Management Manager

Kerry Jay Connor

** *** **** ***** *********, MA 010**-***-*** 3858 (H) 413-***-**** (C) ************@***.***

An accomplished leader with over 20 years of experience managing Accounting, Finance, Compliance, Risk

Management, Strategic and Continuity Planning functions in a Fortune 100 Financial Services Company and a

Fortune 500 Manufacturer.

Results oriented, focused and incisive leader with proven track record of success tackling highly visible and

demanding issues. Seasoned internal consultant and problem solver. Quickly masters complex technical and legal

subject matter. Develops practical solutions and works closely with Executive Management to successfully drive

their implementation – always with an eye towards reducing complexity, lowering operating costs, increasing

efficiency, improving management information and developing staff.

Core Competencies

Financial Planning, Continuity Planning & Systems Solution

Analysis & Reporting Crisis Management Design &

Implementation

Process Modeling & Strategic Planning & Workforce / People

Reengineering Economic Modeling Development

Compliance & Records Activity Based Costing Operational Risk

Management & Project Leadership Management

Professional Experience

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, MA 2001 – 7/2009

Vice President, Continuity and Records Officer

Complete responsibility for the Enterprise Continuity (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) and

Records Management Programs. Held leadership position on Corporate Compliance Council and

Operational Risk Committee. Created and led highly effective and extensively matrixed program governance

models working very closely with Executive Management, Legal and Compliance.

Built industry leading Continuity Program combining disaster recovery, business resiliency, risk mitigation, crisis

management, recovery planning and testing to protect employees and operations for 20 businesses at 140

locations. Congressional Government Accountability Office described program as one of the best they had seen

during their review of business continuity in the financial services industry

Established federal, state and city level public/private coalitions in Springfield, MA and Enfield, CT to enhance

emergency response and business recovery capabilities

Directed companywide initiatives establishing auditing processes and compliance with various State and Federal

Privacy Laws including GLBA and California SB1

Built comprehensive Records Management/Retention Program and initiated a multi year strategic plan for

managing electronically stored information while minimizing operational impacts, improving retrieval, significantly

reducing storage costs and lowering discovery related risk

Authored document Identification, Preservation and Collections protocol for litigation and regulatory examination

providing a comprehensive, repeatable but flexible process for the issuance of legal holds, and the preservation,

collection and production of relevant information

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Developed multi year/multi faceted eDiscovery strategy to significantly simplify processes for legal hold issuance,

matter management/documentation while lowering outside counsel legal fees and legal risk through the use of

advanced discovery and document/information review tools

Provided support for highly visible litigation matters

Represented company with external auditors and state and federal regulators in discussions about the company’s

Business Continuity and Records Management/Retention programs, receiving praise for the programs without a

single finding or issue

Led operational risk assessments and analysis for corporate operations

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, MA 1997 – 2001

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2 Vice President, Comptrollers

Managed a staff of 15 in the Expense & Budget, Cost Accounting, Inter Company Accounting, General

Ledger and Financial Projects departments overseeing the planning, analysis, allocation and reporting of

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$800 million in company spend.

Developed and built a comprehensive expense data warehouse and user friendly budgeting system leading to a 2

day reduction in the monthly closing cycle and a 10% reduction in the operating budget timeline

Established standardized cost benefit tools and reporting for prioritizing and measuring major projects

Directed company wide Activity Based Costing expense study enhancing cost allocations to support unit costing,

metrics reporting and forecasting

Revamped reporting of indirect operating expenses establishing cost center level accountability and driving cost

reductions through increased awareness of how to positively impact cost drivers

Avery Dennison – Office Products Group, Framingham, Massachusetts 1987 – 1997

Manager of Business Diagnostics & Information

Internal Consultant/Problem Solver developing and leading diagnostic projects that improved operational

performance while reducing non strategic costs and complexity, increasing profitability and improving the quality

and availability of business information.

Promoted through a series of senior accounting positions, each with increasing responsibility: Manager of Accounts

Payable, Financial Planner, Corporate Accounting Manager, Subsidiary Controller/CFO and Manger of Financial

Systems.

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Authored restructuring plan for French subsidiary, returning it to targeted profit levels through product pruning,

manufacturing and distribution consolidations, and organizational restructuring

Created an activity based economic database model and business reporting system to measure customer/product

profitability and provide critical information resulting in millions of dollars in increased profitability through

stronger customer negotiations and partnerships

Designed and conducted numerous activity based/variety analysis studies resulting in operational complexity

reductions and millions of dollars in increased efficiency

Designed the cost accounting and inventory modules for the manufacturing system as well as the balance sheet, cost

allocation and financial reporting portions of their financial system

Enhanced inventory management and reporting to improve turn over, lower carrying costs and avoid millions of

dollars in reserves required under new accounting rules

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance Concentration

Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts

Honored for Academic Excellence – graduating Summa Cum Laude with 3.9 GPA

Recipient of Coopers & Lybrand Award for Excellence in the Study of Accounting

Professional Development and Leadership

Founding member of the Life Office Management Association’s Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Working Group and member of the New England Disaster Recovery Information Exchange

Member of the Insurance Industry Records Management Roundtable

Completed multiple leadership and executive develop programs

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