Mary C. Cus

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Summary

A highly motivated, results driven, team oriented professional with significant number of years experience in information systems. A strong IT background facilitated my involvement in risk and compliance initiatives, including Sarbanes-Oxley assessment and remediation efforts. Special expertise in managing teams in accomplishing assigned tasks covering in application development, process improvement, system integration, system implementation, and compliance projects. A well-rounded individual, with a variety of experience ranging from analyzing business problems to implementing workable solution using a full life cycle methodology, to creating audit plans and performing testing and review of results. A detail oriented, honest and loyal individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

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Professional Experience

SUN-TIMES MEDIA GROUP, INC (f/k/a Hollinger International Inc) 2004 – Present

Manager – Compliance & Audit – Information Technology

Payroll conversion project manager from the selection of a third party vendor for the processing the company’s payroll to the implementation of the selected company’s product. This project included organizing the various vendors’ presentations, and creating a scorecard to aid identifying and selecting, a vendor, in final vendor selection. Managed the entire project, which encompassed the Human Resource, Payroll, Employee Self Service and Time and Attendance modules. This conversion effort consisted of guiding the Human Resource and Payroll departments to standardize processes and merge four databases into one. Communication with executives on the goals and progress of the project, managed the communication to all employees regarding features and benefits of the new payroll system.

Managed the Sarbanes-Oxley IT compliance effort including initial education of management and employees, responsible for control activities, remediation efforts and presentation of deficiencies to senior management.

Managed numerous consultants (3 to 35) performing the testing of Information Technology General Controls (ITGCC’s), application controls, and report testing. Managed the remediation efforts for Segregation of Duties (SOD), conflicts within several financial applications. Remediation efforts included working with the business process owners to develop a prioritized remediation plan to resolve conflicts. Worked with IT to implement the recommended SOD changes for the financial applications.

Managed the testing of Change Management, Operations, Security, System Development Life Cycle, End User Computing, Segregation of Duties and Application Configurable Controls.

Liaison between the Information Technology Department with external auditors for coordination of test of design and operation effectiveness. .

Assigned to numerous projects to ensure that proper controls were designed and implemented into new processes, systems and/or applications.

J. C. Whitney, Chicago, IL 2001 - 2004

Manager - Order Manager Systems

Received JCW Award of Excellence for DPO Project (Deferred Payment Option)

Led the Order Management team of seven programmer/analyst aligned across diverse environments (Mainframe, Client Server and Internet) supporting the processing and fulfillment of $175 million in sale.

Production Support Manager for all operational systems

Managed the Carparts.com integration and web development with a 3rd party data cataloger.

Manager of Quality Assurance, Change Management and Deployment of new Order Management Enterprise System.

Championed various best practices involving Communication Processes, Teamwork, Process Improvement, Customer Awareness, and Cycle Time reduction ideas to company.

IT liaison managing and maintaining the proper operation and availability of the disparate production systems supporting the 250 member remote Call Center. Managed all planned system upgrades and improvements.

Managed the deployment of the first company-wide Product Information Database.

Developed and oversaw implementation order adjustment system to monitor and report on the annual $7 million dollars in order adjustments. This helped improve customer service and reduce overall adjustments.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arlington Heights, IL 1996 - 2001

Principal Consultant, Management Consulting Services

Received PwC Eagle award for outstanding client service in 1998 and 1999

Managed the mainframe integration team of six consultants in implementing MQSeries for a Supply Chain integration project.

Analysis, design and implementation of enhancements to a mainframe legacy Order Processing System.

Facilitated a fast track vendor selection process for an eProcurement package for a major healthcare company.

Managed the Hedis healthcare source code audit team for 2 years for the Human Resources at the company (PwC). Initiated training and new procedures to complete the audits in a more timely and accurate manner.

Completed analysis and documentation of 23 legacy sales reporting systems for a pharmaceutical company allowing the successful implementation of a data warehouse.

Panduit Corp, Tinley Park, IL 1984 -1996

Senior Systems Analyst

Project Leader for the installation of seven divisions of manufacturing (AMAPS) sytems. This included two international locations.

Designed and implemented Service Level Manager for forecasting.

Developed and installed physical inventory systems - domestically and internationally.

Designed and implemented the Supplier Performance System.

Trained all new employees on e-mail and proprietary computer systems used by Panduit.

Additional Experience

Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights, IL Senior Programmer

Diversified Programming Inc, Glenview, IL Contract Programmer

Medical Mailers Inc, Chicago, IL Contract Programmer

Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, IL Programmer

Cook County Data Processing, Chicago, IL Programmer

Skills and Technical Summary

Hardware: IBM Mainframe, PC’s, AS400

Languages/Software/Utilities: COBOL COBOL II, CICS, ICCF, CMS, FOCUS, JCL (DOS &OS) TSO/ISPF, VSAM FTP,

MS OFFICE, File-Aid, XCOM, IBM utilities, SQL, GQL, Platinum tools

Integration Tools: MQSeries (IBM), Vitria

Operating systems: DOS/VSE, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA,

Database Management: DB2, IMS, ADR, DATACOM, Oracle

Application Packages: Dunn & Bradstreet (D&B) AMAPS,

IBM HCS, McCormack & Dodge A/P,

Excel, Word, Microsoft Project, Lotus 1-2-3, LotusNotes, Rational Clear Quest Project Management Package, PkMS (Manhattan Associates), Lawson and Oracle

Library Management Packages: Librarian, Panvalet, Endevor

EDUCATION

Clarke College Dubuque Iowa, DePaul University, Chicago Illinois

Organizations

Former member of ISACA and PMI

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