GEORGE WERNER

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H: 732-***-**** M: 732-***-**** ac1svg@r.postjobfree.com

Treasury Workstations • Treasury Operations • Cash Management • Banking Relations & Systems

TECHNO FUNCTIONAL TREASURY PROFESSIONAL with extensive experience in Operations specializing in the fusion of functional expertise with complementary business systems analysis, project management, Six Sigma, and computer systems proficiencies to address business issues and implement strategic improvements.

Knowledge Areas:

•Treasury Workstations

•Treasury Operations

•Corporate Cash Management

•Banking Relations & Analysis

•Bank Account Reconciliation

•Bank Portals & Administration

•Wire Transfer & ACH Payments

•Financial Modeling & Analysis

•RFP Preparation & Analysis

•Debt, Investment & FX Risk

Management

•Forecasting, Budgeting & Reports

•Systems Implementation &

Process Improvement

•Asset Management & Compliance

•Business Systems Analysis

•Project Management, JIRA, HPQC & MS Project

•Six Sigma & MS Visio

•Microsoft Office & SharePoint

•SQL Server & Oracle Databases

•Data Mining, Dashboards &

Business Intelligence (BI)

•SAP Crystal Reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RANDSTAD USA, New York, NY

May 2016 – April 2017

Randstad USA provides outsourcing, staffing, consulting and workforce solutions within the areas of finance and accounting, IT, and other disciplines.

Lead Business Analyst / Project Manager: Moody's Enterprise Business Systems

Provided Treasury domain knowledge for successful global implementation of Reval Treasury & Risk Management system covering multiple facets of operations: cash & payments, risk and integrations.

Worked closely with Business, IT team, Vendor & Executive Stakeholders to develop technology solution.

Treasury techno-functional SME lead to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and systems.

ACTUALIZE CONSULTING, New York, NY

January 2014 – June 2015

Actualize Consulting is a professional services firm specializing in business process engineering and technology implementations for financial institutions.

Manager – Corporate Treasury / Capital Markets Consulting

Implemented SunGard Quantum Treasury and Risk Management System for multiple business units of a $175B global asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Analyzed business processes, determined functional requirements, interfaces and technical specifications.

Developed Process Flow Diagrams, System Documentation and developed custom SAP Crystal Reports.

Designed Use Cases, Test Scripts, authored User Guides and conducted User Training,

Responsible for application of best practices and client satisfaction.

THE ASPEN GROUP, INC., Silver Spring, MD

June 2010 – November 2012

The Aspen Group is a niche Workforce Management Company that provided staff augmentation services for Frontier Communications, the nation’s largest provider of communications services focused on rural America.

Treasury Consultant: Frontier Communications Corporation

Treasury Operations & Corporate Cash Management

Responsible for all treasury functions including cash management, banking and bank systems.

Liaised with external and internal constituents at multiple levels: Commercial Banks, Comptrollers, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Corporate Secretary, Legal and Systems groups.

Responsible for cash and non-cash accounting for general ledger and monthly closing process.

Banking Relations, Account Analysis & Reconciliation

Managed bank relationships for 5 banks and 46 accounts.

Reviewed, Reconciled and investigated all intra-day, prior day and monthly bank reports and statements.

Managed bank account reconciliation system (Chesapeake Systems Solutions T-Recs Enterprise).

Bank Portals & Systems Administration

Reviewed, approved and released all wire transfer and ACH payment transactions.

Provided systems and security administration for all bank portal systems.

Treasury Workstations

Responsible for ownership of Sunguard AvantGard Treasury Management System (TMS).

Managed TMS conversion to Wall Street Systems Treasura System.

Systems Implementation & Process Improvement

Developed SharePoint intranet sites and process workflow applications for treasury services and CIO.

Improved efficiency of monthly Treasury closing process by reducing processing time by 98%.

Managed IT projects and provided systems analysis for ad hoc projects: data mining, dashboards and BI.

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC., New York, NY

March 1980 – September 2009

Verizon is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wire line communications services a Dow 30 company ranked 17th among the 2009 Fortune 500 .

Senior Specialist – Treasury Operations

Asset Recovery (Revenue Generation)

Created and managed national asset recovery program for Verizon Communications and all subsidiaries.

Recovered $5M in company assets during 3-year period with successive 40% annual increases.

Established direct strategic relationships with key business partners to accelerate recovery of receipts.

Financial Planning, Modeling & Analysis

Provided financial planning and analysis for a wide variety of diverse ad hoc projects including Performed in-depth data analysis for three multimillion dollar voluntary disclosure projects resulting in $6.5M savings and avoidance of non-compliance fines.

Cash Management, Debt, Investment & FX Management

Determined daily cash position and financed daily cash requirements via investments, borrowings and foreign currency transactions; responsible for forecasting of corporate and subsidiary new money requirements.

Administered bank loans, Commercial Paper, Medium Term Notes, Lines of Credit and arbitrage programs.

Cash Flow Forecasting, Budgeting, Portfolio Analysis & Risk Management

Responsible for Cash Planning and forecasting of corporate and subsidiary new money requirements.

Founding member of captive finance subsidiary. Managed all Treasury related matters including funding and portfolio management, cash flow and financial planning, forecasting, capital market activities, asset/liability and rate risk management, commercial banking and rating agency relationships.

Arranged $135M interest rate risk management transactions (hedging).

Financed leveraged leases for aircraft, solar and hydroelectric power equipment and real estate.

Treasury Workstations, Systems Implementation, Process Improvement, RFP Preparation & Analysis

Championed, implemented and maintained Treasury Management Systems (Sunguard AvantGard and ICMS).

Established in-house bank for corporate/subsidiary centralized cash management.

Systems and security administration for all bank systems & portals for funds transfers and FX transactions.

Established Image Processing Document Content Management System; created Treasury intranet websites.

Implemented bar coding of unclaimed property due diligence letters to streamline the management of return mail and eliminate data entry errors (30,000 – 50,000 letters annually).

Created and managed Treasury Department intranet websites.

Served as an integral member of RFP committees for Remote Deposit, Bank Account Consolidation, Lockbox Services, Bank Account Reconciliation System and Treasury Workstation System.

EDUCATION / MEMBERSHIPS / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MBA (with distinction), Pace University Graduate School of Business, New York, NY

BS (cum laude), Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

Certified Cash Manager (CCM), Association for Financial Professionals (1994)

Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)

Avtech Institute, South Plainfield, NJ (2016) SAP BW/B.I & (2013-2014) SAP FICO, Business Analysis, MS Office

International Trade Certificate (2013)

Business Systems Analyst Certificate (2011)

Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate (2010)

Project Management Certificate (2009)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) (1998)

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) (2011, 2013)

edX:Analyzing & Visualizing Data with Excel (2016)

Professional Services Group of Central NJ

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