Project Manager Leader

Brendan Mullan

845-***-**** - adm6h0@r.postjobfree.com

Operations Leadership Project/Program Management Business Transformation/Process Reengineering Analysis Team Leadership Continuous Improvement Cross-Functional Collaboration Change Management Stakeholder Management

Accomplished operations leader and full lifecycle project manager, specializing in business transformation and end-to-end leadership of complex, large-scale initiatives. Created sustainable value and competitive advantage for Fortune 100 companies in the finance industry via operations optimization, process reengineering, and finance transformation.

Own strategic direction, planning, coordination, and execution of complex initiatives, including multidisciplinary team leadership in matrix settings. Adeptly work across functions; gather requirements, conduct current state analyses, design/implement future state.

Drive a continuous improvement culture; enhance, scale, and evolve processes to create a winning edge. Align transformation with business strategy and vision. Build strong interdivisional relationships and buy-in as a thought partner and change advocate.

Experience

CHUBB Philadelphia, PA 02/2019 – Present

Independent Contractor - Project Manager

Project Manager for the Global Implementation of an Account Reconciliation tool.

Establish common global policy, process, timing and governance, agreeing to a risk based approach to increase control and reduce effort, enabled by a common platform.

Instituted project standards, to manage project timelines, scope and budget. Create cadence to progress and monitor issue resolution, drive governance in alignment with stakeholders and senior leadership strategic goals.

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG) New York, NY 07/2010 - 11/2018

Director - Process and Reengineering

Transformed financial processes, systems, people as Finance Transformation Team Lead. Commanded end-to-end ownership of complex, large-scale transformation initiatives, including strategic direction, planning, organization, and implementation.

Project Leadership Accomplishments

Directed a multi-phase, organization-wide integration of the financial systems and control framework.

Enhanced reporting and streamlined data collection between the corporate function and business units by creating a legal entity consolidation structure. Executed current state analysis, requirements gathering, and future state design development/implementation.

Communicated new processes across all business unit controllers and corporate functions in activities supporting financial and management reporting by establishing a communication cascade strategy.

Exceeded all milestones within timeline and budget via effective cross-functional coordination with key stakeholders.

Supported performance transparency by delivering regular updates to senior management, regarding risk and issue escalation.

Headed the seamless implementation of a common data repository, providing full coverage of AIG assets and legal entities in a universally standard format to satisfy data requirements.

Maximized project success by defining and creating project tools, including project plan, risk/issue log, resource alignment, and dependency log. Managed and mitigated risks/issues and established reporting cadence and status meetings.

Ensured compliance with standards throughout the project life cycle by collaborating with internal audit.

Directed a high-performance operations team; resolved staffing issues and provided guidance, training, and daily supervision.

Facilitated effective finance warehouse operations by developing and implementing policy and control procedures.

Led an enterprise-wide standardization of reporting, ensuring data collection and reporting from a single point of access.

Enabled an integrated user experience across reporting and processing components by partnering with IT.

Drove global governance, supporting common finance and insurance language with governance teams.

ERNST AND YOUNG New York, NY 03/2005 - 06/2010

Senior Manager - Finance Improvement/Project Management

Owned the delivery and implementation of client initiatives. Cultivated executive-level relationships and thought leadership.

Project Leadership Examples

Delivered finance reengineering project leadership for a global financial management & advisory company’s fixed income currencies and commodities group.

Centralized data through single-sourcing, redundant feed removal, manual reconciliation reductions, and daily/month-end workflow simplification.

Interfaced with business unit finance teams to develop current state analysis, future state architecture, and the implementation roadmap.

Accelerated financial close within the equity group at a leading global financial management & advisory enterprise.

Identified critical processes and documented task completion timelines as well as dependencies with operations, IT, and front-office departments though effective cross-functional collaboration with multifunctional areas.

Streamlined the close process and timeline by identifying and implementing areas of improvement. Ensured all tasks and dependencies were accurately captured and all critical systems were available by handling information collation and intergroup communication.

Established Project Management team and protocols at a Global investment firm embarking on an IPO. Led global control assessment to ensure compliance with SOX regulations.

Created project Management organizational structure and developed roles and responsibilities.

Implemented project management tool set and cadence across the organization.

Performed current state analysis on control framework, identified gaps and created plan to remediate deficiencies.

GE CAPITAL STAMFORD, CT 09/2000 - 03/2005

Vice President - Manager Conduit Operations

Oversaw two ABCP conduits with $30+ billion in assets, including trade receivables, leverage/synthetic leases, and mortgages.

Orchestrated high-performance daily operations, including cash movements of $2+ billion, invoicing for 50+ deals, and calculation of interest rate swaps with/for third-party institutions.

Automated the operations process as Project Leader.

Created a plan and implemented a new conduit management system in accordance with Six Sigma guidelines.

Automated 95% of the operations workflow.

Reduced manual journal entries from 30,000/year to less than 500.

Seamlessly transitioned workload to an offshore entity, ensuring zero disruption in services provided to the client.

Prior Engagements

Vice President - Mortgage Services Department, Bankers Trust, New York, NY

Education & Professional Development

Master of Business Administration, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Bachelor of Business Studies (HONS), University of Wales, Swansea

Six Sigma - Green Belt Certified

Technical Skillset: Microsoft office Suite and SAP tools (BPC, Business Object)

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