Manager Management

Paul N. Zdrojewski, MBA

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Profile

Energetic financial management professional offering eighteen years

experience focused in the financial services industry. Hands-on financial

planning and analysis skill set demonstrated in corporate office and field

locations with background in operational risk management. Proven ability

to improve operations, impact business growth, create and execute strategic

plans, and maximize profit. Seeking a finance position to drive profitable

growth for the organization by partnering with business lines and utilizing

my strong analytical, leadership, communication, and project management

skills. Expertise includes:

Planning & Forecasting Systems Design

Value-Added Analysis Risk Analysis

Scorecard Development Process Improvement

Professional Experience

LEXISNEXIS Feb. 2009 - July 2009

Financial Consultant (Financial Planning & Analysis), Miamisburg, OH

Identified underlying, potential or complex problem areas and made

recommendations to senior levels of management. Consolidated ideas,

issues, and observations into clear and concise presentations. Oversaw the

financial results for two $50 million (revenue) solution lines by

explaining variances and challenging submitted forecasts.

. Created historical control files for revenue, expense, and profit that

produced organic growth rates by solution line.

. Owned the financial analysis on $100 million of investment projects.

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP Feb. 1998 - Dec. 2008

Operational Risk Manager, Vice President, Cincinnati, OH, 2006 - 2008

Managed the Bancorp's programs that identified risk from failed internal

processes, people, and systems across multiple divisions. Responsibilities

for the Key Risk Indicator, Risk/Control Self-Assessment, and Policy Center

programs included challenging the data being assessed to ensure

effectiveness, reporting results to senior management, escalating findings

as appropriate, and ensuring that all due dates were met. Led the

Operational Loss Committee comprised of eighteen members that measured

losses, identified root cause, developed action plans to mitigate future

exposure, and managed the action plans to completion.

. Created a Risk/Control Self-Assessment program and led a team of ten

members in the software selection, implementation, and the training of

end-users.

. Developed a spreadsheet based program to capture the risk audit results

conducted annually at 1,300 financial centers, reducing the analysts'

time by 50% and providing the manager with complete authority over

changes to the program.

. Reduced past due policies and guidelines from 40% to 5% over twelve

months during ownership of program.

. Created a heat map and line-of-business dashboards that succinctly

provided the risk temperature on fourteen divisions across eight

operational risk programs. This success was adopted by the credit and

market risk teams to report their findings.

. Led the conversion of the Key Risk Indicator program from Microsoft Excel

to a vendor's software.

Finance Manager (Interim CFO), Vice President, Dayton, OH, 2005 - 2006

Senior financial decision-maker for a $4 billion (assets) affiliate bank.

Member of senior management team with primary responsibility for analyzing

the financial performance and seeking growth opportunities.

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Provided assistance to line-of-business managers in developing action plans

to sustain profitable growth. Managed staff of three through annual

planning process, monthly forecasting, closing & reporting.

. Partnered with marketing department to increase volume on new checking

accounts. Decided which products to target and brainstormed on

promotional giveaways that would drive excitement for customers and

employees. Determined pricing.

. Increased scope of forecast from total bank to line-of-business and

extended time frame from six to eighteen months.

. Implemented detailed monthly reporting package including a scorecard with

every salesperson's performance vs. goal.

Senior Financial Analyst (Financial Planning & Analysis), Assistant VP,

Cincinnati, OH, 2003 - 2005

Bancorp liaison for seventeen affiliate banks - coordinated the planning,

forecasting, reporting, and month-end closing process. Provided value-

added analysis and recommendations to support business growth. Managed two

analysts.

. Led two focus groups that reduced Bancorp expense by 20%.

. Conduit between end-users and software developers for the rollout of new

forecasting tool.

. Trained new affiliate banks on financial systems and reporting.

Controller, Assistant VP, Indianapolis, IN, 1998 - 2003

Managed annual planning process for a $6 billion (assets) affiliate bank.

Responsible for month-end close and net income forecast. Led the liability

pricing committee. Continuous improvement of management reports.

Supervised five employees.

. Developed a pricing strategy that saved $500,000 per year.

. Mapped application systems to general ledger which allowed for cost

center reconciliations.

. Led department to victory in three internal contests that boosted

employee morale.

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. Jan. 1991 - Feb. 1998

Financial Performance Reporting Manager, Indianapolis, IN, 1996 - 1998

Responsible for reporting financial results, staffing levels, and sales

activity. Ad hoc reporting through mainframe extracts. FTE management.

Responsible for maintaining the cost center structure. Supervised one

employee.

. Developed and maintained a FTE management system that increased the

accuracy of forecasts.

. Maintained the forecasting tool that saved eight hours of data input for

each analyst.

Financial Officer, Racine, WI, 1991 - 1996

Planning, forecasting, & reporting for a $1 billion (assets) affiliate

bank.

Education

M.B.A., Finance Major, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1990

B.B.A., Finance Major, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 1989

Certification, Licensing, & Software

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (in training)

Certified Lean Gold Practitioner

Licensed in Accident/Health and Life insurance

Experienced user of Hyperion Enterprise, Business Objects, Essbase and

MS Office applications

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