Laura Guthrie Remote 917-***-**** ad1f85@r.postjobfree.com

A program management and, governance professional with 20 years implementing resilient solutions, and institutional change management, for financial institutions, government agencies, not-for-profits, and international organizations

Program and Project Management l Operational Controls and Logistics l Client Relations

Change Management l Shared Services: Off and Near Shore l Organizational and Regulatory Reporting

Fixed Assets l Procurement Services: Hardware, Software, and Sub-contractors Selection and Management

Program and Project Management KPMG, NYC Dept of Finance, Chase, Credit Suisse, and UNICEF

Financial Planning and Analysis for programs valued at $10 - $700 million spend annually

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations

Requirement gathering, deliverable tracking, testing and acceptance

Human Resource recruitment, management, and evaluation

Operational Controls and Logistics KPMG, Chase

Expense Management and dashboard analytics

Systems

Requirements gathering

Client Relations KPMG, NYC Dept of Finance,

Executive briefings

Management

Change Management KPMG, NYC Dept of Finance,

Asset Management SME for national energy company

Requirements gathering

Shared Services: On and Off-Shore Credit Suisse, Cushman Wakefield,

Transition planning, process documentation, and resource planning including staff transition strategy

Requirements gathering

Organizational and Regulatory Reporting Chase,

Asset Management SME for national energy company

Requirements gathering

Fixed Asset September 2022 - Present

Asset Management SME for national energy company

Requirements gathering

Procurement Services September 2022 - Present

Asset Management SME for national energy company

Requirements gathering

Convenient

R&R Solutions Gravette, AR

Program Manager & Client Relations May 2019 - February 2020

Operational control of $100 million of Walmart’ security inventory

Led a team of 5 managing 500+ implementation technicians

Business Development, operational enhancements, and risk abatement

Career Note: Relocation July 2018 - May 2019

Relocation for spouse’s position with Walmart Legal Department.

Robert Half New York City, NY November 2016 – July 2018

Management Consultant: Copass Real Estate November 2016 - July 2018

-Operational control of $5M+ in monthly commissions for 1000+ agents

-Execute change management strategy for: accounting and operational processes, governance, and data resiliency

-Developed and implemented team training and adoption of offshore processes

Management Consultant: Cushman & Wakefield November 2016 – January 2017

-Managed transition to offshore commission accounting and operations processing center

-Data integrity and operational resiliency/disaster recovery

-Documentation of “as-is” environment and development of roadmap to “end state”

-Operational reporting and visual data analysis

Bank of New York New York City, NY

Vice President, Data Management & Regulatory Compliance October 2014 - September 2016

Implemented CMM (Capability Maturity Model) Project Management Office (PMO)

IT implementation team: managing a portfolio to execute, maintain, and measure operational regulatory compliance

Executing delivery activities: procurement, contract negotiations, selection of data management software vendors and vendor performance

Positioned the bank’s data governance policies and capabilities to enhance data aggregation, mitigate risk and implement data management remediation/compliance policies (Sox:BCBS239)

Private Consultant January 2014 - September 2014

Audited governance, processes, and operational controls to provide insight and strategic vision

Performed audits to evaluate operational maturity assess risk

Developed roadmap to remedy deficient controls to improve expense and approvals

UNICEF New York City, NY

Asset Management & International Public Accounting Standards Analyst March 2009 - December 2013

Managed 12 directs and liaised with 400+ offices

Change management programs for 900 global Asset Managers

Furthered system stabilization to an operational governance model: asset Accounting Specialist, data transition, business processes, workflows, and policy development

International Center for Integrative Studies New York City, NY

Non-Profit & Small Businesses Consultant October 2008 - March 2009

Reviewed policy and refined mission goals compliant the United Nations framework

Evaluated technology and implementation of social media strategies; successfully increased visibility and attendance at sponsored events

Credit Suisse New York City, NY

Director of Investment Banking Information Technology March 2007 - August 2008

Established operational processes for portfolio management, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function, data consolidation and transparent analytics

Provided staff leadership for program and project managers, overseeing asset and portfolio Implemented budget/plan/actuals predictive modeling and reporting, creating consolidated expenses DataMart for human resource costs, capitalization, ROI, and TCO

JP Morgan Chase New York City, NY

Vice-President of Global Finance Technology February 2004 - March2007

Achieved CMM level 3 rating for program management practices

PMO for Financial Data Services, Shared Services, Regulatory Reporting, Client Profitability, and Expense Management

Successfully reduced monthly closure processes by 15 days by adopting new systems

Improved financial planning and analysis, consolidating information across 7 lines of business into a data lake for use by C level executives to set operational strategies

Transition operational functions to On, Near and Offshore outsourcing

Additional Experience

KPMG Manager – Non Profit Organizations and Public Services Practice: American Cancer Society, NYC Department of Financial Services, Sallie Mae; New Jersey Department of Corrections, Green River Insurance, Mississippi Department of Health, Mississippi Department of Education, Mississippi Junior and Community Colleges

Technical Skills

SharePoint, Visio, Rational, Collabra, SAP Asset and Reporting, FileNet, Oracle

Core Competencies

Business Resiliency, Data Management and Governance, Portfolio Management, Financial Planning, Budgeting & Analysis, Communication Skills, KPIs, Requests for Proposal, Executive Briefings, Process Re-Engineering, Compliance Strategies, Program Management Tools, Regulatory Evaluation and Compliance, CMM auditor

Education/Certifications

Master of Science, Technology Planning, Mississippi State University

Bachelor of Arts, Communications, University of Mississippi

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