Richard A. Archer
Senior Compliance Consultant

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
Bekker Compliance Consulting Partners, LLC
2009 Present

Richard Archer is a Senior Consultant with Bekker Compliance Consulting Partners, LLC (BCCP) and, under written contract with BCCP, provides regulatory compliance consulting services to BCCP's financial services clientele.


Self-driven, entrepreneurial, focused senior executive with substantial record of accomplishments in financial services and compliance, including policy and procedure development, forensic investigation, and change management, in settings requiring high levels of creativity, interaction, analysis, and execution.

Professional Accomplishments

  • Coordinated ongoing activities developing regional marketing and service delivery focus of the Asia-Pacific Risk Advisory Practice committee of a global Top 10 accountancy firm network;
  • Lead development of the Internal Audit and Corporate Governance Compliance practice for Greater China and SE Asia of one of the foremost accountancies in Hong Kong;
  • Presenter on Internal Controls, SOX, ERM, and other Corporate Governance compliance topics at numerous conferences and risk-based auditing workshops in Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Australia, and Dubai;
  • Developed and delivered internal audit, controls and SOX compliance training seminars for non-Big 4 CPA firms, private internal audit consultancies, and professional organizations in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Manila, and Bangkok;
  • Planned and managed delivery of 15,000 budgeted hours global Sarbanes-Oxley engagement providing risk assessment, documentation, remediation, and testing in 24 countries/5 continents. Responsibilities included providing financial process controls analysis training for client operational personnel assigned to the team;
  • Coordinated fieldwork and provided quality assurance support for Asia region multi-country SOX 404 compliance effort of Fortune 100 US-based consumer products company;
  • Planned and implemented foreign subsidiary capacity consolidation and restructuring increasing margin contribution and reducing regulatory costs of unit shutdown by more than $1MM for a European plastics manufacturer;
  • Managed finance and administrative responsibilities for consolidation of multiple locations of $1 billion business unit of US national pharmaceuticals distributor. Project included restructuring regional accounting and credit departments to improve processing efficiency and maintain controls with significant staff reduction;
  • Established UK distribution facility and set up administrative & accounting systems and internal controls;
  • Authored course text for distance learning program on Internal Audit & Controls Best Practices for a Middle East professional training company;
  • Wrote new HR, Finance, and Administration policy manual for a US plastics manufacturer, eliminating outdated, noncompliant policies & reducing exposure to potential legal actions;
  • Developed customer profitability analysis to maximize product line gross margins for European operations;
  • Developed & implemented plan restarting idle production facility and reorganizing operations to meet competitive pressures for lower cost products resulting in more than 10 percentage point increase in product line gross margin.

    • Professional Experience

  • Baker Tilly Risk Management Services (Thailand) Ltd Director
  • CG Management Solutions Limited (Hong Kong) CEO & Principal Consultant
  • Baker Tilly Hong Kong Director Internal Audit Services
  • Jefferson Wells International Director, Field Services Internal Audit and Finance & Accounting
  • RHI Management Resources - Consultant
  • International Access Trade Associates, Inc. - President
  • Cardinal Health, Inc. - Regional Controller
  • Plastic Suppliers, Inc. - Managing Director (Continental Europe), Corporate Secretary-Treasurer, Corp Controller
  • Midland-Ross Corporation - Assistant Division Controller, Aerospace Division; Senior Internal Auditor, Corp HQ
  • KPMG-Peat Marwick supervising Senior Auditor

    • Education, Certification, and Memberships

  • BS, Business Administration, Accounting major; University of Nebraska
  • Post graduate studies in accounting, finance, operations management, human resources; Ohio State University
  • Certified Public Accountant, member AICPA
  • Certified Internal Auditor Institute of Internal Auditors, former Board of Governors member of Hong Kong Chapter, member Financial Services Audit Division
  • Certified Sarbanes-Oxley Manager SOX Institute
  • Certified Governance, Risk, and Compliance Professional GRC Institute
  • Certified Integrated Risk Management Professional GRC Institute
  • Certified Internal Control Management Professional GRC Institute
  • Member GRC Institute
  • Member OCEG (Open Compliance and Ethics Group)
  • Member Internal Audit Division, Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association

    • Speaking and Publications

    Conference speaking, training program presentations, and publications on Internal Controls, Corporate Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Control Frameworks and SOX 404 Compliance include:

    • Risk-based internal auditing workshop presenter and conference chairperson for the May 2008 conference Maximising Internal Audit for Competitive Advantage in Singapore and Hong Kong;
    • Presenter developing The Auditing Role: Corporate And Financial Reporting for the 2nd Annual Corporate Governance Conference (2008) in Dubai;
    • Pacific Conferences 2005 Singapore Conference emerging Policies & Trends in the World Affecting CFO's
    • Keynote speaker on HR's Essential Role in Risk Management at the western Australia sessions of the Australian Human Resources Institute 2005 National Conference;
    • the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs,
    • the Hong Kong Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors;
    • the Hong Kong chapter of CPA Australia;
    • In-house professional education programs for CPA firms and private industry in Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand;
    • Authored Internal Audit and Control Best Practices, a distance learning course offered by a MENA region training organization.