Project Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
GREGORY A. BYRD
Birmingham, AL 35242
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SUMMARY
Senior level professional with over ten years of project management,
business analyst and IT experience leading successful system
selections, implementations, and upgrades. Extensive background also
includes customer, stakeholder, and vendor relationship management, IT
and business requirements analysis, testing and implementing systems,
process improvements, and management of functional and technical
staffs.
EDUCATION
B.B.A., Major: Business Systems, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Accounting courses, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
PMP (PMI) 2005-2008. VP-Treasurer of PMI-Birmingham Chapter 2006-2007.
TOOLS and APPLICATIONS EXPERIENCE
MS-Office 2007 (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Outlook), Visio, MS-
Project, SQL,
SharePoint, Infor/Workbrain Time and Attendance, ADP's PayForce,
ADP/Ceridian Tax Reporting,
Bloomberg POMS/AIM, Geac/Infor SmartStream Payroll, Kronos Timekeeper
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION, Birmingham, AL, June 2002 - Present
Project Manager/IS Consultant, February 2007 -Present
Director, Payroll, January 2006 - February 2007
Project Manager/Payroll Accountant, June 2002 - December 2005
. Managing Time & Attendance/Leave Management and Entitlement system,
including defining, testing and approving, coordinating system
changes and updates with vendor, HR, Payroll, and IT personnel.
. Managed Investment Portfolio Management (POMS/AIM) system for
Investment, Cash Management and Investment Accounting user groups
while coordinating, leading infrastructure and system upgrades and
process improvements with vendor, traders, users, and IT personnel.
. Led transition and conversion of payroll tax reporting by third-
party vendors - along with managing day-to-day payroll tax
reporting, payroll-to-general-ledger interfaces and payroll-related
account reconciliations.
. Led selection and implementation of enterprise level Time &
Attendance, Leave Management system (Workbrain/Infor), managing
vendor, HRIS, Payroll, HR, Training and IT team members.
SELF EMPLOYED, Birmingham, AL, Jan 1994 - June 2002
Supported client efforts at Yum Brands (Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Kentucky
Fried Chicken), Phillips Van Huesen,
Baylor Health Care System, and Dun & Bradstreet Software.
Sr. Business Systems Analyst
IT Project Leader/Project Manager
. IT Liaison and Relationship Manager to Shared Services' Payroll
Administration group. Successes include issue management,
facilitating communications and managing relationships between IS
and payroll clients. Very successful in working with all levels of
staff to plan, implement new payroll and time entry systems while
improving IS service levels to business lines.
. Analyst, Designer, Project Manager for design, development, testing
and implementation of new web-based Time Entry application with
adhoc reporting, and scheduled batch processing, interacting with
multiple back-of-house systems, consolidated HRMS (PeopleSoft) and
Payroll (Geac).
. Project Leader for consolidation of HR, Payroll and Benefits
systems multi-branded Fortune 250 company. Developed project plan,
managed IS staff to complete required system modifications,
testing, converting and implementing PizzaHut and TacoBell brands'
70,000 and 50,000 active employees to the target HR (PeopleSoft),
Payroll (Geac-E Series), Benefits and ancillary systems and
interfaces.
. Led analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of
Pension Administration sub-module for large employer's Salaried and
Hourly Pension plans.
. Designed, managed the development of a Flex Benefits administration
system for a large retail employer's cafeteria-style plan (20,000
employees).
DUN & BRADSTREET SOFTWARE (acquired by Geac in 1996), Huntsville, AL,
May 1984 - Jan 1994
HR Applications Consultant, Jan. 1990 - Jan 1994
Design Architect, Jun 1984 - Dec. 1990
Designed, developed, and tested system modifications required for
benefits enrollment, payroll interface and third-party interfaces for
large southwestern state government.
Designed flexible, table-driven solution to administer large
employer's cafeteria-style plan (100,000+).
Served as vendor's project leader. Implemented Flexible Benefits
administration system at a large southwestern hospital, enabling
client's first open enrollment cycle and self administer its flexible
spending account plans.
Designed and developed integrated, automated solutions for
administering employee benefit plans (HR:M Benefits Administration,
HR:M Flexible Benefits).
Served as Subject Matter Expert for benefits-related requirements,
defining processing, legal and compliance requirements of health and
welfare, defined contribution and defined benefit employee benefit
plans. Presented product overviews and update sessions at national,
regional and large-users' user conferences. Received annual VP of
Sales Award for pre-sales presentations, demos, and sales assistance.
SUNGARD, Birmingham, AL (Acquired Dyatron Corp, which previously
acquired Computech), Jan 1975 - May 1984
Manager, Employee Benefits Services, Jan 1979 - May 1984
Controller and Treasurer, Computech Financial Services, Jan 1975 - Feb
1981
Recommended and implemented various system and administrative changes
resulting in 200% improvement in staff productivity and shortened
product delivery cycles.
Managed team of administrators (5) providing third-party record-
keeping, reconciliation and payment services for Chase Trust
department - while managing corporate accounting, financial reporting
and staff (3).
Established and managed a quality assurance program for Defined
Contribution Plan (Omni-Plan) services, delivering a 99% error free
service, improving client, trustee and customer relationships.
Launched and managed new check writing system and services (Omni-Pay)
for existing clients, increasing revenues by 15% and significantly
enhancing company's position in third-party record-keeping industry.
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