SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Project Manager and Business Analyst working in fast paced high pressure situations
• Define, develop, monitor and manage projects and people in cross - functional team environments
• Effectively communicate to Stakeholders in plain English with technical clarity to software developers
• Liaison with IT, Finance, HR, Vendors, Suppliers, Legal, CPA teams, internal/external customers
• Utilize Accounting and Business Management skills delivering Budgets, KPI’s, Financial Results

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

FEATURED SKILLS: Agile, Waterfall, Jira, Confluence, Scrum, SOW, RFP, SharePoint, Visio, MS Project, SQL, Office 365

FEATURED SYSTEMS: Oracle EBS/Hyperion Suite, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Great Plains, SAP, Cognos, Salesforce, Aria

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. IT Business Functional Analyst

Confidential, Wayne, PA

Responsibilities:

• Led Global initiative implementing Oracle EBS, Aria billing system with support in Salesforce
• Expedite analysis to consolidate implementation into single business process for global reporting
• Agile; Project delivery, Project testing, Leadership and Mentoring team of 4 BA’s
• Interview stakeholders, elicit requirements for use cases, user stories, technical review, test cases
• Facilitate workshops/meetings using Jira; Sprints, Standup, Epics, Stories, Backlog grooming
• SDLC with emphasis on Agile deliver with bi-weekly presentation, run demos, conduct UAT

Financial Analyst

Confidential, Bala Cynwyd, PA

Responsibilities:

• Improved financial status analyzing results/variances identifying trends and recommended actions
• Introduced automation between ERP system and excel eliminating duplications, created macros
• Optimized financial reporting package to be presented to banks for investment and loan purposes
• Business analysis, gathering requirements and creating use case for new inventory system

Project Manager

Confidential, Langhorne, PA

Responsibilities:

• Designed Project objectives, scope, assumptions and risks creating milestones and timelines
• Supervised 7 employees and 3rd party consultants updating/installing financial, billing and inventory
• Agile; elicit requirements, created use cases, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Created financial reports, trend analysis, forecasting and budgets, KPI and cost transparency
• Produced and presented Financial package for presentation to SVP of bank for business expansion

Project Manager

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Accelerated project plan for migration and conversion to public corporate ERP and Reporting system
• Realign milestones and goals to stay on budget identifying gaps and requirements for project backlog
• Introduced Agile in current Waterfal lprocess, created Scorecard and adjusting plan where necessary
• Mapped systems, validated financials, upload docs to SharePoint, work with outside auditors
• Enhanced financial package for Management reporting to Corporate using Hyperion SmartView

2014-02- Business Analysis

Confidential, Radnor, PA

Responsibilities:

• Contributed expert knowledge of ERP system and GL during Global migration to Hyperion 11.2
• Worked with Big 4 Accounting Consultants to review and correct Business Rules
• Mapped accounts and corrected currency conversion with foreign entities

Sr. Financial Systems Analyst

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Maximized multiple Global projects by creating SharePoint departmental sites with security settings
• Generated weekly status reports, interfaced with SME’s, delivered finalized product to stakeholders
• Created use cases, user stories gathered requirements and interviewed users, created test criteria
• Managed International team of 3 developers and coordinate with 3 rd party vendor for releases
• Streamlined BI system, ETL for Financial and Sales modules created pivots, dashboards, macros
• Maintained companywide ticketing system responding to issues in a timely manor

Sr. Business Analyst

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the implementation of Hyperion/Oracle products and created Financial Reports
• Participated in Sprint sessions, stand-ups, analyzed gap analysis, correcting issues
• Conducted demos, UAT and training sessions, review/testing API calls and suggest changes
• Coordinate the installation of EBS adapter and changes to custom.pll on existing 11i Applications.
• Provided expertise in Essbase for consolidation efforts and Essbase planning in ASO/BSO cube

Testing Manager

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Supported the replacement of SAP ECC 6.0 with the implementation of a utilities-based ERP system
• Created test plans, created scripts, documented business processes, conducted UAT
• Implemented a scanning software solution for three-way matching to save days of processing time
• Led training on new ERP system and WEB Procurement traveling to multiple user sites

Lead Business Systems Analyst

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the migration from Oracle to ERP system with SQL Server 2008 R2
• Created custom dimensions, system changes to include COA and logic, ASO/BSO storage
• Delivered new financial reports utilizing built-in reporting tools and 3 rd party reporting tool
• Worked with smart connect, SmartList Builder, SharePoint and Great Plains table structures

Business Analyst

Confidential, Plainsboro, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Provided expert knowledge of ERP system upgrade, metadata changes and correct mapping issues
• Created foreign and domestic entities in modules and posted changes to SharePoint
• Reconciled Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flows and Intercompany
• Provided ad-hoc reporting and analysis for new chart of accounts
• Developed reports in Reporting Studio, added FX rates, review and test rules and calc scripts

Project Manager

Confidential, Exton, PA

Responsibilities:

• Directed the implementation of a utilities-based ERP system
• Maintained reporting relationships with cross functional team members with Sprints
• Managed .Net developer, gathered requirements, created use cases, user stories and criteria
• Analyzed and reported project status, monitor project performance, artifacts, and content
• Led demos and UAT focused on deliverables in phased approach by department
• Responded to operational issues and change management requests

Manager of Fixed Assets and Overheads

Confidential, Willow Grove, PA

Responsibilities:

• Contributed to the selection of new ERP system, worked on RFI and FRP, Project plan and budget
• Elicited requirements, GAP analysis, designed accounting mods, tested, maintained software licenses
• Introduced excel based financial models to evaluate cash flow feasibility and profitability for new bids
• Supported business plans acquiring new businesses and built database for Business Property Taxes

Hyperion Administrator

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Administrated the Hyperion 9.3.1 Financial System and Global consolidations, reviewed 10K/Q
• Reduced month end process time by setting up automated task flows for global consolidations
• Assisted with Hyperion Planning 3-5-7-10yr plans, updated ASO/BSO cubes, stock issuance entries
• Automated foreign currency loads, created tax structures, extraction of data for audit purposes
• Designed dynamic reports in Financial Reporting Studio, OBIEE, FLUX analysis, Flash, PII

Project Manager

Confidential, Southampton, PA

Responsibilities:

• Installed an ERP package to better represent business during sale, created RFI and RFP
• Gathered requirements, metadata management, tested and assisted in deployment of system
• Created balance sheet and cash flow metrics in addition to earnings and project profitability
• Implemented cash flow forecasting model to evaluate and manage profitability for bids
• Developed financial working capital and forecast model to better forecast Confidential levels

Sr. Revenue Accountant

Confidential, New Hope, PA

Responsibilities:

• Completed integration M&A activity of new subsidiary, metadata changes and configuration
• Sustained GAAP and SOX compliance with ERP system to better support parent company
• Accounting procedures included month end closing, general ledger analysis, reconcile intercompany
• Explained account variance, financial account analysis, accruals, roll forward, post journal entries

Financial Analyst

Confidential, Yardley, PA

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements, document analysis and prototyping for new LOB structure
• Created accounting code and new COA, building the Budget and Forecast module
• Worked with ASO/BSO cube for management reporting to BU's international and domestic
• Consolidations, monthly financial reports and variance analysis for parent company and BU’s
• Performed monthly budget analysis and re-forecasting of annual revenues and expenses

Sr. Cost Accountant

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed manufacturing costs and prepared report comparing budget to actuals, E&O inventory
• Recommended changes to raw material purchases examine variances and produced daily KPI
• Maintained inventory system with an emphasis on system integrity and standardization
• Performed cost-accounting activities, costs of sales, product development