SUMMARY:

Confidential is Confidential seasoned finance, technology and business transformation professional with over 17 years of combined industry and consulting experience. His expertise includes providing high value innovative and collaborative advisory solutions to finance, operations and IT executives in the areas of Corporate Performance Management, Finance and Technology Transformation, Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Data Governance, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Redesign and Optimization etc. Confidential has extensive experience in the design and deployment of finance and operations reporting systems for medium to large organizations across various industry sectors.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE:

INDUSTRY: Government, Automotive, Tech, Hospitality, Travel, Energy, Manufacturing etc.

FUNCTIONAL: Budgeting and Forecasting, Financial Close and Consolidation, Requirements Gathering and Analysis, Financial Analysis, Project Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data Governance, Data Management, Strategic Planning, Compliance etc.

TECHNICAL: Oracle Hyperion EPM/ BI / DRM / HCM / EBS, Cognos Analytics, Informatica PowerCenter, SAP FI/CO, Windows/ UNIX/ Linux OS, MS SharePoint, JIBLink etc.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Principal Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead define and design sessions to drive and refine the business requirements gathering and validation process with stakeholders
• Provide subject matter expertise in the design, build and deployment of EPM and BI solutions utilizing Confidential variety of technology solutions (Oracle, SAP, IBM Cognos etc.)
• Manage project scope, timeline and resources to ensure strict adherence to established project budget and direction

Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide sales and delivery of high value consulting solutions in excess of $5M annually to medium to large organizations across various industry sectors
• Serve as “trusted advisor” to organizations in the areas of Corporate Performance Management, Change Management, Finance/Technology Transformation etc.
• Work with client stakeholders to develop current and future state definitions of their business functions and develop Roadmaps for their transformation goals

Senior Manager - EPM & BI Practice

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and delivered financial consolidation, budgeting and operational reporting solutions while utilizing Confidential variety of EPM and business intelligence applications such Oracle Hyperion, Oracle BI etc.

Manager - BIM Practice

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and delivered financial consolidation, budgeting and operational reporting solutions while utilizing Confidential variety of EPM and business intelligence applications such Oracle Hyperion, Oracle BI etc.

Principal

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with large System Integration (SI) firms like Confidential and Confidential to perform large implementations of Oracle Hyperion EPM, Oracle BI and ERP solutions
• Generate new business opportunities while maintaining existing client relationships

Managing Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and delivered financial consolidation, budgeting and operational reporting solutions while utilizing Confidential variety of EPM and business intelligence applications such Oracle Hyperion, Oracle BI etc.

Sr. Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and deployed financial consolidation, budgeting and operational reporting solutions while utilizing Confidential variety of EPM and business intelligence applications such Oracle Hyperion, Oracle BI etc.

Investment Strategist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed $1M investment management firm specialized in the structuring of opportunistic investment strategies in global equity markets
• Instrumental in increasing the assets under management by over 600% in less than 2 years by the systematic use of leverage and derivatives to amplify investment returns

Financial Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Member of the Confidential & Confidential group responsible for the coordination of the Landmark division’s $700M budget, month-end/quarter-end/year-end closing and forecasting activities for its worldwide operations
• Prepared custom consolidated statements monthly for use by the executive management team in strategic decision-making
• Reviewed monthly revenue and cost variance explanations from regional controllers in order to identify trends and possible methods of increasing profitability and forecast accuracies