Professional Experience

Enhanced client's corporate structure by defining future state best practices, policies and procedures
Identifed key inputs, outputs and gaps by spearheading white-boarding sessions and interviews with 15 key stakeholders within the business
Created detailed process models and specification documents to highlight future state processes
Managed project issues and risks utilizing the JIRA platform and worked with stakeholders to ensure closure
Created issue and risk reports to track and manage number of high and critical JIRA tickets which were used in status meetings
Worked with the business to define and structure change management and transition activities

Identified key inputs, outputs and gaps by facilitating meetings with 20 stakeholders within the clients corporate FP&A division
Created detailed process models to highlight as-is budget to actual and variance analysis processes
Managed consolidated list of over 60 systems that firm utilized throughout the process
Recommended and authored short and long term improvements to the FP&A process to the client

Improved client's financial process through implementation of new general ledger, realizing major gains in time and cost efficiency
Slashed process time by 20% through restructuring and redesigning of current state client chart of accounts while ensuring continuation of enhancement services
Acted as a liaison between client technical team and vendor, gathering business and technical requirements
Mapped and reconciled five years of historical financial data by creating and maintaining detailed Excel based models
Managed design of external data interfaces to new ledger

Oversaw work of 12 team members spread across three separate work streams (negotiations, legal, and operations), providing recommendations to support project performance
Slashed process cycle times in half by creating task management tool to guard against decrease in project performance or quality of work
Led, strengthened, and stabilized engagement by optimizing operations and negotiation
Utilized and maintained detailed Excel-based financial models and over 30 project reporting tools in reporting to client C-suite and senior executives of firm

Part of a team that achieved $100M in client savings to date, in addition to $30M in additional revenue to the firm
Played a vital role in slashing contract costs by $5M by negotiating prices and fees to cut price to 50% discount to market
Restructured and managed $17M client budget, resulting in less than 1% annual variance
Held the line of $30M internal budget that exceeded margin forecast by 10%
Managed a seven member team to focus on delivering 600 cellular market launches with 100% success rate
Utilized and maintained detailed Excel based financial models and over 20 project reporting tools in reporting to client C-suite and senior executives of the firm

Managed and stabilized tool by utilizing the Software Development Life Cycle
Coordinated testing efforts, including creation of test scripts, validations, UAT and performance testing
Authored detailed functional and technical specifications for use in tool development
Defined end to end processes for developing self-service tool through use of process diagrams
Orchestrated status update meetings with clients to coordinate progress of tool development

Assisted in the conversion of seven million accounts across different platforms
Reduced high and critical defect volume by 80% by triaging defects using SQL queries
Tested and supervised defect repair and closure with on and offshore developers

Drove efforts to configure Taxstream software as prototype in business development role
Coordinated detailed technical and functional requirement sessions with client while assessing possible vendors
Configured and reconciled two years of client data using future state software
Championed business case for using chosen software to C-suite stakeholders

William L. Dennis, PMP