SUMMARY:

Results - oriented financial professional with over 25 years of experience managing and driving operations and technology initiatives to on-time/on-budget completion. Business initiatives have included large-scale treasury, accounting and investment management system implementations, tax and regulatory reporting, process engineering, and corporate analytics at several of the world’s largest financial institutions.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Stamford, CT

VP - IT Program Lead

Responsibilities:

• Implemented the on-premises Confidential platform and migrated the company’s metadata account/entity/cost center structures and batch load scripts from GE Capital
• Built the data interfaces between Oracle G/L and OneSource
• Converted the Essbase servers from Solaris to Linux, lowering support cost
• Completed an RFP analysis of 5 software vendors for upgrading to a next-generation Financial Planning tool, culminating in the piloting of Oracle’s Enterprise Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service ( Confidential ) which is currently being implemented. Adapted ETL batch and user groups to cloud protocols, while streamlining and standardizing the metadata dimensional structures. Presented RFP results, cost/benefit analysis and roadmap to senior Finance leaders.
• Documented all run support SOPs for month-end accounting close and annual Op Plan budgeting & forecasting
• Implemented the on-premises platform, architected the interface with the Oracle G/L and Hyperion, and configured the rules to generate 5 quarterly federal regulatory reports
• Formalized the process for quarterly business impact review, upgrade patching, validation and report filing
• Configured the SSO authentication, user access profiles, and documented all run support procedures for these externally hosted web applications
• Partnered with senior Finance and IT leaders to define strategy and communication plans
• Managed all vendor relationships and invoicing
• Implemented Identity and Access Management segregation of duties for each application
• Oversaw the documentation of all run support SOPs, disaster recovery procedures, and functional & technical design documentation
• Operated within both Waterfall and Agile PMO change management methodologies and SDLC; tracked budgets, capitalized costs and issues

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

VP - Tax Operations

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of withholding tax on manufactured dividends for equity derivatives and stock lending
• Implemented automated tax accounting flow for GS Brazil Listed Derivatives
• Strategic tax platform architecture and design
• LEAN implementation of activity-based costing, business process modeling, and project lifecycle methodology

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led the configuration of the WallStreet Systems Suite accounting from design through production go-live, including the delivery of all Accounting Rules, FAS133 Hedge Programs (cashflow and fair value), Chart of Accounts, Portfolios and Ledgers. Employed Joint Application Development methodology.
• Managed wing-to-wing QA testing, including the analysis and resolution of more than 175 application defects, and the delivery of an XMLSurf automated testing application to execute and report results on 18 treasury funding scenarios covering 340 test cases.
• Designed the SDLC process flows for managing WSS configuration changes. Delivered 26 configuration SOPs and 21 Data Gathering Templates to support production change control.
• Managed a team of 4 IT support resources while transitioning production support to offshore.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a staff of 5 and all business applications.
• Led the Infinity to Trinity FAS 133 Hedge Effectiveness Project, a LEAN workout 6-month execution plan that was completed within the estimated time frame and provided the following benefits:
• Decreased cycle time to complete quarterly effectiveness testing from 7 days to 2 days.
• Eliminated 15 spreadsheet EUAs, reducing manual touch-points to reduce controllership risk.
• Provided FP&A visibility to actual monthly ineffectiveness.
• Successfully transitioned all CMS IT SDLC processes, SOPs, projects and application access from Genworth to GE Corporate Treasury.
• Led the design and implementation of the GIC Draw Risk model: a stochastic, Monte Carlo, quantitative risk assessment tool.
• Implemented various core risk and financial reporting solutions (e.g. Daily P&L, CMS Data Checks, Hedge Metrics, Portfolio Summary), providing daily performance metrics and facilitating expedient monthly financial closing.
• Performed annual Sarbanes-Oxley operations reviews and minimized the open items list.
• Led the functional and methodological improvements to the CMS FAS133 system, resulting in decreased hedge P&L volatility.

Confidential, New York NY

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Led the design and implementation of a large-scale investment management reporting solution, delivering all corporate accounting Oracle Reports running on the GS platform.
• Designed and tested security master and transaction feed data mappings supporting fixed income clearing for Société Générale.
• Securities include repos, MBS, treasuries and corporate bonds.
• Conducted end-user training courses on data modeling and the accounting engine.