SUMMARY:

• Experienced senior project management professional with expertise in large global project implementations.
• Strong ability in managing multiple projects simultaneously.Highly experienced at organizing, planning and executing user acceptance testing.
• Excellent vendor management and contract negotiation skills.Heavy finance, financial analysis and modeling experience.
• Expertise in: Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, SharePoint, Word, SQL and VBA.
• Respected for strong work ethic, problem solving abilities and excellent communication skills at all levels of the organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager

Confidential - Tukwila, WA

Responsibilities:

• Organized and reinsteated postponed loan originiation system project.
• Worked with vendor to get project back on track.
• Organized project team, defined project vision, scope and requirements.
• Transitioned project to new project manager.

Senior Treasury Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed $5 billion in monthly foreign exchange contracts to hedge currency risk.
• Developed automated, macro drive Excel program to more effectively estimate cross
• Created automated downloads from accounting system for increased data accuracy

Senior Product Manager

Confidential - Seattle, WA

Responsibilities:

• Identified need for, and successfully implemented complex global investment analytic systems for $186 billion investment portfolio.
• Negotiated contract terms and administered contracts of 10 outside vendors.
• Managed $3 million budget.
• Liaised with internal investor relations, senior management, business and IT SMEs and accounting to ensure all business requirements captured.
• Lead team consisting of 25, includingmembers of IT, business SMEs and end users.
• Provided all aspects of project management: RFI, RFP, business case, requirements gathering, setting and managing scope, building and managing detailed project plan, team leadership, project status reporting, driving deliverablesand cost management.
• Organized planned and drove UAT for several large global projects.
• Effectively executed change management and resolved issues.
• Created detailed projectdocumentation using Visio.
• Initiated creation of a large SQL database which increased the level of historical and current reporting.
• Reports utilized by investor relations reporting,SEC filings, executive management, senior management and portfolio managers.
• Provided SDLC management for project including determining scope, developing business requirements, coordinating functional specification with IT, created project plan, drove deliverables, reported project status and managed issues resolution.
• Drove UAT.
• Integrated feeds from 5 subsystems.
• Developed and wrote business rules for ETL process.
• Database and reporting components completed utilizing internal tools and personnel at no external cost to the company.
• Concurrently managed, upgraded and enhanced all other investment systems using project management techniques.
• Created and maintained team SharePoint site for investment division.
• Managed relationshipswith 20+ vendors, including application developers, custodians, and data providers, pricing sources, and rating agencies.
• Created cost savings and operations efficiencies through effective vendor,internal customer and stakeholder management.
• Increased utilization of applications by 300 percent through and by evangelizing new systems/software and organizing and conducting .

Engagement Manager

Confidential - Seattle, WA

Responsibilities:

• Concurrently managedprojects in Sarbanes Oxley and Basel II compliance projects for Boeing and Confidential . Project ranged in scope of 2 years and $20 million and $10 million, respectively.
• Managed all facets of projects: Developing budgets, createdforecasts, determiningscope, creating and executing project plan, managed client expectations, status reporting and resolved issues.
• Concurrently managed two staffs of 15 and 9 consultants, including hiring and terminations, quarterly and annual reviews and time tracking and reporting.
• Increased communication withclient senior and executive management by creating new project status reporting methodology.
• Effectively wrote proposals for potential and existing clients which increased newengagements.

Project Manager

Confidential - Redmond, WA

Responsibilities:

• Oversawall aspects of project management for primary treasury accounting system which housed and accounted for $65 billion investment portfolio.
• Determined scope, gathered business requirements, coordinated functional specification creation, liaised with end users, and SMEs andreported project status for all installs, upgrades and enhancements.
• Negotiated and managed annual budget of $4 million per year. Supervised team of 8.
• Managed year long, $10 million global installation ofSAP modules for foreign exchange and treasury cash management.
• Gathered requirements, negotiated scope, developed project plan, drove deliverables, reported on project status, resolved issues, oversaw user acceptance testing, and project roll out.
• Managed team of 24 including4 direct reports, internal SMEs, end users, and consultants in Germany, India and the United States.
• Organized and drove UAT
• Participated in company-wide user testing of SharePoint
• Created and maintained SharePoint site for Treasury Accounting department;
• Utilized SharePoint to manage projects, track issues, publish white papers and other documentation
• Concurrently oversaw project management for other treasury transactions systems, including large IT systems that housed and accounted for foreign exchange, joint venture investments and other strategic investments.
• Created SQL and Access reports to provide data analysis, data integrity and validate accounting and balance data across all treasury systems.
• Drove cost savings through effective management of vendor relationships.

Vice President - Finance Manager

Confidential - Seattle WA

Responsibilities:

• Procured and implemented complex SQL database application to identify risk and perform Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return analysis for loan and deposit products.
• Applied project management skills to implementation: negotiated budget of $2.5 million, negotiated scope, created detailed project plan, managed team of 18 including 9 direct reports, drove deliverables, managed issues, reported project status, directed user acceptance testing and project roll out.
• Created and streamlined monthly reporting of bank’s interest rate risk to bank chief financialofficer and treasurer.
• Conducted in-depth analyses of financial forecasts and operations to identify income enhancing opportunities and potential risks. Summarized findings for investment committee, executive management, and the board of directors.
• Supervised staff of 9.