Director, IT Infrastructure @ Manage multi year outsource agreement for Infrastructure organization including support and project pool hours. Negotiated terms and conditions including aggressive service level agreements, attrition rate, and process to determine number of resource units on a monthly basis (arc's and rrc's)
Provide Financial support to Finance Organization (develop business case by project including return on investment and net present value).
Manage mature Asset Management team and PC inventory across the Company including random audits by Publishers. Developed process to manage recurring maintenance contracts and negotiate better pricing on a regular basis
Directed team across business units for a Company wide initiative to implement a program and save multi millions dollars over several years. From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) Manager, IT Finance @ Provide financial guidance and support to the CIO. Key member of the IT Team to drive Vendor selection in Outsourcing Infrastrucure and Applicaton Development resources. Develop Business case analysis, launch pricing model to compare Vendors (normalize pricing), and negotiate key terms in the contract. Analyze Vendor proposals to purchase and implement ERP (Enterpirse Resrouce Planning) system. Collaborate with IT Leaders, Sales, Manufacturing, and Marketing to develop a $51M IT budget to support the Business. From August 2013 to April 2014 (9 months) montvale, new jerseyDirector IT Finance and Asset Management @ Responsible for preparing financial due diligence for the IT organization when acquiring new Companies, Integrate IT employees, connectivity, budgets, contracts and assets during intergration efforts (pre, during, post), Develop financial models to analyze outsourcing opportunities, Work closely with Field Controllers to develop an accurate budget and forecast, Develop a team with Purchasing, Accounting, Legal and IT responsible to reduce the run rate by approximately $25M annually (IT Budget), Responsible for planning, developing, deploying, operating and maintaining Quest Diagnostics IT asset management processes for all business units, Manage 3rd party audits to review telecom billing and software compliance. From March 2013 to August 2013 (6 months) IT Manager @ Responsbile for Managing $25M Budget for Data and Voice Networking, Developed forecast and prepared monthly financial analysis, Developed integration plans for IT during integration efforts, this included the budget, contracts, employees, and business, Negotiated Multi Million dollar contracts for Telecom and Maintenance, Provided strategic direction for Voice and Network Team, Responsible for Employee and Customer Remote Access (over 8K connections), Selected to participate in various IT ad hoc projects (Senior Visibility), Managed newly aquired Infrastructure Team responsible for supporting the entire business, From September 2004 to March 2013 (8 years 7 months) Assistant Controller @ Provided Financial support for the Information Technology Organiztion, prepared financial models to evaluate return on investments for large projects (Data Center Consolidations), Reviewed monthly financial results with Controller and Vice President of Infrastructure, Prepared quarlterly forecasts and annual budgets, Participated on several teams to improve process using Six Sigma From March 2001 to September 2004 (3 years 7 months) Manager @ Provided Financial support to Sales and Marketing Team, Held weely meetings with upper managment (Sales, Product, Marketing) to review forecast, Reviewed and analyzed monthly Revenue reports (actual vs. budget) by Customer, Discussed different strategies with for multiple Accounts to grow the business From January 1996 to January 2000 (4 years 1 month) Senior Financial Analyst @ Provided Financial support to Sales team, Responsible for monthly close, P&L, Budget, Forecast responsbility, managing spend for trade shows, provide advice to Senior Mangement From January 1993 to January 1996 (3 years 1 month)
BBA, Accounting @ Pace University - Lubin School of Business From 1988 to 1992 Kevin Barnes is skilled in: Disaster Recovery, IT Management, Vendor Management, Finance, Forecasting, System Administration, Management, Windows Server, ITIL, Telecommunications, Software Documentation, Integration, Cisco Technologies, Networking, Data Center