SUMMARY:

Over 15 years of Accounting and Finance Consulting experience covering multiple industries including energy & utilities, financial institutions, retail & consumer products, media & entertainment, healthcare, and information services

KEY SKILLS:

Process management, merger and acquisition support, system transformation and business integration, cash flow analysis, risk and financial modeling, financial reporting and portfolio analysis

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Suite, Hyperion, SAP ERP and Business Intelligence, Oracle (including Cash Management Module), HPQC, PeopleSoft, TM1, Solomon, AS400, FXOptions, Investran, FierWorks, IMMS, Abacus, Devon, Quickbooks

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NY

SAP Business Lead

Responsibilities:

• Designed project landscape, its scope, goals and timeline for post merger business integration project. Responsible for a timely delivery of the project to maximize synergies
• Performed project analysis to assess risks of implementation taking into consideration all dependencies and contingencies
• Work with businesses, senior management and key stakeholders to capture all business needs and in corporate them within the functional and design plans
• Initiated, coordinated, and documented the testing scenarios required for business validation. Designed the test scripts' execution timeline and captured the supporting evidence
• Responsible for communicating the milestones and touch points to the PMO team and stakeholders using Project Green Bar Chart to ensure timely completion of the project.

Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Integrated the newly introduced Citibank Straight Through functionality by interfacing the client payment files with the detailed banking file provided for all Accounts Payable and Payroll Confidential accounts
• Standardized the Confidential payment process for 700,000 transactions totaling $6 billion per annum to eliminate manual intervention and speed up cash application
• Reduced the annual Confidential exception rate significantly to zero per year and resolution timeline from 20 days to 2 days

Project Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the Payroll team to identify and build the business requirements for off - cycle payroll processing
• This process was built as a cornerstone to accommodate all wage types and reduce the risk of overpayments and escheatment of unclaimed property
• Developed the end-to-end reporting by building a bridge between the original payment and subsequent reversals and replacement
• Enhanced the visibility of the cash liquidity and requirements of the company by setting up this new functionality
• Spearheaded the integration of this functionality within EHR7 R/3 version to monitor company-wide banking activity
• Enabled the seamless interface for approximately 200 BAI as well as customized solutions for non-BAI formats for all active bank accounts to meet internal, external and SOX control requirements

Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed a root cause analysis for company overpayment totaling $28 million in the areas of Intercompany, Payables and Third Party Service Agreements
• Worked with these delinquent business areas to substantiate the overpayments and assisted in the recovery process. Recovered 95% of the funds by means of refund/future credits
• Analyzed the current processes to build a business case for the recovery process. Documented process gaps and recommended improvements to ensure the issues are systematically addressed along with full-proof controls and procedures to save time and resources in the long run
• Built a Disaster recovery plan (DRP) for the client by identifying the 4 Ps that are critical to the survival a/k/a Planning, Policies, Process and Practice.
• Performed a business impact analysis for each area and a criticality rating to plan the level of contingencies required on-site and off-site
• Identified resource model required to support proposed plan and performed periodical test to ensure compliance
• Design a bottoms-up Free Cash Flow model by using dynamic business and financial scenarios and information across several independent business units
• Used short and long range financial data and results to forecast the monthly, quarterly and yearly cash flow plans. Compared the actual FCF to plan and forecast and to identified the key drivers for long range planning and execution
• Recommended additional qualitative and quantitative factors as well as system enhancements to improve the cash management processes

Confidential, New York, NY

Professional Lead, Financial Operations

Responsibilities:

• Support and SEC inquiry on all Asset pricing and I/C activities among international entities countries
• Managed a team to ensure the work met the target deadlines and met the standards laid down by the senior management
• Provided guidance to all geographical business units with monthly financial statements using GAAP standards, management reporting, and ad hoc financial and trend analysis
• Managed the financials related to including goodwill, depreciation, amortization and elimination entries
• Developed and applied accounting policies and procedures across various business units
• Facilitated yearly audit process by coordinating efforts between the auditors and financial heads of all TV stations

Confidential, New York

Project - Fixed Asset Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided financial oversight on capital expenditures and assets-in-service on each asset model for budget planning
• Create depreciation schedule and capital spending reports to provide insight on capital expenses and asset in service

Confidential, New York

Hedge Fund Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Converted the financials from cash basis to accrual basis using GAAP standards to satisfy the bank’s performance reporting requirements
• Evaluated and enhanced the 'funds of funds' reporting structure used for calculating management and incentive fees charged for the managed accounts; identified risks worth $10 million in the existing fee structure thus addressing SEC investigation for overbilling of expense to funds under management
• Established and enforced the transfer pricing policies for the international service fee agreements

Confidential, New Jersey

SAP - Business Integration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated the consolidations of its core businesses within ERP systems
• Reviewed and managed the Balance Sheet Review project for all businesses to facilitate integration.
• Responsibilities included determining project scope, understanding the business needs, overseeing their existing business requirements and recommending any operational excellence required to align it with business goals
• Assessed the activity performed by the BPO provider to ensure compliance with best business practices and to synchronize the policies and procedures across the entire company Identified inherent risks and opportunities within the financials prior to the integration
• Built and implemented system enhancement within the ERP systems to improve efficiencies within the accounting functions. Enhancements included automating integration and retrieval of information from banks, systematically reconciling GL-Bank within Oracle CM system, identifying and clearing exception items to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Built macros for the team to capture detailed information from various collection and third party sources such as District Offices, Collection Lockbox and third party agencies
• Complied to State wide regulatory requirements for all 50 states across all payment types