SUMMARY:

Versatile, results oriented MBA seeks next opportunity in finance, SAP, accounting, IT, operations or management. Strong experience in financial management, financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting. Effective leader and communicator with the ability to streamline and control financial and operational processes, cultivate key relationships and work effectively across a small start - up, medium or large global organization. Additional core competencies include project management, information technology, process improvement, outsourcing, negotiations, procurement, contract administration, inventory/vendor management, relationship management, payroll, human resources and benefits administration.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

• SAP FICO, Financial and Controlling software
• SAP FI-AA, Asset Accounting, Fixed Assets
• SAP SRM, Supplier Relationship Management
• Salesforce.com, Customer Relationship Management
• Excel, Advanced (pivot tables, v-lookups, modeling)
• SharePoint, Intranet and Collaboration Tools
• Cognos, Financial Budgeting and Reporting
• Hyperion, HFM, Accounting, Financial Reporting
• AS/400, IBM iSeries, System i, operating system
• Great Plains, Accounting
• Peachtree, Accounting
• Solomon (now Microsoft Dynamics SL), Accounting
• QuickBooks, Accounting
• Access, Database
• Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentations
• Microsoft Project Server, Project Management
• GEAC, Accounting
• SAGE FAS, Fixed Asset Management System
• ADP, Payroll
• SSA/Elke Tracker (now Infor EAM), Asset Mgmt
• Longview (Khalix), Financial reporting
• Planview, Time Reporting
• Microsoft Outlook, E-mail and Scheduling
• Word, Word Processing
• Lotus Notes, E-mail and Scheduling
• WebEx, Web and Video Conferencing

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Senior Financial Analyst Consultant

Confidential, Lake County, IL

Responsibilities:

• Prepare periodic financial reporting and financial analysis for leadership team.
• Utilize SAP, Salesforce, Excel and SharePoint to create and publish financial reporting.
• Prepare and consolidate Budget/Plan, LBE (Latest Best Estimate) Excel templates.
• Create and contribute to financial PowerPoint presentations for senior management.
• Perform purchase order, invoice and vendor financial variance analysis.
• Prepare ad hoc financial reports for management team.

SAP FICO Project Consultant

Confidential, Waukegan, IL

Responsibilities:

• Consultant for Confidential Foundation Project, SAP 6.0 ECC ERP implementation.
• Country Lead for France, South Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Tunisia for SAP 6.0 ECC ERP implementation.
• Member of Record-to-Report (RTR) consulting team to establish SAP FI/CO systems for affiliates.
• Work with affiliates to create master data, G/L chart of accounts, cost centers, and profit centers.
• Prepare journal entries and reconciliations to ensure correct beginning balances within SAP FICO.
• Lead review of legacy and SAP reconciliations with affiliates and accounting center of excellence.
• Work with reconciliation of sub ledgers - fixed assets, inventory, accounts payable and accounts receivable between legacy systems, Hyperion (HFM) reporting, and SAP.

President

Confidential, Mundelein, IL

Responsibilities:

• Launched start-up of a real estate investment corporation.
• Created and implemented business plan, and established the corporate and legal entity.
• Implemented sales and marketing plan including creating four websites, e-marketing and brochures.
• Managed financial operations including budgeting, month end close, forecasting, payroll and taxes.
• Effectively managed IT, finance, service, and trade contractors.
• Implemented creative real estate solutions including “Lease Purchase” and “Rent to Own” concepts.

Director of IT Finance

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL

Responsibilities:

• Manage financial operations of the $74 million IT organization.
• Perform general accounting, month end close, monthly forecasting and annual budgeting.
• Preparation and presentation of monthly IT reporting packages for executive leadership team.
• Consolidation of IT department structure, and improvement of financial reporting.
• Development of an IT procurement policy to gain economies of scale in purchasing.
• Manage IT fixed assets, IT capital projects, and work in process accounts.
• Vendor management, contract management, and invoice management
• Utilize Longview (Khalix), GEAC, JD Edwards and MAS 90 accounting systems.

Senior Accountant , Accounts Payable Manager

Confidential, Mundelein, IL

Responsibilities:

• Effectively perform general accounting functions, including journal entry preparation, month end close, financial reporting, forecasting, account reconciliation and analysis using IFRS standards.
• Manage fixed assets accounting utilizing SAGE FAS, and manage systems conversion to SAP.
• Manage capital budgeting, forecasting, project and lease administration of $18 million annually.
• Supervise 4 employees in accounts payable (A/P) function with annual spend of $150 million.
• Proficient user of AS/400, Great Plains, Hyperion (HFM), and SAP for U.S. and foreign entities.
• Implemented enterprise wide First Data internet based merchant credit card processing solution.

Senior Financial Analyst , IT Finance Liaison, Program Process Consultant

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Responsibilities:

• Prepared, managed and controlled annual IT operating budget with expenses of $140 million.
• Proficiently utilized SAP in financial reporting, forecasting, financial analysis and variance analysis.
• Ensured Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), GAAP and Internal Controls compliance for IT assets.
• Provided financial and operational support to IT department staff of 120 employees.
• Project work on IT services outsourcing and offshoring reduced annual expenses by $1.1 million.