PERSONAL PROFILE:

Self - motivated leader with nearly 20 years of IT project management expertise in implementing and improving HRIS, ERP, CRM and financial management systems. Excel in outlining the vision for, building, training, and leading project teams (including offshore resources) to execute in a manner exceeding expectations. Recognized as a powerful IT project manager with a record of achievement in developing change strategies and deploying infrastructure (with emphasis on SAP and SuccessFactor solutions). Balance client needs and available resources to produce long term technology roadmaps and strategic plans.

SUMMARY:

• Leverage 20 years of consulting and project management experience to offer leadership, communication, and vision throughout organization as executive charged with aligning project/program management operations to business objectives and identified financial goals.
• Ensure organization is staffed and trained to execute at optimal level through delegation and empowerment of individuals or specialized teams. Serve as ambassador to articulate mission and future direction.
• Outline long term strategy and tactical initiatives to most effectively achieve organizational goals
• Create strategic plans that balance revenue growth with cost reduction to maximize profitability
• Research and analyze market characteristics against internal capabilities to guide future efforts
• Cultivate and promote a culture of subject matter expertise, operational excellence, best practices, and fiscal discipline
• Recruit, hire, retain, and evaluate highly skilled unit managers to ensure the organization has requisite leadership
• Meet regularly with unit managers to capture data, raise morale, and identify/resolve roadblocks
• Offer clear direction to subordinates necessary to implement projects, programs, and individual tactical elements
• Develop and enforce budgets and financial controls for departments, regions, and individual projects or programs
• Analyze research findings, project timelines, milestones, and financial metrics to evaluate overall performance
• Identify and implement corrective actions that address poorly performing segments, projects, and employees
• Identify individual and organizational bottlenecks; recommend and implement performance improvements

KEY SKILLS INCLUDE:

Program & Project Management

Business Analysis

Functional & Technical Design

Quality Assurance & Testing

Agile Methodologies (Scrum)

Solutions Delivery

Business Intelligence

Data Warehousing

Strategic Planning

Requirements Gathering

Scope & Project Definition

Global Team Leadership

Cross Functional Collaboration

Communications Strategy

Resource Management

Training & Development

Process Improvements

ERP & CRM Systems

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP (Versions R/3 4.6c, 4.7 to ECC 6.0, SAP CRM, SAP BW, SAP ECC Hana), SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW), SAP Certify WorkSoft Automation, PeopleSoft, HP QTP, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Excel Add-In, Success Factor Core Employee Central Payroll, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint), Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft SharePoint

EMPLOYMENT & CONSULTING BACKGROUND:

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

SAP Payroll Lead Tester, IT Systems

Responsibilities:

• Responsible leading the Testing for SHARP union employees.
• Responsible for Testing Strategy for union CWA-IBT CS Agents, Dispatchers, Mechanics, TWA Flight Attendants& Pilots.
• Responsible for writing test scripts for SHARP union and non-union employees.
• Responsible for setting up HPQC test environment
• Responsible for managing defects and test execution
• Responsible for documenting business requirements
• Trained on EPI-USE PCC/Payroll Control Center
• Responsible for gathering the requirements for the for the New system from the Legacy system
• Assist with SuccessFactors Employee Central and Payroll implementations planning, process design.
• Manage and coordinate team resources
• Assist with strategy development, requirements definition, business process improvement, stakeholder involvement, change management, quality assurance, risk management, user training, application configuration, system installation, and testing.
• Assist with SuccessFactors strategy and planning
• Ensures design and deliver high quality solutions via system configuration that meet overall business requirements.
• Work with team members to facilitate successful integration between modules.
• Responsible for documenting system configuration and business processes.
• Effectively transfer collect Lesson Learn for future projects

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identified process improvements for internal plant processes while assisting with HR and payroll duties.
• Updated daily production data in SAP, assisted with yearly audits, verified internal controls, and maintained union contracts for employees.
• Automated time and attendance processes for entering vacation and sick time
• Eliminated month-end journal entries by creating allocated charge accounts
• Process payroll for union & non-union employees

Confidential, Springfield, VA

SAP QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Supervised, trained, and developed FICA QA team. Monitored the quality of manual testing to support project execution.
• Developed FICA and CRM test case scenarios; created test scripts in ALM and developed Excel spreadsheet tool Created data for testing using Master Generated VB Scripting tool
• Validated and proofread blueprint documents for approval of business requirements
• Coordinated work product reviews and sign-offs; managed QA test plans and UAT test plans using ASPE SharePoint
• Implemented process improvements and provided regular updates to stakeholders on testing progress

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identified process improvements for internal plant processes while assisting with HR and payroll duties.
• Updated daily production data in SAP, assisted with yearly audits, verified internal controls, and maintained union contracts for employees.
• Automated time and attendance processes for entering vacation and sick time
• Eliminated month-end journal entries by creating allocated charge accounts

Confidential, Issaquah, WA

SAP Functional Lead Tester

Responsibilities:

• Led CRM team in creating and executing automation testing, developing test case scenarios, and identifying/resolving defects
• Updated stakeholders on testing processes and implemented key improvements to meet product quality expectations

Confidential, Duluth, GA

SAP Finance Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed project design and implementation, including A/R customer setup and unit testing.
• Established and documented project requirements, performed gap analyses to identify potential process improvements, and created implementation roadmap.
• Created business process procedures and oversaw data mapping processes (including data validation) from AS/400 to SAP
• Led testing processes and identified data defects; resolved issues and performed regression testing to validate changes
• Updated project stakeholders with daily status reports and documented sales distribution order to case business processes
• Verified billing, shipping, payment detail, and product configuration

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Success Factor Central Payroll/SAP ERP

Responsibilities:

• Designed functional and technical specification for Kronos Time Sheet inbound/outbound interface.
• Monitored team progress and ensured delivery within established deadlines and customer requirements.
• Performed gap analyses and established key requirements with project stakeholders to identify and document process improvements.
• Documented requirements using ARIS business process modeling and managed redesign of Kronos interface with SAP
• Configured required settings in SAP ERP; customized and validated system for integration with Employee Central
• Developed end-user documentation and created scripts for functional usability and system testing
• Presented weekly status reports to project stakeholders and integrated feedback into ongoing development processes