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Matthew Zimmerman

Matthew Zimmerman

Sr Finance Project Manager

Project Management
System Implementation
Financial Reporting
Employed Available
Analytical project manager and finance professional with 10 years of progressive experience across Consumer Electronics, CPG, Defense and Tech. Implemented global technical solutions for Corporate Finance, Retail/Online and Operations to maintain compliance, enable business expansion and maximize efficiency.
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  • Lead a global program team of ~40 cross-functional resources to implement multiple finance systems to comply with the new FASB/IASB lease accounting standard, which has a >$5B impact to Apple's consolidated balance sheet
  • Manage a global project team of ~20 finance and technical resources to implement a custom SAP solution that enables self-service invoice reprint functionality for >100K annual invoices, resulting in the automation of 250 AR hrs/week
  • Project manage 4 internal software developers to design and implement a custom web-based application that automates the approval workflow for ~500 recurring 10Q / 10K global financial data requests
  • Dedicated Finance Systems PM for iPhone initiatives, including POS payment setup for countries new to Apple Retail and the integration of China telecom carrier systems with Apple finance systems
  • Managed 4 external consultants to implement the eCounsel® Matter Management & eBilling system, a three-year project for Legal that integrated with Oracle to automate AP invoice processing
  • Dedicated PM for the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) project responsible for ensuring the technical design fulfills the business requirements for external financial reporting
  • Program Management analyst responsible for managing annual project budgets up to $50M and producing financial reporting for space satellite programs
  • Optimized engineering labor schedules of ~250 monthly resources to accommodate 10% of fiscal funding reductions without impacting program schedules
  • Database administrator for the Google Checkout team responsible for uploading ~500 daily chargebacks into a custom database, reducing Google's response time to banks from 72 hours to 24 hours, and identifying high-risk merchants