Resume for Kristen Ann Winslet

Resume for Kristen Ann Winslet

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  KRISTEN ANN WINSLET 70Countryside Apartments • Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840 [email protected] • www.linkedin.com/in/kristenwinslet • (908) 798-3133 Director of IT Finance IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Results oriented Corporate Business Process, Data & Financial Management experience and expertise. Proven success combining process innovation and exceptional organizational skill sets. Expertise in project management including ROI business cases, budgets, financial governance & analysis as well as project reporting/dashboarding. Management abilities to plan objectives, strategies and methods; partner; direct; organize; coordinate; and evaluate complex business processes, programs and priorities. Demonstrated technical savvy with solid analytical skills. Expertise in MS Office Suite & Corporate ERP Software packages. Professional Experience IT GRC / Knowledge Management, IT Finance (Project Portfolio & Investment Valuation) 08/2012 – Present Verizon Wireless, Warren, New Jersey • Develops and reports to IT-Governance Leads and IT Leadership on IT Internal projects estimated costs and Rough Order of Magnitude estimates against Actuals, Capital & Expense funding and Allocations, Funnel Management, Release Dates, Generates Project and Labor Codes, manage these efforts through the use of the newly implemented Clarity project and resource management tool. • Supports hardware and software product evaluations for IT-Internal Projects, documenting and optimizing systems-related standards and procedures, support SVP IT application teams by gathering and documenting IT requirements. • Support pre and post CIO Internal IT Project prioritization meeting activities where funding decisions based on ROI analysis for internal IT projects across the IT footprint. • Core member of a number of project teams implementing key processes & reporting systems within IT. Activities include developing process flows, quick reference guides and reporting tools, (i.e., Dashboards, Knowledge Management, and Project Portfolio Monitoring). • Analyzes problems, develops and implements solutions, and makes decisions that significantly impact project(s). Performs project management activities such as planning, sizing, configuration, and scheduling • Leads other Technical Support/Support team members in selected project activities. Act as subject matter expert while providing coaching and mentoring to junior Technical Analysts. • Core member of a number of process implementation teams within the Clarity Project Management System rollout such as Resource Management, Training Documentation, Chance Management, Funnel Process Re-Design & Reporting. Project Management Manager, IT PMO Organization (Project Financials & Metrics) 02/2011 – 07/2012 Avaya - Intelligent Communications, Basking Ridge, New Jersey • Provide Business & Financial Analysis / Project Management Support for Avaya’s Information Technology Project Management Office, (IT-PMO). I support executive management with the information needed to properly monitor and manage all of its IT Projects, (Dollars, and Resource Hours & Rates). • Prepare monthly Project Financials from SAP to monitor project capital & expense. Provide details on project nominal expense such as Internal & External Resources, Hardware & Software, Maintenance and Other expenses. Report out by Project Number, Resource Owner & IT Project Delivery Management views. • Partner with Finance & IT Resource Owners to maintain up to date IT Project Resource Rates used to calculate weekly overall Average & Weighted Internal & External Blended Rates. Prepare weekly Internal & External utilization reports based on IT Project, Non-Project & Support Hours to understand IT Project Resource forecasts by Resource Owner & IT Project Delivery Manager View. Calculate Internal & External Resource Mix and alignment to their respective purchase orders. • Provide support to Resource & Organization structure changes through Headcount and Cost Center Hierarchy alignment reports. Prepare and submit Headcount Change Requests to maintain Supervisor & Cost Center alignment. Provide templates for Resource Structure re-org views based on changes to Finance and partner with Vendor Management to maintain Purchase Order Cost Center alignment. • Prepare MJEs & Cross Charges during the month end Project Accounting Process as well as perform other duties on an ad-hoc basis. Support Annual Planning activities, Metrics on Resource ramp ups and ramp downs. Kristen Ann Winslet Page Two
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  Business & FinancialAnalyst, Green Energy Program (Program Financials & Metrics) 01/2010 – 02/2011 Public Service Enterprise Group - Contract Position, Newark, New Jersey • Provided weekly & monthly metrics reporting for five green energy programs. Develop reporting tools and templates in MS Excel for reporting purposes. Work with systems teams on reporting/data issues and improved database improvements. • Provided integrated financial and operating information such as program performance, resource allocation and optimization to provide value to the business planning process on a continual basis. Identify areas where changes are necessary. Business & Financial Analyst, IT Governance Department (IT Project Finance) 10/2006 – 10/2008 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), Bridgewater, New Jersey • Prepared and posted monthly decision support & ad-hoc financials pertaining to an annual corporate IT project spend portfolio of $1.5B. These financials included budget vs. actual and forecast variances analysis prepared from large Clarity Project Accounting System data extracts through the use of MS Excel pivot tables. • Conceptualized and developed a consolidated cross-organizational incremental spending report in MS Excel that was used by business IT controller teams to reconcile to budget major cost drivers and to monitor and control incremental, reprioritized, delayed and new approved/incremental spend on all IT Projects corporate wide. Financial Reporting & IT Support, Northeast Region (Sales Metrics) 2002 – 2006 Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, Morristown, New Jersey • Performed sales analysis and prepared financial reports on sales-force dollar and volume mortgage numbers against budget. • Analyzed mortgage product mix that included 30 & 15 year fixed rate, adjustable rate and FHA mortgage loans. • Supported the on-boarding of new sales employees as it pertained to requesting laptops, providing access to systems. Systems & Project Support, Corporate Finance & IT Center (Data & Project Management) 1998 – 2002 Multiple Consulting Firms, Morris & Somerset County, New Jersey Data Warehouse Administration - National Exchange Carrier Association 9/2001 – 3/2002 • Managed the distribution of updated Telecom Switching Data used by the Telecom Industry for billing purposes. • Participated on the team that developed an on-line M&P document for telecom switching data owners. Project Tracking & Reporting - Verizon Wireless 7/2000 – 4/2001 • Provided Functional Project Management support for the company’s national 3G Wireless Technology Test Trials. • Updated project issue logs, timelines, project records and presentations used for weekly vendor status update calls. Process & Quality Improvement - Bear Stearns 6/2000 – 7/2000 • Analyzed the Help Desk Trouble Ticket Process for the company to ensure that the REMEDY trouble ticket system was effectively utilized by HelpDesk staff and made recommendations regarding changes to helpdesk management. SAP & PeopleSoft Implementation - Lucent Technologies 9/1998 – 12/1999 • Analyzed MS Access data hierarchy codes via VLookup analysis for financial code translation mismatches between SAP & PeopleSoft, as well as performed testing in SAP modules during implementation. Corporate Finance & Accounting Operations, Controllers Organization (Financial Analysis) 1988 – 1998 AT&T Corporation, Morris & Somerset County, New Jersey Consolidations & Financial Reporting - Consumer Markets Division 7/1997 - 6/1998 • Monthly consolidations & financial reporting for the Consumer Markets Division president using financial information from multiple sources to prepare reports/charts in MS Excel & PowerPoint. Reports were used at the BOD meeting. Change/Project Management - Corporate Controller’s Organization 6/1995 - 6/1997 • Functional project management responsibilities for the corporate controllers’ organization in the ‘War Room’ as communications coordinator & liaison pertaining to the Lucent Technologies & NCR Initial Public Offering. Staff Accountant - International Accounting & Finance Operations 10/1991 - 5/1995 • Complete staff accounting responsibilities closing the books for AT&T’s Latin American subsidiaries in the US. • Trained and supported the in-country finance managers implementing the accounting process regionally. Cost & Pricing Analyst - Product Parts Pricing Support 2/1988 - 9/1991 Education BS/BA - Business Administration/Marketing 9/1986 - 9/1989 Thomas A. Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey Computer Skills: MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookup, If/Then, Charts, Complex Formulas & Spreadsheets) MS PowerPoint (Financial Charts & Tables), MS Word, MS Project, MS FrontPage