Manager Management

Paul A. Unger - CCM

**** ******** ****** * - **. Petersburg, Florida 33704

Email:abm4jm@r.postjobfree.com - 727-***-**** (home), 727-***-**** (cell)

Dedicated and results driven finance and accounting professional with over

20 years of diversified achievements in Banking, Corporate and Public

Accounting environments. Highly motivated with proven ability to develop

and implement successful financial solutions while improving processes.

Known for strong work ethic and commitment to organizational success with

significant accomplishments in Financial Reporting and Analysis, Project

Implementations, Treasury Cash Management and Accounting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CITIGROUP, INC., Tampa, FL Aug 2008 - Present

Financial Reporting Operations: Operations Accounting Manager Vice

President

. Provide management reporting and support to senior management for Citi

Financial Corp and Citibank NA. Supervise staff of 4 for the Operations

accounting activities including inter-company transaction processing;

account reconciliations, balance sheet analysis, AP and AR reporting and

systemic e-recon reporting.

. Successful project implementation and migration of multiple financial and

accounting functions from Dallas to Tampa over 3 month period. Required

coordination between diverse teams to transition functions within

allocated timeline. Utilized Hyperion Essbase, Peoplesoft, Oracle,

Access, e-recon and various in-house ledger reporting systems.

. Manage and coordinate treasury and funds transfer functions and act as

primary liaison for banking relationships.

. Prepare risk reporting for Basel and implemented new loss reporting

analysis for CitiFinancial Auto business. Performed reporting functions

to manage regulatory risk for Cash, Receivables, and Gross Credit losses.

FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES, St. Petersburg FL Sep 2006 -

Aug 2008

A leading provider of checking, credit card and financial Services and

stored value payment services.

Sr. Financial Analyst

. Managed and prepared financial analysis using financial models and

industry trend analysis to support Financial Forecasts and Budgeting.

Performed Reporting and Financial Analysis for month-end close process

for Fidelity Card North America business for revenue and expense

reporting with over $500 million in annual revenue.

. Developed collaborative working relationships with senior management to

identify risks, revenue opportunities and expense saves using financial

models and analysis to better develop financial forecasts, reporting and

budgeting processes.

. Extensive analysis of capital expenditures, fixed assets,

telecommunication and project development labor expenses. Identified

saving opportunities through systematic analysis of corporate expense

allocations resulting in cost reduction opportunities over $100k. Worked

extensively on revenue and expense forecasting and prepared forecasts and

presented budget to senior management. Managed financial forecasts and

impact of project implementation for Credit Card production facility

using various analyses, return on investment, capital expenditure, and

overall earnings and expense reporting.

. Key Finance team member to implement new Accounting General ledger. This

was a migration from Great Plains Accounting system to JD Edwards and

then to Oracle GL.

JPMORGAN CHASE, JPMorgan Electronic Financial Services, Tampa, FL Jan

2004 - Jul 2006

The leading provider of low-cost, high volume EBT Services and stored value

payment services with annual revenues of $300M and net profit margin of

$70M.

Financial Manager, Vice President - JPMorgan Electronic Financial Services

. Managed a staff of 6 Finance and Accounting professionals reporting for

Operations, Technology and Telecommunications for Electronic Benefit

Transfer "EBT" Programs with an annual budget - $100M.

. Developed financial cash flows and forecasting. Managed A/R, A/P, expense

and revenue trend analysis, bank reconciliations and financial control

processes.

. Managed the financial reporting and transition plan for the migration of

EZPay business for major Toll customer accounting, Billing and Financial

reporting functions. Purchased and implemented billing system

enhancements for this multi-faceted line of business. Led a financial

migration from New Jersey to Florida generating an annual savings of $9

million. Transitioned Oracle Accounting and reporting functions.

. Performed, for senior management the financial control functions for 60

DDA accounts and multiple banking relationships with monthly transaction

volumes of over $1 billion. Facilitated a more timely and effective

reporting and information exchange. This benefit to our clients reduced

their costs and enhanced overall reporting.

Instrumental in the financial transition and sale of EFS business that

realized $380M profit. Transitioned to new General Ledger and over $100M

of fixed assets with over 130,000 items. Managed financial transition plan

and on-going transition services agreement from Citibank to JPMorgan Chase

covering telecommunications, Server and Systems conversions, and telecom

frame relay services. Successfully negotiated bank service fee pricing and

financing arrangements - reducing the cost of bank service fees by 12% and

over 300 thousand dollars over a 1 year period.

CITIGROUP, ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL SERVICES, Tampa, FL Oct 1989 - Jan

2004

Vice President for Treasury Operations - Citicorp Services Inc. & Citicorp

EFS (1997-2004)

(Business provided EBT Services. Sold to JPMorgan and employees moved to

JPMorgan)

. Financial Control manager responsible for financial reporting and budgets

for departmental operating expenses and divisional banking relationships

with team of 6 direct reports and annual budget of $80M.

Managed Account Reconciliations for 65 GL accounts with monthly

transaction volume of $1.4 Billion.

. Managed A/R, A/P, expense and revenue analysis, bank reconciliations and

financial control processes. Oversaw cash management system conversion

and implementation for incoming / outgoing wire transfer activity, daily

volume of $5 - $20M.

. Led project teams in the design and implementation of Greatplains

accounting system, Recon Plus and Nolan ABR bank reconcilement systems

projects. Served as Finance Team Lead for in-house Fixed Asset (Inventory

Management System) reporting system. This system implementation had over

$5M in fixed assets with daily file feeds and interfaces with external

systems.

. Directed internal Six Sigma Quality Metric tracking, Self-Assessment

planning and testing, and Continuity of Business Plans.

CITICORP SERVICES INC.

CSI is the payment products division of Citigroup. This division provided

services related to Citicorp Travelers Checks, Citicorp Worldlink Foreign

Currency products and Official Check products.

Asst. Vice President Cash Management / Treasury Operations 1993 - 1997

Supervised, managed and trained staff of 5-8 professional staff responsible

for reporting and reconciling activity in 105 bank accounts and 5 separate

company relationships. As Treasurer and Financial Control manager, I

managed the Investments, Forecasts and Operating Budget of $50M - $70M.

. Provided key Financial Forecast and Investment support for 5 separate

portfolios with daily transaction volume of $200M on a $3.5 Billion

portfolio. Created and maintained financial reporting metrics and

statistics. Established Letters of Credit, set up debt servicing

arrangements and managed investment initiatives to support business

product lines. Led the Financial Project Team responsible for moving the

management of the Citibank Delaware Fed Funds desk from Delaware office

to Tampa.

CITICORP TRAVELERS CHECKS Division of Citicorp/ Citigroup. Net float of $2-

3B, net earnings margin $60M per year.

Manager, Treasury/Cash Management Department 1989 - 1993

. Supervised and managed staff of 4 responsible financial analysis

reporting, investment and borrowing processes, revenue and expense

tracking as well as establishing necessary controls for reconciliations

and banking facilities. Established new lockbox relationships and

performed process efficiency analysis studies to improve cash flow.

Performed beta testing on new cash management product offerings. Led the

development of Treasury Management workstation for the department.

Directed internal Six Sigma Quality Metric tracking, Self-Assessment

planning and testing, and Continuity of Business Plans.

AMBRIT INC Parent Co. for the Isaly Klondike Company and subsidiaries

Clearwater, FL 1987 - 1989

Sr. Financial Analyst, Treasury Manager

(company sold 1989)

. Managed all banking relationships, Cash Management, forecasting for $350M

manufacturing company. Established new lockbox relationships and

locations, participated in end-point analysis studies, cash flow,

forecasting and budgets. Performed financial consolidations, financial

reporting and analysis for 3 separate Operations areas. Managed Inter-

company Accounting and balance sheet reporting.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Tampa FL 1983 - 1987

Financial Analyst

. Managed Accounting processes and revenue / expense forecasting for

multiple offices. Managed banking relationships and Cash Management

services. Performed foreign currency reporting and accounts payables

processes. Performed month end financial reporting and analysis to

improve cash flows. Prepared budgets, forecasts and assisted on internal

audits.

EDUCATION

BA Finance, University of Cincinnati

MBA studies, Xavier University

University of South Florida Accounting studies

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Accounting project management experience using Great Plains, JD Edwards,

CheckFree ReconPlus, Oracle, Peoplesoft, Peachtree and Quickbooks. Computer

software skills: Experience with MS Office suite including MS Access,

Excel, Word, Powerpoint and various financial reporting systems including

Peoplesoft, Oracle, and Hyperion Essbase. Actively participated in

Internal Audits and SOX testing. Experience with multiple Banking Funds

Transfer Systems including JPMorgan Access system, CitiCash Manager and

various bank reporting systems.

AWARDS / CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Treasury Professional C.T.P 2003-2007

Certified Cash Manager C.C.M- 1989, Achieved Permanent Classification of

Certified Cash Manager - 1994

Service Star Awards for CA and CO EBT programs 2004-2005

Three Team Service Excellence Awards (1991 - 1998)

Citicorp Service Excellence Award - Portfolio Management - 1991

Price Waterhouse Management Certification

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