Project Manager Management

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

. Managed the month-end closing process, cutting over A/P, booking of

accruals, intercompany

Reconciliations and balance sheet analysis.

. Process improvement analyst & business process management for Fortune

500 Companies.

. Co-Project Manager and Business Analyst for large, complex IT

projects/systems.

. Solid experience leading and carrying out all phases of full SDLC

enterprise system development, from planning, analyzing, designing,

building, and testing.

. Effective ability to collaborate and manage resources.

. Treasury experience in all phases of cash management, Notional and

Concentration pooling liquidity functions, P2P and trade processing

skills throughout the entire trade life cycle.

. Development of Offshore COE organization to effectively handle day to

day activities.

. Managed the general ledger for large corporations and the sub-ledger

interfaces into it.

. Managed master-data for the North American region and workflow request

and approval process.

. Financial controls initiatives regarding sub ledgers and general

ledgers.

Strengths

. Big 5 consulting experience with Mckinsey & Co.

. Industry experience in Banking, Insurance, Pension Mutual Funds,

Investment Accounting, Treasury cash management, general ledger and IT

Consulting.

SKILLS

. Proven strategic thinking skills.

. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

. Excellent communication skills conducted training sessions for SAP master

data creation and led workshops for gathering requirements for the global

template.

. Exceptional interpersonal skills developed lasting relationships with

ability to gain the confidence and respect of senior executives.

. Proven ability to work with all levels of management, and the most senior

of Subject Matter Experts. Proven ability to communicate with and work

with staff at every level of the organization.

. Experience with Project Management, and System Development Life Cycle

Methodologies.

. Ability to work independently and organize workload with minimal direct

supervision.

. Strong management and leadership skills.

. Ability for finding ways to improve and streamline business processes.

EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE SUMMARY

. Experience managing the corporate general ledger and month end close.

. Balance sheet reconciliation and analysis, account sign off of machine

and non machine entries to accompany CFO certification.

. Treasury cash management skills for Pension and Mutual funds and

automation projects that contributed to a decrease in bank fees and

increase in investment returns.

. Familiar with Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and 1-to-1

Personalization.

. Exceptional ability to work with world-class Subject Matter Experts in

order to extract their domain knowledge, business rules, decision

process, and expertise so it can be documented into a BRD.

. Compliance business process models, and business rule models to help

company document, assess, test, and certify that proper processes, rules,

and controls are in place, as required by Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

. Managing offshore center of excellence team.

ATTRIBUTES

. US Citizen - Able to work in the US without sponsorship.

. Willing to travel as needed - Int'l. Experience abroad conducting

workshops in England, France and Japan.

KNOWLEDGE

. Functional experience in IT, Finance and Accounting.

. Experience utilizing multiple ERP and accounting system packages,

Peoplesoft, Oracle and SAP.

. Cash management and trade processing for fixed and equity trades.

. Managing the general ledger and the sub ledger feeds to it for accuracy

and integrity.

. US GAAP closing procedures.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Citigroup

Consultant/Project Manager/Business Analysts Aug 10

- Present

. Author of business requirement documents (BRD).

. Development of Process flows, documentation of validation rules and data

mapping.

. Creation of user acceptance test (UAT) cases and plans.

. Work on the expansion and automation of product processor feeds to BART

reporting tool.

. Gathering and analyzing requirements from SME's and end users.

American International Group, New York, NY May 07 - Aug 10

Senior Project Financial Control Lead

. Participated on Project GIFT "General Insurance Finance Transformation",

project to define and implement core, common and local reporting

requirements using SAP ECC 6 and Consolidations BCS Outlook soft

. Performed fit gap analysis for US GAAP, Regulatory NAIC and local

reporting requirements.

. Participated on Fixed asset and Procure to Pay work streams, fit gap

analysis. P2P testing for Inter-company, payment process and Fixed

assets.

. Created and co authored BRD's created from workshop sessions with SME's

to formulate the Global Financial template design.

. Report and reconciled monthly and quarterly of Investment activity for

inclusion in Yellow books Schedule D.

Deutsche Bank AG, New York, NY June 05 - May 07

Assistant Vice President - Corporate Controllers Quality Control Change

Management

. Coordinated all reference data changes for the Americas GL. Responsible

for master data governance policies for North America. Provided guidance

and review for sub-ledger to general ledger mapping tables in SAP.

. Managed the MRP Process, "Management Reporting Process". Monthly review

and substantiation of balance sheet accounts to accompany CFO quarterly

sign off.

. Coordinated the workflow transition from the Tennessee office. Documented

& packaged all functions. Provided and supervised training for offshore

employees in Manila. Managed two direct reports in New York and 10

associates offshore, Manila.

. Conducted training to firm employees regarding the general ledger and BI

reporting tool.

. Managed and coordinated the Global and local chart of accounts.

. Project leader for SAP upgrades and new business integration.

TIAA-CREF, New York, NY October 99 - June

05

Accounting Administrator (Mar 02 - Jun 05)

. Manage day-to-day aspects of general ledger operations, monthly and

yearly opening and closing of the books.

. Managed maintenance for the Peoplesoft general ledger, combo rule edits,

create and maintain queries, system upgrades and enhancements.

. Analysis of company accounts. Trend analysis prepared to identify

accounting issues in Pension and TC-Life lines of business.

. Supervise and coordinate staff (10 associates) to efficiently handle

workflow. Work with associates to develop professional development plans

and goals.

Treasury Cash Analysts II (April 01 - March 02)

. Team leader, managed the quality, cost and effectiveness of global cash

management, custody and other bank services and products. Disaster

recovery team leader.

. Presentations to senior management and staff regarding new lines of

business and investments strategies.

. Provided training for long and short-term cash forecasts for Pension and

Mutual fund lines of business Average daily cash flow of 2.3 billion.

. Project leader for system enhancements regarding: new lines of business;

third party lending; Oracle reporting of long and short-term trades;

analysis of BAI files to automate accounting process of finalized cash.

Treasury Cash Analysts I (October 99 - April 01)

. Managed the cash component for Pension and Mutual funds by instructing

portfolio managers to purchase/sell securities or "securitized" cash

investments to meet cash liquidity needs and/or satisfy SEC compliance.

. Analyze global market securities settlements, safekeeping risks and

corporate financial exposures to Bank and Broker credit in order to

identify and take necessary action to minimize those risks; FASB 133.

. Initiated foreign currency trades to fund domestic activity for mutual

and pension fund lines of business.

Mckinsey & Company, New York, NY May 97 - Oct 99

Firm Accountant

. Participated in firms finance transformation project. Co authored the as

is and to be state for the Treasury Procure to Pay process with Price

Waterhouse consultants.

. Developed and tested the inter-company process and monthly

reconciliation.

. Managed and developed the UAT scenario and test scripts for AP and AR

process.

. Managed the collection and disbursement for the firms' accounts

receivable and payables.

. Initiated foreign payments for vendors

EDUCATION

St Francis College, Brooklyn, NY

Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Finance

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft XP Professional, Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel,

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Outlook, SAP ECC 6, BW, Oracle,

Peoplesoft 8.4, Nvision, HP Quality Center, PAM and AS400 Mainframe.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Active member in youth programs in Monroe Township NJ

Monroe Wolverines Football and AAU Basketball

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