Allison Kerlin, PMP

Experience

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  Brandow Auto Group

  Jun 1992 - Jul 2000

  Accounting Clerk

  Account Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory Management, Reconciliations, Floor Planning, Deal Processing, Accounting for new ( at time) online purchase program

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  Root communications

  Jul 2000 - Oct 2003

  Budgeting, Forecasting, AP & Payroll oversight, Consolidation, Financial Reporting, Ad-hoc projects, Wrap up of business when sold in 2003. Budgeting, Forecasting, Consolidations, Financial Review

  • Financial Controller

    Aug 2000 - Oct 2003

  • Senior Accountant- Corporate HQ

    Jul 2000 - Aug 2001
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  Pegaus Communications

  Jan 2004 - Oct 2004

  Senior Accountant

  Monthly financial close, consolidation, bankruptcy accounting. ( company declared bankruptcy in early 2004)

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  SunGard

  Oct 2004 - Nov 2015

  Oversee the daily operations for the Revenue teams within one of the largest segments within SunGard. Duties include all month end, quarterly certification prep, audit/SOX reviews, as well as all revenue accounting tasks related to the Global Trading Segment. Responsible for working with Group Controller to implement new Accounting Reconciliation policy. Identify areas for process improvement and efficiency gains to generate cost savings or strengthen overall control environment. Coordination with FIS management to develop integration plan for post sale, including helping to find areas for quick and long term synergies. Show less Operational management of Paris/Tunis AR & Revenue teams ( since 2011). Responsible for planning and implementing new Master Data Management system for Customers. MDM project included: developing and performing a cleanse of existing database of customers and addresses ( ~90000 records); designing new MDM policy to enable tracking of clients from SalesForce through to Revenue transactions; Develop metrics to track cleansing status and progress weekly. Tool design and testing. Definition of key controls for new MDM process. Participate in UAT and Go-Live. Manage existing MDM team daily operations. Assume Management of Global Revenue Regional Accounting Center based in Wayne, PA ( May 2015). Work with Corporate team to develop and execute plan to eliminate the Revenue RAC team and redeploy the resources and work to new Group Accounting Structure. Ensure all operations remained steady during the transition. Work with new Group Controllers to transition existing RAC team duties, staff, controls, and tools to their teams without any audit or control gaps. Show less Developing and Designing the overall order to cash cycle for the Regional Accounting Center ( f/k/a SSC). Consolidation of EMEA revenue accounting team to NA RAC. Outsourcing of transaction processing to Pune, India RAC. Consolidation of various global accounting offices into 2 centralized RACs in Paris/Tunis for large acquisition. Audit and conversion of Global teams to Standard Policies and Procedures. Process documentation, Risk review, Operational Management of Paris/Tunis AR & Revenue teams ( 2011 onward); Project management for various corporate initiatives, Collaboration with IT teams to create and develop system enhancements for efficiency/control gains. Gains in Cost Savings Show less

  • Global Trading Segment Controller- Revenue

    Sept 2015 - Nov 2015

  • Global Process Manager- Transitions ( Position eliminated Sep 2015)

    Dec 2013 - Sept 2015

  • Global Process Manager- Revenue, Cash Application, Contracts, Collections

    Aug 2010 - Dec 2013

  • Assistant Controller/ Revenue Controller

    Oct 2004 - Aug 2010
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  FIS

  Dec 2015 - May 2019

  Corporate Finance lead on various software implementations, including all areas of project management such as: requirements gathering, team coordination, solution design, process design/documentation including strong SOX controls, UAT script creation/completion, and end user training post go-live. New software implemented involved Project Management Planning to (Planview) with followon implementation of Oracle Projects, Oracle Subledger for Professional Services Revenue. Coordination of migrated data for 3000+ projectsPost Go-live support for daily operations team, including troubleshooting, and defect/bug review Show less Oversee the daily operations for the Revenue teams within one of the largest segments within FIS ( legacy SunGard). Duties include all month end, quarterly certification prep, audit/SOX reviews, as well as all revenue accounting tasks related to the Global Trading Segment. Responsible for working with Group Controller to implement new Accounting Reconciliation policy. Identify areas for process improvement and efficiency gains to generate cost savings or strengthen overall control environment. Coordination with FIS management to develop integration plan for post sale, including helping to find areas for quick and long term synergies. Transition of team post acquisition to new leadership structure. Show less

  • Global Implementations-Finance

    Dec 2015 - May 2019

  • Global Trading Segment Controller- Revenue

    Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
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  Easi- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.)

  May 2019 - Jun 2021

  Program Manager-Finance

  - Responsible for Change Management/Transformation as part of newly created PMO Office- Project Manager for Flexible Workforce Process redesign- Business Lead partnering with IT on Contingent Worker Portal Upgrade- PMO/Change Management Partner with PWC for SAP Ariba Optimization- Additional PMO activities such as presentations for Executive and Business Teams, Defining Training Strategies, and Process Reviews, etc

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  Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.)

  Jun 2021 - now

  Program Management and Management Consulting

  • Associate Director Enterprise Projects

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Senior Project Manager

    Jun 2021 - May 2023