BOB PODESTA, CPA, CGMA

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GLOBAL RISK MANAGEMENT/INTERNAL AUDIT

COMPLIANCE LEADER & BUSINESS PARTNER

Implements best practices to achieve critical objectives

Improves key financial and operational multi-national controls by collaborating with small and large

cross-functional teams while genuinely valuing others viewpoints.

GENERAL TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Enterprise Risk Management (“ERM”) Risk & Control Models Self-Assessment Fraud Management

Control Objectives for Information & Related Technology (“COBIT”)

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO 2013”) Control Framework Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Sarbanes-Oxley 404 (“SOX”) Acquisition Integration

Internal Audit Department ("IAD") Leadership Auditor Loan Staff/Mutual Value Program (“MVP”)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER, New York, NY 2016 - 2017

World-class Medical, Research, Educational Institution

Director - Internal Audit

Reporting directly to the VP Internal Audit, Compliance, ERM, with a staff of operational/financial and IT managers and seniors/staff auditors, led the daily functions of the IAD.

Implemented standardization and organization for the IAD with testing and walkthrough templates, policies and procedures, work paper checklist, audit programs and a risk assessment model.

Interfaced with management outside of the IAD, leading meetings and collaborating with them on a variety of issues, audits, investigations, recurring and special projects.

Scope of work included risk assessments and audits/reviews of revenue cycle; general compliance; IT General Controls and IT applications; organizational/regulatory compliance, efficiency reviews of operations, financial procedures and controls; grant and research spending compliance.

CANTEL MEDICAL, Little Falls, NJ 2008 - 2016

$600+ million global leader in medical devices/Infection Prevention & Control

VP/Director – Corporate Internal Audit

Led Cantel’s worldwide IAD in collaboration with executive management and the Cantel Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (“AC”). This included both the strategic and participatory levels, for the design implementation and management, of the annual risk-based internal audit plan.

Leveraged internal and external resources to execute world-class audits including SOX, financial, Information Technology (“IT”), operational, COSO 2013 and legal compliance.

Managed, trained, mentored and evaluated up to 20 internal staff, MVP loan staff and third party consultants. This included collaboration with cross-functional corporate and subsidiary levels to executive levels.

Trained the AC and senior Cantel management on risk and control management including the COSO 2013 model.

Created a corporate IAD with appropriate infrastructure including risk-based audit plans, scheduling, deploying internal and external resources and audit cycle work flow models.

Found approximately $2 million in cumulative savings of auditor consultant fees. This was the result of designing and implementing an on-going auditor loan staff program (MVP) with Company-wide finance and IT employees. Spearheaded ERM programs for Cantel including surveys, self-assessments and risk-rating methodologies.

MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, New York, NY 2007 - 2008

World renowned Cancer research and treatment hospital

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Internal Audit Manager

Managed career planning for the senior and staff auditors. Managed and performed audits including government grants, Physician Billing, supplies spending and coding. Introduced and implemented departmental risk assessment and other operational/administrative improvements including audit scheduling, planning/scope memoranda, enhanced audit reports and automated work papers.

WYETH, Madison NJ 2001 - 2006

$20+ billion global pharmaceutical company

Senior Manager, Sales Finance/Administration, Consumer Healthcare (“CHC”) U.S. (2005 – 2006)

Presented spending forecasts and action plans to reduce costs and increase efficiencies to the CHC U.S. senior management including the Senior Vice President of Sales. Managed, for two years, a customer income statement and budgeting department.

Designed/rolled out training on enhanced sales incentive plan for 100 members of U.S. sales organization.

Internal Audit Manager (2001 – 2004)

Provided leadership, direction and managed all phases of audits, reviews and multiple projects for the U.S. and international affiliates. This included SOX, risk and control management, the financial statements and business issues of the Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Healthcare and the Animal Health divisions. Managed up to 15 audit staff. Mentored and trained all levels of new hires.

Led an audit team that uncovered over $10 million in financial statement adjustments for a foreign affiliate. This was the result of the identification of respective risks and control deficiencies. Assisted with the implementation of various risk, process and control improvements and corrections.

Saved approximately $3 million in a four year period by contributing to the design and implementation of an auditor loan staff program. Global finance/other employees participated in audits and improved their skill sets.

BLOCK DRUG COMPANY, Jersey City, NJ 1996 - 2001

$750 million health and beauty aids marketer, manufacturer

Associate Director Internal Audit

Assisted the Internal Audit Director with the daily operations of the audit department. This included reviews of the operational, financial and IT auditors’ work papers, preparing audit reports, mentoring/hiring staff and evaluating their performance. Presented to the Chairman and President global risk-based audit plans, audit schedules and recommendations.

Created and implemented a department manual enhancing the department’s organization and standardization. Led the audit department in Director’s absence. Supervised a Systems, Applications and Products (“SAP”) consultant team to reengineer the Internal Audit Department.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

SEQUA CORPORATION, Hackensack, NJ - Senior Internal Auditor

POLYGRAM RECORDS, INCORPORATED, New York, NY - Senior Accountant

KPMG, Short Hills, NJ - Supervising Senior Auditor

EDUCATION/AWARDS

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Magna Cum Laude - Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey Rockefeller Group Scholarship Award

CERTIFICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Certified Public Accountant Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) NJ State Society of CPAs American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Institute of Internal Auditors

COMPUTER SKILLS

Audit Command Language Teammate SAP MAS500 Microsoft Office Excel Word

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