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Sam Ponniah is a senior level executive with leadership experience in the areas of Internal Audit and Accounting with more than twenty years of progressive experience in these areas.  Sam is a focused, assiduous, highly creative contributor who consistently delivers strong outcomes and maintains a superior level of customer satisfaction. He has proven to be effective in gaining the trust of individuals, achieving consensus, and maintaining long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. He excels in implementing efficiencies that improve organizational goals and monetize results.

In his last role, Sam Ponniah served as a Managing Consultant with Berkeley Research Group.  In his previous roles, Sam was brought back by the Gilbane Building Company from his tenure at Siemens AG to serve as one of three Project Controllers on a $3.5B Exxon Mobil Campus Project in Spring, Texas. This project was one of the largest of its kind in North America and the biggest in the 140-year history of the Gilbane Building Company.

Sam held various leadership roles with Siemens AG in the USA and Canada. He led SOX implementation for a $200M business unit of Siemens Canada, reviewing process documentation for key controls, leading testing of controls and periodically reporting implementation status to senior management.  He excelled year over year as Senior Financial Auditor where he was recognized as subject matter expert in project (construction) accounting and instructed others in various topics including percentage of completion and multiple element arrangement accounting. As a member of the Global Audit team he played a key role in the Corporate Financial Audit Risk Assessment process, fully meeting guidelines set forth by the Global Risk Assessment Steering Committee. Sam managed daily execution of Financial and Integrated audit engagements. He was assigned and supported / supervised appropriate resources to ensure tasks were completed on time and to the highest quality standards. He performed quality reviews of all audit engagement work papers and served as daily point of contact with upper management to provide audit process and control recommendations and strategies. Sam provided written recommendations at the completion of all audits and monitored report findings and recommendations to ensure full and timely adherence to the implementation of all agreed upon action items.

KEY PROJECTS

Sam served as Project Controller/Lead Accountant (whose function included risk management at each assigned project) over a 9-year period (1996-2003, 2012-2014). He trained and supervised Staff Accountants during this period.

Sample listing of projects include:

• $3.5B Exxon Mobil Campus Project, Spring, Texas
• $40M Bergen County Jail Expansion and Renovation project, Hackensack, New Jersey
• $40M Essex County Correctional Facility, Newark, New Jersey
• $10M New Jersey Schools Development Authority project, Various locations, New Jersey
• $2M New Jersey State House Dome Renovation, Trenton, New Jersey
• $20M Rutgers University Life Sciences Building, Newark, New Jersey
• $20M Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey
• $17M Hoffman La Roche Lab Renovation, Nutley, New Jersey
• $30M Firmenich Labs, Plainsboro, New Jersey