Ed Burdett
Garden City
Summary
Project Management Professional with 15+ years of experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives across finance, operations, and technology. Proven success in developing and tracking project performance metrics, implementing process improvement strategies, and driving operational excellence through data-driven decision making. Skilled in KPI dashboards, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and change management. Recognized for strong leadership, collaboration, and communication with senior executives and global teams.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager & Lead Business Analyst, Prime Brokerage
CITIGROUP
06.2017 - 09.2025
- Directed enterprise-level programs including OCC Article V consent order remediation, system retirements, and data quality initiatives exceeding $200M in scope.
- Developed detailed project plans and performance dashboards to monitor progress, risks, and deliverables using Power BI and Excel.
- Partnered with global teams to define KPIs, streamline reporting, and enhance transparency through visual process flows and data-flow diagrams.
- Led cross-functional UAT, milestone tracking, and issue remediation to assure on-time delivery of project goals and compliance requirements.
- Built strong relationships across Finance, Technology, and Risk divisions to foster collaboration and process improvement.
- Designed multidimensional revenue attribution models, improving product-level profitability insight and supporting $25B in revenue analysis.
- Acted as change agent across multiple initiatives, assessing readiness, coordinating communications, and ensuring sustainable adoption of new processes.
Lead Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate Holding Corp (Consultant)
BNP PARIBAS
09.2016 - 12.2016
- Created BRDs for fully allocated balance sheet reporting; collaborated with IT and data sourcing to implement Hyperion HFM/HP solutions.
- Partnered with leadership to define project scope, success criteria, and reporting dashboards for regulatory compliance initiatives.
Lead Financial Planning & Reporting Analyst, Enterprise Operations & Technology (Consultant)
CITIGROUP
06.2015 - 05.2016
- Managed a $240M AML Opex budget aligned to five-year strategy; automated forecasting and reporting processes to improve accuracy and speed.
- Delivered executive presentations on operational performance metrics and variance drivers, enabling informed leadership decisions.
- Developed activity-based costing and client charge-out models to improve transparency and efficiency across business units.
Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
GELLER & COMPANY (Dedicated Resource at Bloomberg L.P.)
08.2010 - 06.2015
- Led financial planning, forecasting, and reporting for a $600M multi-variable market data business; managed zero-based budgeting and regression models.
- Served as Project Manager for commercial model redesign, implementing process and system improvements that increased revenue ~15%.
- Created KPI dashboards correlating business and financial data, driving actionable performance insights.
Manager, FP&A, Sr. Financial Analyst
EmblemHealth, CA Technologies, Archdiocese of NY, Fidelity Investments
- Directed multi-divisional budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
- Led ERP (SAP/PeopleSoft) implementations, process reengineering, and cost reduction projects.
- Conducted activity-based costing, profitability analysis, and operational performance reporting supporting executive strategy.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Siena College
Loudonville, NYSkills
- Project Lifecycle Management
- KPI / KRI Dashboarding
- Power BI Reporting
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Risk & Issue Management
- Process Improvement (Lean / Change Readiness)
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Budget & Forecasting
- Strategic Planning
- Data Analysis & Governance
- Executive Communication
- MS Excel (Advanced) / Visio / Powerpoint
- Hyperion Essbase / Planning
- Tableau
- SAP
- Oracle BI
- Jira
- Confluence
- Project management
Websites
Personal Information
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) | Project Management Institute | #1939102
Timeline
Project Manager & Lead Business Analyst, Prime Brokerage
CITIGROUP
06.2017 - 09.2025
Lead Financial Business Analyst, Intermediate Holding Corp (Consultant)
BNP PARIBAS
09.2016 - 12.2016
Lead Financial Planning & Reporting Analyst, Enterprise Operations & Technology (Consultant)
CITIGROUP
06.2015 - 05.2016
Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
GELLER & COMPANY (Dedicated Resource at Bloomberg L.P.)
08.2010 - 06.2015
Manager, FP&A, Sr. Financial Analyst
EmblemHealth, CA Technologies, Archdiocese of NY, Fidelity Investments
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Siena College