John Dinapoli Email & Phone Number

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Head of Lease Administration functions comprising an excess of 36 million square feet of office space and over 300,000 employees. M&A global functional Real Estate lead for due diligence and integration matters related to all Corporate Development projects. Currently oversee lease administration of global Real Estate portfolio including upcoming critical dates, lease options, and rights to support decisions made to fulfill business requirements of Cognizant corporate and business unitsActing Global Lease Administration lead and point of contact for third-party real estate operations management firm overseeing robust global Real Estate portfolioCorporate Real Estate POC and expert with CoStar management database used to house all lease related documents and abstracts as generation reports for current and prior Real Estate Holdings Engaged in projects to right size Real Estate through office closures and reductions in an effort to minimize under-utilization of office space with new work-from-home and hybrid policies supporting Cognizant business partners and executive leadership in support of long-term Corporate Real Estate strategic planPerforms financial analyses and modeling on impact of potential site acquisitions including incoming and forecasted headcountSupport lead for critical corporate functions including lease abstract inquiries, accounts payable, vendor set-up, co-working facilities, rent payments, negotiations, budgeting, document tracking, and KPI’sAuthored Corporate Process Flows and RASCIs for Lease Administration, Lease Administration Reporting, M&A Due Diligence, M&A Integration, Transaction Management, & Integration Essential Controls Responsible for producing integration budgets on incoming Corporate Development projects for construction and management to bring acquired sites to Cognizant standards

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Oversee merchandise payables team responsible for the reconciliation and payment of $2.4 billion in invoices. Lead all analytics of payables including vendor payments, account reconciliation, dispute resolution, carrier claims, POD requests and DC communications. Manage team of 9 charged with supporting the daily processing of invoices (previously led team of 16). Built partnerships across departments to improve processes and drive efficiency. Created KPI reporting to measure accuracy and productivity of the team and ensure timely resolution of payments and correspondence. • Reconcile up to $15 million in open receipts as part of accounting month end process to ensure flow of inventory is being properly processed in AP systems • Drive off-shore team to consistently meet and exceed SLA expectations with on time payments at 98.6%, an auto-match rate of 97.8% for approximately 880,000 invoices from over 1,300 vendors• Create flexible financial models to evaluate term changes under multiple scenarios including the impacts on cash flow, payment funding and forecast• Support Expense Payables team with all tasks related to daily in-house check run, vendor runs, vendor set-up, freight runs, international payments, T&E, and expedited payments • Led the transition of on-shore team to off-shore team including the creation of new SOP’s for the invoice processing and payment disputes functions

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Led Common Area Maintenance (CAM) audits on stores. Analyzed lease documents related to CAM and compared with landlord billings to ensure compliance. Reconciled Landlord statements, researched variances, analyzed invoices, benchmarked findings and disputed claims not in compliance with lease. Led negotiations with landlords to recover overcharges resulting from audit findings. • Part of a team that saved over $2 million in relation to CAM charges, taxes, rent, and co-tenancy resulting from a review of over 300 leases annually • Led annual budgeting process for department and tracked performance on a weekly basis. Prepared reporting for Senior Management and led bi-weekly management reviews • Manage 3rd party audit firms to drive productivity and closure of audits for assigned portfolio of stores • Responsible for all financials regarding findings and daily management of accounts effected working cross functionally with Real Estate Accounting, Tax, MEO, Lease Administration, Real Estate and Legal departments

Madison, Nj, Us

• Full service Realtor consulting on all aspects buying and selling residential real estate • Performed market valuations and negotiated contracts for purchase for clients • Worked closely with Selling Agents, Attorneys, Inspectors, and Appraisers to see deals through to close • Hosted public open houses to attract buyers to current listings

• Responsible for booking all Journal Entries directly related to our cash accounts on a monthly basis• Performs account analyses for various domestic and foreign cash accounts• Booking of all inter-company loan activity between parent and foreign subsidiaries• Making monthly adjustments for annually accrued interest expense payments from borrowings• Track/analyze monthly activity in Children’s Benefit Fund (NFP entity), and prepares year-end financials

• Responsible for the daily domestic cash management of Toys R Us, Inc. • Manage the foreign exchange import program for foreign subsidiaries by purchasing US dollars on their behalf • Primary contact for all foreign subsidiaries regarding their monthly bills, discrepancies on charges• Approve the release of all wire/ACH payments utilizing various banking websites and software• Meet with representatives from banking and armored carrier industries to ensure quality of service is up to par• Reporting including cash flow forecast, weekly investment analysis, debt maturities, and in house bank

• Prepared the daily cash position while monitoring/reviewing bank balance reporting data from our treasury workstation • Responsible for initiating all wire/ACH transfers scheduled for the day keeping a positive cash balance• Borrowed commercial paper/invested excess cash per cash needs for the day• Reconciled both Toys R Us and .Com cash positions with prior day activity • Contacted bank/armored car reps regarding deposit discrepancies, missed pick-ups, and incorrect coin orders for the stores

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance

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