Management Manager
Resume:
Lou
D.
Trani,
MBA,
CPA 908-***-****
Louis
D.
Trani,
MBA,
CPA
Senior
Audit
Executive
*****.*********@*****.*** 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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