Project Management

Brian Hobbs, CPA

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PROFILE

Financial Analyst . Financial Specialist . Director, Finance

Consistently top-producing accounting and IT management professional with

more than 33 years of progressively responsible experience in developing

financial objectives and targets. Recognized ability to implement processes

to drive targets to budgets by department or by organization and to measure

actual results against budgets. Demonstrated talent for analyzing,

summarizing, and clearly communicating large amounts of financial data.

Successful finance background and experience is complemented by broad

knowledge in IT.

Acquisitions & Mergers . Business Requirements . Funding Processes .

Systems Development

Accounting . Reporting . Financial Analysis . Project Management . Staff

Management

Technical Migrations . Best Practices . Process Development . Hiring .

Benchmarking

Budgets . Training . Audits . Field Operations . Reserve Maintenance .

Leadership

Professional Experience

AT&T Inc. 1977-2011

AT&T, formerly known as SBC, provides fixed telephony, broadband, and

subscription television services.

Director, Financial Analysis, Dallas, Tx, 2008-2011

Established a financial-system project management team to span and

facilitate operations of newly acquired Cingular and BellSouth. Developed

and deployed such common processes as communication tools for wireless and

wire-line stakeholders to gather and develop business requirements;

translated into system requirements and participated in documentation.

Supported, developed, and signed-off on a $250 million business case to

centralize client requests into IT; recommended this inter-departmental

alliance, which pursued common delivery applications.

Developed a project prioritization methodology and administered a $30

million annual project budget in accordance with business and client

priorities.

Co-authored a more than $10 million business case to integrate and

modernize corporate profitability systems; moved multiple systems to a

common allocation methodology, platform, and language.

Directed project to align and integrate Cingular, BellSouth, and AT&T's

system of accounts.

Director, Wholesale Finance, SBC, Dallas, Tx, 2002-2008

Led an 8-member, geographically diverse, team in providing financial

support and guidance to the Wholesale arm, which captured more than $10

billion in annual revenue. Ensured proper monthly bookings. Developed

targets and budgets commensurate with corporate direction and provided

results and direction to meet targets. Ensured reserves exceeding $200

million were maintained for bad debt and inter-company traffic

compensation.

Participated in managing through the MCI / WorldCom bankruptcy.

Improved bottom line through reducing more than $200 million in reserves by

analyzing and recommending policy changes to exposure calculation

methodology.

Associate Director, Cingular, Richardson, Tx, 1999-2001

Established a billing project management group to move to common processes

across Cingular and SBC. Supervised eight employees and contractors, in

multiple locations, providing bill audit support during multiple

conversions of new wireless properties to the Telegence billing system. Led

activities to benchmark billing systems; provided benchmarking readout to

the CIO.

Associate Director, SBC, Dallas, Tx, 1997-1999

Established a project management team co-located with the Wholesale

leadership team. Partnered with one peer to fill 25 vacant positions and

trained personnel in project management.

Integrated project management processes and business needs required by

Pacific Bell acquisition.

AT&T Inc. (Continued)

Director, Billing, SBC, St. Louis, Mo, 1991-1997

Led a team of more than 30 billing project managers. Gathered internal

client needs, developed business requirements, and collaborated with IT to

analyze and develop technical requirements. Supported field operations and

managed prioritization and funding processes.

Represented SBC on an inter-company billing benchmarking project and

selected best practices.

Participated in large inter-company dispute and settlement negotiations.

Director, Finance Operations, SBC, Oklahoma City, Ok, 1989-1991

Directed more than 150 management and union employees in three cities to

support Oklahoma and Kansas revenue operations. Provided oversight of bill

audits, service order verifications and corrections, usage auditing and

corrections, remittance processing, and banking.

Participated in consolidation of revenue operations from eight locations to

two locations; planned facilities and managed employee reduction.

Director, Finance, SBC, St. Louis, Mo, 1987-1989

Directed an inter-departmental team that developed a strategic billing plan

and business case that resulted in the completion of a $150 million, multi-

year plan; utilized data normalization.

Financial Analyst, SBC, St. Louis, Mo, 1985-1987

Directed the Corporate Budgeting and Planning system and participated on a

team charged with the responsibility of company-wide budget coordination

and strategic planning.

Established company-first Executive Information System that provided high-

level executives with crucial financial data.

Processed, analyzed, and communicated results of complex "what ifs" on key

business options.

Financial Analyst, SBC, St. Louis, Mo, 1983-1985

Balanced monthly financial results. Gathered, verified, and delivered

financial reports to officers.

Led team that separated AT&T and SBC financial reporting at the time of

divestiture.

Programmer / Analyst, SBC, St. Louis, Mo, 1977-1983

Designed, developed, installed, and maintained disbursement-related

systems. Served on the technical team that developed the system for time

reporting via telephone and a system to support benefit programs, including

leaves-of-absence and employee assignment and training histories.

Maintained and supported company-wide payroll programs. Coordinated monthly

accrual accounting entries with the Controller department.

Chaired committee of key users of selected systems; ensured business and

client need were addressed.

Education

Southwestern College B.S. in Business Administration, 1977

Technical Expertise

MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, & Visio

Hyperion Essbase Tools

Telecommunication Billing Systems: Telegence, Cris, & CABS

Certification

CPA, 1997, State of Missouri

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