William Masters Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Leveraging my 27+ years of technical and payments experience to manage enterprise-critical projects for Electronic Payments. Responsibilities include updating and enhancing detailed project plans for currency and new services for ACH and Wire Transfer platforms. Partnering with lines of business including Process Optimization, Compliance, Risk, Treasury Management Services and suppliers.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for the design and management of supplier enablement campaigns for commercial card customers through outbound calls conducted by a third party partners. Collaborate with Relationship Managers, Sales Officers, Implementation Team and Product Managers to drive increased revenue from Commercial Card clients during the pre-sales and implementation/onboarding stages. Demonstrating strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills.

Greater Chicago Area

Develop, refine and implement a sales strategy for corporate payments stakeholders; provide content for education, training and communications that enable decisioning on supporting service and operational strategies resulting in measurable output and success. I am primarily tasked with focusing on bank payments to suppliers. In this role I provide payment and invoicing process expertise to the Procurement team and the lines of business they support by helping to pick the invoicing and payment… Show more Develop, refine and implement a sales strategy for corporate payments stakeholders; provide content for education, training and communications that enable decisioning on supporting service and operational strategies resulting in measurable output and success. I am primarily tasked with focusing on bank payments to suppliers. In this role I provide payment and invoicing process expertise to the Procurement team and the lines of business they support by helping to pick the invoicing and payment methods that add to revenue and minimize payables processing overhead. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

As the Payables Transformation Initiative Integration Strategy Lead I served as a key senior working member of the PTI Working Group Program Office. My accountabilities were to deliver both short-term and long-term strategies, plans to meet the strategies and overall plan deployment accountabilities. I leveraged my career experience and leadership skills to help the Accounts Payable operations team to increase electronic payments, increase card spend revenue, reduce paper invoices and unlock… Show more As the Payables Transformation Initiative Integration Strategy Lead I served as a key senior working member of the PTI Working Group Program Office. My accountabilities were to deliver both short-term and long-term strategies, plans to meet the strategies and overall plan deployment accountabilities. I leveraged my career experience and leadership skills to help the Accounts Payable operations team to increase electronic payments, increase card spend revenue, reduce paper invoices and unlock working capital. Show less

Chicago, Il

Assist with the development, implementation and management of the supplier governance strategy, framework, policies, standards, guidelines and tools to enable compliant governance and management of BMO Financial Group’s key suppliers and outsourcers globally. Play a key role in the training and education of business partners accountable for supplier arrangements.

Chicago, Il

Key member of a team formed to implement an enhanced supplier management program in the U.S. and Canada. The team’s mission is to help each line of business identify, document and manage risk exposures for supplier relationships. My responsibilities evolved with as the group moved from implementation to on-going management. Throughout this evolution I have been able to apply my knowledge of the bank’s lines of business and my experience as a supplier manager to frame the issues for staff then… Show more Key member of a team formed to implement an enhanced supplier management program in the U.S. and Canada. The team’s mission is to help each line of business identify, document and manage risk exposures for supplier relationships. My responsibilities evolved with as the group moved from implementation to on-going management. Throughout this evolution I have been able to apply my knowledge of the bank’s lines of business and my experience as a supplier manager to frame the issues for staff then to guide them through process. Show less

Responsible for the development, implementation and support of electronic funds transfer and securities safekeeping products. Key deliverables in Global Treasury Management were creation of a 3-year product strategy with the goal to grow revenue and improve productivity. Focused on operational efficiencies and developed processes to implement them, meet competitive pressures and address regulatory requirements. Accountable for all stages of the product lifecycle while minimizing payment risk… Show more Responsible for the development, implementation and support of electronic funds transfer and securities safekeeping products. Key deliverables in Global Treasury Management were creation of a 3-year product strategy with the goal to grow revenue and improve productivity. Focused on operational efficiencies and developed processes to implement them, meet competitive pressures and address regulatory requirements. Accountable for all stages of the product lifecycle while minimizing payment risk while growing revenue and ensuring profitability. Managed vendor and bank resources to meet tactical and strategic goals. Show less

Lead a team of specialists implementing global treasury management services for North American clients. Responsible for talent acquisition and performance reviews as well as soliciting and tracking client feedback in a formalized process to identify opportunities for improvement.

Responsible for improving service availability and performance of server and desktop software and hardware. Led a team that managed over 500 file servers and 1000 applications across the U.S.

Managed 13 LAN administration professionals supporting offices in Chicagoland, New York, Cleveland, Florida, and Arizona. Responsible for talent acquisition and performance monitoring. Worked with lines of business to coordinate application testing, rollouts and hardware upgrades.