Project Manager Management

KEVIN HARRIS

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SUMMARY

Senior financial planner with experience in strategic planning,

consolidations, monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis.

Strong track record in revenue/expense analysis, problem solving, P&L

modeling skills using Excel, and changing current processes and/or policies

to strengthen the level of security controls for accounts payable approval.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MCKINSEY & COMPANY, New York, New York

2007-2009

FINANCIAL ANALYST

. Created and maintained a new reporting system that allowed business

unit managers to manipulate and analyze data based

on search criteria. The new system provided management with a complete

picture of the financials much earlier after the monthly-

close, allowing more time for analysis, decision planning, and effectively

managing department's strengths and weaknesses. This system helped to

strategically plan for the objectives based on the short/long term goals.

. Responsible for the financial planning consolidations and decision

support analysis of the global communications group including

Internal/External Communications, Alumni Relations, Media Services,

and Conference Planning. This included month-end, quarter-end, and

year-end reporting, strategic planning, forecasting, budgeting and

revenue/expense analysis.

. Provided recommendations to senior management and client vendors of

numerous errors that were uncovered each month. The accounting

department was then advised of the proper entries to make to correct

the mistakes and save the business unit thousands of dollars.

. Managed multiple projects approving and processing client invoices,

properly coding to each account and working with the vendors on unpaid

items to resolve unreconciled transactions.

. Monitored and entered capital transactions and budgets throughout the

year advising management on the remaining budget and purchases that

should be expensed.

. Updated and analyzed department utilization reports advising

management on risks and trends of employee productivity.

. Consolidated the communication's group financials into power point for

senior management.

. Completed the allocation process by collaborating with management on

the changes based on monthly activity.

CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, New York, New York

2006-2007 FINANCIAL ANALYST

. Liaison to multiple magazines acting as a financial partner to help

the business managers analyze the sales plan, ad revenue, circulation

levels, operating expenses, etc.

. Managed multiple profit center units tracking revenue of approximately

$200 million & expenses of approximately $150 million, identifying

trends and working proactively to control expenses and forecast future

estimates for senior management.

. Created monthly presentations and prepared the annual budget for the

magazines and corporate departments.

. Compiled monthly, quarterly, and full year current estimates

indicating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for

each business unit.

NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE, Melville, New York

2004-2006

MORTGAGE CONSULTANT

. Conducted financial analysis for clients to qualify them for a home

purchase or refinance transaction.

. Analyzed the clients assets and liabilities to determine their debt to

income ratio, making sure it was within the

proper range based on the bank's lending standards.

. Liaison between underwriter and clients to communicate documentation

needs and next steps in the process.

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STANDARD & POOR'S, New York, New York

2002-2004

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST/PROJECT MANAGER

. Managed multiple cost centers tracking expenses of approximately $100

million, identifying trends and working proactively to control

expenses and forecast future estimates for senior management.

. Prepared the medium range strategic plan and annual budget for senior

management and the departments under my responsibility.

. Compiled monthly, quarterly, and full year current estimates

indicating the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for

each business unit.

. Project Team leader responsible for the operations, planning and

buildout of multiple office locations throughout the nation.

. Handled all RFI's, RFP's, change orders, contract review and

negotiation, invoice processing and accounting related transactions.

. Consulted with local directors to discuss headcount and revenue growth

to ensure the new locations met our growth demands.

. Initiated and contracted with all architects, engineers, vendors, and

sub-contractors for each project.

. Led the weekly conference calls to determine what milestones were

being met and what the immediate concerns of the project were.

. Traveled to the jobsite frequently to inspect the work in progress and

ensure the team members had a contingency plan in place should any

unexpected problems surface.

. Prepared the project and capital budgets and worked with Finance and

Accounting to ensure all accruals and adjustments were booked

properly.

. Liaison to senior management acting as an advisor on acquisitions with

regard to real estate matters.

. Supervision of financial analyst who assisted with month-end

reporting, presentations, and ad hoc analysis.

INTITUTIONAL INVESTOR, New York, New York

1999-2001

BUSINESS MANAGER

. Management of multiple profit centers with commentary of revenue and

expense variations from budget.

. Conducted trend analysis, G/L reconciliation, auditing, compliance and

headcount compilation.

. Responsible for invoice coding and month-end close entries working

closely with accounting.

. Worked with senior management preparing presentations in power point

for review and analysis.

. Collaborated with accounting on the sales plan and adjustments to

commissions to be paid.

FAIRCHILD PUBLICATIONS, New York, New York

1998-1999

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

. Assisted Business Managers to reduce expenses and increase profit for

the magazines. Discussed problem areas

and recommended solutions to streamline the processes.

. Worked on a joint venture of trade shows completing all month-end and

finance related transactions.

. Prepared monthly bank reconciliations, cash flow forecasts, variance

analysis and annual budgets.

. Responsible for all cash management, accounts payable and accounts

receivable functions of the joint venture.

EDUCATION

MBA, Finance, ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, Garden City, New York (in progress)

B.S., Business Management/Economics, S.U.N.Y. EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE (1995-

1998)

SKILLS

Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, etc), Word, PowerPoint, Access

(RDW), Hyperion/Essbase, PeopleSoft,

Oracle (OFA), Quickbooks, Cognos, Ariba, Business Objects and Lawson

(AS400)

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