David Pepi Email & Phone Number

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Dublin 2, Dublin, IE

• Led Finance integration of largest to date acquisition for Allegion
• Lead member of divestiture business unit integration team; communication, ERP decisions, & explaining business processes
• Achieved Allegion purchase business case to date & aligned on joint long-range plan
• Presented financials, synergy achievement, & integration status to Allegion board of directors
• Responsible for Commercial, Operations, & FP&A finance functions
• Strong partner and decision maker in all key business discussions

Farmington, Connecticut, US

• Business lead for all financial aspects of divestiture from financial pitch preparation to pre-integration work
• Lead member of divestiture pitch team that sold business for an industry record 18x 2021 EBITA baseline
• More than doubled annual price realization driving 200 bps GM% improvement despite unprecedented inflation pressure
• Invested in operations & innovation resulting in record organic growth while improving OM% +270 bps
• Led Commercial Finance, Operation Finance, & FP&A teams with strong dotted line on AR & Controllership

New Britain, CT, US

• Lead Access Technologies FP&A & Field Operations Finance teams responsible for corporate reporting & internal process optimization
• Manage Full P&L for +$300M business unit, as well as own process for the annual operating plan and creation of quarterly forecast submissions
• Work with business stakeholders to provide all financial inputs for three-year strategic plan
• Develop analytical tools and processes to generate bi-weekly forecasts for Revenue, GM, OM, & Working Capital
• Drive insights vs data: reduced metrics shown to management & increased insights around more focused KPI’s
• Business Unit Finance lead for acquisitions & divestitures.

New Britain, CT, US

• Managed global IT budget of $300M including: strategic planning, analyzed investment decisions, & manage the global IT budgeting process
• Encouraged professional growth of both direct reports and team members as part of day to day management.
• Earned CFP&A Impact Award (Q1 2017) & WIN Award for significant contributions to IT transformation (Jan 2015)
• Led efforts to identify & deliver indirect cost savings – identified a potential variance & identified offsetting savings
• Drove reduced turnaround time for monthly global budget template that resulted in more accurate & faster compliance by reducing & focusing the requests from the business units

Hamburg, DE

• Lead Sales Controlling team of three including project management and personal development geared toward empowering them to push for change within the organization
• Responsible for 2013 planning process including: project management, Tool/Template design, analysis, reporting and advising
• Pushed for and redesigned reporting structure to drive efficiencies and create “Single Point Of Truth”
• Redesigned Commercial Review preparation process to gain efficiencies, streamline decision making, and standardize metrics
• Led project to identify trade allowance favorability across Sales and Marketing which identified $7 Million dollars in favorability to be reinvested or dropped to the bottom line
• Consistently chosen to lead new initiatives within the organization (Account Planning, Reporting, Trade Allowance Management etc)

Hamburg, DE

• Oversee customer P&L for the largest customers in North America total sales of $200 Million including: Wal-mart, Target, & Kroger
• Designed process to maximize Wal-Mart rollback profitability while accounting for the impact on other customers
• Identified $500k in Fixed Cost favorability in 2011 to be used to protect EBIT in a tough financial climate
• Managed numerous third party system vendors to enhance capabilities, approve quotes and identify cost efficiencies
• Advised Sales Directors on courses of action to enable the achievement, or exceeding, of sales and profit targets
• Analyzed risks and opportunities within the organization and assisted in the strategic decision making to determine the most effective allocation of resources.

Hamburg, DE

• 2010 internal Sales support person of the year
• Managed reporting, analysis & provided commentary on Fixed Costs, Trade Allowances & Marketing budgets to the Leadership Team
• Prepare financials & presentations for the president’s monthly business review
• Represented Finance in the forecasting process, Business Intelligence & Essbase design and implantation teams
• Created Customer Business Planners and was responsible for enhancements to the Hyperion forecasting and Trade Fund Management systems
• Provided support to all levels of the Sales & Marketing teams

US

• Trend analysis for procurement regarding spend on commodities, buying patterns, card usage, and program growth for the organization
• Analyze, recommend and achieve future goals and direction of the purchasing card program
• Directed growth of purchasing card program from inception to $15 million dollars annually
• Created the programs Sarbanes-Oxley, audit responses, training presentations and policy manual

Chicago, Illinois, US