Business Process Project Management

Marianne Zarillo

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Profile

Finance executive with extensive experience in finance and operations utilizing strong leadership, analytical and communication skills. Effective in solving complex business problems with an emphasis on ensuring that appropriate business controls are identified, developed, and executed. Consistently selected to lead strategic initiatives based on ability to define and meet aggressive, measurable objectives. Core Competencies

• Strong Leadership and Management Skills

• Strategic Thinking

• Cost Effective Business Process Design

• Cross Functional Project Management

• Internal Controls Design and Implementation • Assessing and Resolving Business Problems Professional Experience

Zarillo Agency, Pennsylvania 2019-Present

Small Business Owner

Providing accounting, financial consulting and insurance services.

• Financial leadership for not-for-profit and for-profit small and medium-sized business clients in bookkeeping, month end close and efficient business process set up.

• Perform monthly accounting close for clients including payroll entries, AR, AP and financial/analytical reporting.

• Manage staff of 4 in all aspects of running a small business including hiring, training, sales and financial results. Verizon Wireless, New Jersey 2011-2019

Manager, Financial Reporting and Analysis (2011 – 2019) Work closely with Product Management to identify meaningful metrics and prepare performance analysis.

• Business partner for Business Intelligence Product reporting project that created a comprehensive, flexible product reporting solution that includes a governance and control infrastructure, bridging of operational to financial results and multiple hierarchical structures to facilitate multiple views.

• Provide meaningful financial analysis in weekly and monthly analysis packages, focusing on underlying business drivers, to support effective decision making and quickly responding to changing business needs.

• Manage $15B bottoms up yearly planning process for Product revenue. Virgin Mobile USA, LLC, New Jersey 2003 - 2010

Director of Finance – Inventory, Sales and Marketing (2008-2010) Senior member of finance team combining financial expertise and operational insight to provide thought leadership and strategic business direction. Over a 7 year period, contributed to the growth of the company from start up to $1.5B in annual revenue.

• Consolidated 3 individual departments into a cohesive team managing forecasting, planning and actual results for

$200M of inventory, and $800M of sales and marketing department expenses.

• Successfully managed transition of acquired company for inventory process, sales contracts and accounts receivable, streamlining headcount and warehousing costs by 35%.

• Implemented a reporting process for evaluating product pricing decisions and actual results that saved 1.5 days in results analysis reporting.

Director of Finance – Sales Operations (2005-2007) Selected to build a sales operations finance department to integrate financial expertise into business operations by partnering with the Sales department to improve financial impacts of decisions and activities.

• Finance partner with Sales organization to design, develop and implement process controls and procedures related to retailer expenses that resulted in a $2M savings and ensuring accurate forecasting and accruals.

• Implemented process controls and procedures related to Accounts Receivable that facilitated achieving and maintaining a 98% current AR balance.

• Finance lead on retailer contract financial analysis as part of the national account management negotiation team reducing overall sales expenses by 5% and driving performance related compensation plans. Director of Accounting (2003-2005)

Managed corporate accounting team with the primary responsibility for ensuring an accurate and timely month end close and enhancing financial reporting.

• Promoted from Accounting Manager to Accounting Director in 2004

• Lead initiative to develop internal reporting and metrics for pricing plan analysis.

• Project lead for Sarbanes-Oxley process documentation for accounting and financial reporting. Marianne Zarillo Page 2

Lucent Technologies Inc., New Jersey 2000 - 2003

Finance Manager (2002-2003)

• After leading the SAP master data implementation, assigned to manage permanent product master data function.

• Ensured data integrity and accuracy throughout operational and financial cycles. Financial Process Manager (2001-2002)

• Partnered with Finance and Order Management to increase visibility of revenue data in the order-to-cash stream by detailing an end to end process map and recommending a comprehensive manufacturing, financial and reporting solution along with process improvements that reduced expenses by $5M in the first year.

• SAP team lead responsible for project management of the product master data process, supervising a cross functional team of approximately 150 people to standardize master data world-wide through design and implementation of corporate product master data policies and procedures. This eliminated duplication of products and facilitated an efficient internal order process reducing manual intervention, errors and costs. Internal/External Financial Reporting Manager (2000-2001)

• Prepared monthly financial analysis and reporting package for senior management and Board of Directors presentations that consolidated worldwide reporting.

• Participated in Kaizen rapid improvement implementation process team to redesign and implement a comprehensive revenue fulfillment reporting process.

• Participated in SEC reporting process, including Forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K. Paragon Computer Professionals Inc., New Jersey 1999 - 2000 Assistant Controller

• Financial accounting team member for SAP implementation, including process, procedure and configuration decision making and super user training.

• Managed staff of 6 in monthly processing and preparation of full financial statement package.

• Managed staff in preparation of complex financial analysis of utilization metrics and engagement profitability. Auxis, Inc., South Florida 1998 - 1999

Accounting Manager

• Implemented Great Plains Dynamics financial system and Match Data Project Series software from project plan and installation through testing to production. System implementation included development of standard costing, accounts receivable and accounts payable processes and procedures along with general ledger reporting.

• Managed cash and banking relationship including a six month cash flow forecast, efficient and cost effective use of line of credit and providing line of credit reporting packages.

• Preparation of all payroll taxes, tangible and intangible property taxes and managed state corporate reporting requirements. Served as administrator of 401k savings plan. Coulter Corporation, South Florida 1993 - 1998

Senior Financial Analyst / Supervisor (1995-1998)

• Implemented financial system for a $60M notes payable portfolio secured by equipment lease contracts. System provided lease level reconciliation which resulted in a $600K positive income impact in the first year. Responsible for all phases of the project including planning, requirements definition, testing and design of management reports.

• Redesigned and prepared savings and incentive plan financial reporting for a $60M savings plan.

• Analyzed and reviewed international subsidiary financial statements for numerical accuracy, currency translation and adherence to U.S. GAAP.

Senior Accountant / Supervisor (1993-1995)

• Identified process weaknesses, solution definition, lead system integration/migration initiatives in accounts receivable, notes payable and deferred lease receivable procedures for $15M equipment leasing accounts receivable portfolio resulting in a 20% increase in automated cash application and a reduction in processing costs.

• Team leader for inter-departmental unapplied cash and credit initiative resulting in a $7M reduction in unapplied funds by maximization of income and correction of errors.

• Designed and implemented automated credit memorandum processing system for lease termination eliminating most manual processing and providing approximately 20-30 additional hours to accounting staff each month. Education

2013 Villanova University – Pennsylvania

MS - Human Resources Development

1996 University of Miami - Florida

Certificate in Accounting

1985 University of Miami - Florida

BBA – International Finance

Systems and Applications

Proficient in NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks

Certifications

P&C, Life and Health insurance licensed, Pennsylvania Certified Public Accountant, Florida (Inactive)

License No. 31247

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