Deepali Phanse

Experience

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  John Deere

  Jul 2004 - Dec 2007

  • Developed and documented Cost Management System process guidelines and timeline for entering and managing projects related to Enterprise Supply Management commodities.• Created forecast reports for Supply Base Managers. • Prepared and reviewed journal entries for the company’s aftermarket business.• Performed complex reconciliations and financial analysis for the aftermarket business accounts helping them avoid repeat audit comments. • Prepared and analyzed exhibits and performed complex reconciliations. • Worked with various department managers on the department budgets.

  • Cost Management Specialist

    Feb 2007 - Dec 2007

  • Lead Accountant

    Apr 2006 - Feb 2007

  • GL Accountant

    Jul 2004 - Mar 2006
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  John Deere

  Jul 2010 - Oct 2020

  • Provided leadership and oversight of the company's Enterprise Risk Management Process.• Led and facilitated the Country specific Risk Management process by collaborating with leadership teams in China, Russia, India, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Spain and Israel. • Provided support and facilitated teamwork and collaboration between the various risk owners and coordinators throughout the enterprise to ensure that the enterprise can effectively manage and align risk strategies, which resulted in development of a robust risk assessment and analysis process with governance structure, monitoring and mitigations plans with values and thresholds of KRIs (Key Risk Indicators) KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), created for each risk.• Partnered with the Enterprise Risk Owners of each of Deere’s identified risks and assisted them in the Annual Risk Profile update process, and other special projects for inclusion into the Board of Directors submissions. • Semi-annually created material and prepared VP of Internal Audit and the CFO on risk management presentations to the Board of Directors.• Collaborated with Senior Officers of Deere and Company to assess business risks globally and helped develop mitigation plans for Deere’s $Multi Billion annual business. • Partnered with the Corporate Business Development group to develop integration of Risk Management into the annual strategic planning process. • Presented to and facilitated discussions with cross functional Senior Executives and multiple country Leadership professionals on Risk Management.• Educated and coached new leaders on the Risk Management Process including policies and procedures. Show less • Developed tools for data driven complex financial fraud investigations based on trends in reported compliance cases, enabling effective and efficient investigations. • Ensured proper reporting of violations or potential violations to the Compliance group by educating employees through Compliance policy presentations. • Collaborated with the Chief Compliance Officer’s team to develop, initiate and revise John Deere’s Travel & Expense Policies, to prevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct by employees. • Identified potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; developed and implemented corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues and provided general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future.• Investigated over 100 cases that came through Deere Hotline System, by analyzing fraud data, witness interviews as well as suspect interviews. Maintained the 45 days industry average lead time guidance for resolving the cases, with a high substantiation rate. • Supported the Vice President, Internal Audit with Audit Review Committee (ARC) reporting and compliance cases reporting for Senior Officers on a monthly and quarterly basis.• Collaborated with other enterprise Compliance investigation functional staff (i.e. Human Resources, Legal, Supply Management & Enterprise Security and Preparedness) in the investigation of Compliance cases, with the common goal of upholding the integrity of the company.• As part of the cross-functional Enterprise Compliance Investigation Team (ECIT), educated myself on policies and laws concerning not only Finance but HR, Supply Management, Security, Data Privacy, HIPPA etc. all the time Show less • Led and managed a team of employees that handled the travel and expense processes and corporate credit card administration for Deere for over 15,000 employees based in the U.S. & Canada.• Conducted audits of the expense reports and receipts and found anomalies that resulted in compliance investigations against employees. • Managed working relationships with Accenture India, Deere’s offshore provider for Travel and Expense (T&E) services to ensure excellent customer services were delivered to Deere employees. • Assisted the leadership in the project of Deere’s transition from JP Morgan Chase to Bank of America corporate cards resulting in a successful transition of corporate cards to over 15,000 employees.• Educated employees in various functional groups in the company on Travel and Expense policies and processes, by conducting over 25 training sessions. Show less

  • Risk Management Sr Analyst

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2020

  • Fraud Investigator

    Dec 2014 - Jul 2017

  • Accounting Supervisor

    Jun 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Consolidations Analyst

    Jul 2010 - May 2012