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Christine has more than 10 years of experience providing professional services to both public and private multinational companies. Her primary area of focus has been in providing public accounting services. Christine also has experience providing a range of advisory services including due diligence consulting internal audit assessments of internal control policies private equity placements and mergers & acquisitions. Her experience includes a broad range of industries including manufacturers software companies healthcare other high technology companies and distributors. Prior to joining Huron Christine was an audit senior manager with both KPMG and Arthur Andersen in Silicon Valley.
Professional Experience
Christine's experience is mainly in investigations of public companies that are focused on revenue recognition or other accounting issues and included meetings with the SEC audit committee external auditors and NASDAQ.
Representative examples of Christine's engagement experience include:
Led the internal investigation of a Fortune 500 healthcare company due to whistleblower allegations made to the SEC. Areas of focus were revenue recognition and potential management of earnings through the use of reserves.
Performed an investigation at the Japanese subsidiary of a Fortune 10 company concerning alleged fraud and misconduct that resulted in a restatement. Investigation was performed hand in hand with the company's internal audit group and counsel. Conducted numerous interviews of local personnel with the aid of translators. Collected information concerning a complex business transaction and prepared a detailed analysis of the facts and potential issues.
Directed investigation of the operations of an Asian subsidiary of a US public company that centered on alleged fraud and potential misappropriation of assets.
Conducted an internal investigation of a US public company regarding accounting treatment of multi-element revenue transactions.
Assisted counsel in conducting interviews of key personnel relating to the allegations in the complaint and/or investigations.
Provided technical accounting expertise in complex areas including revenue recognition inventory restructuring impairments of long-lived assets discontinued operations and stock-based compensation.
Performed due diligence on acquisition targets including review of accounting records identification of issues and review of acquisition agreements for accounting implications.
Performed and supervised the financial statement audits of numerous companies particularly in the software industry. Prior clients include both large public and private start-up companies which required a detailed understanding and application of SOP 97-2 and SOP 98-9 including analysis of VSOE and revenue recognition for multi-element transactions.
Reviewed and aided in the preparation of financial statements and MD&A sections for SEC Filings on forms 10-K 10-Q 8-K and S-8.
Performed internal audits to assess compliance with policies and procedures and recommended improvements to internal controls. Reviewed business processes to identify business risks that were not addressed by the controls in place. Developed annual internal audit plans.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Commerce Concordia University Canada
Chartered Accountant Canada
Professional Associations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Bar Association | 