Description
After an amazing career as a Consulting Management professional as well as a corporate financial professional I felt "burned out" after all the years of being on the road as well as being a Contractor for a few high quality corporations. This is not truly uncommon at the level of role and responsibility that I was at and I decided that I needed a break. Never did I think that the break woud last 4 years. I am now looking to return to a professional level of responsibility and a role that would be in line with my experience and expertise. A career management professional with: 16 years as a Management Consulting Professional with increasing management responsibility in practice, program and project management. A history of exceeding management expectations and successfully managing assigned responsibilities both financially and operationally. * Skilled in providing management oversight, and direction for the planning and implementation of solutions for mission-critical environments. * Ability to interpret complex client business requirements and develop sound practical system solutions within estimated cost and time constraints. * Highly skilled in the development of project proposals, work breakdown structures (WBS) and cost estimates and presentations to senior management and the ability to maintain positive relationships with client senior management throughout the project lifecycle. * Hands on project management experience encompasses full System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) projects in ERP packaged solutions and full project lifecycle for Business Process Transformation, with a primary focus on Financial System best practices, benchmarking and process reengineering. 15 years of corporate Accounting and Financial Analysis Management in the most challenging and fast paced environments. * Successfully developed report formats and managed consolidated corporate reporting and led analysis of global manufacturing operations providing executive management with the necessary information for sound decision support. * Responsible for the analysis and preparation of corporate Profit & Loss (P&L) statements and the forecasting and preparation monthly and quarterly of budget adjustments and commentary with recommendations to divisional, C and BOD level executives. * Successfully managed month end/year close process and provided guidance on adjusting entries to P&L. * Led the annual development and analysis of corporate operational and administrative budgets. HIGHLIGHTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS HCSC, Chicago, IL * Taking on multiple roles as Project Management/Test Manager/Team Lead, for a troubled in-process software upgrade project, successfully resolved issues and concerns related to ongoing project progress. * Successfully took control of project budget, project plan and ongoing updates and reviews with Project Managers, Steering Committee and Team Leads regarding project progress. * Managed the coordination of System and Integration Testing and due to resource reassignments took overall responsibility for the Procure to Pay team during the Test phase through a successful system "Go-Live" * Worked very closely with client Steering Committee, client Project Manager, IBM client Partner and the newly assigned PM to drive the upgrade to a successful conclusion.
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| COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
|---|---|---|
| (Confidential) | Solution Strategist | / - Present |
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