Project Management
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Kristen Ann Winslet’s Resume
KRISTEN ANN WINSLET
*** *** ****** ************, *** Jersey 07840
abp5l0@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/kristenwinslet 908-***-****
Business & Financial Analyst
Results oriented and dynamic Corporate Business Process & Financial Analyst with diverse experience and
expertise gained through Fortune 100 companies. Additional experience working as a consultant through a
variety of specialized Consulting Firms. Proven success combining process innovation and exceptional
organizational skill sets. Project management expertise with a focus on ROI business cases, budgets,
financial governance, analysis, reporting and tracking. Management abilities to plan objectives, strategies and
methods; partner; direct; organize; coordinate; and evaluate complex business processes, programs and
priorities. Demonstrated technical savvy and solid analytical skills. Exceptional team building and
partnership abilities across multiple functional business areas in a global corporate matrix environment.
Expert in a powerful array of Microsoft Office Suite tools, including MS Project and MS Front Page as well
as ERP software packages.
Professional Experience
Business & Financial Analyst, IT Governance 10/2006
10/2008
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), Bridgewater, New Jersey
Prepared and posted decision support & ad-hoc YTD budget vs. actual and forecast variance analysis of
corporate IT project expenditures using pivot tables, including headcount resources expenses..
Conceptualized and developed a consolidated cross-organizational incremental spending report in MS
Excel that was used by business IT controller teams to reconcile to budget major cost drivers and to
monitor and control incremental and reprioritized spending on all IT Projects corporate wide.
Performed as contact liaison during annual planning to develop strategic budget targets and coordinate
the budget planning process with cross functional teams.
Reported cost performance targets by business unit to the business unit IT controllers for entry into the
Clarity project management accounting system.
Consolidated monthly IT project scorecards in MS Excel for all IT governance board & operating council
meetings. This included organizing, scheduling, communicating and handling all of the logistics
necessary.
Guided the project management office in each line of business with respect to their IT project s ROI
submissions, including advice on process and guidelines for completing their financial models and cost
estimators for approval. Reviewed all submissions for completeness and prepared reports on ROI metrics.
Financial Reporting & IT Support, Northeast Region 5/2002
9/2006
Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, Morristown, New Jersey
Performed financial analysis to design and prepare financial reports on sales-force dollar and volume
mortgage numbers against budget and forecast using MS Excel and PowerPoint.
Analyzed mortgage product mix that included 30 & 15 year fixed rate, adjustable rate and FHA loans.
Charted results using MS Excel by market to help identify trends and to help drive business decisions.
Prepared cross-sell and loan officer performance metrics pulled from multiple reporting systems within
the bank to identify other products being sold through the mortgage loan officers.
Produced reporting that helped to identify product areas where sales results could be increased; the
reporting also provided information as to who the top loan officers were on a weekly and monthly
basis.
Supported the on-boarding of new sales employees as it pertained to requesting a laptop, providing
access to corporate systems and verifying employee accounting code set up in the HR System.
Liaison with corporate IT providing software upgrade & trouble shooting support to laptop
users.
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Systems & Project Support, Corporate Finance & IT Center 1998
2002
Multiple Consulting Firms, Morris & Somerset County, New Jersey
Data Warehouse Administration - National Exchange Carrier Association 9/2001
3/2002
Managed updated Telecom Switching Data used by the Telecom Industry for billing purposes.
Participated on the team that developed an on-line M&P document for switching data users.
Project Tracking & Reporting - Verizon Wireless 7/2000
4/2001
Provided Functional Project Management support for the 3G Wireless Technology Test Trials.
Updated project issue logs, timelines and presentations used for weekly vendor status update calls.
Process & Quality Improvement - Bear Stearns 6/2000
7/2000
Analyzed the HelpDesk Trouble Ticket Process for the company to ensure that the REMEDY trouble
ticket system was effectively utilized by HelpDesk staff and made recommendations regarding process
changes.
SAP & PeopleSoft Implementation - Lucent Technologies 9/1998
12/1999
Analyzed MS Access data hierarchy codes via VLookup analysis for financial code translation
mismatches between SAP & PeopleSoft, as well as performed testing in SAP modules during
implementation..
Corporate Finance & Accounting Operations, Controllers Organization 1988
1998
AT&T Corporation, Morris & Somerset County, New Jersey
Consolidations & Financial Reporting - Consumer Markets Division 7/1997 -
6/1998
Monthly consolidations & financial reporting for the Consumer Markets Division leadership using
financial information from multiple sources including Hyperion to prepare reports in MS Excel &
PowerPoint.
Change/Project Management - Corporate Controller s Organization 6/1995 -
6/1997
Functional project management responsibilities for the corporate controllers organization in the War
Room as communications liaison pertaining to the Lucent Technologies & NCR Initial Public
Offering.
Developed structured project timelines, gantt charts, issue logs, flow charts and web site in MS
FrontPage.
Staff Accountant - International Accounting & Finance Operations 10/1991 -
5/1995
Performed staff accounting function closing the books for AT&T s Latin American subsidiaries. This
included input of journal entries, fixed assets and summarized financial in accordance with
GAAP/IFRS.
Prepared inter-company telephone cross charge transactions allocated to appropriate business units.
Trained and supported the in-country finance managers on implementing the accounting process in-
country.
Cost & Pricing Analyst - Product Parts Pricing Support 2/1988 -
9/1991
Provided proper pricing on Telecom products & parts for field installation techs in the field.
Education
BS/BA - Business Administration/Marketing, Thomas A. Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey
1989
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