Project Manager Management

Robert W. Seymour

Phoenix, AZ *****

*********@*******.*** 602-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/rob-seymour

Senior Project Management Professional

Leverage strategic financial expertise and solve complex business problems, improving bottom-line and revenue

Highly accomplished and passionate leader / project manager and finance professional fully versed in leading and managing complex technology transformation projects. Repeated success in slashing costs, streamlining operations, improving processes, and increasing internal customer satisfaction. Acknowledged for propelling challenging projects to successful fruition and promoted for achievement, delivering multimillion-dollar savings. Innate capacity to scrutinize core issues, devise creative and realistic solutions, oversee project deliverables and improve financial performance.

Wealth of hands-on ERP system knowledge: Oracle R12, Oracle 11i, Oracle Fusion, various versions of SAP, People Soft, Great plains (MS Dynamics), and JD Edwards, SalesForce, Apttus, Avila, NetSuite, SharePoint, and SharePoint Designer. Successful at managing multiple projects simultaneously by taking an organized approach.

Expertise includes:

Project Management / Leadership

Process Improvement

Business Analysis & Solution Management

Business Outsourcing

Six Sigma Black Belt Methodology

Customer Relationship Management

Strategic Planning / Analysis

Customer Training / Orientation

MS Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, SQL Advanced

Agile/Scrum

Vendor Management

Risk Management

Professional Experience

WAGEWORKS, Tempe, AZ 2014 to Present

Leading provider of consumer directed health, commuter and employee benefits.

SDO Project Manager

Recognized as yearly Spotlight award recipient for implanting new Vendor Management program.

Managed system migration from homegrown V5 to NetSuite for financial operations, improving processes as business requirements were gathered and implemented.

Led transition and consolidation of FSA, Client admin, and Cobra / Direct Bill payments from a merged company (Conexis), completing necessary migration into WageWorks platforms ahead of schedule and below budget.

Aided in creating a Vendor Management Program to supplement WageWorks lack of one, completing on time and leading into next project in merging "like" vendors into fewer as to save money and build better partnerships.

Assisted in procuring / implementing new ERP for financial operations and was instrumental in RFP process for vendor selection, choosing NetSuite as vendor.

Managed acquisitions of ADP’s Cobra business, contributing to migration to WageWorks platforms and selection of ADP as fulfillment vendor for printing collateral.

Implemented new corporate card policy with new vendor and moved from costly commercial to actual corporate card program, saving $500K annually.

FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Scottsdale, AZ 2010 to 2014

Title insurance and escrow services company.

Senior Project Manager

Recognized as “Employee of the Quarter” for 3 consecutive years.

Managed corporate financial projects and developed and directed initiatives, creating efficiency and operational excellence.

Coordinated Enterprise process change efforts, streamlining workflow using SharePoint to improve efficiency of common business processes and resulting in significant expense savings.

Drove upgrade from Oracle 11i to Oracle R12 and Fusion, including mapping and migrating data from old ERP to new, achieving success from the start due to understanding of how overall business process was impacted and in-depth knowledge of general ledger.

Curbed costs and enhanced income by outsourcing process to India.

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HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, Tempe, AZ 2007 to 2009

Fortune 500 company with $35B in annual revenue serving industries in aerospace, automation and control solutions, specialty materials, and transportation systems.

Functional Transition Project Manager

Nominated for prestigious annual CEO award for team accomplishments.

Achieved annualized savings of $2.5M through implementation of more efficient C2C process.

Managed strategic transitional projects for organization using Six Sigma Black Belt methodology and Lean principles, focusing on all aspects of finance.

Planned and executed workflow process improvements and internal migrations, creating detailed business requirements and reporting to governance team weekly.

Led core team in analyzing and developing key metrics for peer-to-peer transition to third-party contractor, resulting in more visibility and user-friendly reporting which decreased amount of time organizing results.

Maintained deliverables, tracked milestones, oversaw project budget, assigned roles and resources, evaluated risks, managed contingency or alternate solutions and developed metrics to measure performance.

AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES, INC., Tempe, AZ 2000 to 2007

Fortune 500 company with $5B in annual revenue providing information technology services and business process outsourcing solutions to businesses.

Finance and Accounting Project Manager 2002 to 2007

Supervised team of 4 – 5 employees in planning, developing and executive business process outsourcing migrations.

Prepared and delivered presentations to clients using MS PowerPoint, to updating clients on process.

Improved business process during migration, using Lean principles and Six Sigma methodology.

Analyzed process flow and planned and wrote future state process workflows for future processing through ACS’s web-based workflow application, saving time and decreasing bottom line.

Served as core team member of SAP payroll migration, gathering business requirements, testing, training, and implementing.

Solutions Architect / Business Analyst 2000 to 2002

Analyzed workflow, designed, developed and implemented business solutions for clients, including Delphi Financial Shared Services, General Motors Financial Shared Services, United Technologies, Sprint, Hilton, Georgia Pacific, Cigna and Solectron.

Used Web application to improve business processes and gained needed efficiencies, meeting service-level agreements with clients.

Performed internal testing, conducted UAT, and developed future state desk procedures after success in testing, creating easier-to-use work instructions which lessened training and support time.

Additional Relevant Experience

RURAL METRO CORPORATION, Scottsdale, AZ

Nation's Leading Provider of Ambulance, Fire Protection and Safety Services.

Payroll Analyst

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Finance, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA

Professional Development

SharePoint Designer coursework

Six Sigma methodology

PMI coursework toward Project Management Professional Certification

Lean principle coursework for Process Efficiency

Community Service

Consulted with White Mountain Apache Tribe in procuring a new ERP system for financial operations

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