Cell: 908-242-1000 michael.webb29@yahoo.com
32 Arlene Court
Fanwood, NJ 07023
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ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS PROFESSIONAL
Global experience in financial and accounting leadership positions, with proven expertise in financial operations and large scale project management. Demonstrated track record of streamlining processes in order to increase the efficiency, accuracy and speed of accounting close cycles. Proven success in the execution of complex Accounting/System projects, where a balance of strategic focus and delivery of results are needed. A strong people leader, that consistently delivers a complete well thought-out solution to financial issues, across industries, geographies, and functions.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Implemented the Legal Entity functional design, framework and training to prepare GE Capital top tier legal entities with proper governance for the regulatory environment.
Designed, executed and facilitated the Project Management of a new Chart of Accounts at GE Capital which would rationalize and align accounts to allow for the internal/external reporting of information via consistent account usage, governance and transparent processing.
Led the establishment of the CIT’s first Project Management Office in the corporate controller space, including the design and implementation of a strategic change management process, centralized reporting function, project methodology, and reporting databases and infrastructure. This was accomplished with no incremental funding, and in an accelerated timeline, allowing the company to realize immediate benefits, including initiative prioritization, and transparency to make strategic decisions faster.
Completed the development of a customized Equity Pick-up Module for CIT Global Group. This consolidation accomplishment increased the accuracy of CIT reporting at all levels of SEC and Fed reporting with specific emphasis on stand-alone Legal Entity Reporting.
Established and implemented Travelport’s (former Cendant Corporation) ERP approach to support the change in global reporting structure from Functional (management) to Operational (legal) view, which put our company in a position that any of its segments could easily be divested and/or taken public.
Selected for a seven month assignment in Seoul, South Korea. Led the General Ledger
Implementation team that placed Hyundai Investments (purchased by Prudential Financial) on the
Oracle General Ledger platform. This accomplishment allowed Prudential Financial (Korea) to easily consolidate their financial results into the global results of the company on a timely basis.
Completed Project Management Institute certification training. Eligible to sit for PMP exam. 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GE Capital, New York, NY 2014 – present
Program Manager, Legal Entity Controllership
Responsible for the future design of the legal entity framework from a cross functional perspective which includes Controllership, Legal, Treasury, Tax, Operations and Risk processes. The scope of this role includes go-forward design of operational processes, formation of synergies between cross functional operational teams at the legal entity level, re-design of broad processes to move controls upstream, design and implementation of policy and procedure where needed, and project management through multiple simultaneous projects.
 Responsibilities include development and implementation of legal entity policy and procedure, design
 of ledger processes including controls, routines, and project management.
Additionally responsible for driving change management through communication of prior legal entity experiences such as benchmarking forums and applicable synergies from other banking institutions.

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CIT, Livingston, NJ 2009 – 2014
Vice President, Program Management Office
Responsible for the Financial Program Management Office (FinPMO) across the Corporate Controller’s
Strategy and Execution department. This includes the creation and oversight of a project methodology for all Corporate Controller related projects.
 Responsible for collecting, analyzing and reporting status on the entire Corporate Controller portfolio
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(currently 101 projects) which includes status of the projects, identifying dependencies between programs and projects and ensuring the timely execution of each project deadline.
Additionally responsible for driving strategic programs to completion acting as the Program Manager
(currently lead for Cost of Funds change and Regulatory Reporting automation) to drive these initiatives through to implementation.
Vice President, Legal Entity Controller
process improvements that ensured existing accounting and reporting operations were performed with greater focus on Legal Entities, both from a local Statutory and
US GAAP perspective.
TRAVELPORT, Parsippany, NJ (former division of Cendant Corporation ) 2006 – 2009
Director, Accounting Operations
Responsible for the Monthly Consolidation as the company announced the US headquarters would be closed, retained as one of the final employees responsible for closing overall operations and transitioning the work.
 Managed special projects from a GL/Reporting perspective (i.e. acquisitions/divestitures)
 Re-engineered the current close process which increased the accuracy, efficiency, and integrity of
Travelport’s financial information.
 Cultivated relationships throughout the CFO organization gaining cross-functional synergies.
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, Newark, NJ 1998 - 2006
Financial Information Services
Director 2000 – 2006
Overall responsibility for the monthly accounting close of Prudential Financial, this included the creation of monthly close calendars, daily conference calls with all of the Business Group Controllers, and the daily review of control reports to ensure the data integrity of the financials.
 Managed a project integration unit which assessed the impact of any new enhancements and/or changes to the General Ledger.
 Supervised staff of associates; accountable for all aspects of personnel management, including staff growth, development, and employee reviews.
EDUCATION AND ASSOCIATIONS
MBA , University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
BS, Accounting and BS, Communication, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Member , National Black MBA
Member , Project Management Professionals Association, Green Belt designate
Member
, Babson College Men’s Soccer team (4 Years)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in the use of SharePoint, Visio, Oracle General Ledger, Peoplesoft General Ledger, Microsoft
Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Hyperion and Essbase reporting modules.