Paul T. Mazur is seeking a position that leverages his experience in business, finance, and technology. He holds an MBA from Columbia College and a BA in Accounting. His experience includes roles as an adjunct professor, credit union oversight, and various finance and accounting roles. As a finance analyst, he developed databases and reporting and assumed leadership responsibilities. In prior roles, he improved processes, identified cost savings, and supported strategic initiatives through problem solving and technology.

1. Paul T. Mazur
Career Objective
Toobtain a position that leverages my experience, business acumen, and technical knowledge empowering
me to integrate technology to catalyze high performance and report results.
Academic Background
MBA Business– Columbia College (2009)
B.A.,Accounting – New York State University at Oswego (1999)
Professional Summary
Provide timely financial reporting and fiscal planning.
Develop client/vendor relationships and enhanced cash flow.
Successfully reported profit/loss statements for multiple business units.
Review annual contract and revised revenues/forecasts for CPI adjustments.
Lead functional management meetings to mitigate potential short-term liabilities.
Drive organic growth by understanding business organization and management.
Absolve redundant processes.
Professional Background
In the fall of 2010, 2011 and 2012 I served as and Adjunct Professor at Columbia College. Successfully
teaching Money, Banking and Financial Markets and Corporate Finance. I also Servedas a member of an
oversight committee at Compass Federal Credit Union, and MONY Federal Credit Union. These two
endeavors successfully developed transferrable, noticeable skills for personal professional development.
Since 2007 worked as a Finance Analyst at AXA Equitable, NY (8.5b sales) with a direct report to the
Assistant Vice President of IT Finance to maintain/administer an employee profile database, projects
database, and a contracting database.I quickly assumed leadership roles administering the project
management database, and coordinated year end accruals for an IT budget in excess of 80M annually.
Provide reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Senior Information Officers (SIO’s), Solution
Delivery Managers (SDM’s) and Project Managers (PM’s) proved to be challenging, so I proactively
developed, coordinated, and initiated monthly requirements to provide timely data. Continued to pursue
solutions, and leverage technologies to mitigate the loss of key personnel. Assumed leadership roles in
governance, benefit reporting, and acting as liaison to lines of business.
From April 2005- Dec 2006 working as a Financial Planning Analyst at Novelis Corporation, NY and
responsible for closing entries, cash forecasting, accruals, bank reconciliations, petty cash, trial balance
consolidation, inventory accrual analysis, payroll, labor analysis, accounts payable, financial statement
review, capital expenditures, SOX compliance/documentation, legacy system security maintenance.
Maintained Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system and trained employees’ to fostered cross-
functional departmental communication/transparency using information technology to achieve world class
standards.
From 2000-2004 worked as a facilities accountant, Covanta Energy, NY and responsible for providing
financial statements to senior management. Responsibilities include: financial accounting, analysis,
budgeting, forecasting, credit and collection for six business units, and always demonstrated a consistent
record of impacting profit performance throughout tenure.

2. AXA Equitable
Financial Service Industry
2006-Present
Senior Manager - Finance Analyst
Improving existing processes to consolidate financial reports and materially reduce year end liabilities.
Develop tools, accurately maintaining/administering databases, and reporting information is leveraged
further as technology upgrades become possible. Accelerated closing schedules remain to be
challenging, but the team remains flexible and always able to provide financial information within
required time-frames. Coordinate financial closings, and working with senior management and teams
at all functional levels to achieve goals.
Selected Contributions:
 Apply a high degree of technical ability as it pertains to coding Visual Basic for Excel (VBA).
 Recommend implementing monthly procedures to enhance reporting capability.
 Support customer centric methodology in every-day work practices.
 Foster relationships, and drive conversations collaboratively.
 Design/Business Requirements/UAT Testing and implemented an online reporting database.
 Mitigate systemic issues by identifying problems up front
 Approve, record and sign off on purchase orders via Ariba workflow.
 Collect, and help develop KPI's for Discretionary Projects (80+ Million Budget)
 Collaborate with Corporate Sourcing & Procurement and Accounts Payable Department Leads.
 Achieve operational efficiencies by adopting the software delivery life cycle (SDLC)
methodology.
 Achieve productivity targets set forth my upper management. (Identified work to offshore to third
party)
 Attentive to business concerns/ problems.
Novelis Corporation
Rolled Products (Aluminum)
April 2005- Dec 2006
Financial Planning Analyst:
Selected Contributions:
 Maintain and apply a high degree of General Accounting skills to improve internal control.
 Recommend new advanced systems to support strategic initiatives.
 Support Accounting Department initiatives for cross-functional process improvements through
problem solving and technological application. Seek initiatives for continuous improvement
projects.
 Actively support EHS policy, align decisions and actions with EHS management system and
integrate EHS performance in day-to-day operations.
 Maintain legacy project software andinterface it with Oracle and ONBASE subsystem/platform.
 Implemented orientation process as to coordinate payroll activities with summer student program.
 Track/record hours and expenses incurred for summer student program.
 Successfully analyze pertinent trial balance and expense accounts in timely manner.
 Maintain sound internal controls both procedural and through proper system security to safeguard
company assets.
 Identified 250k erroneous accruals that were added back to central budget.
 Identified 100k from 3rd party vendor over-billings.
 Integrate subsystem software to foster cross functionality with all departments.
 Ensure that a non-traditional culture exists to promote communication, transparency, and
relationship building.

3. Covanta Energy
Waste To Energy Facility
Jamesville, NY
May 2000 to April 2005
FACILITIES ACCOUNTANT:
I coordinated financial and accounting functions for energy plant and five operating business units
generating annual revenues in excessof 12m. Accountability extends to profit loss statements, cash flow
analysis, cash management, EBIT forecasting, in addition to financial responsibilities for five wastewater
treatment plants. Responsible for accruals, end of month closings, balance sheet accounts (inventory, cash,
A/R, A/P) and facilitated with budget implementation and review.Collaborate with auditors, client, and
staff to achieve objectives.
Selected Contributions
 Reduced primary expense category from 10% - 15%, saving company approximately $20,000
through collaboration with town mayors.
 Improved relations with client, reducing service fee errors while undergoing restructuring
emergence.
 Provide timely financial data for review within specified parameters. Reduced receivables from
90-60 days to 30 days by implementing cash management and billing controls.
 Managed the transfer of five business units (Billing, invoicing, petty cash, financial reporting).
Comply, verify, and maintain controls for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX).
 Maintained skills with People-Soft as upgrades became necessary.
References available upon request