Asset Management Program Manager

Laura Guthrie

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A program management and governance professional with 20 years’ experience implementing global ERP solutions, enterprise change management, financial planning & analysis, data governance and asset management for financial institutions, government agencies, not-for-profits, and international organizations.

Professional Timeline

GNC Consulting, McKinsey & Exelon, Rogers, AR

September 2022 – November 2022

Program Manager & Asset Management SME

Asset Management SME for national energy company

Requirements gathering and evaluation criteria for Asset RFP

Executive briefings and presentations

Ozark ComicCon, Rogers, AR

February 2020 – July 2022

Founder and Committee Chair

Financial Planning and Analysis

Government liaison Vendor /sponsor management

Vendor/sponsor relations

R&R Solutions, Gravette, AR

May 2019 - February 2020

Program Manager & Client Relations

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

Robert Half Management Resources, New York, NY

November 2016 – July 2018

PM/PMO Real Estate Asset Management

Management Consultant: Compass 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

Management Consultant: Cushman & Wakefield November 2016 – January 2017

-Managed transition to offshore commission accounting and shared service center

-Data integrity and operational resiliency/disaster recovery

-Documentation of “as-is” environment and develop roadmap to “end state” for change management policy

Bank of New York, New York, NY

October 2014 - September 2016

Vice President, Data Management & Regulatory Compliance

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

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

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 Client

Senior Risk & Control Consultant, New York, NY

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, NY March 2009 - December 2013

Asset Management & International Public Services Accounting Standards

Managed 12 directs and liaised with 400+ offices during SAP implementation

Change management programs for 900 global Asset Managers

Transition asset governance model for accounting specialists, data transition function, business processes, workflows, and policy development

International Center for Integrative Studies, New York, NY October 2008 - March 2009

Non-Profit & Small Businesses Consultant

Reviewed policy and refined mission

Compliant with the United Nations framework

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

Credit Suisse, New York, NY March 2007 - August 2008

Director of Investment Banking Information Technology

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 management controls with Planview tools

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, NY February 2004 - March2007

Vice-President of Global Finance Technology

Achieved CMM level 3 rating for program management practices for Oracle platform dashboards, and reporting tools

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

KPMG, New York, NY May 1999 – February 2004

Manager, State & Local Practice – New York Department of Finance

PMO for all Real and Personal Property for New York City program

System implementation, backfile conversion, UX

Achieved CMM level 3 enterprise program management maturity

Change Management Lead, employee training plan and industry relations

FP&A and financial management reporting

Additional Experience

American Cancer Society, Sallie Mae; New Jersey Department of Corrections, Green River Insurance, Mississippi Department of Health, Mississippi Department of Education, Mississippi Junior and Community Colleges

Executive Skills

program and project management solutions, data governance, client relations, business resiliency, change management, shared services, fixed assets, Capability Maturity Model (CMM) appraiser, organizational and regulatory reporting, procurement services for hardware, software, and subcontractors selection, and delivery management

Technical Skills

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

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