KEY PROFICIENCIES:

• SAP ERP Implementation (5)
• SAP MRP / APO
• SAP Project management
• SAP FI/CO, SD, MM, PP
• SAP MDM
• SAP configuration
• SAP variant configuration
• SAP Warehouse Mgmt (LES)
• SAP BI \ BO
• Operations Management
• Quality Management
• Business process management
• Cost Accounting
• Financial Analysis & Reporting
• Internal Controls

TECHNOLOGY / SOFTWARE:

• SAP, BPCS, Infinium, Ross
• JD Edwards One World & E1
• Oracle Hyperion / Smart View
• Oracle, PL/SQL, DB2
• MS Access / SQL
• HFM / MS Project
• IBM iseries (AS/400)
• Cognos / Visual Basic
• Crystal Reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Senior SAP developer

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in writing detailed functional specifications, writing Confidential for Confidential objects, prepare test scenarios, write test scripts, and perform end - to-end testing
• Extensive knowledge of SAP tables and related objects
• Work closely with ABAP, Basis, Data Warehouse and other teams in design and implementation of SAP FI functionalities
• Experienced in managing master data migration, data scrubbing, and new master data generation for existing SAP modules and new customized company-specific functionality
• Utilized various master data migration tools (i.e. legacy workbench)
• Utilize my non-SAP background in manufacturing, logistics, and finance to bridge the understanding gap between technical support, management, and users on the types of SAP functionality needed to satisfy business requirements.
• Experience with production planning, long-term planning, capacity planning, Kanban, MRP, MPS, reorder point, safety stock, discrete & repetitive manufacturing, MTO, MTS
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on expertise in configuring FI & FSCM: GL, AP, AR, revenue recognition, fixed-asset, inter-co pricing, inter-company, sales tax, inventory, dispute management
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on expertise in configuring CO: cost centers, PCA, COPA, assessments, distributions, internal orders, product costing (standard & actual)
• Configuration experience with MM, PP, WM, QM, SD
• Development reporting expertise with BI, BW, RFC, SQVI, SQ01, and 3 rd party tools
• Experienced trainer for FI/CO, MM, PP, SD, WM at all levels within an organization.
• Experience with JDE E1 implementation; knowledgeable of tables and software, including quirks
• Rapid Reconciler project manager. Bolt-on program that reconciles JDE’s inventory posting issues.

Confidential, Telford, PA

SAP Implementation and post-implementation team member and leader

Responsibilities:

• Provided procedural instructions, business guidance, and SAP support to the US organization for the PP, MM, SD, and FI-CO modules.
• CO and COPA (financial analysis) reporting on 350+ cost centers to cost center managers and four profit center management teams.
• Implementation of an SQL data warehouse that significantly improved business unit analysis.
• Developed reports and trend analysis utilizing SAP and SQL that focused on cash flow, working capital management, business unit profitability, and cost center spending.
• Established the company’s first CO (financial analysis, cost, and SAP support) department. Reduced headcount by 2 FTEs through automation and streamlining of procedures.
• Overhauled the deferred revenue determination process, the result of which allowed our external auditors to remove a $3M audit finding that had been part of the management letter since 2006.

Confidential, Langhorne, PA

SAP Implementation and post-implementation team member and leader

Responsibilities:

• Implemented co. ’s first material resource planning system within SAP - 25% inventory reduction .
• Successfully implemented numerous aspects of SAP - PP, MM, SD, & FI-CO modules.
• Improved reporting and financial analysis by utilizing Access databases, ODBC connections, pivot tables, and SAP tables.
• Implemented the company’s first inventory control processes and standard costing system.

Confidential, Malvern, PA

SAP Implementation and post-implementation team member and leader

Responsibilities:

• Improved upon and further developed the following systems and components in order to improve upon the accuracy and timeliness of world-wide reporting . . . SAP (FI/CO, MM, & SD), SAP’s Business Warehouse, BPCS, J.D. Edwards, Hyperion, Hyperion Retrieve, Best Fixed Asset System, and WebEx.
• Developed a comprehensive and automated cash flow analysis and reporting system.
• Automated product pricing reports for upper management, worldwide sales force, and internal customers. The benefit of the tool for the company was to maximize the average sales price on an order-by-order basis.
• Automated the debt covenant reporting process utilizing Hyperion Retrieve. The reporting was used to satisfy the 100 million dollar loan requirements and aspects of the year-end audit process.
• Automated all or major aspects of the following tasks: year-end tax package, sales tax reporting and reconciliation, inter-company trading prices, inter-company clearing account reconciliation.
• Designed, developed, and automated pro-forma P&Ls, sales reporting, and sales analysis process for major product lines, profit centers, sub-contractors, and geographic regions for upper management and the world-wide sales force.
• Responsible for the worldwide Hyperion financial statement consolidation and reporting process.
• Team member that developed the company’s first standardized performance measurements reporting and goals settings process.
• Provided analysis and reporting for material usage and mix, labor, and direct cost variances.
• Provided capital expenditure, lease versus buy, and major financial measures analysis and reporting.
• Global reporting team leader that lead team by instructing the U.S., Europe, and Asia controllers on Confidential, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, performance measures, month-end close, master data, year-end budgeting process, logistics, cost accounting, and systems and procedures compliance.