Manager/Executive Resume

Title
Manager/Executive

Primary Skills
over 20 years progressive financial management experience

Location
US-IL-Evanston (will consider relocating)

Posted
Jan-09-09


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accenture, Chicago, IL (1997- 2008)

Experienced Executive: Accenture Global Finance Shared Services - over 20 years progressive financial management experience, 15 years with Fortune 200 public companies (six years with American Express; nine with Accenture), served on Accenture's 2001 executive task force responsible for taking company public; group executive lead for Accenture's 2004 global internal financial business transformation initiative and global SAP system implementation; worked to integrate Latin America geographies and board work in Americas Finance Buenos Aires location; education leave approved to attend Harvard's Kennedy School

Harvard Education Leave (July 2006 - August 2008)
Accenture approved education leave to attend Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government; served on Senator Hillary Clinton's National Finance Committee for the 2008 presidential race while working to transition to Accenture's Public Service finance consulting practice

GAAP Compliance Financial Transaction Control Lead - Americas (September 2004 - July 2006)

Role Focus: Responsible for integrity of financial processes, process design, and process improvements for United States, Canada, and Latin America geographies; work with geographic controllership teams to ensure quality quarterly financial results consistent with U.S. GAAP; partner with parallel European organization in Dublin to apply best financial practices; focus on stabilizing SAP solution; manage and monitor rigorous internal controls to meet Sarbanes-Oxley legislative requirements; execute global balancing strategy to expand finance shared services to Argentina; Canada Relationship Lead Executive

Contributions: Led efforts to finalize SAP local process designs and field enablement training; managed teams through SAP launch; stabilized SAP processes within first business quarter, key participant in rollout of local Sarbanes-Oxley internal control requirements; brought controls to best practice standards within one business quarter after rollout; participant in Accenture's 2005 Leadership Program focused on value creation and people development

US/Canada SAP Implementation: Financial Transaction Group Lead (September 2002 - August 2004)

Role Focus: Accenture Internal Financial Business Transformation - US/Canada financial accounting processes; maintain legacy process & system performance, design local financial process for new SAP high performance global solution, ready shared services organization to convert and run SAP; in two roles during this period due to significance of global SAP system design and implementation

Contributions: Led extensive effort to bring legacy systems local security to best practice; worked closely with design teams on SAP security design build; key participant in global SAP process designs specifically GAAP related processes; co-led efforts to design local SAP finance processes; helped lead SAP readiness efforts; enhanced close controls to produce consistent high quality results

Americas Finance Services: Financial Accounting Operations Lead (September 1999 - August 2002)

Role Focus: Prepare for split from Andersen organization; ready teams for Initial Public Offering, launch Accenture as public company; establish Americas shared services operations as Center of Excellence model; market finance shared services to clients

Contributions: Executive task force responsible for segregating Andersen Consulting systems from Arthur Andersen; task force to debrand from Andersen Consulting to Accenture; served on London global close team to build best practice close disciplines in anticipation of public reporting requirements; executive task force focused on financial preparations for Accenture's Initial Public Offering; co-led finance group's participation in Accenture's first public company close; managed through Accenture's decision to reduce resources through headcount reductions; sponsored Shared Services Recognition Program (key component to lifting employee morale and minimizing attrition during Accenture's significant SG&A cost cutting due to economic slow down)

Andersen Consulting Finance: US/C Market Unit Accounting Lead (September 1998 - August 1999)

Role Focus: Stabilize Americas Chicago operation; bring processes to best practice; build strong relations with key stakeholders; develop colleague operation in Dublin to support Europe

Contributions: Sponsored development of key tools to handle process gaps; reorganized group into key customer hubs to address customer needs and speed service delivery; enhanced key support tools to increase operating efficiencies; began to perform on Service Level Agreements which increased customer satisfaction; executive European Service Center development team focused on Dublin finance capability build

Andersen Consulting Finance Services: Close to Report Development Lead (May 1997 - August 1998)

Role Focus: Eliminate dependency on Arthur Andersen; establish central independent finance support for Andersen Consulting; build Americas Chicago finance shared services for US & Canada

Contributions: Executive development team focused on finance shared services capability build, hired core resources, key customer road shows to build relations and facilitate change, helped launch service center capability, in house stakeholder sessions to acclimate organization to service center operations, renovated pre-launch designed processes to match operating realities; led culture and customer service training to facilitate transition to shared services operating and service culture

Jenner & Block: Attorneys at Law, Chicago, IL (1995-97)

Financial Services Manager. Responsible for Financial Services department: accounting, audit management, banking relations, budgeting, cash flow planning, forecasting, partner matters, payables, payroll, receivables, strategic analysis & advice, and tax compliance & planning.

Senior Financial Analyst - responsible for firm's budgeting, forecasting, and bank loan facility processes

American Express/Balcor Real Estate Finance Division, Chicago, IL (1989-95)

Senior Financial Analyst (1992-1995) - financial analysis support for company's senior executives; prepared company's quarterly finance packages for American Express board meetings

Corporate Accounting Manager (1990-1992): responsible for managing corporate accounting department activities; includes preparation of monthly/annual GAAP financials and annual federal/state tax return information for American Express;

Senior Accountant (1989): responsible for corporate accounting processes

The Hoyt Group, Kansas City (1985-89)

Assistant Controller (1987-1989) - controllership responsibilities for private real estate investment firm; includes corporate accounting functions, investment fund accounting, and SEC reporting- Staff / Senior Accountant (1985-1987): corporate and investment fund accounting responsibilities

Peat Marwick, Mitchell, CPAs

Staff Auditor (1984-1985): "Big Eight" public accounting firm audit compliance work for clients

EDUCATION

Harvard University
Master in Public Administration (2007) - John F. Kennedy School of Government; Methodological Concentration in Leadership; focus on Organization, Performance, and Public Leadership, Global Business Diplomacy, Corporate Social Responsibility; traveled to China with Harvard Law delegation; participated in Harvard Business School's Asia Business Conference and Microfinance Symposium; worked on Kennedy School CSR reviews for Abbott Labs, Coca-Cola Inc., and Coca-Cola US.

Professors include David Gergen, Elaine Kamarck, Dennis Encarnation, William Kristol, Bob Behn, Steve Jarding, Suzanne Cooper, and Andy Zelleke

Northwestern University
Bachelor of Philosophy (1998) - political science major, focus on international relations; required senior seminar was twelve week Middle East conflict resolution role play simulation; senior research project focused on Israeli-Jordanian economic cooperation

The Graduate School - MALS graduate studies in humanities (1999-2002); focus on community, environment, and housing issues; research focused on private-public partnerships in economically challenged communities; graduate study in United States constitutional law history; focus on civil rights and equal protection issues through Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Extension School (2001-2002)

University of Arkansas
Bachelor of Science (1982) - accounting and business major (Little Rock campus)
Master of Business Administration (1984) - emphasis on business analysis and systems (Fayetteville campus)

Certified Public Accountant (Missouri, 1986)


PUBLIC SERVICE

Hillary for President (January 2007 - June 2008)
Served on Senator Clinton's National Finance Committee for the 2008 presidential; participated in weekly NFC and political calls; attended quarterly working group sessions with Senator Clinton and top staff; worked in the following state primaries - Iowa, New Hampshire, Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky

Friends of Hillary (April 2005 - November 2006)
Participated in Senator Clinton's re-election effort and part of the senator's Chicago team; chaired Friends of Hillary Chicago Professionals Event (December 2005); chair role included drafting event proposal; traveling to New York office to pitch Chicago event; recruiting Chicago event co-chairs, building host committee, selecting event site, negotiating event and advertising costs; recruiting volunteers to staff event; and working with media to cover event; event raised 60K+ for re-elect effort with 800 attending; personally raised $10K and staffed Senator Clinton at event

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2006)
Involved in DSCC Chicago fundraising activities; sponsored March 31, 2006 DL21C Chicago Professionals Event for DSCC with Senators Richard Durbin (IL), Charles Schumer (NY), Debbie Stabenow (MI), and Maria Cantwell (WA), event raised $25K+ for DSCC national fund to support democratic candidates in competitive senate races in 2006 mid-term elections

Kerry-Edwards 2004 (July 2004 - November 2004)
South Florida general election team for Miami-Dade and Broward counties; advanced five large public media events in Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami for Kerry campaign with Senator Kerry, President Clinton, and Senator Clinton; events reached 100,000+ voters and generated good local press; events used to encourage early voting in key battleground state

John Kerry for President (January 2004 - July 2004)
Various staff support roles focused on GOTV efforts in New Hampshire & Wisconsin primaries; Chicago GOTV call lead for four key primary states - Missouri, Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio; helped advance key media and town hall public events in New Hampshire (Manchester, Nashau, Derry) and Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Madison); Kerry Midwest fundraising team, traveled with candidate and national staff to ten battleground states; fundraising events raised over $10 million in pre-convention funds

Gore/Lieberman 2000 (September 2000 - November 2000)
Fundraising for September Chicago event for Vice President Gore at Chicago Palace theatre; assisted with October Daley Plaza rally in Chicago for general election; Organized GOTV in Hispanic precincts in South Orlando and Orange County, Florida during last week of general election campaign- won county in key battleground state for presidential election

Gore 2000: New Hampshire & New York Primaries (January 2000, March 2000)
Organized GOTV for key turnout precincts in Manchester; helped advance Somerville GOTV rally and press event for Vice President Gore and Senator Kennedy; advanced election night press event for Vice President Gore at Manchester Holiday Inn; Organized GOTV and Gore visibility for Manhattan's Upper West Side; helped advance pre-election GOTV rally and press event for Vice President Gore and Hillary Clinton at 92nd Street Y

Democratic National Committee (January 2000 - March 2000)
Steering committee for President Clinton's fundraiser sponsored by the Saxophone Club and the Women's Leadership Forum. Event targeted young professionals. Steering committee sold 500 tickets at $250 each for total raise of $125K. This was one of the last Chicago fundraisers for President Clinton as a sitting president.

Clinton/Gore '96
Fundraising and advance for May 1995 Chicago Hilton fundraiser (event raised $1M as part of 3 city kickoff to raise $35M in 1995 prior to 1996 primaries), fundraising for Chicago '96 (nonpartisan civic group which sponsored 1996 Chicago DNC convention), fundraising for post convention speech celebration event for President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Hillary Clinton, and Tipper Gore at Chicago Sheraton (event raised over $1M for Democratic party)

Clinton/Gore: Illinois Coordinated Campaign Staff (August 1992 - November 1992)
Fundraising and advance for Governor Clinton's post convention Chicago Hilton fundraiser (event raised $1M); voter registration, GOTV, field operations, student outreach; fundraising for Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore September young professional event at Chicago's Navy Pier; advanced Clinton/Gore October Daley Plaza pre-election rally

Clinton/Gore: DNC Convention Staff New York (July 1992)
Assisted with pre-convention logistics setup at New York Intercontinental Hotel convention headquarters; Governor Clinton's floor security support (worked closely with Secret Service); convention delegate tracking; convention hall visibility

Bill Clinton for President: Illinois Primary Staff (January 1992 - April 1992)
Field operations, GOTV, logistics support for Governor Clinton's Chicago visits; fundraising for Super Tuesday event at Chicago Hilton; advanced Illinois Primary St. Patrick's Day victory event at Chicago Palmer House; provided housing for traveling Clinton staff; fundraising and advance for Hillary Clinton April event at Chicago Amoco Building America Club

Clinton for Governor (1980, 1982)
Volunteer for Clinton gubernatorial campaigns in Little Rock and Fayetteville, Arkansas; assisted with GOTV efforts and visibility at shopping centers, theatres, and Razorback games


CIVIC PARTICIPATION

William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Foundation - founding member; participated in 2004 opening and 2005 first year commemoration activities; engaged in Foundation activities

Chicago Global Council - active member; participate in monthly lecture discussions and meetings

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial - active member; participated in RFK 80th birthday events in November 2005

John F. Kennedy Library - Leadership Council; participated in May 2006 Profile in Courage 50th anniversary

American Red Cross of New York City (September 2001) - Volunteer for rescue relief efforts during World Trade Center crises; assigned to Javits Center to help with food distribution and supply coordination for rescue workers

Certifications
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