Brett Morrison

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; COP; Oil & Energy industry

January 2003 – March 2010 (7 years 3 months)

Responsible for budgeting, project management, and overall IT service for General Accounting, Controllers, Corporate Tax, Performance Services (PMO), and Investor Relations.

Previously worked on the SAP team in change management and was responsible for the revision control on SAP system with 20K+ users. Responsible for Functional Integration Testing for upgrades and project go-lives.

October 2002 – October 2003 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for intranet programming and content management, software documentation, revision control of financial model code, and IT project coordination.

-Created and maintained database-driven web site for model documentation using Active Server Pages (ASP) and JavaScript.
-Wrote documentation for financial models for training and to reduce approval time. Wrote program to automatically published manuals on the web using XML.
-Selected software, Merant’s Dimensions, for financial code revision control for SOx. Implemented a software development and release process that reduced the number of errors. Configured and administered software. Trained and supported 40 developers.
- Programmed application for delivering customized commodity pricing reports.
- Programmed alternate Dimensions interface through API. Created scripts using SQL and MATLAB to facilitate software usage, reporting, and code release management.

January 2001 – October 2001 (10 months)

Primary responsibilities included financial accounting and reporting and application/database design and programming.

- Reported costs and explained variances to finance department on $19M per month in operating costs.
- Led several reporting projects involving 5 to 10 analysts; results were reported to the CFO.
- Analyzed costs versus revenues on several telecommunications switched and circuit based services.
- Created cost reports for network planning and marketing decision makers.
- Programmed, using VBA in Access, a database application for auditing and reporting of circuit details.
- Saved $1.5M in by identifying booked, but no longer potential liabilities.
- Created accrual accounting process for $38M in monthly expenses.
- Worked with Network Engineering to create mandated (FCC) reports (PIU) that involved the summarization of millions of database records.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; WCOM; Telecommunications industry

October 1999 – January 2001 (1 year 4 months)

Systems Analyst -- monthly reporting, mapping EDI invoices, and automation of processes; Accountant -- reducing network costs by contract analysis and resolving disputes with vendors.

- Developed reports of off-network line costs for sales and provisioning.

- Recovered over $14 million from AT&T and $140,000 from other vendors.

- Maintained databases for reporting and auditing and assisted department members with queries and automation of processes.

Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Affairs industry

June 1997 – August 1999 (2 years 3 months)

Primary responsibility: teaching business and English at Rostov State University.

- Wrote proposals for and received seven U.S. government grants; completed the projects under budget.

- Initiated and managed marketing research projects for Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble.

- Trained 30 middle managers in negotiations, sales, and business communication.

- Planned a three-day regional training conference for 350 professionals.

- Managed the creation of a multimedia CD-ROM for teaching English as a second language.

- Completed three months training in Russian language and cross-cultural studies.