auditing / EPA issues, forensic accounti
ng & audit.
* Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, AMAPS, ACL, Oracle, JD Edwards, Hy
perion, etc.
* Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian.
* Six Sigma: Green belt certification; Black belt course taken (not certified).