Resume category: FINANCE

         DIRECTOR, FINANCE           Executive Profile     Visionary leader able to drive a culture of excellence throughout the organization, focused on consistently exceeding expectations through innovation, collaboration, and teamwork.  Demonstrated ability to thrive within fluid business environments including fast-paced, high-growth periods, as well as cost-containment and cost-cutting cycles.    Ambitious Director who creates strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align and support key business initiatives. Ability to build and retains high performance teams by hiring, developing and motivating skilled professionals.       Skill Highlights             Corporate Consolidations  Complex Change Management	  Financial Planning and Analysis   Mergers and Acquisitions          Project Management  System Integration   Business Process Re-engineering  Strategic and Operational Planning             Achievements      Project Management:   Successfully launched over 200 projects for Finance in FY14 and FY15 respectively  Implemented Finance PMO to manage project lifecycle, and capital budget of $45M  Drove operational efficiencies for Stock Administration decreasing processing time by 70%  Delivered $13M enterprise solution for transacting, managing and
reporting in the Treasury areas of Cash Operations, Investments and Foreign
Exchange & Currency Option Management     Acquisition Integration:   
















Designed, developed and implemented change
management strategies that included tools and processes capable of scaling across
large, complex acquisitions  Drove Change Management strategies for both Tandberg and Starent Networks acquisitions  Launched integration principles for integrating newly acquired
companies                               Corporate Controller's Office:?   Pioneered strategy for Web 2.0/Collaboration
technologies, improving collaboration across global Finance teams by creation of
tools such as MyCloseSpace, and Process Central

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support the transition of over 60,000 employees from Ariba Procurement tool to
the Oracle iProcurement tool, resulting in a 95% training and adoption rate           Professional Experience      Director, Finance    January 2010   to   Current     Company Name   -   City  ,   State      Manage high performing global team of 48 professionals to deliver system projects for Finance, Treasury Operations, Stock, Payroll, O2C, R2R, P2P, Tax, and Technical Accounting  Streamlined capital planning process and implemented CFO reports to account for $45M in capital expenditures  Delivered 215 projects for Finance in FY15  Developed and directed strategy for realigning organization to support projects globally   Initiated complete training curriculum for staff resulting in high retainment          Senior Manager, Acquisition Integration    January 2008   to   January 2010     Company Name   -   City  ,   State      Defined and implemented Governance model for integrations   Formulation of  project methodology, structure, and tools that enabled non-project managers to manage integrations   Creation of a cross-functional team responsible for defining and developing repeatable communications process for large scale acquisitions   Led Employee Enablement work-stream, responsible for organizational alignment, on-boarding of acquired employees, and migration of sites   Developed and executed processes that streamlined acquisition announcement communications to both internal and external audiences   Provided leadership and guidance to the Project Management Office to ensure people, process, and system changes were managed according to project methodology          Senior Manager, Finance    January 2003   to   January 2008     Company Name   -   City  ,   State      Directed all aspects of Change Management, Program/Project Management, and Chief of Staff activities for the Global Corporate Controllers Office while partnering with executives to ensure strategic alignment  Managed team of 33 employees  Defined and implemented legal entity strategy for Finance   Led and implemented change management strategy that led to the successful adoption of the Finance and Accounting Shared Services outsourcing model   Managed budget in excess of $4M   Key contributor to Expense Management Leadership Team that reduced Cisco\'s operating expenses in excess of $250M   Provided thought leadership that streamlined processes creating tools and templates to enable project teams to move quickly and seamlessly through large complex projects   Implemented first curriculum based training for the global Corporate Controllers Office   Centralized Sourcing and Contracting across Cisco by providing strategy, governance, leadership and project management to Spend Management Organization          Program Manager, Finance    January 2001   to   January 2003     Company Name   -   City  ,   State      Implemented marketing solutions for the U.S. Public Sector sales team  Developed strategic partnerships with third party application vendors to enable end-to-end solutions  Created materials to enhance Cisco\'s penetration of the public sector market, including print collateral, CDs, Web sites, seminars, trade shows, and events with an annual budget of $1M  Responsible forthe launch of an IP telephony marketing campaign, generating $12M in revenue  Developed and implemented channel partner training for the IP Video Surveillance program, generating $15M in revenue  Successfully implemented internal tools US-wide to capture new program revenue          Manager, Finance    January 1998   to   January 2001     Company Name   -   City  ,   State      Managed Operations team of 5 employees   Drove operational excellence by launching tools to scale to business volumes, and support sales teams  Provided direction and leadership to project managers implementing new and existing systems   Responsible for the roll out of automated sales reporting tool to more than 150 users  Increased efficiency of the POS claiming process by 50%  Managed 2-Tier distributor relationships in relation to POS ($4B in sales out) and inventory, as well as day-to-day operations   Implemented daily POS reporting for greater visibility, including executive level reporting  Led integration of acquired sales teams into Cisco          Senior Financial Analyst, Finance    January 1996   to   January 1998     Company Name   -   City  ,   State      Responsible for consolidations, managing division budgets, and business partnering  Oversaw Asia/Pacific P&L consolidations   Developed and managed monthly and quarterly performance packages  Partnered with country controllers for budgeting and forecasting  Automated expense-tracking and forecasting   Oversaw annual planning, outlooks, and quarterly financial results for the Internet Mail Group   Managed annual budgets in excess of $13M.          Competitive Pricing Analyst, Finance    January 1993   to   January 1996     Company Name   -   City  ,   State            Cost Schedule Analyst    January 1990   to   January 1992     Company Name   -   City  ,   State            Education      Certified Project Manager   :   Project Management  ,   2014    Stanford University   -   City  ,   State  ,   USA            Bachelor of Science   :   Business Administration/Finance      San Jose State University          Business Administration/Finance        Skills     P&L Management, Project Management, Communications, Leadership, Finance Operations, Tax, P2P, O2C, Compensation Services, Financial analysis, acquisition integration, budgeting, Change Management, forecasting, Process re-engineering