Summary

Steven Bruni has over ** years of experience in Accounting, Audit, and Information Technology. He has worked as an Accounting Manager, IT Project Manager, Financial/IT Auditor, and Financial Analyst in Finance and Manufacturing industries. Steve has extensive experience maintaining and auditing Accounting Information Systems. Most of this experience involved compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, ISO27K, COBIT, COSO and ITIL standards. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Marquette University in Accounting and Management Information Science. He received his MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan. He also holds several specialized certifications

Steve also is an adjunct instructor of Accounting information systems and ACL programming at Davenport University.

Resume:

Steven Bruni

Professional Summary

Professional with over 28 years of diverse experience in the Finance, Health Care and Manufacturing industries.

Over 10 years of experience managing medium to large (global) IT projects.

Managed and maintained Project Change management as well as Issues and Risk project exposures for over 10 years

Coordinated project updates through formal project change control systems

25 years of Audit and Information Technology industry experience.

Worked closely with the Big 4 Accounting Firms; Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, and E&Y on SOX audits and compliance.

Obtained several specialized certifications, including PMP, CPA, ITIL and CISA.

Skilled in MS Office Suite, including MS Project.

Extensive experience with ERP systems: SAP, QAD and PeopleSoft as well as Leasing systems for Tax affected lease portfolios.

Managed and audited project data for quality, integrity and ISO27K security for over 10 years

Performed Data Center Audits globally and reviewed SSAE16 reports for client audits

Proficient in various software applications and audit software, such as ACL.

Demonstrated experience working on projects for major clients including Visteon, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Comerica, Chrysler and TRW.

Knowledge of the several Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) (Waterfall, Agile) methodologies

Maintained PMO policies, procedures, and methodologies.

Strong in data analysis and effectively communicates project progress, dependencies and risk mitigation action plan to key manager and stakeholders.

Coordinated project testing through test development, user acceptance and regression testing for over 5 years

Drives projects and innovative problem-solver, generating workable solutions.

Directed multiple concurrent IT projects from inception through implementation managing client staff as well as client vendors

Instructor for the Great Lakes Chapter of PMI for project management processes

MBA Degree in Finance and Bachelor Degree in Accounting and Management Info Science.

Experienced leading worldwide virtual teams for Ford, United Health Group and other clients in IT Infrastructure and Application projects

Participated with Cap Gemini on the Ford to Visteon, PeopleSoft ERP system "clone" project in 2004.

Technical Skills

COBOL

BMC/Remedy

Project Workbench

MS Project

Clarity

MS Access

Hyperion

Auto Audit

Teammate

RACF

ACF2

Top Secret

PeopleSoft

FOCUS

SQL

ACL

Share point

LAN

Mainframe

MS Project

Lotus Notes

IBM/Manage Now

MS PowerPoint

MS Word

Oracle

Windows

Excel

UNIX

MS Outlook

SAP

QAD

Lease Pro

Linux

Info Lease

VMWare

McQue

Certifications

ITIL v3 Foundations – 2010

Certified Information Systems Auditor, (CISA) – 2005

Project Management Professional, (PMP) – 2004

Certified Public Accountant, Indiana – renewed since 2014

Education:

Master of Business Administration in Finance; University of Michigan

Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Management Information Science; Marquette University

Professional Summary

Active as an instructor for the Great Lakes Chapter of PMI,(since Sept 2004 to present) preparing PMP candidates in the PMBOK project management concepts such as Risk management and Procurement

Adjunct University instructor for Davenport University (since Sept 2009) in Accounting Principles, Accounting Information Systems, IT Auditing, IFRS/GAAP

Also taught Financial Planning at the University of Phoenix (Since Dec 2009)

University of Michigan Medical Center Ann Arbor MI 6/16- 4/17

Project Manager from Tek Systems

Project manager/Governance team for uniting the budgeting functions of the Medical school with the Medical center for a $120 million budget

Identifying and documenting the new budgeting process for the combined medical entities at U of M. Primary objective of the project was to initiate and monitor compliance with the newly formed organization’s budgeting process.

Maintained project issues, risks, change management records

Designed new Equipment order system focusing on internal control and data governance

Documented updates to the user manual for conversion to the upgraded BMC/Remedy system

Collabera 5/15-11/15

Project Manager Van Buren MI

Contracted to Capgemini to participate in a major IT Infrastructure conversion project at Visteon

Managed 10 concurrent conversion efforts for the Engineering unit of Visteon.

Directed separate teams of Visteon client personnel and vendor teams both on site and globally

Updated and maintained project plans, change control, issues and risks for each of the projects

Reported project status to Client management on a weekly basis

Ensured that project teams adhered to project timelines and deliverables

Maintained team compliance with PMO standards, ISO27K security standards and SDLC processes for status reporting

Worked with teams and client management to resolve any project delivery issues as they occurred

Fast Switch Ltd 3/12 – 9/14

Project Controls Officer/Compliance/Project Manager Farmington Hills MI

While Engaged at Ford Motor

Maintain the Project financial reporting system and budget for a Ford Motor IT Infrastructure unit: $34 million budget

Prepared and reporting on monthly IT project costs and budget comparisons

Monitored, reported on variances to budgets, Project Change management and updated IT project budgets as needed

Facilitated Project Management global web ex meetings for IT project financial status and planning

While engaged at TD Auto finance:

Developed project control processes to facilitate PMO monitoring activities

Maintained the reporting and monitoring of the Corporate Internal controls standardization initiative

Maintained reporting for the project Integration processes with the parent company and subsidiaries

Responsible for IT Project SOX and ISO 27K security compliance for reporting up to Corporate Finance.

Consolidated US and Canadian project portfolios with currency conversion for business and Tax reporting purposes

Prepared and reported monthly, quarterly, and annual IT project cost reports for management

Lead the activities for the yearly budget and profit plan roll out

Responsible for monthly Project financial status reporting to corporate management

Responsible for the monthly department financial variance reporting for all areas of the company

Developed and maintain the central financial Data base of Technology services

Planned the new reporting requirements for the coming year

Technical Environment: Clarity, Hyperion Financials, Sharepoint, Essbase, Waterfall, Agile

CIBER Corporation 06/11 to 3/12

Project Manager/Governance Manager Southfield MI

While engaged at United Health care:

Served as Project Manager for Health Care initiative impacting financial applications.

Responsible for Project planning, Time and Cost budgets (up to $22 million), multiple concurrent project delivery leading multiple virtual teams in multiple locations

Maintained and monitored multiple project Issues, Risks and Change Management files

Responsible for SOX, ISO27K security, ACA and HIPPA project compliance and governance

Technical Environment: Plan view, MS Project, Waterfall, Agile

CDI Corporation 01/10 to 6/11

Project Manager/ Compliance/IT Infrastructure Audit Analyst Detroit MI

While engaged at General Motors Corporation:

Served as Project Manager monitoring and reporting on compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements, ISO27K security, SSAE16 reviews, and audit remediation plans.

Worked closely with Deloitte on SOX compliance processes. Reviews included configuration, privileged accounts, and password compliance.

Maintained and administered multiple vendor activity, Project Change Management, contract budgets and costs

Utilized compliance tools such as Qualys.

Technical Environment: UNIX, Windows, Linux, VMWare, Qualys

Millennium Software 04/08 to 12/09

Project Manager/ Governance Analyst Dearborn MI

While engaged at Ford Motor Company:

Served as Project Manager responsible for the tools used for server performance monitoring. Worked closely with PWC on SOX compliance issues and with the client on ISO27K security compliance

Led multiple simultaneous projects for infrastructure team including global deployment of Oracle Enterprise Manager for database monitoring. Reviewed ETL and Perl code for projects.

Developed and maintained the project plans under SDM (Classic/Unified) and SDBM methodology for the team using MS Project. Also used Waterfall and Agile process.

Experienced using Clarity software for project management reporting.

Provided PowerPoint and Excel presentations of statistical reports for management of department performance and EVA statistics on project performance.

Served as Lead Project Coordinator on global service releases for the IT infrastructure team; led the weekly WebEx project status meeting with Manager to Director level team members and stakeholders located the US, Europe and Asia.

Prepared and presented project gate reviews and scorecard status reports. Also ACR/ICR/SCRP reviews

Developed and maintained the MS Project plans as well as Issues, Risks and Change Management logs.

Interfaced with team members from North America, Europe (Britain and Germany), Asia Pacific (India), and South America

Deployed common IT services globally, and aligned services with ITIL processes. The project included the global deployment of the Intranet and Extranet web services; Open Systems Hosting, SAN and NAS Storage services, documenting firewall rules, and network communication systems.

Developed project requirements and design documentation, including technical process flowcharts.

Created and maintained SharePoint libraries that housed project documentation.

Developed policy and procedures for updating and accessing the team's SharePoint site, which maintains data related to projects and service releases.

Created SharePoint site for maintaining and reporting project deliverables. Performed duties as Access Security Administrator for the SharePoint site.

Participated in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) management practices for the department which included researching Industry best practices to align IT activities with corporate objectives.

Technical Environment: Clarity, Oracle Enterprise Manager, ETL, Perl. MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, SharePoint, ETL, Waterfall, Agile

Jefferson Wells 08/04 to 03/08

IT Audit Leader/Compliance/Project Manager

While engaged at TRW, Visteon, Central Michigan University, Comerica and DaimlerChrysler:

Performed SAP and QAD Sarbanes-Oxley reviews for a major automotive supplier of its installations worldwide. Worked closely with KPMG on audit reviews. Audit reviews had emphasis on SoD and authentication reviews involving the Versa tool.

Monitored Project change compliance using the BMC/Remedy Change management tool

Developed SAP and QAD audit programs for clients that included user access control, change control and business cycle module control steps. Worked closely with E&Y on modules.

Consulted with client on the development of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) self-assessment templates for its IT departments as well as ISO27K security compliance

Directed the work of teams of auditors on various SAP reviews that primarily focused on security (BASIS module), user access controls and segregation of duties evaluation.

Led IT audits of QAD ERP systems in Brazil, Czech Republic, Malaysia, China and the US.

Led general controls reviews at Data Centers and reviewed SSAE16 reports

Audited the Treasury and Tax administrative systems

Directed IT audits of SAP ERP systems in Germany, France, and the US.

Technical Environment: LAN, Client/Server, SAP, QAD, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, BMC/Remedy

Compuware Corporation 02/97 to 08/04

Project Manager

While engaged at Visteon, (13 Months):

Played an instrumental role in the Ford to Visteon cutover project to implement and support the PeopleSoft Accounts Receivable, General Ledger systems, and Oracle Essbase reporting systems at Visteon.

Converted the Asset management system for Book vs Tax accounting reports.

Acted as liaison between the Visteon Corporate Accounting department and the Systems Support staff in implementing application enhancements.

Administered the Change Control and incident reporting system by assigning priority to issues that arose daily, using the IBM product, Manage Now/Change Now. This also included designating both onsite and offshore Analysts to resolve issues and coordinating the completion.

Monitored Internal control configuration and ISO27K security compliance

Interfaced with IT and Accounting personnel from Ford to obtain the necessary knowledge transfer to proceed with the cutover project.

Successfully networked with all the representatives of different contact firms that made up the “alliance partnership” designated to provide the systems service to Visteon.

Technical Environment: LAN, Client/Server, PeopleSoft, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, Windows, MS Outlook, IBM Manage Now

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