Professional Resume

1. KRISTEN ANN WINSLET
70 Countryside Apartments • Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840
kristenwinslet@verizon.net • www.linkedin.com/in/kristenwinslet • (908) 798-3133
IT Finance Professional
IT Governance / Project Portfolio Management
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)
Present
Verizon Wireless, Warren, New Jersey
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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., CIO Dashboard, 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
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)
Avaya - Intelligent Communications, Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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08/2012 –
02/2011 – 07/2012
Key member of the procure to pay process re-engineering team focused on aligning tighter controls and oversight around
professional services expense recognition and accounts payable invoices. This effort included focus on the timecard reporting
system and the reconciliation of all hours worked for both internal and external resources, investigated missing time to align
reconciliation with professional services invoices and accruals to capture accurate vendor purchase order payments.
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.

2. Kristen Ann Winslet
Business & Financial Analyst, Green Energy Program (Program Financials & Metrics)
Public Service Enterprise Group - Contract Position, Newark, New Jersey
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10/2006 – 10/2008
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)
Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, Morristown, New Jersey
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01/2010 – 02/2011
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)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), Bridgewater, New Jersey
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2002 – 2006
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)
2002
Multiple Consulting Firms, Morris & Somerset County, New Jersey
1998 –
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
Thomas A. Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey
Computer Skills: MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookup, If/Then, Charts, Complex Formulas & Spreadsheets)
9/1986 - 9/1989

3. MS PowerPoint (Financial Charts & Tables), MS Word, MS Project, MS FrontPage