Process Improvement Management

GARY HARDING

**********@*****.*** phone: 631-***-**** cell: 631-***-**** 6

Everett Place, Halesite, NY 11743-2211

Process Improvement/Data Analysis Specialist

Financial Analysis Operations Technical Support

Dynamic leader with more than 25 years of experience in Information

Technology, programming, data warehousing, financial applications, as well

as user support. Track record of fast-track promotion through a series of

increasingly responsible positions based on strong technical, analytical,

problem solving, communication, and relationship management skills. Adept

at interfacing cross-functionally in order to assess needs and implement

strategic modules and projects that yield sustainable results to the bottom

line.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management, Trend Analysis, Business Reporting, Budgeting &

Finance, Strategic Planning, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Operations, Process

Improvements, IT Support, Cross-Functional Leadership, Data Gathering for

Green Belt Projects

Professional Experience

Icon Central Laboratories - Farmingdale, NY November 2012 to Present

Providing the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with exceptional

clinical research management and biometric services.

Logistics Analyst/Process Improvement Analyst

Recruited to provide data support to the Logistics and Process Improvement

Departments, for their research and operational needs. Created automated

Microsoft office systems, as well as reporting solutions via Business

Objects, to streamline and enhance productivity levels within these

departments. Provided support for our courier data to be normalized as a

result of collaboration between ICON and Trax Technologies

- Saved hundreds of staffing hours by designing Visual Basic Macros to

increase efficiency within the Farmingdale and Dublin locations.

- Provided dozens of solutions that assisted Managers and Directors in

company management by developing reports in Business Objects and

Microsoft Excel.

- Served as a liaison between ICON and TRAX Technologies in the efforts to

normalize shipping data to accurately identify financial trends.

- Created internal systems to automate the processes of building quick

invoices for ICON studies with specific sponsors.

- Building trends to identify inventory levels in the company's various

warehouses in the US, Ireland and Singapore.

- Assist various Managers and Directors in data collection and analysis for

specific Green Belt projects to improve company performance

Avis Budget Group- East Elmhurst, NY January 1986 to January 2012

Leading supplier to the premium commercial and leisure segments as well as

the price-conscious car rental segments of the travel industry.

Business Analyst

Recruited to design and execute an auditing system to monitor and

authenticate sales records, goals, and rewards. Provided IT and office

management to the North East Area Office and 400 airport, downtown and

local market locations. Performed financial analysis and monthly closing

tasks for the North East Area. Managed projects, including one for the

accounting department that was developed to identify and track all 20,000

vehicles registered to Avis/Budget in the New York area to determine which

cars to hold, renew the registration, or drop from the rotating fleet.

Established rental statistics determining how many times parties rented

vehicles and at what times a year to help decision makers identify

expenses, promotions, and budgets. Conducted inventory management utilizing

warehouse analyses. Cooperated in conjunction with the monthly financial

team, reporting directly to the vice president research regarding

financials, including financial statements for each region and forecast

$1.1B in revenue annually. Partnered with the Parking Violations department

to act as the liaison between the branch office and corporate,

disseminating information based on business research that could potentially

benefit the bottom-line.

- Saved hundreds of staffing hours by designing Visual Basic Macros to

increase efficiency within the area office.

- Provided hundreds of solutions that assisted the controller in financial

analysis by developing reports in Hyperion Explorer and schedules to

compare against the company's Data Warehouse.

- Conserved thousands of IT dollars annually by providing internal computer

support.

- Supported financial management with journal entries and on-demand checks

using Oracle.

- Delivered an additional $400K by implementing reports that helped make

decisions as well as track funds.

- Saved $1M annually with the data on parking tickets that his report

designs tracked.

- Conserved up to $750K by reducing the time it took to determine which

portion of the inventory should be salvaged or saved by automating the

process, using Visual Basic Macros, taking it from 8 hours to one hour

twice a week.

Reports Coordination Specialist

Conducted financial reporting and manual processing of batches from all

over the country. Oversaw bank reconciliation and research, as well as

budget tracking. Conceived exceptional reporting, including summery trend

reports and internal audits created in Easytrive.

- Proposed innovative solutions to financial and rental operation inquiries

throughout the Avis US & Canadian locations.

- Provided IT support for the Daily Business Reporting and Bank

Reconciliation Department.

- Created thousands of reports in Easytrieve Plus, provided in either Ad-

hoc style, or daily, weekly and monthly increments, to identify scenarios

that were outside of the norm.

- Designed macros and modules that simplified the Bank Reconciliation

Process and other Financial Reporting needs.

Education

AAS, Business Information Systems - Nassau Community College - Long Island,

NY

Green Belt Training - ICON plc. - Farmingdale, NY

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