Project Manager Sales

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Raleigh, NC. *****

919-***-**** (R)

919-***-**** (Cell)

CYNTHIA S. BARNETTE

**********@***.***

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Reduce the DRO (Days Receivable Outstanding) from 65 days to 32 days

within six months. The receivables outstanding were around $2M

. Managed and prepared multiple P&L (Profit and Loss) Statements for

several business units, by services, and product

. Streamline inventory control process while overseeing the

implementation of JIT (Just In Time Process) which reduce Inventory by

38%

. Manage the deployment and created a process to deploy 5 circuits in

Europe and Asia to increase bandwidth for our global customers. This

project was forecast for completion in 6 years and was completed in

4.5 years.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE

NC Information Technology Services 3700 Wake Forest Road

Raleigh, NC

Sr. Budget Analyst 2008-Present

Responsible for supporting the North Carolina State Information Technology

Agency- Telecommunication. This agency supports all of the IT technology

for all of the agencies, local schools, community colleges and universities

in North Carolina. My current responsibilities include appropriated the

legislative approved budget to the different headcount/position for each

fund within the IT agency.

. Prepare annual budget and quarterly forecast for responsible service

department

. Ad-hoc reporting, revenue recognition and variance analysis

. Prepare and provide agency rates for new services

. Review any overspent account for the agency

. Provide analysis for capital projects to determine "buy vs. lease"

purchase

Qimonda North America (No Longer in Business) 3000 CentreGreen

Way Cary, NC

IT Controller 2007-2008

Support the IT Management staff for North America, which includes Richmond,

Cary, and San Jose. Act as a Financial Liaison between Munich Germany and

North America. Prepare quarterly expense forecast and annual expense

forecast for the IT group. Responsible for capital budget and project

accounting.

. Responsible for Monthly Close for North America and consolidate

reporting

. Prepared and provide quarterly forecast for the IT expenses

. Trend analysis and cash flow statements for the IT departments

. Provide monthly spending analysis IT reports for the Director and VP

of IT

. Reconcile variances against current forecast and budget

. Responsible for Hyperion downloads of financial activity to a system

in Germany (BRAIN system) and financial modeling

Research Triangle Institute (RTI) 3040 Cornwallis Road

RTP, NC

Sr. Financial Analyst-HealthCare Group 2006-

2007

Manage the financials for all contract types awarded from different

government agencies such as fix fee, cost plus fix fee, time and material,

and grants as well as commercial industries. Projects are reviewed each

month base on a set of internal criterions before reviewing with the

Management staff in the Health Solutions Group. Provided a fee report for

contacts that were Cost plus fee.

. Price cost proposals budget for all contracts ranging from $100k to

$2M

. Provide financial training to Project Managers on financial tool for

managing projects

. Monthly closing and revenue recognition

. Analyze financial variances against projects that meets internal

criteria

. Project reporting showing remaining funding, earn value reporting and

customer reporting for clients

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) 79 TW Alexander Drive

RTP, NC

Business Planning Manager 2002-2006

Responsible for managing the financials for a contract awarded from US

Environmental Protection Agency. Manage and price all Task Assignments

requested by the government and special orders for the site in RTP, NC.

Manage subcontractor's cost and internal (SLA) Service Level Agreements

. Manage monthly close and prepare entries, variance analysis, and

margin analysis

. Business Unit liaison for CSC and the customer

. Pricing all technical work and special order work for the contract

that are specific to SLAs

. Analyze the financials for all Projects according to the SLAs or Task

Assignments

. Provide monthly EACs by Task orders

Nortel Networks 4300 East Chapel Hill-Nelson Hwy.

RTP, NC

Business Planning Manager/Market Project Manager 1985-

2001

During my career at NORTEL Networks I held several positions during my

tenure, starting with Sr. Financial Analyst where I was responsible for

month end closing for several business units. I manage the annual

inventory and sat standards for our products. Other responsibilities

include, financial analysis, variance reporting, margin analysis, P&L

statements by services, by products, and business units, balance sheet

reporting, annual budgets, sales compensation and quarterly forecasting.

. Manage month end closing

. Responsible for updating the sales comp plan and submitting incentive

pay to payroll for payout

. Created and documented internal processes for the business unit

financial reporting

. Prepared monthly reporting and ad-hoc reporting, and financial

modeling

. Provide spending reports with variance analysis

. Responsible for monthly reconciliation

. Trend analysis and cash flow statements by business unit and product

. Prepared and provided capital business cases

. Prepared quarterly balance sheet reporting

. Provide P&L statements by business units, product and service

offerings

. Manage monthly revenue forecast and recognition and reconcile sales

backlog

. Prepared annual budgets and quarterly forecast for department

spending, revenue, and capital investments

Moving from my analytical role to becoming a Project Manager. In this

role, I develop business relationships with our tier 1 and tier 2 customers

in Telecommunications, hospitals and the banking industries. . I manage

the deployment of telecommunication equipment, such as switching, data

networks, and fiber optics/broadband. Projects I managed ranged from

$60.2k to $10M.

. Responsible for the deployment of circuits in the North East and South

East region for tier 1 and tier 2 customers

. Managed a 30%-45% margin for all projects within the Northeast region.

. Responsible for the staffing of personnel for all external projects.

. Reduced milestones by 10% for each project in order to beat sales

forecast for each quarter.

. Manage all financial for the projects within responsible region

. Prepared and managed customer meetings

. Managed and developed business relationships with the customers within

the responsible region

Education & Professional Development

ITIL V3 (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)-Certified

BS, Business Administration, concentration in Finance, NC A&T State

University, Greensboro, NC

PMI Courses, George Washington University

Becker Course Review-Prep for CPA

Technical and Software Skills

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Outlook,

Microsoft Project, Hyperion, SAP, Collier Jackson, People Soft, Cost Point,

and Cognos

Summary of Qualifications:

Pricing Inventory Controls

Cost Accounting Sales/Compensation Planning

Strategic Accounting and Planning Project Management

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting and Forecasting

Month End Closing Sarbanes Oxley 404

SOP 97-2 EITF 08-1

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