A. Frank Chandler
Manager, IT Finance & Contracts at Puget Sound Energy
- Role
- Manager, IT Finance & Contracts at Puget Sound Energy
- Location
- Kent, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About A. Frank Chandler
An innovative finance, technology and operations professional. Major strengths include business analysis, financial management and project management. Additional skills include the ability to drive results, dealing with ambiguity and consistently meeting deliverables.Specialties: Financial Management, Vendor Management, Asset Management, Business Analysis, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Practice Management, Quality Assurance, Data Modeling/Mapping, System Conversions and Relationship Management.
Experience
Manager, IT Finance & Contracts
Jan 2015 — Present
Lead financial management and contract management practices within the Office of the CIO organization; responsible for all IT hardware and software maintenance, SaaS, cloud, mobile and fixed services expenses; lead IT Smarter Spending initiative; contribute to IT portfolio management (IT CAPEX, OPEX and Power Costs); deliver accurate and timely reporting and benchmarking; support incoming data requests for numerous rate cases; and sponsor continual process improvement efforts across various IT teams and PSE.• Realigned over $25 million between OPEX and CAPEX portfolios from 2019 to 2022.• Incorporated the first phase of non-IT maintenance expenses ($2.7 million OPEX and $1.7 million Power Costs) into the IT organization in 2021.• Contributed to the revision and roll-out of the IT Accounting Strategy in 2019.• Centralized all hardware and software maintenance, SaaS, cloud, mobile and fixed services expenses in 2018.• Negotiated and realized a 15% annualized savings on largest telco carrier in 2017.
Education
University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts, Communications & Economics
Skills
- Process Improvement
- Management
- Team Building
- Planning
- Process Engineering
- Business Management
- Business Analysis
- Quality Assurance
- Problem Solving
- Financial Analysis
- Human Resources
- Business Planning
- Operations Management
- Customer Service
- Coaching
- Sap
- Account Management
- Investments
- Requirements Analysis
- Business Process
- Leadership
- Forecasting
- Managerial Finance
- Budgets
- Finance
- Financial Reporting
- Documentation
- Strategic Planning
- Business Process Improvement
- Project Planning
- Project Management
- Financial Management
- Integration
- Analysis
- Practice Management
- Crm
- Budgeting
- Team Leadership
- Contract Negotiation
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