Alan Hester

About Alan Hester

Degreed accounting, financial projects, and project management professional (PMP) with substantial experience as an accountant and as a manager of business processes with over 20 years of experience with a strong background in corporate, financial shared services, and operational management.Experience includes: Corporate Accounting, Financial Shared Services, Project Management, General Ledger Accounting, Operations Accounting, Revenue Reporting, A/R and A/P, Budget Planning and Forecasting, Audit and Controls, Tax Research, Payroll Accounting, Infinium/AS400, Oracle Cloud ERP, SAP, Blackline, Congos 10 Financials, Cartesis, Jira, MS Dynamics AX, MS Project, QuickBooks, Peachtree, TaxWise, Advanced Excel, OnBase, Contract Analysis, Change Management, Team Leadership and Development, Client Relations, Consulting, Internal and External Client Services, and Troubleshooting.

Experience

1. Senior Financial Project Manager, Corporate

   MGM Resorts International

   Dec 2018 — Present · Las Vegas, NV, US

   Create and implement master plans critical to the success of the Company’s long-term strategy which includes standing up a Service and Support Center, employee process improvement, training, and development• Lead teams across broad financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results• Mitigate risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data. Anticipate and manage change effectively in a rapidly evolving business environment• Define processes and create detailed project road maps, plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures• LEAN Greenbelt Certified, a leading member of the FSSC LEAN Consul, serving as the Strategic Development Leader, providing leadership, guidance, and training for the entire center• Support up to the Senior Vice President and perform ad-hoc assignments.

Education

• Hastings High School

  Diploma awarded, Business, marketing.

• Houston City College

  A.A., Accounting

  2006 — 2008

• Prairie View A&M University

  Master of Science, Accounting

  2014 — 2015

• University of Houston-Downtown

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting

  2009 — 2012

Skills

• Variance Analysis
• Accounts Payable
• Access
• Quickbooks
• Budgets
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Fixed Assets
• Accounts Receivable
• Gaap
• Management
• Financial Accounting
• General Ledger
• Account Reconciliation
• Sec Filings
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Accruals
• Bank Reconciliation
• Microsoft Office
• Manage Client Relationships
• Accounting
• Tax Returns
• Financial Analysis
• Microsoft Access
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Gaap)
• Financial Reporting
• Client Rapport
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Sap
• Tax
• Microsoft Word
• Financial Statements
• Payroll
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Journal Entries
• Microsoft Outlook
• Sales Tax
• Cpa
• Leadership
• Forecasting