Manager Management

DANIEL MAZZA

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Jersey City, NJ 07302 *******@*****.***

SUMMARY

A solution-driven bilingual (English/Spanish) Finance Manager with extensive domestic and international expertise in Financial,

Operational and Compliance Audits, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Capital Investment project evaluation across numerous

industries. Creative problem-solver and communicator with effective interpersonal skills.

• Led all aspects of financial planning and analysis including budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and process improvement

initiatives.

• Demonstrated excellence leading multiple audits in Europe, Latin America, Asia and US, assessing operational,

compliance and financial risks. Provided direction by solving critical issues while ensuring achievement of audit plans and

objectives.

• Exhibited proficiency in structuring business cases and developing financial models for project deals around the world.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SANOFI – Bridgewater, NJ (2014 – present)

Global pharmaceutical company with annual revenues of $45 billion

Internal Auditor (2014 – present)

• Team leader responsible to supervise Financial, Compliance and Operational audits in multiple countries. Contribute to the

reduction of risks, the safeguard of assets, the identification of FPCA/anti-corruption issues and the improvement of the level of

internal controls assessed through internal audits. Perform interviews with corporate and local management from audited

entities, analyze key financial and operational data to carry-on risk assessments, develop audit programs and issue audit

reports, briefing the audit management leadership team on issues identified.

• Lead audit meetings, perform assessments for the audited processes and adjust the audit schedule accordingly (e.g.: work

program priorities, test coverage, sampling). Carry-out the updated audit schedule, and highlight internal control deficiencies

for the audited activities. Debrief recommendations and conclusions of the audit assignment with process owners and business

leaders, and write audit findings, recommendations and best practices.

MERCK & CO. – Summit, NJ (2009 – 2014)

Global pharmaceutical company with annual revenues of $41 billion

Associate Director – Merck Animal Health (2012 – 2014)

Finance Business Partner and Compliance Officer for the Global Marketing Business Units.

• Developed monthly and quarterly accounting and finance processes for the newly established global headquarters offices in

support of all Marketing Groups (activities include: monthly accounting closing, accruals, intercompany cross-charges,

expense and budget tracking, forecasting, etc.). Established Management Reporting routine presentations to Global Marketing

leaders; developed operational budgets, communicating performance of actual spend against forecasts, with detailed reporting

of expenses by activity and by key product line.

• Compliance Officer of the Global Marketing Groups. Designed and implemented, in close coordination with Divisional

Compliance and Corporate Audit, a newly-created process for documenting, reviewing and approving all compliance related

activities with clear and consistent guidelines, ensuring alignment with Merck’s corporate policies and FCPA regulations.

Responsible for approving all Global Marketing activities as Compliance Officer (e.g.: international congresses, sponsorship of

key speakers, field trials, market support studies, grants, charitable contributions, etc.).

• Provide support to the Business Development team in the evaluation of potential investments. Support business case

developments for acquisitions and new product introductions, working closely with the Manufacturing and the Commercial

teams to ensure decisions are made on sound financial analysis.

Senior Internal Auditor (2009 – 2012)

Led financial, compliance and operational audits in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

• Planned, led and executed audit scopes and related audit programs. Managed audit engagements, closing meetings and

prepared audit reports to present key audit findings and recommendations to company's Senior Leaders. Worked with Sr.

Managers to develop action plans, designing processes and controls to ensure compliance with corporate policies.

• Conducted successful investigations uncovering frauds, generating significant savings to the company. Performed critical

FCPA investigations in Asia detecting potential risks around distributors’ agreements.

• Trained and built talent, sharing knowledge with audit team and audit clients on TIBCO Spotfire software implementation.

Received Awards for Excellence on Spotfire training and on the implementation of a Remediation tracking Project, providing

timely access to audit trends and issue remediation status, enabling management to proactively manage remediation

commitments.

AVAYA – Basking Ridge, NJ (2004 – 2009)

Global telephony and communication systems company with annual revenues of $5 billion

Internal Audit Manager (2006 – 2009)

Evaluated financial and operational risks, assessing company’s subsidiaries and business units in the US, Europe, and Latin

America, executing both traditional and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audits.

• Lead role in the execution of various audit projects in Latin America. Detected key compliance and operational risks not

addressed by local management. Responsible for developing audit scopes, executing audit responsibilities, and writing audit

reports.

• Identified major operational deficiencies of the company Sales Compensation process as Lead Auditor. Prepared

recommendations and action plans that resulted in significant reduction of existing sales compensation plans, required

processing time, and excessive headcount.

Finance Manager – Global Operations (2004 – 2005)

Acted as Finance Business Partner of two corporate divisions, Global Procurement and Global Customer Care. Primary contact on

each organization for all finance related matters.

• Monitored annual budgets exceeding $70 million and managed all financial planning activities, reviewing and presenting

results to Global Procurement and Global Customer Care Business Leaders and their respective teams.

• Responsible for the measurement and reporting of financial performance metrics, forecasting and budgeting processes.

Analyzed and interpreted monthly variances, trends, actual and prior results in developing projections and forecasts. Optimized

the existing reporting and forecasting methods to better support Business Leaders and Senior Management.

LINDE (Formerly known as The BOC Group) – Murray Hill, NJ (2001 – 2004)

Engineering and specialty gases company, with annual revenues of $15 billion

Senior Business Analyst

Appraised investment opportunities and built complex financial models for projects in North America, Latin America and Europe for

many air gases and hydrogen proposals representing >$200 million in capital (i.e.: IRR, NPV, depreciation, discounted cash flow,

working capital, investment and financial performance comparison, decision support analysis, etc.).

• Developed multiple internal consulting projects involving strategic planning, new product development, capital investment

evaluations, operations and general corporate finance. Designed many deal evaluation templates / models (such as financial

and leasing models) used by the Planning Group.

• Provided financial support to the Company’s major Line of Business within the Americas with financial and strategic analyses,

developing business cases, investment papers and presentations to brief Board Members. Structured new project deals with

capitalization up to $60 million in emerging markets, in industries such as chemicals, metals and oil. Participated in contract

negotiations and determined key business metrics, identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to major

investments.

EDUCATION

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY – Tepper School of Business – Pittsburgh, PA

• Master of Business Administration, 2001. Concentrations: Finance and Marketing.

UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES – School of Engineering – Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Acceptance rate to the program: 6%.

SOFTWARE, LANGUAGE SKILLS & OTHER

• Proficient in SAP, TIBCO Spotfire, Business Warehouse, and Business Objects

• Fluent in Spanish.

• US Permanent Resident / European Union Citizen.

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