Jayne Giordano

Change Management Consultant

630-***-****

acgfxw@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynegiordano

Principal Areas of Practice

Highly accomplished strategic financial process improvement manager with a unique background in both finance and systems,

industry versatile. Passionate about process improvement and satisfying both financial and non-financial management. Strong track

record of successful process improvement projects and satisfied customers.

Major Projects

Manager, Professional Audio Products

• Completed lockbox cash automation project, improving cash posting speed by 2 days.

• Automated domestic credit limit setting by developing Experian to SAP interface with IT.

Director, Giftware Company

• Designed and implemented $250,000 automation of monthly billing statement. Saved $50,000/month with statement automation

that reduced labor and eliminated billing errors, thus improving cash flow. Improved billing process from 3 weeks to 3 days to

complete.

• Automated via electronic placement, high risk collection accounts to third party collector, Enhanced collections by 40% for this

category.

SAP Financial Track Lead, Men’s Apparel Company

• Completed SAP Implementation three months ahead of schedule for the FI/CO modules. Spearheaded significant operational

streamlining which resulted in a 20% reduction in headcount.

• Reduced the month-end close process from 11 days to 5 days due to implemented efficiencies.

• Successfully reengineered financial processes; implemented company-wide recording standards via rewrite of the chart of

accounts. Vastly improved data accuracy and reporting efficiency.

Highlights of Career Positions

Manager, Premier International Law Firm

• Developed reporting through Aderant (CMS) for sole purpose of exceeding collection goals by strategic allocation of team

resources to most critical collection areas within the AR.

• Resolved $18 million of unidentified / unallocated cash resulting in improved client account accuracy.

• Trimmed 3 days off DSO, improved collections by blending a team of Firm professionals with new hires, revising job roles.

Manager, Premier Labor & Employment Law Firm

• Reengineered Collections, utilized Elite, to improve cash flow. Gained support for changes to collection approach from Firm

Partners. Contributor to Six Sigma Team eBilling deduction management process flow investigation.

• Achieved a 4 to 7 day DSO collection speed improvement, profits increased 5.6%.

• Reduced unallocated cash by over $6 million, by establishing a proactive reconciliation process.

• Developed reporting to aid Executive decisions that summarized high risk collection categories.

• Reorganized collection staff workload to optimize effectiveness

Skills and Experience Industry Lines Computer Education/Qualifications Affiliations

Applications

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•Process improvement Legal Thom B.S. Accounting, West National

•Sarbanes-Oxley

Services son Reuters - Virginia University Association of Credit

•Bank relations

Elite Management

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Constr MBA, E-Business &

•Order to cash

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CMS Finance,

uction Global Management,

•AR/AP

• Intelliteach University of Phoenix Credit &

•Financial reporting Propert

• International

SAP

y Management

Business

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Manufa Peopl

• Director at

cturing eSoft

Large, Condo Board

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Retail JD

Trade Edwards

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Wholes MS

ale B2B Excel

• MS

Word

Professional Work History

McDermott Will & Emery Manager 2010 - 2014

Vacant Property Security Manager 2009 - 2010

Seyfarth Shaw LLP Manager 2007 - 2009

Equity Office Properties Manager 2005 - 2007

Shure Inc. Manager 2004 - 2005

FP Mailing Solutions Manager 2003 - 2004

FTD Director, Manager 2000 - 2003

Florsheim Group Inc. Manager 1985 - 2000

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