Timothy Kwong

Experience

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  Household Finance

  Jul 1994 - Dec 1995

  Senior Financial Analyst
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  Kaufman and Broad

  Jan 1996 - Jun 1996

  Senior Accountant
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  AIG Retirement Services

  Jun 1996 - Sept 2009

  Led a team of 8 supporting SAP functional development and business processes for G/L, AP, master data, T&E, Ariba, data modeling, data warehouse, and report development• Responsible for executive engagement, demand management, and IT budget• Served as a solution architect to support various business initiatives including new product rollout, policy admin system migration and acquisitions• Developed and deployed the AIG’s first SAP ERP system with end-to-end solutions to accelerate financial close, standardize end-to-end accounting and business process workflows for insurance sub-ledger, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, variable fund accounting, procurement, month-end close, actuarial reporting, consolidated SEC filing, regulatory filing, management reports, and T&E processes• Revamped SAP SOX compliance practice and redesigned SAP user profiles Show less

  • Director, SAP Solution Center

    Feb 1998 - Sept 2009

  • Senior Accountant

    Jun 1996 - Sept 1998
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  AIG

  Sept 2009 - Mar 2019

  A global IT application owner for AIG Financial and Treasury operations systems inclusive of General Ledgers, Global AP, Master Data Governance, Global Accounting Transformation Data Stage, Treasury, Procurement, and T&E Applications. Partnered with business leaders to drive the AIG financial system strategy to standardize processes, simplify application portfolio, reduce IT costs of ownership, establish a common financial language, and promote efficiency.- Rolled-out AIG SAP global ledger to 60+ countries.- Responsible for all aspects of application management: Financial system strategy, project management, change management, requirements gathering, architecture and solution design, functional and technical development, deployment and end-user support- Serving as the main point of contact for internal stakeholders and end-user community to identify issues and opportunities, make recommendations, prioritize project and enhancement requests, and address any kind of escalation- Teamed up with finance executives to build a global finance IT support team in Manila.- Cut the total costs of IT ownership by 50% by migrating SAP to AWS cloud, eliminating onshore lights-on consultants and simplifying application portfolio- Migrated key financial applications from the U.K. to Luxembourg in preparation for Brexit. Show less Led a team of financial system analysts and developers for end to end support including system administration, enhancements requests, maintenance, application change management, business requirements gathering, functional designs and development, testing, deployment and end-user support for applications including SAP ECC, BI (Business Warehouse), BPC, Ariba, and Statutory Filing Package for AIG Life & Retirement Division• Completed a 5 yr finance transformation program that culminated in the roll-out of SAP to all AIG L&R business unitso Achieved significant cost savings and business simplification by decommissioning 10 large legacy admin systems and consolidated over 100 processeso Architected and built the AIG finance data transformation hub for 75+ policy administrative to standardize insurance datao Implemented SAP BI and BPC for consolidation, management and planning/forecasting reporting solution Show less

  • Senior VP, Global Financial Systems

    Nov 2011 - Mar 2019

  • VP, Global SAP Solution Center

    Sept 2009 - Nov 2011
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  Performica Professional Services

  Nov 2019 - now

  Senior Information Technology Business Consultant

  A strategic leader with a 20+ year track record of managing multi-million dollars projects in order to achieve strategic business goals. Partner closely with C-level executives to identify opportunities and develop & drive IT strategic planning and direction. Years of achievement in developing, implementing, transforming, and managing financial systems. Strong finance and IT background with experience in utilizing technological solution to transform, integrate and automate business processes, and standardize financial data while reducing overall IT expenses. Responsible for numbers of projects including:- Azure Cloud Storage Migration- Oracle CRM Select Price and Quote Implementation- FreshService Service Desk Implementation- Office 365 and Exchange Cloud Migration- Planning Center Implementation- Revamped Standard Operating Procedure and Safety Guideline rollout due to COVID- Website Development Show less