MATTHEW J.

HORWICH
5810 Thornton Drive, Parma, OH 44129
216-832-6787, mhd70cb4@westpost.net
VALUE ADDED:
Summary: Innovative problem solver. Cost saver. Peak performer. Driven leader.
Experience: 10 years in IT, audit, analysis, project management, quality assuran
ce, finance, accounting and tax.
Position Desired: Auditor or Analyst.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Technical Support - Matthew Horwich - Self-Employment
2010
* Provided top-notch technical support to private individuals via on-site appoin
tments.
* Cut costs by evaluating expenditures, recommended proper telecommunications, c
redit cards, investments and utilities.
Quality Assurance Reviewer, CMDB Librarian Back-Up - Rockwell Automation - Contr
act 2008-2009
(Initial contract was extended from three months to six months to one year which
is the maximum.)
* Achieved 98% team KPIs and SLAs to reach maximum department bonus, through ove
rtime and on-call.
* Scored metrics >200% in volume and >90% accuracy in quality assurance benchmar
king.
* Attained senior member status in Change Management Office in a world-class glo
bal IT organization.
* Used HP Openview Service Desk 4.5 (equivalent to Remedy or Peregrine ITSM) and
Mercury/Ascendant for SAP to assure compliance to quality standards of change r
equests (preparation, approval, implementation, evidence, validation.)
* Utilized ITIL v3 tools and techniques to drive continuous improvement of servi
ce quality.
* Filled in as CMDB Librarian for maintenance and updates to physical and virtua
l configuration item database.
* Authorized expedited and business critical changes that met acceptability crit
eria of Release Management.
* Prescribed action items to follow-up on recoveries and diplomatic resolutions
to minimize risk and impact.
* Analyzed root causes of unsuccessful or backed-out changes, service calls, inc
idents and outages.
* Re-wrote documentation delineating Pre-Authorized change validation that serve
d to train on-boarding team members.
* Provided editorial feedback on Core Documents including Standards, Policies, P
rocess Flows and Process Narratives.
* Collaborated with Lead Reporting Analyst using Cognos and Westbury to produce
regular and accurate tracking reports.
* Co-designed processes used for problem identification and recovery.
* Conducted special audit research project and trend analysis to clean and ensur
e database health.
Consulting Clients:
2007
Project Manager - SAP Payroll Solutions - Nestle (Department budget was cut.)
* Performed regression testing and assessed user acceptance on transitions betwe
en ADP, PeopleSoft and SAP.
* Served as offshore development liaison for TALX employment verification: requi
rements, specifications, configuration.
* Automated W-2 retirement plan tracking including 401K, pension and executive l
evel profit sharing.
Business Analyst - IT Infrastructure Outsourcing - Timken Company (Contract was
ending.)
* Evaluated $10 million worth of infrastructure base-cases for outsourcing by IB
M and CSC.
* Participated in the integration of ISO regulations and ITIL v3 standards.
* Analyzed IT portfolio: budgets, service / help desk staffing, maintenance, ref
reshes of licenses and software, depreciation of hardware, (mainframes and serve
rs: HP-UX, AIX, VAX VMS) for production and disaster recovery data centers.
Financial Analyst - Jones Day (Interim position.)
* Reconciled $2 million international currency equivalence in batch costs to the
general ledger using Oracle 9i Discover GUI report writer and Thomson Elite Leg
al Billing software in a Citrix environment.
Project Manager - IT Security and Risk - Humana, Inc. (Could not relocate to Ken
tucky.)
* Provided controls remediation for Novell and RACF OSI system layers and Oracle
, SQL and DB2 data warehouses.
* Mapped streamlined processes in Microsoft Project and Visio flowchart software
to align timelines, tasks and resources.
* Documented evidence of review completeness, accuracy, validity and restriction
for HIPAA, COBIT, COSO compliance.
* Implemented firewall alerts for security incident response team about individu
als making unauthorized systems changes.
* Ascertained departmental approval functionality for group policy objects and a
ctive directories.
* Coached elevated administrative access super-users were responsible, accountab
le, supportive, consulted and informed.

Property Tax Analyst - John Bernard LLC acquired by Ryan & Company, Inc. - Emplo
yee 2004-2007
(Resigned after company merger that required a different corporate structure.)
* Assumed project management responsibilities, performed financial analysis in c
ost segregation studies, used CMMS, SAP ERP and Hyperion Essbase, extrapolated f
ormulae and reduced tax liability exposure by $35 million.
* Improved department's man-hour efficiency by 2000% for firm's largest client.
* Managed personal property and real estate tax returns for 18 states on eProper
ty, PTMS and Crystal Reports.
* Proactively developed solutions by programming Visual Basic scripts and dynami
c macros to interface with mainframe.
* Co-led TraxFast fixed asset bar-code tagging and pocket-pc scanning for Oracle
verification at pilot plants as new service.
* Catalogued and delivered purchase order and bid package archives as evidentiar
y support via Technical Knowledge Base, an Enterprise Content Management package
to fulfill Office of Tax Council's burden of proof.
* Developed knowledge management consulting, leveraging and synergizing intellec
tual capital for public accounting firm.
* Voluntarily provided technical assistance and desktop support, advised employe
es of time-saving techniques.
* Analyzed tax laws, new court cases, regulations and government reporting requi
rements and presented findings as trainer.
Auditor - SOX, IT, Operations - Ford Motor Company - Contract - (Job transfer an
d promotion.) 2004
* Eliminated 100% of extraneous user privileges and policed segregation of dutie
s for payroll applications and PeopleSoft.
* Reduced fraud risk by 10% and awarded best-in-class for risk mitigation soluti
ons.
* Drove work flow procedures for 100% site-wide fixed asset tag verification dur
ing manufacturing plant launch by photographing, gathering, cataloguing, embeddi
ng, hyper linking and archiving.
* Audited union payroll operations and timekeeping for over 4,000 hourly UAW and
IBEW employees.
* Managed Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 and GAAP web-based modular control revi
ew program to collaborate compliance attestation by plants, world headquarters a
nd external auditor Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
* Analyzed IT systems risks and established methodology for identity management
security.
* Utilized review by interview to identify deficiencies and scope limitations to
re-engineer new IT controls.
* Formulated and evaluated IT platform fit-gaps and corrective actions for adher
ence, documentation and metrics.
* Assisted application designers and code writers with troubleshooting server ma
lfunctions.
* Presented charts, graphs and other visual reports on weekly and monthly contro
l statistics about site operations.
* Mentored legacy employees with one-on-one training covering asset verification
s and lean work habits.
* Assessed Lean Six Sigma material planning and logistics, inventory, quality co
ntrol and shipping / receiving documents.
Temporary Positions - (Accepted contract with longer duration.)
2003
* Financial Analyst - Ajilon Finance - BP Bovis Alliance - Recovered 15% of sub-
contractor over-billing.
* Financial Controller - Robert Half International Inc. - Established internet b
anking, mortgages, loans and credit.
Accounting Manager, Property Manager - Cleveland Granite and Marble - Employee -
(Change of ownership.) 2002
* Cut 10% of costs by auditing expense accounts, job costs, maintenance, payroll
and other budgets.
* Purchased materials and controlled inventory, lowering sub-contractor bids by
50%.
* Consolidated 12 subsidiary accounts, inter-company loans and refinanced mortga
ges.
* Negotiated 4 long-term leases with tenants after performing credit, background
and income verifications.
* Managed accounting department of 5 direct reports, allocated job responsibilit
ies and hired assistants.
* Streamlined recurrent billing, collections, pay applications, and extensively
researched CAM payments during litigation.
* Prepared journal entries, month-end closing, interim and quarterly financials,
balance sheets and profit and loss statements.
Bookkeeper - Downing Construction Company, Inc. - Employee - (Sought growth out
of 10 person company.) 2000-2001
* Switched a paper system to QuickBooks for accounts payable/receivable, general
ledger and trial balances.
EDUCATION, AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree - Case Western Reserve University - Provost Scholarship and De
an's List 1998
Studying for CISA, CISSP, ITIL, IFRS and Lean Six Sigma Certification
 2007-2010
Property Tax Certification - Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxati
on - Atlanta, GA 2005
Other - Microsoft Office Suite 2007: (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
and IBM Lotus Notes.