ALEX BALDOCK *** FORT WASHINGTON AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10033
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent Consultant New York, NY September 2019 to Present Key Projects:
Procure-to-Pay System Application Implementation
Acted as Invoicing and Payments Lead in project to implement Procure-to-Pay solution for a client with roughly 20,000 employees
Provided subject matter expertise to translate business requirements into system configurations and design invoicing solution
Partnered with cross-functional teams to confirm the solution in System Integration Testing phase
Led a team of eight (8) functional users through User Acceptance Testing, providing guidance, training, and support
Developed functional documentation, process flows, and training materials to facilitate knowledge transfer to end-users Software Application Implementation and Execution, Project Manager Managed project to implement a proprietary software tool to perform a mass transfer of official business records
Managed a cross-functional team through the procurement, configuration, and implementation a software tool used to export records from a legacy system to a new repository on-time for the system decommissioning Business Analyst – Strategic Sourcing City of Ottawa - Ontario, Canada January 2015 to September 2019 Key Projects:
Purchasing Card Program Expansion Project, Project Manager Project to expand an organization’s Corporate Credit Card Program to drive savings and efficiency while maintaining controls
Developed creative solutions to shift contracts to credit card payment while maintaining compliance with Purchasing By-Laws
Built relationships across departments and leveraged them to gain buy-in from new users
Negotiated with internal staff and external vendors to amend contract terms and conditions
Increased total program spend 160 per cent over two years resulting in $780K ongoing annual corporate savings Accounts Payable Discount Achievement Improvement, Project Manager Project to review Accounts Payable processes to improve Quick Pay Discount Achievement
Identified process gaps and non-compliance in quick-pay discount process through large-scale data analysis
Created strategic solutions to improve performance and presented business case to Senior Management
Realized 76 per cent increase in discount savings year over year ($680K to $1.2M) post implementation of recommendations Annual Report Preparation and Validation
Preparation of three (3) annual year-in-review reports on supply services departmental operations for City Council review
Retrieved, manipulated, and validated annual data for full corporate portfolio of $3 billion spend and $1.5 billion contracts
Included report notes to provide insights into and explanations for discrepancies in key performance indicators Accounts Payable Performance and Capacity Dashboard Develop a dashboard to help managers evaluate Accounts Payable performance and efficiently allocate resources
Developed Accounts Payable dashboard in excel using Forms, VBA Macros, and Visualizations
Dashboard used daily by managers to allocate staff and ensure department tracking toward KPI benchmarks EDUCATION
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Master of Science in Finance (3.96/4.0) 2013 to 2014
Bachelor of Science in Business Management (3.83/4.0) 2009 to 2013 SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
MS Excel (Pivot, LOOKUP, Functions)
SQL Queries
VBA Macros
Business Case Writing
PMI Project Management
C-Suite PowerPoint Presentations
Division I Athlete – Team Captain
Supervisor of Apparel Store
Youth Basketball Coach