SUMMARY:

• Successful implementation and management of new Mergers and Acquisitions worth over $5 billion for Confidential .
• Liaises with Allergan SAP Security team and manages on - boarding of new employees to Allergan SAP ECC.
• Manages and provides leadership to ensure complete synchronization of Finance Master Data Elements for Allergan SAP ECC system.
• Provides insight and strategy on global business process transformations at Confidential .
• SAP Certified Professional - SAP ERP Financial Accounting ECC 6.0
• Global Business Transformation Expert for deploying standardized and global Back-office processes in Finance, Procurement, Forecasting, Warehousing and Supply Chain Management with latest SAP Solutions.
• Strategic Architect providing expertise and guidance in establishing functions and processes for deployment of global Financial Shared Services and Customer Center of Excellence.
• Successful Project Lead on multiple global engagements, and 3 complete implementation projects with extensive experience in the SAP ERP New General Ledger migration (ECC 6.0), with integration to the Controlling module.
• Deep understanding of financial and supply chain business processes with 19 years of industry and consulting experience. Excels at:
• Leveraging SAP’s financial and con trolling modules to optimize the operational value chain.
• Integrating SAP R/3 and BW financial planning and reporting functionality into implemented solutions to improve business performance and profitability.
• Providing over 17 years of SAP experience in assisting mid-size and Fortune 500 companies overcome their most difficult functional and technical challenges in Financial Operations, Financial Accounting and Controlling, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Internal Order and Overhead Accounting, Asset Accounting, Country- Specific GAAP Reporting, and Currency Valuations.
• Successful Project Lead on several global engagements with over 10 complete implementation projects from blueprint to LIVE, with progressive responsibility for directing up to fifteen people; extensive experience with the SAP ERP New General Ledger and Parallel Ledgers Accounting and integration with the Controlling module, Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM) implementations in various industries.
• Broad international experience - deep knowledge in European tax, foreign currency revaluation and other statutory requirements
• Thrives on offering creative solutions to complex problems, maximizing standard SAP solution and driving business process change.
• Cooperated with SAP Development in Walldorf to develop and test Management of Internal Controls (MIC) solution for Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, and has performed over two dozen Solution Reviews for SAP customers in the past 9 years. Serves on SAP’s “Meet the Experts” panel. Recognized by SAP for selection among its elite Platinum Consulting group and in 2004 was named the National FCM Practice Manager.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• SAP S4/HANA Simple Finance
• The SAP ERP ECC 5.0, 6.0 (New General Ledger and integration with Controlling)
• SAP R/3 4.6C, 4.7 including NewGL Migration to ECC 6.0
• Design and testing of custom finance reports, interfaces, conversion programs
• LSMW for Financial data conversions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Madison, NJ

Senior Finance Manager

• Manages implementations of new mergers and acquisitions worth over $5 billion, and provides support on Allergan SAP ECC 6.0 business process transformations as follows:
• Manages the accuracy and completeness of financial results from mergers and acquisitions.
• Liaises with consolidations and reporting teams to ensure completeness and on time delivery of financial reporting.
• Manages and support both internal and external financial reporting requirements, i.e. quarterly closing and reporting.
• Provides leadership role to ensure timely month-end and year-end close.
• Ensures complete synchronization of finance master data elements across Allergan SAP ECC global enterprise.
• Provides leadership role on various business process transformation initiatives.
• Liaises with Allergan SAP Security team and manages onboarding of new employees into Allergan SAP ECC.
• Provides business relationship management support to key stakeholders.

Confidential,Lancaster, PA

Business Solutions Architect

• Liaison between the AITS and business community, and provides support on SAP ECC 6.0 business process transformations as follows:
• Liaises directly with the business process owners to understand their needs and gather business requirements.
• Analyzes current business process and provides functional solutions.
• Ensures business process optimization and integration with other SAP business solutions.
• Manages various projects from initiation phase to go-live and support phases.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Technical Consulting Manager

• Reviewed and provided advice, guidance and support on SAP Consolidations solution delivery as follows:
• Analyzed As-Is and decided on specific SAP Business Consolidations functions required for Dodd-Frank financial regulatory compliance.
• Delivering of consolidated balance sheet for enabling Dodd-Frank financial regulatory compliance.
• Owned and led delivery of test strategy document for enabling scenario analysis capability testing phase 1 and phase 2.
• Provided support as required on ad-hoc report inquiries for enabling simplified intermediate holding company (IHC) as required for Dodd-Frank compliance.
• Led weekly meeting with status updates to key stakeholders.