Lou

D.

Trani,

MBA,

CPA 908-***-****

Louis

D.

Trani,

MBA,

CPA

Senior

Audit

Executive

908-***-****

acv9tf@r.postjobfree.com Hillsborough,

NJ

Leadership

Profile

Accomplished and respected Senior Audit Executive, with an emphasis on developing

high- performing teams,

proving instrumental in consistently improving audit

& risk

management systems, financial reporting,

working capital availability, and

transparency

across

the

organization. Exceptional

communication skills

are

demonstrated in fostering

and implementing solid

organizational

policies

&

procedures, ensuring alignment

with compliance and strict SOX requirements for assessment and oversight of control systems that support external financial disclosures, while establishing productive,

collaborative

relationships

across

the

enterprise. Dedicated

to

embracing

integrity- based

leadership

philosophies,

organizational

enhancements

and

highly

effective time

management skills

while

maintaining the

competitive

advantage in

an

ever- changing

market,

and

providing rigorous documentation, prioritization and assessment of the sub- processes that support SEC 10K and 10Q disclosures.

Market

Discipline

Expertise

- Audit

Management

- Financial

Analysis

- Financial

Statement

Preparation

- Internal

Control

- Policy

&

Procedure

Development

- Process

Improvement

- Productivity

Improvement

- Reporting

- Risk

Management

- Sarbanes

Oxley

&

Compliance

Leadership

Strengths

- Budgeting,

Forecasting

&

Financial

Controls

- Consolidations

- Cost

Control

Strategies

- Enterprise

Risk

Analysis

&

Management

- GL,

AP,

AR,

PR

&

Purchasing

- Financial

Management

- Initial

Public

Offering

(IPO)

- Internal

&

External

Financial

Reporting

- Revenue

Recognition

(SOP

97- 2;

EITF

08- 01)

- SEC

Reporting

- Staff

Development,

Mentoring

&

Retention

- Strategic

Planning

&

Forecast

Modeling

- System

(ERP)

Implementations

Professional

Experience

PVH

Corp.

–

Bridgewater,

NJ 2004

-

2016 Financial

Audit

Director

§ Risk

Ranking

for

Prioritizing

Elements

of

Corporate

Audit

Plan

- Structured final audit plan for PVH’s

North

American operations, establishing and documenting

audit activities.

- Determined each auditable

division’s total assets and their transaction complexity to identify relative financial

&

operational

risks,

while

creating

a

quantitative

risk

methodology,

ranking

levels

of

exposure to

prioritize

the

audit

plan.

§ Established

Fraud

Prevention

/

Detection

System

- Researched

fraud

risks

&

opportunities

within

PVH,

and

instituted

a

fraud

matrix,

ensuring

that

controls were

documented,

in

place,

fully

visible,

accessible

and

structured

to

remove

gaps. Lou

D.

Trani,

MBA,

CPA 908-***-****

§ Documented

Financial

Controls

Impacting

Presentation

of

Financial

Statements

- Documented

controls

over

all

significant

accounting

and

financial

processes,

establishing

the

creation

of narrative descriptions enabling observation & recording of PVH management discussions and every aspect

of

business

necessary

to

satisfy

SOX

404

requirements.

§ Ensured

that

CEO

and

CFO

were

Informed

and

in

Compliance

with

SOX

302

- Submitted

narratives to

confirm that

all

PVH

control

documentation

was

accurate

and

ongoing,

while developing

section

302

financial

statement

certifications,

establishing

that

statements

for

each

division and entity accurately reflected the company’s financial position, and that adequate controls for key risks

were

in

place.

§ Instituted

M&A

Policy

Documentation

- Established

and

documented

M&A

controls

policy,

collaborating

with

outside

auditors in

documenting related

party

identification

controls,

ensuring

information

about

those

parties

was

accurately

disclosed under

the

company

disclosure

requirements.

§ Enabled

Company

to

Recover

Fraud

Losses

- Spearheaded an investigation into travel and entertainment reimbursement fraud perpetrated by company

Controller,

establishing

that

$900K

had

been

misappropriated,

while

enabling

the

company

to fully

recover

its

losses.

Other

Relevant

Experience

PVH

Corp.

–

Bridgewater,

NJ Financial

Audit

Manager

§ Led a team of 9 auditors in preparing audit plans, presenting findings to senior management and the company’s

Audit

Committee.

Perry

H.

Koplik

&

Sons,

Inc.

–

New

York,

NY Controller

§ Managed and mentored a team of 6 accountants, providing accounting and monthly financial reporting services for this $150M paper products broker, streamlining accounting operations, reducing costs while enhancing

organizational

effectiveness.

The

CIT

Group

Holdings,

Inc.

–

Livingston,

NJ Assistant

Controller

Senior

Audit

Manager Laventhal

&

Horwath

–

New

York,

NY Audit

Senior M.

R.

Weiser

&

Company

–

New

York,

NY Audit

Senior Formal

Education

§ Pace

University

-

New

York

City,

NY MBA,

Emphasis

in

Finance

Bachelors

Degree,

Public

Accounting

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