Manager Management
Resume:
Mel Myrie III
Long Island City, NY
11109
********@*****.***
CAREER SUMMARY:
Strong detail oriented professional with fifteen years of financial
accounting and operations experience. A dependable, thorough, well-
organized individual who multi-tasks and communicates effectively. An
experienced leader with major strengths in team building, problem solving,
and operations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Jones Lang LaSalle, New York, NY
Senior Vice President - Region Finance Director/Controller
May 2011 to March 2014
Head of finance for Northeast Market Solutions business unit reporting
directly to the regional COO and business unit CFO; key advisor and
strategic partner to leadership for all financial and operational matters
that supports revenue producing staff of 220 brokers, 170 project managers,
and 190 property management professionals
Director of 10 person accounting team for the $230 million Northeast market
solutions business responsible for accounting functions; budgeting,
forecasting, monthly close, SAB 101 revenue recognition, and accounts
receivable
Designed and implemented controls that reduced operating expense by 12%
for the Northeast Market Solutions business group
Restructured and implemented national executive reporting dashboard to
"one page" that provides leadership with financial metrics and key
variance driver information in each region
Advised external consultants and beta tested installation of Hyperion
budgeting system for JLL's Corporate Solutions business
Jones Lang LaSalle, New York, NY
Vice President - Region Operations Manager
April 2006 to 2011
Northeast region operation manger for the Project and Development Services
business unit; responsible for profit and loss, driving strategy, and
overall business success with operating control over 140 employees in NY,
NJ, Connecticut, and Philadelphia generating annual revenue of $24 million
with services that include base building development management, complex
redevelopments, tenant fit-out, multi-site program management, and
workplace provisioning
Drove the turnaround of northeast business unit from $13 million of revenue
in 2005 to $24 million in 2009 representing growth of 85% over a three year
period by implementing strict operational control over personnel and
expenses
Increased northeast business unit margin profitability from -1% to 21% from
2005 to 2009 by placing tight controls around hiring strategies, cutting
expenses, and eliminating redundant employees
Led pricing strategy on proposal teams responsible for acquiring high
profile projects with Word Trade Center, Empire State building, Citigroup,
Goldman Sachs, and Pepsi
Jones Lang LaSalle, Chicago, IL
Finance Manager- Project Development and Services
September 2003 to 2006
Manager of Project Development and Services finance team responsible for
monthly financial reporting and analysis, general ledger analysis,
collections, invoicing, quarterly forecasting, and annual budgeting for
$100 million business unit
Reduced Accounts Receivables outstanding aged over 60 days to less than
3% in 2004 thus reducing cost of capital charges for the business unit by
$190K from the previous year
Streamlined quarterly audit by instituting uniformed reports and
checklists for accounting team to use as a standard template resulting in
no major audit deficiencies in two years by the Project Development and
Services group
Led the creation of the Internal Control Procedure Manual for the
business unit, helping Jones Lang LaSalle achieve compliant status on the
2004 Sarbanes-Oxley financial audit
Baxter International, Deerfield, IL
Senior Financial Analyst- International Finance
January 2000 to 2003
Responsible for the management and analysis of quarterly forecasts and
yearly budget of $20 million Global Support business unit including monthly
and quarterly operating report presentations to senior management
Coordinated the legal and management reporting of various entities in
Europe, China and Canada ensuring that subsidiaries financial data was
reported in compliance with U.S. GAAP
Restructured foreign exchange analysis tool enabling senior finance
management to better understand the exposure related to foreign exchange
and foreign currency hedging
Improved financial restatement process by implementing a system in which
items could be submitted, evaluated and recorded into financial reporting
system, which led to a decrease of two months from the previous process
Baxter International, Deerfield, IL
Associate- Financial Development Program
December 1997 to 2000
Successfully graduated Baxter International 2 year rotational Financial
Development program designed to provide associates practical financial and
accounting experience.
Corporate consolidations- Deerfield, IL
Manufacturing Accounting Renal Division- Tampa, Florida
Financial Planning Renal Division- Brussels, Belgium
Financial Reporting Biotech- Deerfield, IL
New company spin off and dissolution- Cardiovascular - Irvine, Ca.
United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division
June 1989 to 1993
. Corporal - Served a tour of duty in Operation Desert Storm with the
82nd Airborne Division
Graduated Primary Leadership Development Course on Commandant's list
reserved for top 10% of graduates
Airborne School graduate
Honorably Discharged June 13th, 1993
EDUCATION:
North Carolina A&T State University: - Bachelors of Science in
Accounting & Finance 1997
Eastern New Mexico University- MBA Candidate
URL: http://www.linkedin.com/Mel Myrie
SKILLS:
( Hyperion Enterprise
( PeopleSoft
( Oracle
( Citrix
( Dealio
. JD Edwards
( Microsoft Office Professional
( Adobe Acrobat Professional
( SAP
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