Ian Bowden

Experience

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  Prudential Financial

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2006

  Middleware * Assisted in the overall design of a new middleware solution tool designed to provide enhanced ETL processes providing efficient and safe transmission into and out of our financial architecture and the capability to transform data to meet the needs of our customers, while providing excellent visibility and controls to ensure accuracy and completeness. * Designed, documented and tested the ETL processes from multiple administrative systems, to create the accounting entries for the general ledger. General Ledger * Implemented the Oracle General Ledger package for 50+ subsidiaries within our PGIM business and participated in the overall integration of the entire enterprise onto the Oracle platform. * Established a single global instance providing numerous benefits including standardized accounting definitions, shared functionality, and ease in consolidations. Show less

  • Manager Project Management

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

  • Associate Manager Project Management

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  • Customer Service Team Lead

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1999
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  Prudential Financial

  Jan 2007 - now

  * Lead four teams in the Finance Technology area focused on creating financial reporting solutions (regulatory and management) using multiple reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, Essbase, Signoff Suite, and Oracle Business Intelligence). * Restructured teams freeing resources to work on higher value needs, while ensuring proper coverage for BAU. * Created reporting (regulatory and management) and process solutions across multiple finance functions significantly reducing time and effort required to complete processes while increasing quality and reliability of the output. * Developed strategic partnerships with leaders in our finance groups to identify and implement high-impact solutions. * Created more scalable and cost-effective solutions by migrating multiple applications to AWS and rearchitecting several applications from on premises to cloud-based services. Show less Reporting Lead * Formed and directed a new team of 14 resources that partnered directly with finance associates to find efficiencies and deliver technology and process solutions that saved the company thousands of hours of effort and reduced risk. * Led a reporting team of eight associates, creating external and management reporting solutions which ensured regulatory reporting requirements were met, improved business processes, and enhanced reliability of data. Procurement System Implementation * Implemented a new procurement platform that saved the company millions of dollars by enabling more cost-effective sourcing. * Supported multiple functions, including reporting and conversion, while also providing guidance on the best use of the architecture. * Designed and implemented the approval process within the procurement tool. Forecasting * Built out a centralized forecast modeling platform. * Architected multiple forecast models for Asset Management and Annuities P&A groups which made individual business processes more efficient, with greater analysis capabilities and enhanced consolidation and control processes. * Defined ETL, calculation and reporting solutions to meet the business’ needs. Show less

  • VP Process Management

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Director Project Management

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2020