SUMMARY:

• An application consultant with over 14 years of SAP implementation and 11 years of financial planning and analysis experience, I bring expertise to the FP&A and Business Analyst roles. I combine knowledge of SAP ERP source systems, technical integration with SAP BW data warehouses, and financial planning processes. My work has included advising companies regarding BPC functional and technical practices within financial closing and planning cycles, specializing in reporting financial results of operations and strategic plans. Other assets include excellent customer facing style and results - oriented practices. Cross-industry experience includes Oil and Gas, Mining, Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Professional Service sectors.
• SAP (BPC, BW, ERP, BI-IP)Financial Accounting and Consolidations
• Business Intelligence (BI)Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance Analysis
• Financial Reporting and AnalysisProject Management
• Business Process ImprovementLean Manufacturing Systems

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Skills: Expertise in SAP Planning and Consolidation (BPC) Expertise in SAP BPC/EPM Reporting Configuration experience using SAP BW 7.3 data modeling, extraction and reporting Trained in essential SAP HANA, HANA Live, and SAP Simple Finance Deep experience using MS - Office Suite products

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP BPC Application Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and Operations teams to model and develop complex business planning solutions.
• Guided clients through all phases of application deployment including data requirements gathering, blueprint documentation, configuration development, testing, deployment, and post implementation support.
• Led fact finding/data gathering discussions with concise oral and written follow-up presentations to business stakeholders and executive management.
• Developed sales, headcount, capital expense, and operational spending financial models.
• Led team development of global Enterprise Performance Reporting (EPM) solutions.
• Applied in-depth knowledge of SAP BW reporting, Business Content, and Administrator Workbench applications to source data into BPC financial models.
• Provided knowledge of SAP architecture, data flow and authorizations to support BPC application development.
• Provided on-site customer and support.

Confidential

SAP Customer Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Used in-depth knowledge of the SAP integrated accounting system (Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order Accounting, General Ledger, A/P, A/R, Fixed Assets) applications to resolve customer submitted technical defects.
• Interfaced with high profile customers to de-escalate implementation ‘show-stopper’ situations.
• Consistently improved customer satisfaction metrics from substandard levels to world-class levels (from 5.7/10 to 8.2/10 over 18 months).
• Improved first contact solution rates (by 15% over 2 years).

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared business and functional specifications of business planning requirements, obtaining “pre-build” sign-off for resource and project task planning.
• Captured planning use cases and documented “as-is” and “to-be” data process flows.
• Developed proof-of-concept models to confirm data requirements, reduce errors, and manage the planning software development cycle.
• Assisted user-acceptance testing (UAT) and coordinated or directly resolved reported defects.
• Managed change requests, issues, risks, dependencies and constraints with business leaders and project managers.
• Assessed and formally communicated product line balance sheet risks and opportunities during fast-paced, changing business conditions.
• Developed key strategic milestones into baselines of operation to gauge the implementation of high-profile manufacturing projects.
• Guided operations personnel with financial data analysis, interpretation and presentation.
• Analyzed costing and pricing strategies to recommend operational business options.
• Reported actual/forecast costs and revenues and analyzed variances for making sound financial recommendations.
• Defined and documented operational and budgeting procedures.
• Summarized global budget information for corporate manufacturing and strategic partners.
• Evaluated new product proposals using financial and non-financial analyses.
• Designed division-level product line cost reporting by simplifying and consolidating key performance indicators.
• Prepared monthly operational reports, complete with variance analysis to plans.
• Developed standard costs for current and proposed products.
• Prepared adjusting general ledger entries for period-end product line balance sheet and profit and loss statements.
• Recommended changes to accounting processes during SAP General Ledger implementation to simplify and streamline data consolidation.
• Supervised and made correcting and/or adjusting entries to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Asset, and Payroll subsidiary ledgers.
• Prepared Profit and Loss Statements, Inventory/Reserves Statements and Manufacturing Efficiency Reports.

Confidential -Austin, TX

Senior Functional Support Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Solved customer-submitted problems related to SAP applications software in Business Warehouse (BW) and Financial/Cost Accounting (FICO).

Confidential -Austin, TX

Senior Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed financial planning and cost accounting functions for several products involving a 500 percent volume growth and exceeding $12 million in direct cost spending.