Lisa Ann Cox, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

In transition. Exploring new career opportunities.

Charlotte, NC, US

• In under two years, elevated from individual contributor to a Director of PMO for Integrated Business Operations (IBO) as a Leader of Leaders, as well as Leader of Others, building out a PMO team of 11 (inclusive of.
• Advanced the PMO Strategy to create three separate pillars: Strategy, Governance and Execution.
• Directly executed a successful transition of Capital Procurement from Engineering into IBO Global Procurement as part of an enterprise-level Engineering Excellence Transformation program
• Initiated a brand new forum for sharing and standardizing best practices across Corporate Function PMOs (IT, HR and IBO). As originator of the 'PMO Council' tasked to be the first rotating chair reporting into the.
• In the absence of an Enterprise level PMO, developed a consolidated Enterprise portfolio report of the larger, strategic initiatives across the Albemarle landscape, bringing transparency and providing a channel for.
• Added projects to the portfolio beyond IBO in the areas of Global Ethics and Compliance as well as at the Enterprise level for Legal Entity optimization and support to the Lithium business for a joint venture in.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Quickly recognized for value added success (being promoted) and asked to build out a team of project managers, adding leadership responsibilities to the already existing responsibilities for project execution and.
• Built out and maintained leadership responsibilities for a team of 4 project managers across the US and our Shared Service site in Hungary with indirect mentoring responsibility for projects executed by functional.
• Led execution for both the overall Chile Lithium integration program (inclusive of Supply Chain and Finance) as well as direct accountability for the project management for the Finance stream; reporting results into an.
• Facilitated quarterly IBO portfolio reviews with the CFO and bi-monthly reviews with the Internal Audit Leadership team
• Represented IBO on the Information Technology Executive Committee monthly cross-functional evaluations of new technology projects
• Selected to jointly present project management, along with IT, to 100+ leaders across Albemarle at the annual corporate retreat

Charlotte, NC, US

• Brought on as an individual contributor to execute projects for the Integrated Business Operations (IBO) team as part of Corporate Functions with portfolio responsibility for Supply Chain (Logistics, Procurement and.
• Built out a PMO vision, mission and strategy from the ground up; including processes, tools and a dedicated SharePoint site
• Established a baseline portfolio of projects with standard reporting and monthly leadership portfolio reviews
• Developed and conducted training to integrate a project and change management culture into IBO
• Worked with cross-functional leaders to build project business cases; including problem statement, project definition, and expected success criteria
• Informally collaborated across additional PMOs within the organization to share and align best practices

In transition. Exploring new career opportunities.

Copenhagen, DK

• Globalize, digitalize and simplify while always keeping the customer in mind were the key drivers for this position. As part of a significantly sized and globally strategic program reporting into the headquarters in.
• Introducing credit cards as an online payment option in 30 countries
• Implementing direct debit as a payment option online in 14 countries
• Establishing a platform for the acceptance of EDI remittance advices
• Enhancing the online customer portal including an integrated real-time dashboardAll solutions were developed with future growth, scalability, and compliance in mind and integrated into the SAP systems. The established.

Copenhagen, DK

• For two years, I had the opportunity to live and work abroad in our Global headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Partnering with our Global Shared Services Centers, I worked to drive process optimization. As a Finance.
• Project lead for the Global implementation of SAP GRC Process Control
• Liaison between Finance and IT, including annual budget coordination and design of the future strategic roadmap; including elimination of non global applications to drive process efficiencies and standardization
• Business partner with Global Shared Services Centers driving Finance strategy and transformation with full ownership of the back end processes and 'numbers' in the Shared Services Centers and the strategic decision.
• Finance business leader within a cross-functional team responsible for the integrity of the Finance process landscape for the complete end to end customer journey (pricing through to payment)
• Process design authority lead, responsible for mapping existing Finance processes in our Global Shared Services Centers; assessing the systems, required changes, potential for automation, and measures to support the.

Copenhagen, DK

• Recognized for my achievements, I was selected for a number of special assignments and eventually transitioned into a Project Management leadership role driving strategic initiatives, to include:
• Leading two separate off-shoring exercises for 100+ processes across our SAP and Finance systems landscape; including financial reporting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accounting to reporting, and monthly.
• Performing process standardization and process mapping of all finance activities performed within our North American offices
• Driving the change management and organization transformation as a result of off-shoring activities
• Optimizing detention revenue billing for Middle East military shipments, ensuring compliance to contracts and policy; including developing the forward process and anchoring the solutions in the Shared Services Centers
• Facilitating cross-functional project activities for commercial demurrage and detention revenue billing, driving over 20% cost recovery improvement

Copenhagen, DK

• In a short term assignment, I led the team providing Finance solution support, process design, and training to the business for the newly implemented SAP system including the areas of Accounting to Reporting, In-House.
• Monitoring, investigating, and reporting on established KPIs
• Developing process improvements based upon transactional reviews of data
• Engaging with stakeholders for incident resolution and process modification
• Partnering with the business to understand the SAP processes

Copenhagen, DK

• As a member of the Group Internal Audit team, I prepared and executed strategic, financial and operational audit programs for Corporate and affiliated companies within the US and Canada. After two years, I was promoted.
• Establishing processes and tools for the newly established team based on market best practices
• Developing and executing annual audit plans based on risk assessments
• Reporting audit findings and recommendations to key business leaders and the Audit Committee
• Measuring business compliance to global policies and controls
• Sharing best practices

Copenhagen, DK

• Starting out entry level at Maersk, I was able to deliver successful results within the first five years and progressively increase responsibility from Accounting Specialist to Assistant Manager and onto Manager within.
• Performing general ledger reconciliation and financial internal audits for an international containerized transport industry for the local corporate office, North American and Latin American offices
• Creating, maintaining and executing upon an internal audit manual for financial controls
• Managing balance sheet reconciliations for five business units. Performed account clean-up, centralization, execution and monthly management review post acquisition
• Preparing month end reconciling journal entries
• Completing financial analysis and Hyperion reporting

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Management

Associate'S Degree, Accounting Finance