Management Manager

DEEPAK VAZIRANI

**** ****** ***** ***** 732-***-****

Cary, NC 27519 ***************@*******.***

Summary

Highly accomplished professional with 10+ years of Finance experience at

Multinational Fortune 500 corporations. Strategic roles have included

implementation of a global SAP solution and expansion of an Internal

Controls program. Selected to AT&T's rigorous Financial Leadership Program

honing leadership skills, strategic thinking and analytical expertise to

drive results. Experiences have contributed to the following areas of

transferable strengths:

Procurement Strategy and Operations Process Reengineering

Financial Analysis & Modeling Internal Controls and Governance

Planning/Forecasting/Budgeting Enterprise Risk Management

Experience

Brother international corporation 2011 - Present

Senior Manager, Finance and Operations Improvement

. Revamp Procurement department's role from a transactional function to a

value added Corporate partner by communicating the vision of the

department, creating policies and procedures and streamlining vendor

spend

. Perform a review of the Procure to Pay functions resulting in improved

operational processes. Spend analysis resulted in savings of $7 million

over 2 years from vendor negotiations and management of payment terms

. Partner with the Customs, Accounts Payable and Supply Chain Management to

renegotiate Freight, Customs and Duty contracts with vendors. Migrated

vendor invoices from paper to EDI reducing risk of duplicate payments

. Performed an audit of freight invoices utilizing a third party tool and

recouped over $2 million in duplicate/overpayments

. Lead ad hoc projects such as Records Retention program, Crisis Management

program, automation and spend control of office supplies and vendor

creation in SAP. Received various recognition awards for success

implementation of projects

POLO RALPH LAUREN corporation, Lyndhurst, NJ 2007 - 2011

Director, Supplier Relationship Management (2010 - 2011)

. Implemented a global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.

Designed and implemented a suite of global Procure-to-Pay solutions

utilizing SAP's Enterprise Central Component (ECC) Project Systems for

capital related projects and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) for

procurement of non merchandise goods and services

. Recommended a framework for spend control on $350 million in non-

merchandise spend with savings of $65 million over three years.

Identified KPIs and designed a reporting tool to track long term cost

savings

. Reengineered Accounts Payable process, increasing efficiency through

automated payments and specialization of tasks within group and

increasing effectiveness through creation of automated internal controls

. Project managed external consulting group with daily target activities,

including several iterations of system testing to ensure that ERP

solutions were designed and deployed to meet all departmental

requirements

. Led effort to design internal controls, process measures, data governance

guidelines and contingency plans for the Procure-to-Pay process

. Created training courses and provided training to 100+ users on the use

of the ERP system

Director, Internal Controls Group (2007 - 2010)

. Led a global team of four employees to ensure compliance of Sarbanes-

Oxley (Sox) requirements

. Managed a global compliance program for all U.S., European and Asian

Divisions; responsibilities included risk assessment and scoping, program

management, coordination with external auditors, SAS-70 and controls

review, remediation of deficiencies and facilitation of quarterly

management representation process

. Assisted in the design of an Enterprise Risk Management program;

identified top 10 risks to the organization by interviewing senior

executives and recommended a structured framework to manage and mitigate

risks

. Created quarterly reports for the Chief Financial Officer and the Audit

Committee; provided input into the 10-Q and 10-K disclosure process to

ensure timely communication on status of internal controls

. Reduced testing hours over 3 years by 7%, 13% and 7% by creating an Excel-

based tool to perform a targeted, global, top-down risk assessment and

scoping

. Implemented a disclosure committee, global whistleblower hotline and

fraud management program and improved corporate governance by creating an

online repository for policies and Sox documents

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Experience - continued

AT&T Corporation, Bedminster, NJ 1999 - 2006

Senior Financial Manager, Business Services (2005 - 2007)

. Lead financial representative on the Business Services Revenue team which

implemented a Sarbanes-Oxley program

. Identified, documented and tested 450 key controls resulting in

efficiencies and savings in excess of $100MM

. Developed a web based tool to streamline the testing process and created

a central repository for all Sox related documents

. Leading Change award recipient for contributions to the Sox program

Financial Manager, Wholesale Markets (2002 - 2005)

. Prepared annual and long range financial plans/budget by collaborating

with sales and product teams, building off prior year trends and business

environment

. Owned reporting and flash forecasting of divisional financial statements

. Partnered with cross functional teams to improve on and explain variances

to budget each month and led monthly review presentations to executives

. Analyzed capital investment opportunities using NPV, ROI and sensitivity

analysis to plan for future growth opportunities

. Led a cross-functional team in the financial evaluation, deal negotiation

and initial execution of a venture partnership that resulted in $1.3

billion in incremental sales

Financial Analyst - Financial Leadership Program (2000 - 2002)

. Selected for a challenging and rigorous two-year rotational program that

recruits high potential candidates and facilitates their development into

leaders of the Chief Financial Officer Organization. Completed rotational

assignments in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Asset Management,

Government Markets and Treasury teams

. Performed advanced financial modeling and created executive presentations

in consideration of sale, harvest, invest or partner for various

international ventures. Analysis resulted in sale of AT&T Canada and

Latin America

. Prioritized capital allocation after reviewing capital requests from

various business units. Performed profitability analysis, and recommended

projects that maximized ROI for organization

. Partnered with Procurement organization to analyze spend; recommendations

resulted in a streamlined vendor selection process across various

business units and savings of $15 million

Education

University of Michigan - Executive Education

Rutgers University - B.S, Business Economics, Minor - Philosophy, May 1999

technical skills

Microsoft Office (Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint Word and Visio,

knowledgeable in Access and Project), SAP - ECC, SRM, Project Systems),

Hyperion, Crystal reports

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SAP training - Fundamentals of SAP, Supplier Relationship Management,

Business Objects Supply Chain Performance Management, Spend Analysis,

Payables Management, Governance Risk and Controls

CSOX certification - demonstrates enhanced proficiency in Sarbanes Oxley

Executive Education from University of Michigan in Strategy, Mergers &

Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Presentation Techniques, Effective

Leadership skills and Project Management. Executive Training in the areas

of Corporate Finance, Tax, Capital Budgeting, International Business

Management and Accounting.

Speaking engagements

SOX Institute - GRC Group, Shift towards a GRC Framework, New York, April

2009

Marcus Evans, SOX Compliance Evolution, Chicago, November 2008

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