Michael Dickson Email & Phone Number

Middletown, Ct, Us

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

• Finance Director for DXC's “global outsource contract” of Network Services to AT&T • Led Due Diligence activities for contract startup.• Managed an annual contract spend of more than $500m per year.• Set up the financial infrastructure surrounding the contract, i.e., capital planning, monthly invoice reconciliation, forecasting, and financial planning and analysis.• Upon completion of the "outsource contract", worked with AT&T on purchasing over $30m of network assets and the raising of over $35m worth of hardware and software POs with various maintenance vendors, globally.• Negotiated DXC positions for financial disputes with AT&T

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

• Developed new service offerings for clients driving new revenue streams of $10m+ per annum.• Interacted with operations staff on resource and budget planning and interaction with IT accounts on service-related issues.• Services include Mainframe, Storage/Backups, Unix/Wintel, and Data Centers, with an annual budget of $2.2B.• Developed strategic plans and initiatives to remove $5m of cost per annum.

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

• DXC's largest IT Outsourcing Client with annual revenues of $350m plus• Successfully negotiated a (10) year contract renewal with client, providing them with ~4.0% savings year over year• Worked in conjunction with account new business team to develop new service offerings to present to client.• Responsible for the account achieving annual financial targets as identified by Corporate Management.• Daily interaction with multiple Line of Service personnel to initiate and implement operational cost saving initiatives. ~$25m per annum• Responsible for all accounting processes and controls including AR, AP, General Ledger, and Balance Sheet• Responsible for Monthly P&L Reporting & Forecasting, capital expenditures/forecasting, and revenue recognition• Negotiated with client for any financial disputes or SLA misses

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

• Developed a 10-year “Forward Pricing” model to help this client manage their IT expenditures and present their budget forecasts to the Federal Government (Department of Defense)• Negotiated an annual $100m budget with client to support their IT services.• Partnered with IT and operational leadership to develop financial business plans with detailed benchmarks.• Oversaw Department of Defense billing based upon a complex charge back system as well as dealt with DCAA audit queries