Professional Profile

GAAP

Ms. Keeton-Cardno brings to clients several years of audit experience in both the Financial Audit and Information Technology Audit areas. She brings her vibrant, passionate and positive energy to every engagement. As a former audit manager with Arthur Andersen, LLP, Ms. Keeton-Cardno's areas of experience and expertise include:

  • Seven years at Andersen auditing gaming and non-gaming public companies.

  • Managing member of Lynda R. Keeton CPA, LLC since 2004 focusing on micro and mid-cap public company audits, reviews and other consulting.

  • Act as CFO/Chief Accounting Officer/Controller for public and non-profit clients.

  • Audit, review and preparation of financial statements and disclosures for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Department of Labor;

  • Implementation Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) requirements for internal control systems over financial reporting in accordance with PCAOB statement #2; as amended by statement #5

  • Assisting companies with development of their Code of Ethics in compliance with SOX;

  • Developing accountability models for company process owners in compliance with SOX;

  • Developing procedures and controls related to Section 302 and 404 of SOX;

  • Development and implementation of policies and procedures that improve efficiency in capturing financial information for accurate and timely financial reporting;

  • Development and implementation of policies and procedures that improve efficiency in capturing financial information for accurate and timely financial reporting;

  • Complete month end closing duties including complex balance sheets and bank reconciliations;

  • Coordination of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll in both job and process costing environments;

  • Audit against common and Andersen best practices of Information Technology environments including data center and operational reviews, application reviews, and access reviews;

  • Scanning Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating system environments for known vulnerabilities and best practices using both automated tools and expert subject matter experience; and,

  • Conduct Nevada Gaming Control Board regulatory gaming audits as part of the out-sourced Internal Audit department for several large Nevada gaming companies.

Ms. Keeton-Cardno is a licensed certified public accountant in Nevada, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a graduate of Arizona State University's School of Business and Honors College, and has held the Certified Information Systems Auditor designation.

TAX

Sonja K Torralva, CPA, M.S.

Professional experience includes:

  • Principal of Local CPA Firm in California for 15 years

  • Tax Manager for Local Firm in Las Vegas for 5 years

  • Adjunct Professor at National University and University of Nevada Las Vegas in Masters of Accounting program

Courses taught include:

  • Tax Research and Decision Making

  • Taxation of Trusts and Estates

  • IRS Practice and Procedures

Ms Torralva has a Bachelors of accounting degree from San Diego State University, 1978, a Masters Degree in Federal Taxation from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, 1981, and has been a California CPA since 1981.

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