PETER FABIANOBelleville, NJ 07109

ppfab7@gmail.com 973.951.3449

PROACTIVE FINANCE PROFESSIONAL

Develop and Execute Financial Controls / Analyze, Improve, and Control Costs

Identify variances / problems and lead the process with business partners to understand them and work as a team to develop and implement solutions to avoid future variances. Selected as team super user and trainer for multiple software packages (MS Office Suite, SAP, Ariba).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook and Project), Lotus Notes, SAP, Ariba, Trintech, SharePoint, Oracle Financial Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA, Englewood, NJ Feb 2015 – March 2015

Senior Financial Analyst, – Finance Worked as a Full-Time Temp, with Finance and Inventory Teams, improving Excel

spreadsheets and confirming budget, actual and forecast numbers were correctly loaded into SAP and Cognos.

SHARP, Mahwah, NJ Nov 2014 – Feb 2015

Financial Analyst, General Admin Group – Finance Worked as a Full-Time Temp assisting Rebates and Programs Department in

reconciling rebate accounts, posting journal entries and accruals in SAP and enhancing Excel spreadsheets to help improve rebate reconciliation process.

UNILEVER, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 2007 – 2014

Senior Financial Analyst, Supply Chain Indirects 2012 – 2014 Collected annual budget templates from Human Resources and Supply Chain

Business Partners for $82M Supply Chain Indirects budget and uploaded into SAP/BI. Performed month-end close transactions while improving the journal entry process

month-to-month; saved valuable time which allowed focus on other functions. Provided support and ad-hoc analysis / spreadsheets for Supply Chain Directors in

support of monthly P&L performance. Made recommendations on spending which allowed communication of savings

strategies to teams. Coordinated $75M CapEx budget and forecast for Non-Manufacturing assets and

worked with over twenty Plant Controllers across North America to track CapEx spend.

Scheduled monthly meetings with Controller to present and review CapEx spend and made any necessary recommendations to Plant Controllers on project spend status.

Senior Financial Analyst, IT Finance 2007 – 2012 Prepared annual driver templates for $127M IT departmental budget for Unilever

North America in a timely manner with little supervision. Performed month-end close by posting accruals, adjusting and re-classing journal

entries to general ledger; provided budget versus actual analysis of monthly operating expenses to departmental heads.

Finance lead for SAP integration projects that integrated multiple companies into one SAP platform.

Created, reviewed and presented cases for project-based cross charges depending on percentage of time worked on current project.

Gave guidance on all Purchase Order creation and general ledger coding. Participated in Hardware Audit within data center and successfully accounted for all

hardware.

NRT INC., Parsippany, NJ 2006 – 2007

Senior Financial Analyst Assisted in preparation and consolidation of annual budget for 29 metro locations. Created and consolidated monthly LOC Review Sheets for corporate monthly finance

meeting. Collected, reviewed and consolidated metro Monthly Variance Reports. Created ad-hoc reports for senior management using MS Excel, Oracle Report

Generator and ADI Publisher.

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RICOH CORPORATION, West Caldwell, NJ 2001 – 2006

Senior Business and Financial Planning Analyst, IT Department Prepared, reviewed and submitted $30M IT budget for several departments including

Infrastructure, Applications, Voice Communications, & Data Communications. Completed month-end close by posting accruals, adjusting and re-classing journal

entries to general ledger and providing BVA analysis of monthly operating expenses to departmental heads.

Saved money by managing all hardware leases and software maintenance contracts using MS Access database and MS Excel, ensuring timely renewals and avoiding late fee or charges.

Developed and maintained IT cost models by investment category, facilitating allocation of monthly expenses to business units by Finance Department.

Ensured all IT invoices were coded and processed properly in MS Access database, while tracking invoice payment status in AP system.

Built and maintained relationships through strong business partnering skills with external vendors, ensuring timely resolution of all issues related to contracts and billing.

ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, Paramus, NJ Recruiting ManagerEDISON PROPERTIES, LLC, Newark, NJ Senior Accountant

MOORE STEPHENS, PC, Nutley, NJ Semi-Senior Accountant

EDUCATIONBS, Accounting, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ