Douglas L Kell has over 10 years of experience in compliance auditing and client service roles at Huron Consulting Group. He specialized in managing employee expenses, developing expense policy training materials, and standardizing documentation formats for auditors. Kell spearheaded several process improvement initiatives, identified inconsistencies between invoices and expenses, and managed an intern program. He seeks a new position that utilizes his strengths in these areas.
1. Douglas L Kell
411 Carol Court, Highland Park, IL 60035
douglaslkell@gmail.com
312-823-8352
Objective
To attain a position that effectively uses my strengths in compliance auditing and client
service.
Experience
Huron Consulting Group, Chicago, IL
January 16th, 2009 to April 2nd, 2015
Associate - Finance & Accounting, Employee Expenses
Employee Expense Business Partner to over 1200 employees in the Huron Healthcare segment.
o Continued all responsibilities from my role as ‘Analyst’.
Spearheaded development of training materials, taught training Webinars, and emailed monthly
tips to Huron employees regarding expense policy and procedures.
Active in the Beta testing program for the Chrome River website and mobile application.
Coordinated with the Payroll department to correctly report ‘Taxable Relocation’, ‘Taxable
Compensatory Travel’, and employee expense reimbursements on a bi-weekly basis.
Identified inconsistencies between client invoices and employee expenses. Worked with the
Billing department to ensure prompt and accurate invoicing to clients.
Developed workflow changes with the Engagement Management group to streamline the process
of securing client payment of invoices, resulting in an increase in receivables.
Standardized supporting expense documentation format for compliance auditors.
Managed Cristo Rey High School Intern program. Led orientation, created schedule of daily
responsibilities, and trained interns on Huron expectations and policies.
Huron Consulting Group, Chicago, IL
January 16th, 2006 to January 15th, 2009
Analyst - Finance & Accounting, Employee Expenses
Employee Expense Business Partner to over 600 employees in the Huron Healthcare segment.
o First contact for all expense questions made by these employees.
o First auditor of all expense claims made by these employees, following SOX regulations
and Huron policies, saving the company from fraudulent payables.
o First arbiter of bi-weekly and final reimbursements of expense claims.
Skills
Chrome River Expense, Audit, and Analytics.
MicroSoft Excel, Word, Access, and Outlook.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Education, awarded December 1994, from the University of
Wisconsin – Milwaukee.