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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

About ConnorAt Connor, we help companies to ensure contract, license and royalty compliance by offering highly specialized auditing and advisory solutions. What makes us different from our competitors is expressed in our motto: Unparalleled Experience. Inspired outcomes. Every one of our highly skilled people has extensive real-world experience across industries and geographies, and together, we possess more than 100 years of combined knowledge gained from more than 1,000 audits. The… Show more About ConnorAt Connor, we help companies to ensure contract, license and royalty compliance by offering highly specialized auditing and advisory solutions. What makes us different from our competitors is expressed in our motto: Unparalleled Experience. Inspired outcomes. Every one of our highly skilled people has extensive real-world experience across industries and geographies, and together, we possess more than 100 years of combined knowledge gained from more than 1,000 audits. The insights gained and retained from this experience mean that we provide our clients with not just auditing, but also with the perspective required to enable long-term and efficient compliance. For many of our clients, this is just the start to the value we add. Our transparent process challenges the status quo and has been designed to deliver valuable business insights, seamless global delivery, and exceptional ROI typically exceeding over 800% of investment over the life of programs. Our internationally recognized customer base, which includes companies like Dolby, HDMI and HP, frequently reports the same feedback: We are more than just accountants; we are trusted advisors invested in the long-term financial success of their businesses. Ask our people how they feel about working at Connor, and they'll all say the same thing: They feel proud to be part of a team that not only strives to be smarter and better for our clients but offers endless opportunities to grow and learn along the way.SpecialtiesIP and Royalty Compliance, Compliance Life Cycle Implementation, Supply Chain Compliance, Compliance BI and Analytics, IP Licensing and Reporting, Managed Compliance, Soft Asset Management Services Show less

- Vendor Management inspection major activities includes identifying key audit steps based on key contractual terms. Under each audit step, worked on verifying the invoice documents, reconcile the invoice, labor and material cost to validate the reimbursable cost. D-Scan tool was also used for engagement where electronic data was provided by the vendor. Based on the audit program, developed SQL queries to perform each audit step and reviewed the vendor data for terms of payment, labor rates… Show more - Vendor Management inspection major activities includes identifying key audit steps based on key contractual terms. Under each audit step, worked on verifying the invoice documents, reconcile the invoice, labor and material cost to validate the reimbursable cost. D-Scan tool was also used for engagement where electronic data was provided by the vendor. Based on the audit program, developed SQL queries to perform each audit step and reviewed the vendor data for terms of payment, labor rates, overtime rates etc.- Distributor reviews major activities includes review of sales reporting completeness, comparison of sales reporting with Distributors ERP data for identifying potential compliance issues in the area of terms of sales ( such as maximum quantity, rebate etc.), sales area territory, reporting delay analysis, rebate refunds on sales returns, compliance with terms and conditions of special deals, price protection etc.- Royalty inspection major activities includes review sales completeness; Analysis for anomalies in rates, special discounts, sales territory, licensed products, etc. based on the contract; Payment analysis (for interest and delay in payments); Minimum guarantee and advance royalty analysis; Inventory analysis; Populating the Schedule of Findings; Creation of dashboard for royalty findings for presentation to client management- Software License Compliance major activities includes analysis of software licensing agreements, creating entitlement view and deployment views, audit support and help in identifying the discrepancy between the deployed and entitled licenses.- Training and developing new team members on the engagement- Designed and scripted tool to identify and automating process to reduce efforts and increase accuracy and efficiencies in the process- Recruiting team members for CRC practice Show less

Worked on various Testing Automation Projects. Played a key role in the Team Building and providing extended support for Client Spirent. Projects Undertaken :Airtemis Split-TCP stack development ( May ‘07 to May ‘08)Responsibility: Worked on understanding the existing architecture and developed the code for TCP Split ImplementationSpirent – Script Master Spirent Comm., Calabasas ( Jul ‘06 to April ‘07)Responsibility: Worked as a Testing Lead and handled an… Show more Worked on various Testing Automation Projects. Played a key role in the Team Building and providing extended support for Client Spirent. Projects Undertaken :Airtemis Split-TCP stack development ( May ‘07 to May ‘08)Responsibility: Worked on understanding the existing architecture and developed the code for TCP Split ImplementationSpirent – Script Master Spirent Comm., Calabasas ( Jul ‘06 to April ‘07)Responsibility: Worked as a Testing Lead and handled an overseas project Spread across America, France, and India.Spirent Automation – Spirent Comm., Calabasas ( Jan ‘06 to Jun ‘06 )Responsibility: Worked as a Testing Expert for writing test script for testing Network testing tools and guiding a team of two for parallel Activity on similar domainTest Automation System ( July ‘05 to Dec ‘05 )Responsibility: Worked on the product ‘TAS’ Developed scripts using TCL Scripting Language using TCL, XML and Shell Programming Show less

Mba, Finance

B. Tech, Information Technology