Management Project

Amie T. Dusa ***** Maui Isle Dr, Tampa, FL ***** ? Phone: (773) 517-

**** ? ****.****@*****.***

KEY SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Strategy

. Prepared and implemented department target operating model

. Developed key metric indicators to monitor success

. Scenario planning and projections

Leadership and Management

. Drive global business function financial and cost discipline across 65

countries

. Managed multi-functional team including financial analysts, business

analysts, and technical project managers

. Developed two offshore teams (financial and technical) to augment

onshore staff

. Spearheaded resource management process for technology division with

22,000+ resources

. Business IT Partner ensuring internal customer satisfaction with

services provided by Project Management office and our software

developments teams, and be point of contact for all inquiries

Financial Control and Analysis

. Involved in all facets of planning for operational and capital budgets

in several industries including financial services, mortgage and

lending, and higher education

. Actively managed operational plans of over $2 billion annually

. Experienced in expense management and reporting; identified savings

initiatives totaling $1 million+ annually

. Developed and enhanced costing and financial models to support

analyses

Financial Systems

. Participated in large scale implementation/conversion of ERP and

mainframe systems (Peoplesoft and CUFS)

. Conducted testing on conversions and implementation of planning

systems and ledgers (Hyperion and SAP)

. Created internal 'front end' admin database (MS Access) to manage

Oracle 'back end'

. Designed and implemented internal databases to manage financial

reporting and resource management

Project Management and Process Re-engineering

. Managed full implementation of resource planning tool (Clear Choice,

Terms of reference, requirements, testing, Project Management)

. Participated in Risk Based Project Management methodology core team

and implemented division changes

. Actively drove process documentation and changes for all managed areas

. Contributed as Financial Subject Matter expert to develop curriculum

and course for Financial Budget Management and Control master class

within the Project Management capability framework

. Implemented standard project initiation process for organization which

reduced approval times by 50%

. Automated and streamlined reporting and billing process through

process redesigns

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HSBC NORTH AMERICA - ELMHURST, IL and TAMPA, FL 2004 -

Present

VP/Senior Manager, Financial and Business Analysis; Technology Services

(2009-Present)

. Facilitate global organization-wide cost management and control of

$2.4 billion budget

. Functional financial liaison between regional and group finance

. Institute standardization of methods related to shared services model

and financial planning across 13 regions

. Prepare Management Information for senior leaders to be used in

executive decks

. Prepare expense and FTE analysis with aim to expose and mitigate risks

and stay on target

. Engineer and administer Developer Resource Plan process (project and

work category detail)

. Collaborate with reporting team to improve quality of business

intelligence

Manager Business Systems; Technology Services (2007-2009)

. Managed team responsible for division wide Metrics and Reporting

. Provided oversight on program and project management best practices

. Disseminated standards and tools across organization to support

project planning, estimation and reporting

. Managed resource planning function in Software House organization

Senior Financial Analyst; Technology Services (2006-2007)

. Financial Lead for Project Management Office (PMO); managed budget

process and financial/project reporting

. Relationship Manager for Regional Center of Excellence groups in Asia

Pacific and United Kingdom

. Implemented new resource tracking tool by defining functional

specifications, collaborating with global development team, and

subsequent roll out of tool to budget managers across four sites

Senior Financial Analyst; Consumer Lending (2004-2006)

. Contributed to $300 million operating expense budget creation and

analysis

. Liaison between Corporate Finance and business units within Consumer

Lending

. Championed pro-active measures to keep Consumer Lending business unit

in line with spending objectives

. Identified risks and growth opportunities, and reported mid-month

estimates to senior management

. Developed or enhanced financial models, including capacity model for

secured collections

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY - CHICAGO, IL 2001- 2004

Senior Financial Analyst; Budget Office (2003-2004)

. Provided overall University financial planning and budgeting support;

Efforts include creation of annual University budget that is presented

to the President, Finance Committee and Board of Trustees

. Optimized financial models that analyzed cost trends and feasibility of

University programs

. Elevated profit margins for University schools and programs through

costing models

Financial Analyst; Budget Office (2001-2003)

. Built and maximized relational databases (Peoplesoft and Microsoft

Access) for daily financial analyses

. Engaged with accounting department to ensure transparency and ease of

monitoring Budget to Actuals

. Supervised student interns, to include formulating student learning

models and tracking student development

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY - NORTHBROOK, IL 2000- 2001

Financial Consultant; Loss Accounting

. Special Integration team member responsible for systems testing /

validation of merged systems

. Provided support and process documentation to management and fellow team

members; Trained consultants as well as Allstate employees on

Integration background, methods and processes

. Developed processes to enhance and streamline monthly and quarterly

statutory close for higher efficiency

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

LNA MORTGAGE COMPANY - GLENVIEW, IL 2001 - 2008

Partner, Managing Director and CFO

. Licensed Mortgage Broker in FL and IL

. Experienced in Originations and full lending for conventional, subprime

and commercial notes

. Developed originations team and mortgage processors

RELEVANT TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Hyperion Essbase, SAP, Cognos reporting, Peoplesoft, Advanced Excel with

Macro experience, MS Office

EDUCATION

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL

Master of Business Administration (Finance) - 2004

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL

Bachelors in Communication - 2000

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