Peter C Collier

Experience

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  Accenture

  Jul 1990 - Aug 2003

  Senior Manager

  Advanced from initial position as programmer to serve as business advisor and solutions-focused financial Senior Manager. Delivered bottom-line improvements for clients across multiple industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, communications, oil and gas, and consumer electronics. Identified business issues, conducted comprehensive analysis, spearheaded change, and presented results directly to senior executives.

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  OfficeTiger (an RR Donnelley Company)

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Interim CFO (Director)

  Recruited as sole finance employee to quickly grow this start-up financial and professional services firm with 1,000 employees in India. Developed / implemented financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting during year of 100% growth. Built / developed cost database, pricing, sales assessment tools and process needed to significantly improve operating margin. Developed and led finance training. Created and presented reports to Board and select clients.

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  American Express

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Deputy CFO for IT (Vice President, Finance)

  Responsible for $2.4B IT spend, with focus on Financial Planning, Budgeting and Analysis. Revitalized planning, budgeting and forecasting, as well as management reporting, variance analysis and CFO decision support. Managed direct staff of 10 plus 19 shared-service support staff. Refined IT usage estimates which enabled $75M net reduction in IT working capital. Directed finance initiatives for CIO, including development of new cost 'chargeback' allocation methodology. Selected to represent CIO/Finance on firmwide project to identify and plan for Ameriprise spinoff. Selected within first month of hire to speak to 450-person, annual AmEx Finance Workshop. Selected to represent CIO/Finance on firm wide project in preparation of Ameriprise spinoff. Selected o speak to 450-person, annual AmEx Finance Workshop. Show less

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  KPMG

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2017

  Acting Principal, Advisory

  Recruited to firm’s Eastern Region new Advisory Practice to help develop a multiple industry practice focused on financial functions. Initiated client relationships and established recurring business by transitioning new client relationships from initial, one-time ‘Service Provider’ engagements into on-going ‘Trusted Advisor’ roles generating $M+ annually. Recognized multiple years as US Leader in both Sales and Engagement Revenue Managed. Most recently fulfilled 2017 sales and managed revenue targets within first month. Selected for US ‘Future Leaders’ executive program. Twice selected/served on US Internal Compliance Audit team. Recognized two consecutive years as New York Office “Recruiting Champion.”. PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT Client facing: Served as a Lead Director in establishing the firm’s “Quality Close” service offering. This included creation of the service methodology and tools, conduct of the annual client survey, training of delivery practitioners and management of the leading practices library. Internal: Led efforts to develop / conduct internal training on engagement audit and compliance requirements, including use of firm-required tools to assess client independence and engagement risk. Results evident in the dramatic improvement in all engagement internal audit results. RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT / MANAGEMENT Helped shape overall practice approach to client / opportunity pursuit. Initiated relationships and established recurring business for assigned/select clients. Became firm expert in new client set-up / onboarding, including independence and risk management. Successfully transitioned new client relationships from initial, one-time ‘Service Provider’ engagements into on-going ‘Trusted Advisor’ roles generating $8M+ annually. Managed all negotiation, contracting, invoicing/collections and close-out, including client satisfaction for 45+ engagements. Show less

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  Various

  Apr 2017 - Feb 2020

  Management Consultant / Advisor

  Independent Advisor / Consultant - - Engaged on project basis to help drive change and resolve specific issues. Clients include: EverestRe; MUFG Bank; International Rescue Committee; Carrols Corporation, AholdRole Descriptions: EverestRe - Liberty Corner, NJ; (A global reinsurance provider) Responsible for Reinsurance Technology Planning-Budgeting processes to develop budgets, capture actuals, report monthly variance and update forecasts. MUFG Bank - Jersey City, NJ; Finance Director, Technology Transformation Responsible for evaluation and assessment supporting overall Financial approach, priorities and timing for seven year, $175M program. Established methodologies, criteria and tools/templates for efficient assessment, evaluation and reporting. Aspects included: IT functional state valuations and spend, (current and future), financial impacts of cloud enablement and vendor / scenario cost comparisons. Used Ariba and Sharepoint. Areas included: Data Centers, End-User Computing, Central Computing, Storage, Middleware (messaging) and Network.International Rescue Committee, New York, NY - Budget Director For a Board decision, responsible for assembling financial perspective on a global IT transformation initiative. Developed future state project/one-time and operational cost estimates for various equipment and deployment scenarios. Carrols, Inc - Operator for 1,000 restaurants in 23 states, employing 27,000 people Tasked to help address specific operational issues involving supply chain, employee training and inventory management. Show less

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  Accenture

  Mar 2020 - now

  Clients & Markets - Operations - Account Leadership

  For select clients, Pete helps move business operations to "smarter" operating models that drive greater business value, focusing on relationships and services that support client decisions, plans and actions across strategy, operations and finance, Pete helps establish (maintain) alignment between the client’s strategic plans and priorities and their decisions and follow through, and also helps identify and apply knowledge, innovation and delivery expertise that most impact growth and improvement. Show less