H U G O A B D U L L A
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
617-792-7016 | HUGOABDULLA@YAHOO.COM
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S U M M A R Y
Experienced Senior Finance IT Manager adept in navigating various financial systems, conducting comprehensive financial
planning and analysis, meticulous budgeting, precise reporting, and pivotal capital investment decisions. Known for
fostering collaboration and possessing a strategic vision, I am dedicated to furnishing accurate financial insights,
empowering leaders to make informed and successful business decisions.
• Finance and business systems implementation • Financial Dashboards and Reporting
• Project Portfolio Planning • Process Improvement
• Budgeting and Forecasting • Revenue and Expense Accruals
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
ATN International, Beverly MA Jan 2020 – Current
Senior Business Analyst
Under the Corporate Systems Division responsible for the implementation and management of corporate financial
systems.
• Implementation and support of Oracle PBCS/Oracle EPM.
• Partner with Finance, HR, Procurement and Legal stakeholders to develop a clear understanding of
business processes and how to best utilize our systems to meet business needs.
• Identify gaps and provide expertise in business requirements for system functional specifications to scale
systems, processes and procedures in a cost effective manner.
• Continuously find ways to improve processes, execution, and delivery by staying informed on system
enhancements, product road maps, market developments and best practices.
• Configure applications according to client needs, including scripts, workflows, custom forms and
reporting.
• Gather, analyze and document financial reporting needs. Develop and maintain reports in Oracle
Planning and Budgeting tool (FR Financial Reporting, Narrative reporting and Smart View).
• Perform system administration / configuration to support business processes, metadata and system
maintenance.
• Provide orientation and training to end users when required.
• Maintain system documentation by writing and updating procedures.
• Work with Internal and External Audit to ensure compliance with SOX and ITGC controls. Specific focus
on change management.
• Review all system changes to confirm it meets team best practices and ensuring compliance that delivers
on the agreed upon solution to business stakeholders.
• Participate in the selection, planning, design, implementation, testing and deployment of new systems,
including integration of 3rd party applications and interfaces.
• Assist with data migrations from legacy systems.
• Define and document how data flows through the company’s financial systems.
• Perform business analysis and requirements gathering efforts for key financial systems.
• Ensure data is organized properly for reporting, analytics, and process automation.
• Provide customer support to end users for related applications through ServiceNow
STATE STREET BANK and Trust, Boston MA Jan 2016 – Nov 2019
Finance Manager – Vice President
Under the Chief Administration Office responsible for the financial management and governance of IT Project portfolio
budgeting, project execution and status reporting. Yearly budget of $1.8 Billion.
• Leading the end to end planning and growth strategy for corporate information security projects.
• Provide business intelligence and work with the management team to define and develop Business Cases
for software development and software as a service purchases, implementations.
• SME for the CA Clarity Project management tool implementation representing Finance and the PMO
office.
• Super administrator user of the Information Technology planning and reporting system, supporting
project managers with accurate project and demand planning.
• As a business partner work with sponsors, finance and management concerning the projects budget
status, risks and opportunities, issues, discuss recommendations and provide project financial advice.
• Supporting project managers through successful management of the financial analysis, resource
allocation, reconciliation process and the implementation of project management control.
• Create multiyear budgets, financial projections and forecasts to projects and track and report financial
metrics.
• Monitoring and controlling processes and executions. Internal controls, GAAP and SOX compliance.
• Coordinate employee and contractor hiring needs to meet project deliverables within approved financial
budgets.
• Conduct wide range of ad hoc accounting and financial analysis. Including variance analysis, forecasts,
budgets, cost control initiatives, and accounting transaction details.
STATE STREET BANK and Trust, Boston MA Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
Finance Manager FP&A– Vice President
Responsible for budgeting, reporting, analysis and forecasting of State Street Global Technology Solution divisions.
Managing a team of 4 analysts. Yearly budget of $650 million
• Lead and develop an accurate and timely financial close in partnership with the offshore accounting
team.
• Presentation of monthly and quarterly financial results and management reporting packages with
variance analysis and explanations for senior leadership.
• Build and coordinate the annual, multiyear budget process, modelling and financial forecast.
• Provide monthly reporting package and business insights to business leaders.
• Conduct wide ad hoc and monthly accounting and financial analysis including variances, forecasts,
budgets, cost control, and accounting transactions.
• Provide monthly project and product cost analysis for project managers.
• Own the monthly and quarterly close reconciliation processes.
• Manage inter-company transactions, reconciliation and off setting.
• Gather and manage resource hiring, replacement plans. Provide comprehensive headcount and
compensation analysis to meet corporate operational and financial goals.
• Designed comprehensive revenue and expense analytics/KPIs for senior management
• Enhance the financial reporting process, analysis, financial planning process, business cases and
continuous process improvements.
• Provide value-added partnership to business stakeholders, identifying areas of improved ROI or potential
cost savings and work with Procurement on implementing new approaches for achieving savings.
• Apply financial and accounting standards, policies and controls to mitigate risks between business goals
and accounting principles and controls.
STATE STREET BANK and Trust , Boston MA Jan 2011 – Jan 2014
Sr. Financial Analyst -Assistant Vice President
Responsible for budgeting, reporting, projection, analysis and forecasting of State Street IT Transformation initiative
achieving a $640M yearly savings.
• Managing sensitive information related to the IT Transformation program and provide strategic insight.
• Provide IT Project Managers financial analysis on IT Transformation financial progress and help the
business control the plan.
• Offer financial insight and guidance on business decisions • Prepare monthly financial and project
reports as required.
• Develop multi-year budgets, work with PMO’s to ensure targets are met and communicate any change
control requests needed.
• Manage the software capitalization process.
• Performs monthly close and forecast process and prepare monthly operational reports and financial
tracking of projects (cost/benefit).
• Create Standard Operating Procedures to assure proper compliance and audit.
• Perform ad-hoc financial analysis for operational and financial management.
• Perform project accounting entries and provide project specific financials as needed.
• Proactively design and update organization hierarchy structure.
STATE STREET BANK and Trust, Boston MA Mar 2007 – Jan 2011
Financial Analyst –Officer
Reporting to Division Controller of a $340M Investment Management Services North America of State Street with
worldwide locations.
Responsible for budgeting, reporting, projections, analysis and forecasting of IMS division’s headcount, expenses,
revenue, salaries, incentives, and benefits expenses. Established a new business support team by hiring and mentoring
a staff of 5 accountants and analysts.
• Compiling monthly financial statements for distribution to IMS Management.
• Monthly client profitability analysis
• Advise on revenue recognition, asset derecognition and lease in accordance with accounting standards.
• Analyze financial data and extract and define relevant information; interpret data for the purpose of
determining past financial performance and to project a financial probability.
• Provided guidance in accounting principles and Tax regulations.
• Compiling yearly budget for division units, maintaining forecast and year end close.
• Review accruals and reconciliations prepared by Financial Operations team.
• Calculating and updating indirect expense allocations to IMS and Non-IMS divisions through the SDA
(Standard Department Allocations) system on a monthly basis
• Month end close, record, classify, and summarize financial transactions and events in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
• Maintain and certify deferred implementation expenses and assets.
• Coordinate and clear intercompany transactions with international locations.
JP MORGAN CHASE, Boston, MA 2005 – Mar 2007
Senior Accountant
Reporting to the Regional Controller of a JP Morgan Investor Services. Achieved a yearly $400k savings through vendor
contract negotiation reviews.
• Develop and prepare or review general ledger entries, obtain and evaluate supporting documentation
and related reporting for validation of the balance.
• Review reconciliation, and perform certifications.
• Provide support for the monthly close process, including participation in the earnings estimate process
and pre and post close variance analysis, validation and reporting.
• Provide rolling monthly cash flow forecast
• Manage the cash flow and all bank accounts globally invest excess cash in low risk banking products.
• Work paper documentation as well as documentation of policies and procedures, assess and propose
solutions to accounting issues confronting the line of business.
CENVEO, Somerville, MA 2002 –2005
Human Resources Specialist/ Jr. Accountant
Reporting to the Regional Controller of a $430M Commercial Printing Company with 80 locations across the U.S. and Canada.
• Full cycle accounts payable: vendor maintenance, invoice and employee expense registration, GL coding,
weekly check runs and bank reconciliations.
• Respond to vendor and employee compensation inquiries on a timely basis.
• Review and improve Accounts Payable and Payroll procedures to insure effective internal controls.
• Process Weekly Payroll using ADP, prepare vacation accruals and various reports for management using
Reportsmith.
• Month end closing, communicate with other locations to ensure accuracy of monthly inter-company
transactions.
• Administer American Express Corporate Purchasing Card Program, transaction reallocation, maintenance
and record keeping.
• Work on additional projects involving account analysis, account research, and special reporting to reduce
costs/expenses and increase value added.
• Human Resources administration, benefits, safety records and procedures, new hire orientation.
E D U C A T I O N
Masters in Finance Economics. /Minor: Small Business Administration Corvinus
University, Budapest
Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Database Design, Managerial Accounting, Negotiation and Conflict resolution.
Chartered Accountant degree Budapest, Hungary
Progress towards CPA, Sections Passed: Financial Accounting and Reporting, Business Environment and Concepts.
L A N G U A G E S
English, Hungarian, Arabic
S K I L L S
Oracle Hyperion Planning, EPM, Tableau, PBCS, EPBCS, Servicenow, NetSuite, Salesforce, Essbase, Oracle Financial
Applications, , SAP , Longview BPM, Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Financial Analyzer, Lawson, Workday, QuickBooks, Great
Plains, ADP, Peoplesoft, Audit, SQL, Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Advanced Excel, (expert with Macros, Pivot tables),
PowerPoint, Access, Revenue accounting, Lean Practitioner, Financial Support, Finance Business, Program Management,
Financial Controls, Cash Flows, SOX, Sox Compliance, Business Analytics, Cost accounting, Payments, Information
Systems, KPIs, Decision Making, Management Reporting, Analytical, Business Analysis, Collaboration, Customer Service,
Development Strategy, Financial activities, , Ability To Adapt, Business Partnership, Manage Tight Deadlines, Customer
focus, Detail Oriented, Financial Policies, ERP Systems, Presentation Skill, Analytical Skills, Business Issues, Engagement,
Employee Engagement, Product Management, Financial Decision Making, Business Partnering, Acquisitions, Good
Analytical Skills, Modeling, Identifying Risks, Innovative, Health, Health Management, Accountability, Creative,
Collaboratively, Integrity, Continuous Improvement, Business Strategy, Technical, Investments, Accountancy, Track
Record, Influence, Excellent communication, Impact, Flexible, Works Collaboratively, Can do attitude, Problem solving
Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Communication skills, Financial Reporting, lean techniques, Shared point and internet research
skills.