Timothy L Bunn

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Summary

Summary

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (CPA)

FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE

ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT • PROJECT SCOPING • PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT • NEGOTIATIONS PRESENTATIONS • TEAM BUILDING • FINANCIAL / ANALYTICAL / PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS

I consulted on business and accounting issues, systems, and technology deployments

•Project Management: Works with professionals from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to plan, direct, and administer work efforts. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

•Functional Design/Testing: Creates designs that meet client functional requirements, and designs functional architecture to support user requirements. Documents test to ensure applications meet user requirements and functional specifications.

•Business Process Acumen I Conversions: Applies knowledge of core business processes to assist organizations in altering outcomes. Plans and executes transition of new applications, minimizing the impact on users. Performed financial modeling and conducted variance analysis.

•Industry Acumen: Develops and implements solutions based on industry-specific trends, opportunities, needs, and market/technology direction.

•Quality Management: Ensures client-driven management methods focusing on continuous process improvement.

Experience

Certified Public Accountant

Synergy Consulting Group, Inc.

Sep 1989 - Sep 2013 (24 years 1 month)

Partnered with clients in financial planning and business planning. Performed business analysis to deliver solutions in support of new and developing business strategies for improving bottom-line performance.

•Managed transformational project for IBM Worldwide Fulfillment organization to analyze and develop the requirements for its installed base inventory process on a worldwide basis. Used IBM DesignFlow methodology to transform from an "Application Driven Paradigm to a " User Process Driven" Paradigm and provide a framework for incorporating changes in technologies, organizational roles, and process logic for the overarching business process. The DesignFlow analysis definitively specified roles, activities, synchronization, collaboration, and time-based flow of processes in the context of the operational view.

•Managed special project activities for the CEO and CFO of a rapidly growing finance subsidiary of a nationwide bank holding company, including analysis of loan portfolio, variance analysis, repossession causes, force-placed insurance profitability, underwriting guidelines, and cash management procedures and controls. Provided account reconciliation support to the CFO and corporate auditors, improving internal controls, and uncovering embezzlement activities.

•Identified accounting, systems, and operational problems within a local savings bank, and coordinated consultant activities for float analysis and improvement, fee enhancements, productivity improvements, general ledger system selection and implementation, mortgage banking system selection and implementation, and computer capacity analysis and mainframe selection.

Executive Consultant

IBM

Jan 1990 - Dec 1994 (5 years)

Provided leadership to local trading areas in establishing their consulting practices. Engaged in direct consulting with IBM clients to improve the effectiveness of their application development environment

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•Served on the task force that developed IBM's Application Development Effectiveness Methodology based on SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM), and was an instructor during its introduction.

•Re-engineered the application development process for a major southeastern regional bank, addressing changes required in culture, methodology, technology, skills, organization, and measurement.

Consulting Manager

Deloitte

Jun 1986 - Sep 1989 (3 years 4 months)

Helped organizations create their future through all aspects of engagement management and the development/deployment of the life-cycle of solutions. Emphasizing teamwork, I led 5-15 consultants and analysts in methodology-based consulting engagements to address business transformation and process improvement through information systems.

•Directed the development of strategic systems plans, systems requirement definitions, software and hardware selections, custom systems, and package implementation

•Defined the requirements and instituted project management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger systems for a start-up engineering consulting subsidiary of a major utility

•Defined the requirements and selected general ledger and human resources systems for a major hospital/medical center

Senior Vice President BarclaysAmerican/Financial Inc Jan 1981 - Dec 1985 (5 years)

As Controller and Manager of Information Systems, I directed 15 accounting and information systems employees in budgeting, financial analysis, cash management, system support, and policy and procedure development. Engaged in day-to-day problem-solving.

•Developed policies/procedures and selected systems applications to standardize branch operations, and managed the merger and implementation of consolidated systems.

•Selected banks and implemented cash management systems with remote disbursement, deposit concentration, and automated bank reconciliation, which improved positive pay disbursement and resulted in substantial interest savings and dramatic decreases in payment exceptions. Recognized by external auditors as the smoothest system conversion in the company's history.

Consulting Manager

Andersen Consulting

Jun 1975 - Jan 1981 (5 years 8 months)

Performed project scoping, prepared proposals, and made Powerpoint presentations. Developed project plans using Microsoft Project then led, coached, and mentored multi-disciplined project teams comprised of firm and client personnel.

•Developed long-range systems plans for several community hospitals and medical centers.

•Defined the requirements and selection of a patient care system for a major teaching hospital.

•Installed a Prospective Rate Setting and Budget Forecasting System to establish hospital rates and monitor actual performance in several community hospitals.

•Prepared Medicare Cost Reports for several community hospitals.

•Served as the acting controller in a turnaround situation for a community hospital in distress.

•Developed business policies/procedures for improving the business functions of several community hospitals.

•Defined the functional requirements and information needs of a deferred tax system to satisfy the tax normalization requirements for a major utility.

•Designed an accounting system for a major utility to comply with the sale agreement of a nuclear plant.

Auditor

Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co

Jun 1971 - Sep 1974 (3 years 4 months)

Served as a staff accountant and obtained CPA certification.

•Performed financial accounting and audit activities for the mortgage banking subsidiary of a major regional bank, retail company, and construction company.

•Conducted financial reporting in accordance with GAAP to prepare certified audited financial statements for the mortgage banking subsidiary of a major regional bank, retail company, and construction company.

•Prepared corporate and individual tax returns for multiple clients.

Education

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance

Dean's Scholar

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

BS of Business Administration, Accounting

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

Master of Information Systems Management

with Distinction

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

Master of Project Management

with Distinction

Licenses & Certifications

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - State of Georgia

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners

Skills

Accounting • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) • Auditing • Analytical Skills • Budgeting • Financial Analysis • Financial Reporting • Business Process • Project Management • Leadership • Microsoft Office • Microsoft Excel • Microsoft Word • Microsoft PowerPoint •

General Ledger • Account Reconciliation • Account Receivable • Account Payable • Finance • Financial Accounting • Financial Planning • Financial Modeling • Forecasting • Customer Service •

Engagement Management • Project Scoping • Teamwork • Management • Communication • Presentations • Cash Management • Banking • Process Improvement • Research Projects •

Strategic Planning • Data Analysis • User Requirements • Application Design • Problem Solving •

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