Financial & Project Management Professional
Resume:
Eric Lazarus
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SUMMARY
Experienced financial and project management professional with over 20 years of success across insurance, telecommunications, non-profit, and waste management industries. Proven expertise in financial analysis, staff accounting, project implementation, pricing strategy, and regulatory compliance. Adept leading cross-functional teams, managing large-scale projects, and driving profitability improvements. Skilled in Yardi, AR/AP, lease management, and client relations, with a strong record of revitalizing client relationships and delivering measurable results.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
STAFF ACCOUNTANT, JONES, LANG, LASALLE – 2025
Staff Accountant supporting commercial property management for a large historic retail space in Boston, MA with over 100 tenants.
Responsible for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, lease ledgers, rent rolls, tenant invoicing, and financial reporting.
Conducted tenant meetings, supported audits, and produced detailed sales reports.
Utilized Yardi software extensively, immediate proficiency.
IMPLEMENTATION/PROJECT MANAGER, NAVUSOFT, INC - 2024
•Led client onboarding and implementation for cloud-based software tailored to waste hauling businesses
•Conducted multiple weekly client presentations to ensure timely “go-live” milestones.
•Configured billing systems, GL accounting, tax setup, route geocoding, and customer reports.
•Created notifications to be similar to what the client is currently using. This includes: invoices, service agreements, sales leads, proposals, emails to clients based on billing, etc.
•Re-engaged and retained two previous clients, restoring trust and revenue streams.
PROJECT MANAGER/BUSINESS ANALYST, WM – 2015-2024
•Delivered profitability analysis for 1,000+ clients, identifying $655K in annual revenue improvements in 2022, with a profitability improvement of 19%.
•Acted as national regulatory expert, supporting sales teams and presenting to division leadership, to illustrate profitability improvement opportunities.
•Spearheaded regulatory recycling mandated reviews and implementations, including CA SB1383 across 8400 commercial locations.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WINDSOR FOOD AND FUEL BANK, 2015
•Increased the amount of public and corporations giving by over 40%, and food donations by 75%.
•Sole paid employee managing outreach, financials, tax duties, donor relations, and board coordination.
•Created events to increase community giving and educate audience about need in the community.
•Advocated for community needs and secured essential resources for underserved populations.
PRICING/FINANCE MANAGER VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS – 2007-2014
•Managed pricing and financial analysis for a $400MM portfolio.
•Collaborated with sales leadership to improve revenue and margins.
•Presented financial and performance metrics at annual sales conferences. This included budgets, year over year performance, P&L, ROI, CBA, sales compensation and bonus structure.
•Founded and chaired company-wide diversity committee, holding monthly meetings to company, and a separate meeting for sales leadership.
ACTUARIAL PRICING/ TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY – 1988-2007
Developed state-level P&C pricing models and presented to state Attorney Generals. Few of the more intensive pricing filings I created and presented were in: Louisiana, Texas, California, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Created luxury item pricing models and catastrophe modeling tools
Participated in Hurricane Katrina damage assessment and relief efforts
SKILLS
Implementation Management
Project Management
Bookkeeper skills: AR, AP, all functions to work with Accounting Team, in Yardi
Sales
Strong communication skills. Both written and verbal
People Leader
Cross Functional Project Work
Expert in Office products: Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Use PowerBI for presentations
Have implemented and worked in numerous ERP systems
EDUCATION
MORAVIAN COLLEGE, BETHLEHEM, PA MAJOR: MATHEMATICS
UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, HARTFORD, CT, ECONOMICS
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