Information Technology Manager

Adreana Deane

Email: **********@********.***

Address: **** ******* ******** *****

City: Temple Hills

State: MD

Zip: 20748

Country: USA

Phone: 301-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $109,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

13 years of corporate fiscal experience and a Masters degree in Finance. Accomplishments include managing an annual budget of up to $150M and overseeing the expenditures for >100 concurrent projects each with a budget of $50K-$10M. Annually reduced cost expenditure by 1-3% or $1.5-3M. Highly adept at analyzing fiscal data and applying principles of accounting and utilizing the latest financial and reporting instruments. A strong leader with the ability to build and foster relationships with clients and team members equally. A proven track record of communicating fiscal priorities and leading the organization towards financial success.

Core Competencies:

Budget formulation, preparation, execution and GAAP compliance

Development of IT systems to automate administrative and budgetary functions

Budget and variance analysis

Business Planning

Budget forecasting

Change management

Cost containment

Team building and leadership

Monthly/Annual Closing

Advanced communication skills

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

VERIZON Communications, Ashburn, VA

1999 - 2012

A Fortune 20 telecommunication and information technology company

MANAGER FINANCIAL PLANNING ANALYSIS

2001 - 2012

Information Technology

Oversaw and managed $150M operations budget for the Information Technology Department that included the forecasting, planning, formulation and excavation of the annual budget

Managed and enforced expenditures on up to 100 different concurrent IT administered programs with budgets of $50K-$10M; enforced adherence to budgetary reporting requirements and managed expenditures to ensure the long-term budgetary health of the Information Technology Department

Initiated cost reductions measure such as contractor and non-employee related cost containment, as well as reductions in force to generate an annual cost reduction of 1-3%

Managed the formulation of the budget policy and guidance for use in the development of an integrated budget consisting of COPs (Continuing Operations) as well as DE (Development and Enhancement) costs

Monitored and Managed the human resource costs for up to 500 employees and contractors; reviewed and approved recruitment and transfer of employees across units

Evaluated and monitored the operations expense estimates and actuals reported by 10 management teams under supervision of the IT Senior Vice President

Interfaced with Senior Vice Presidents and Directors daily to provide annual budget status reports, actual to variance analyses, problems and planning recommendations

Utilizing the SAP and/or PeopleSoft financial systems to generate reports and conduct budget estimate, actual and trend analyses to facilitate budgetary decisions

Developed detailed specifications for division-wide standard financial reports creation, leading to 90% reduction in monthly report preparation time

Resolved complex forecasting problems by keeping current on all projected IT major program changes

Conducted annual year-end closing activities and reconciled with accounting records including any necessary year-end accruals

Set financial targets to drive the effective and efficient use of resources and support Verizons overall financial growth

Performed business plan, commitment view and best view budget analyses

Addressed affordability, resource prioritization, gap closing issues and facilitated financial resolution of various other business problems

Completed a comprehensive cost study of the billing rate for commercial work provided by IT, leading to an upward adjustment of 6.7% increase in the billing rate

Managed a team responsible for designing, developing and documenting a web-based application for tracking and reporting IT employee/contractor, assets, and expenditures

Assisted in the development and managed the implementation and testing of a new web-based time reporting system, resulting in 100% compliance on HR time reporting requirements

Served as the Single Point of Contact on Business Continuity Planning; assisted in the development and implementation of a Work Stoppage plan; assigned and directed the team members to their work stoppage assignments, when necessary

Responsible for auditing the application and approval of L1 Visas for international employees and ensured compliance with emigration regulations

FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS SPECIALIST

1999 2001

Information Technology

Responsible for managing the budget for all expenditures associated with 5-10 contractual vendors supplying the organization with about 100 contractors annually

Annually, reviewed and managed an average of 20 different vendor contracts with combined value of $40-50M

Liaised with the Corporate Sourcing and Legal departments to ensure contractual policy and legal compliance of all contracts

Managed the purchase orders for each contract, as well as timely and accurate processing of a high volume of invoices with combined value of $4-5M per month

EDUCATION TRAINING

Master of Business Administration Degree

Concentration: Finance

GPA 3.38

School of Business, Howard University, Washington, DC 2000

Bachelor of Business Administration Degree

Major: Accounting

GPA 3.2

School of Business, Howard University, Washington, DC 1993

Certificates

Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Training, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2010

Verizon Diversity Leadership Institute (DLI) 2006

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

Systems: Hyperion Essbase, VFrame Financial System, PeopleSoft Accounts Payable System, SAP

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