Project Manager/Business Analyst/Programmer/Senior Associate
Riverwoods, Il
* Served as major contributor to growth of technology organization from small startup group to large technology organization.• Awarded DFS President’s Plate by being selected as member of project team to spin-off from a parent company, leading effort to implement DFS financial and tax application.• Managed project to successfully upgrade 26 accounting and financial applications with an in-depth system change.• Completed projects on-time and under budget while meeting customer requirements, leading projects including implementing infrastructure, third party vendor and hosted relationships, securing approval from various entities such as architecture review board, resource allocation, information data security, and legal, working with IT contracts and negotiating contract terms with the vendors.• Analyzed / implemented financial application solution, designed and implemented EDI solution for electronic vendor billing / payment, and managed IT efforts, purchasing / implementing solution assisting HR in providing employees timely information via internal website.• Managed, implemented, and supported various financial applications such as General Ledger, leading endeavors including disaster recovery plans and developing clear and concise documentation.• Gathered / assessed needs of business partners, resulting in action plans that were executed and resolving client needs.• Prepared and provided training presentations for both in-house and data center personnel, instructing personnel on use of various system applications and required data center support.• Managed IT efforts for major, far-reaching, corporate-wide financial change, identifying / coordinating all IT changes required, coordinating testing efforts, and communicating progress on monthly basis.• Selected by management to mentor new team members on company and IT processes.• Led Financial Applications team in successful application implementations, meeting compliance and regulation requirements.