Manager Project

STEVEN DAVID GARNEK

*** **** **** ****** ** t *RE Steven_G arnek @yahoo.com

New York, N ew York 10010 C ell: 303-***-****

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WORK EXPER IENCE

Razorfish, N ew York, NY 2009-P resen t

Financial Analy st: Op era tions East R egion

Co-manag e rev enue recognition, forecasting, expense analysis, budgeting and contract pipeline m anagement fo r R azorfish’s

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$100M Eastern division

Oversee fin ance and operations fo r N ew Yo rk, Philad elphia and Latin American offices

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o Lead month ly team m eetings and d evelop fin ancial performan ce packages for the Pharmaceu ticals, Media &

Entertainment, and Consumer P ack age Goods busin ess lines

o Train incom ing program m anag ers on th e project man agem ent p rocess, sp ecifically in cluding resource m anag em ent

and revenue forecasting based on estab lished th resholds and operating margin targets

Create and update dynamic fin ancial models for R evenue Forecasting, Profit & Loss Trend Analysis, Client Profitability R eviews

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and Busin ess D evelopment Initiatives

Present busin ess overviews to sen ior executiv es to summ arize k ey financial m etrics, highlight poten tial risks and identify

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opportunities for improvem ent

WHITE & CASE LLP, N ew York, NY 2009

Financial Analy st: Planning & Analysis

Modeled and analyzed Key Perform an ce Metrics to exam ine on-going business p erform ance and ev aluate key g rowth areas

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Mined company databases to provide summ aries o f m ajor revenue sources sorted by client, service, and geography

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Created a R eduction in Force Analysis wh ich h ighlighted $14.2 million in potential co st savings as w ell as other potential co st

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reduction in itiatives

Conducted global variance analyses for th e monthly clo se process for 34 separate offices to interp ret regional differen ces in

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operating perfo rman ce

Perfo rm ed FX Analysis in ord er to quantify FX exposure, ev alu ate significant risks and explore h edging opportunities

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TAYLOR NELSON SOFRES (TNS), N ew Yo rk, NY 2007-2008

Manager: Financia l and Strategic Planning

Reported directly to the V ice President o f Fin ancial and Strategic Planning, coord inating the validation and conso lidation of th e

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annual budget and monthly forecast process

Manag ed, budgeted, and fo recasted $40 m illion acro ss seven corporate dep artm ents

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Created Excel financial mod els and perform ed ad hoc analysis to support C level executiv es with strategic planning initiatives

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Worked cro ss-functionally on beh alf of finan ce and corporate dep artment lead ers to create processes and implemen t policies to

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ensure expenditu re control and forecast achievem ent

Developed financial contro ls to link Human R esources Manag em ent to the accounting system

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Evaluated strateg ic altern ativ es and corporate overhead as a member of the “P ropulsion” restru cturing project

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ACCENTURE, D enver, CO 2005-2007

Organization and Change Managem ent Consultant

Led 15 person Communication and Ch ange Man agem ent team resp onsible for dev eloping all project communication plans

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Conducted and d elivered a stakehold er analysis for Pacific G as & E lectric’s IT dep artmen t

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Created Change Manag emen t Strategy for Junior Achievement’s CIO to support a new en terprise so ftw are p latform imp lem entation,

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which in cluded a “road m ap” for guiding th e org anization through the “chang e journ ey,” a top/down communication plan, a detailed

training plan, and training m aterials

Designed and developed training course conten t on asset m anag ement, corporate govern ance and environment configuration through

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partn ering with functional and technical leads and client subject m atter experts

Perfo rm ed root-cause analysis to id entify coding errors which resulted in an 85% reduction in errant em ail notification s

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Created an ROI co st-benefit analy sis to support the $10 million enterprise so ftw are platform busin ess case

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Coordinated in augural Denv er o ffice Bowl-A -Thon fundraiser to support a multinational non-profit org anization for underprivileg ed

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children and ex ceeded target mon etary goal by th ree tim es th e forecasted amount

Manag ed, coordinated, and scheduled 200+ enterp rise environments fo r a company-w ide Bu siness Transform ation initiativ e

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF C OLORADO, Boulder, CO 2000-2004

Leed s S chool of Bu sin ess

B.S., Major: Finan ce / Management

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National Dean’s List: Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2003, m ember of th e Ro cky Mountain Investm ent Club

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Graduated Cum Laude with 3.63 GPA

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UNIVERSITY OF NE W SOUT H WALES, Sydney, Au stralia Sp ring 2004

LEHMAN BROT HERS’ INVESTMENT BANK ING SE MINA R, Boulder, CO Fal l 2004

FUNCTIONAL SK ILLS

Strateg ic planning, Finan cial modeling, Forecasting, Budgeting, Data mining, Comp etitiv e b enchmarking, Ch ange m anag em ent, Stak eholder

manag emen t, P roject m anagement, Six sigma, Pro cess docum entation, Training content creation and deliv ery

TECHNICAL SK ILLS

SAP FI, SAP SR M, O racle, Salesforce, Cognos, P eopleSoft, Rem ed y Asset Manag emen t 7.0, Micro soft: Word, Ex cel, A ccess, Qu ery, Visio,

SharePoin t, Pow erPoint and Outlook, HTML, Act!, Macrom edia C aptiv ate, On Dem and, C larity System s, Elite D ata Warehouse

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