MITCHELL B. STEIN
Floral Park, New York 11004
Phone: (718) 347 – 8563
***********@*****.***
Professional Experience
American International Group, Inc. (AIG, Inc) September 1990 – July 2012
Progressively held financial positions in several AIG business units including: Overseas Investments, Domestic Claims, eBusiness Risk Solutions, eBusiness Technology (eBT) and Corporate Operations and Systems (O&S).
Operations and Systems – Finance Manager January 2007 – July 2012
Provided financial support to managers, produced financial forecast, consolidated results, explained variances to plan
Generated monthly allocation reports, maintained hardware, software and consultant forecast templates, planned and posted monthly accrual bookings, made correcting journal entries and reconciled all capital and expense account balances
Developed consolidated financial reports for monthly senior management review
Prepared and presented quarterly business results to IT Clients, including the Internet Steering Committee
Prepared cost allocation analysis and reporting for IT units’ clients
Managed the annual budget process, coordinated with managers, created budget schedules, developed and presented final budget to senior management
Managed annual operating budget of $100M
Provided financial review and analysis of Business Cases
Demonstrated an understanding of client’s business needs, proactively identifying issues and follow through to ensure customer satisfaction and earn client trust
Identified procedural inefficiencies and developed solutions to reduce repetition and increase productivity
Monitored IT clients P&L and recommended adjustments to achieve targeted reductions
Ensured compliance with financial policies and disseminated policy information to clients, specifically on accounting for internally developed software (SOP-98)
Responsible for all internally developed software assets including amortization, write-offs and compliance with AIG and external policies (SOP-98).
Recent Accomplishments
Reconciled outstanding contractor payables ($1.5M and 2+ years old) and now all payables are current
Escalated issues and made recommendations for process improvement to reduce time to complete tasks, eliminate redundancy, and to enhance efficiencies
Held monthly review with each IT Manager to review prior month, current month and full year financial forecast.
Received satisfactory audit of all internally developed software, policies and procedures, account balances and reconciliations.
Previous Experience
eBusiness Technology November 2002 – January 2007
Financial responsibilities included:
Preparing and submitting the annual Operating and Capital Budget
Producing monthly financials
Monitoring the general ledger and preparing all adjusting journal entries
Human Resource responsibilities included:
Managing the hiring of permanent and incremental staff (on-shore and off-shore)
Coordinating incremental staffing requests within available Budget
Reviewing and approving all consultant invoices and closely monitoring Fieldglass
Facilities responsibilities included:
- Relocating the team three times within four years
Ensuring all premises related charges are accurate
Providing workstations for all incremental and project related staff
Project Management responsibilities included:
Starting a PMO Office for the unit
Managing the first AIG implementation of Microsoft Project Server 2003
Generating weekly reports including: project inventory, project priority and open issues list
Additional Accomplishments in Prior AIG Units:
Consolidation and filing of the Quarterly Corporate Financial Package (Balance Sheet, Income Statement and supplemental schedules)
Developing the Annual Operating Budget
Developing the Annual Capital Budget
Preparing Consolidated Financial Statements
Currency Translation
Implementation of General Ledger System
Implementation of a Financial Consolidation System
Implementation of Billing System
Managing Professional and Administrative Personnel
Supplementary Professional Experience
Adjunct Professor Caldwell College: September 1990 – Present
Education
MBA – St. John’s University, 1983 – Major: Finance
BA – Queens College, 1980 – Double Major: Accounting and Economics