Financial Systems Leader Resume Chicago, IL - Hire IT People

PROFILE:

Dynamic financial systems professional with 20+ years experience in financial systems, accounting, finance, public accounting, internal auditing, and IT.
Extensive leadership experience with all major financial applications including Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Consolidations, Planning/Budgeting, Asset Management, Projects, Billing, and Business Intelligence/Reporting.
Experienced in implementing/customizing/managing financial systems.
Diverse industry experience includes Manufacturing, Insurance, Banking, Investment Management, and Pharmaceuticals.
Extensive background working with both Finance and IT.

SPECIALTIES:

Systems Analysis and Project Management: Project Management, Staff Supervision

Applications: Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Consolidations, Planning/Budgeting, BI/Reporting

BI Tools: BM Planning Analytics - PAX/PAW, Business Objects-WEBI Reports/AO, Essbase

ETL tools: Informatica

Platforms: Mainframe, Client/Server, Saas, Cloud SQL queries and programming

Support systems: Remedy, Test Director, Quality Center/ALM, JIRA, Service Now, Sharepoint

Microsoft Office tools: Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Visio

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Financial Systems Leader

Responsibilities:

Implemented comprehensive Confidential Planning Analytics applications for global client’s yearly and long range planning processes incorporating Business Objects Webi reporting and AO along with PAX and PAW user analysis
Implemented multiple Confidential TM1 applications for diverse business groups including Operations, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis, Entity Planning, and Human Resources
Implemented Hyperion Essbase applications and related ETL processes to work with the corporate SAP ledger and HFM consolidation application
Revised investment fee reporting via ETL processes to enhance billing transactional data, adding new analytical processes to identify potential errors, and combining and comparing fees with related asset market values
Automated the recording of mutual fund fees and market values based on custodian data received via FTP into a intranet portal and analyzed / processed via new ETL logic
Created multiple Sharepoint sites to replace existing business collaboration sites and portals
Updated Microsoft Access applications to streamline fee reporting
Accelerated the corporate financial close from 8 days to 3 days via process re-engineering and assorted technical improvements
Implemented the company’s Accounts Receivable application for multiple international offices - London, Luxembourg, Australia/New Zealand and Canada

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Implementation Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Led implementations of Confidential applications including Financials - Ledger, Receivables, Payables; Supply Chain - Inventory Control, Purchasing, and Order Entry
Managed each customer’s implementation including documenting business and functional requirements, creating/tracking project plans, determining budget/resource requirements, supervising customer and Confidential project staffs, creating materials and users
Provided post-implementation support and consultation to customers

Confidential, Denver, CO

Project Manager / Lead Business Consultant

Responsibilities:

Managed projects to create, customize, upgrade and support client/server financial systems - Ledger, Receivables, Payables, Projects and Reporting. Vendors included Geac SmartStream and Oracle 11i
Developed reports via Business Objects along with specially requested queries via SQL and Access
Performed all aspects of Project Management including -
Managing/mentoring project staffs - business users, IT personnel, 3rd party consultants
Creating/monitoring project plans and providing progress reports to sponsors
Monitoring project scope
Initiating change control
Identifying and resolving issues
Performed all aspects of Systems Analysis including -
Determining/documenting business requirements and processes
Acting as the liaison between the business and IT
Leading JAD sessions / Creating use case analyses
Performing Gap Analyses
Creating/executing test scripts
Creating/performing user
Recommending/implementing/customizing workflow

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Project Manager / Business Analyst for multiple client projects relating to mainframe financial systems