Project Manager Resume
Jersey City, NJ
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:
- Accomplished Financial Systems professional with over 14 years of experience in the financial services industry
- Expertise in business and accounting systems management and design
- Experienced Financial Project Manager
- Strive to deliver practical technology solutions for Finance that measurably improve efficiency, process workflow and ultimately closing deadlines
- IPO experience as a member of Finance team
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:
Accounting Systems: Dynamics GP, Epicor, Oracle, SunGard EAS, Solomon
Reporting Systems: Business Objects, Clarity FSR, Crystal Reports XI, FRx, SSRS
Productivity Tools: Excel, Access, SQL, Project, Visio
EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, New York, NY 2011 - Present
Project Manager, Consultant
- End-to-end management of corporate financial systems (Dynamics GP, FRx, SSRS)
- Project Manager for all Finance related projects
- Prepared business cases, requirements documents and project plans
- Conducted steering committee with executive leadership in Finance
- Managed the implementation of new ledger for company's Lloyd's Syndicate
- Established proper change management protocols and monthly releases process
- Member of team that led initiative to standardize application architecture across all platforms
Confidential, New York, NY
Financial Systems Manager 2007 - 2011
- Financial Systems Manager of publicly traded Property and Casualty insurance group
- Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of Finance applications
- Collaborated with BI team to make corporate data warehouse a viable source for financial reporting
- Managed the successful implementation of new GL SunGard EAS
- Migrated general ledger data of 11 companies from 2 different systems
- Restructured the chart of accounts to utilize dimensions
- Migrated financial reports from FRx to Crystal Reports XI and SSRS
- Managed the seamless integration of acquired company data into the financial closing process
- Managed the project to re-architect interface files from data warehouse and source systems
- Project Manager on the development of tactical reinsurance application that re-engineered the accounting process of that area
- Improved efficiency by bringing technological innovation to the accounting process
Senior Financial Analyst 2003 - 2007
- Collaborator on the preparation of SEC financial statements
- Organized financial presentations for Board of Directors
- Key member of Finance team responsible for the creation of S1 filing for IPO
- Redesigned the expense reporting process by developing databases for fixed assets, G & A expenses, cost allocations and project time-tracking
- Collaborated with Internal Audit and IT to develop an online user-interactive repository for control matrices and evidence collection
- Liaison to IT coordinating system improvements and established many automation initiatives for the Finance department
Confidential, New York, NY 2001 - 2003
Financial Accounting Analyst
- Prepared quarterly and annual GAAP financial statements
- Prepared and analyzed investment schedules and performed monthly account reconciliations
- Worked in collaboration with IT to develop and maintain data feeds from administration systems
- Integral team member that established independent Finance department operations of divested company
- Assisted in the development of new general ledger, Oracle 11i.
- Created tactical databases for financial reporting and underwriting decision support.
- Developed corporate budget plan
Confidential, New York, NY 1999 - 2001
Senior Accountant
Confidential, New York, NY 1997 - 1999
Staff Accountant
EDUCATION:
B.B.A. Finance
Baruch College
TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS:
ITIL v3 Foundation, Learning Tree (2010)
Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)
Pursuing PMP (2012)