SUMMARY:

• Managed 13 employees in as many as 8 countries implementing/developing SAP solutions
• Experience in SAP solutions in over 20 countries
• Six full life cycle SAP Implementations and provided functional guidance for more than 10 others for the FICO module
• SAP expertise in FI/CO, GL, New GL, AP, AR, FA, OCA, PCA, PA, PC, PS
• 23+ Years IT experience, including 13+ in strategic software development in manufacturing and services industries (SAP).
• Project Management experience using waterfall and agile
• People care, hire, fire, evaluation, coaching, mentoring, creating yearly objectives, and skill assessments
• Cost Center financial management, forecasting, evaluation of variances
• Independent learner with strong analytical and problem solving skills that takes initiative to execute new and challenging projects
• Highly motivated, team oriented professional that quickly builds rapport and credibility across multicultural teams
• Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• SAP Version 3.1I
• 4.6C
• 4.7
• ECC 5.0 (FI
• CO) and ECC 6.0 (FI
• CO); QAD Manufacturing PRO; Remedy; Peregrine; Rational ClearCase; Service Now; Celoxis; Sharepoint; Winshuttle; Webex; Google Suite of Applications; Microsoft Office Suite including Project and Access. Also ther job related productivity software applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

ERP FICO Specialist

• Responsible for Financial master data (including GL, CC, PC).
• Responsible for hierarchies, setting defaults, and other settings for this data for a conversion or 190+ company codes, both SAP to SAP and CODA (legacy) to SAP.
• General support activities, trouble shooting defects and process issues, data conversion issues and reconciliation, month - end close.
• Initial development of Product Costing for ‘Books and other literary magazines’, for the development system.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

Application Development Sr. Principal Consultant

• CSM Bakery Solutions, COPA reconciliation with GL, responsible for identifying transfer of GL items to COPA and informing and training the customer on how to reconcile these items. Also, set-up new processes when issues are found.
• Functional support of response to RFP for implementation/conversion of Honeywell Printer/labeling sites. Six sites migrating from various legacy systems to a Global template. Resource modeling and proposal of solutions and scope.
• Wise Metals/Constellium merger (Muscle Shoals, AL), responsible for IT/Finance SOX compliance changes, testing, and training. Responsible for configuration of FICO module for enhancement and support requests.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

Consultant FICO - SAP Finance/Controlling

• Assisting the design and implementation of SAP FICO related configuration and development for the transition of Jabil Aftermarket Services to a new SAP instance for the acquiring company Confidential, responsible for design, development, testing, and training for the new solution for the Confidential SAP instance. Six individual company codes, in Brazil, Mexico, USA, Turkey, and Malaysia.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

IT Functional Manager - Finance/Controlling

• Managed the Global Financial Systems Technical team, responsible for employee hiring, development, technical overview, systems compliance (SOX, internal and external accounting and IT audit). Also responsible for cost center P&L management, forecast, and variance resolution. Team consisted of as many as 13 SAP FICO Configuration Specialists and 2 SAGE500 Technical Specialists in as many as many as 6 countries. Responsibilities of the team were implementation, customization, and support of Jabil’s Global Financial systems, including SAP and SAGE500. Interfaced and supported Program Management Office on more than 100+ minor/medium/major projects per year. Interfaced and supported Technical Service desk on 1000+ incidents and service requests per year.

ERP Functional Lead (SAP FICO)

• Participated in discovery for the New GL implementation. Resolved all Global FICO issues reaching the highest level of escalation in Confidential - including configuration, functional specifications for development, documentation and testing. Escalated issues to SAP using customer messages, when necessary. Reviewed and analyzed all Global FICO transports for accuracy and ensured that all necessary SOX documentation was available and correct. Oversaw all new implementations of SAP including approval of configuration, custom programming and user testing. Participated in cross-module implementations of new Confidential customers onto SAP - including customer specific solutions to ensure the highest level of satisfaction. Researched new SAP solutions and presented to the business for implementation consideration.

ERP Implementation Specialist (SAP FICO)

• SAP implementation specialist responsible for Finance related configuration, development, testing, and training for new implementations for Jabil. Developed standard implementation guide for all new implementations within the Jabil SAP system. Coached and mentored new FICO implementation specialists. Participated as lead FICO specialist for 6 implementations and as mentor or advisor in another 10 or more. Implementations were in multiple countries, including: US, Brazil, Mexico, Poland, India, Italy, Hungary, Germany, and Austria.

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

ERP Implementation Consultant

• Implemented ERP solutions with specialty in Finance for multiple clients. ERP software included SAP R/3 ECC and QAD manufacturing PRO. Clients included Rolls-Royce Aerospace (formally GM Allison Engine division), Guide Corporation (formally GM Guide Light division), Workhorse Custom Chassis (formally GM P-Chassis division). Responsibilities included configuration, development, documentation, and training for new solutions.

Financial Analyst

• Provided P&L support, forecasting and budgeting for Confidential accounts at Cummins Engine Company, Allison Gas Turbine, Allison Transmission, Columbus Indiana Data Center, and others. Responsibilities included forecast, budgeting, general accounting, asset management, and other accounting functions.

Computer Operations Specialist

• Participated in the Confidential computer operation development program. Learning mainframe operations, scheduling, hardware maintenance. Lead data center print tape operation at Columbus IN, data center, lead console operation at the Columbus IN, data center. Customers included Cummins Engine Company, Rolls-Royce Aerospace, PPG Industries, Bell Atlantic Business Systems, Maybelline Cosmetics, and others.