SUMMARY

• Senior solution architect for SAP financial applications
• Expertise in the design, configuration, and testing for the following products: Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC - NW), Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM), controlling (SAP-CO) and Finance (SAP-FI) as well as go-live support for controlling (SAP-CO).
• Highly experienced in multiple implementations including four BPC, five SEM implementations, three full R/3 implementations, including one global implementation.
• Ramp-up coach for BPC 7.0, 7.5 & 10.0 NW implementations.
• Experience also includes two full R/3 upgrades and numerous spot and QA support for several customers in BPC, SEM and FI/CO.
• Added career highlights include 20+ years of business proficiency, 15 with Fortune 500 manufacturing companies.
• BPC implementation / configuration experience for planning & consolidation.
• BPC Architect for consolidations.
• Implementation / configuration experience for Fox Code (BPS/BIIP/BPC embedded).
• SEM/R3 implementation / configuration experience for business consolidation (BCS/ECCS) including foreign currency translation.
• CO, configuration and application of cost center and internal order accounting material/inventory valuation, product costing in discrete manufacturing repetitive manufacturing models, reporting in R/3, reconciliation, assessments, and distributions.
• Configuration of profit center accounting (PCA), cost center accounting (CCA), and basic configuration of profitability analysis (CO-PA).
• Knowledge of fixed assets (FA), asset management (AM), and special ledger (S/L).
• Configuration and application experience with SAP R/3 releases 2.2H, 3.1G, 4.5B, and 4.6C.
• 3 full implementations and 2 full upgrades.
• SAP FI configuration and application of: general ledger (G/L) (with business areas), accounts payable (A/P), accounts receivable (A/R), and travel accounting.
• Enterprise controlling module (configuration and application) including consolidation and profit center accounting.
• Business process definition and re-engineering, strong documentation, end-user training skills, and team lead skills.
• Integration of financial accounting and controlling (SAP FI/CO) to materials management (SAP MM) and sales and distribution (SAP SD).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Baton Rouge, LA

Consultant / Subject matter expert

Responsibilities:

Configuration of BPC for Consolidations, (eliminations,business rules etc.) Design of BW cubes for feeds.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Consultant / Subject matter expert

Responsibilities:

Configuration of BPC for Consolidations, Design of BWcubes for feeds. Redesign of loading processes, Security for both planning and Consolidation users.

Confidential, Montreal, QC

Consultant / Subject matter expert

Responsibilities:

Project Participant/Subject matter expert.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Consultant / Architect/Ramp-up Coach

Responsibilities:

Design and Configuration of BPC Consolidation Tool for a Confidential .

Confidential, NY, NY

Ramp-up Coach

Responsibilities:

Main point of contact for BPC implementation during Ramp- up phase of software.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Consultant / Architect/Ramp-up Coach

Responsibilities:

Design and Configuration of BPC Planning Tool for Confidential company. Raw material price planning in Sourcing organization. Successful go live on-time and on Budget

Confidential, Denver, CO

Consultant / Architect

Responsibilities:

Design and Configuration of EC-CS Consolidation Tool forGovernment Contractor. Full Balance sheet and P&L reporting consolidated company. Delivery on time and on budget

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

SEM Lead Consultant / Architect

Responsibilities:

Design and Configuration of BPS (Planning) Full Balance sheet and P&L Planning for several hundred users. New Planning system unique for business with both GAAP and Proportional financials.

Confidential, Lafayette, IN

Consolidations Consultant

Responsibilities:

Configuration of R/3 consolidations for a discreetmanufacturer with nine legal entites and foreign currency translation. New consolidation system to replace Excel based consolidation. On time go-live.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

SEM Consultant

Responsibilities:

Configuration of BCS (Consolidations)including elimination entries, reclass entries for over 1000 consolidating units (equity and purchase) and consolidation of investments. Includes GAAP and Proportional consolidation. Identification of integration points with planning at high level and detail plans. Training of support staff and users. Documentation of business/system processes. New consolidation system unique for business with both GAAP and Proportional consolidation.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SEM Consultant

Responsibilities:

Configuration of BCS (Consolidations)including eliminationentries, reclass entries for over 100 consolidating units (Some discontinued) with 6 registrants. Identification of integration points with planning at high level and detail plans. Training of support staff and users. Documentation of business/system processes. New consolidation system will automate reclassification process (manual in Hyperion) across multiple registrants and allow for consolidation for both plan (not available in EssBase) and actual financials.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SEM Consultant

Responsibilities:

Design and development of user entry templates, planning/modeling formulas for operating expenses and fixed asset planning. Planning functions design included asset roll forward and integration of balance sheet and P&L. Identification of consolidation integration points relevant at high level and detail plans. Training of support staff and users. Documentation of business/system processes.

Confidential, MN

SEM Consultant

Responsibilities:

Configuration of user entry templates, planning formulas, status and tracking functionality. Designed entry templates included cost center, salary and fixed asset planning, using both Excel in place and Web GUI. Some planning functions designed included using salary and other employee information to forecast: 401K match, bonus, overtime and other compensation related expenses. Identification of integration points relevant to high level and detail plans. Training of support staff and users. Documentation of business/system processes.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Blueprinting and configuration of financial/controlling modules also subsequent training of team lead and users. High level re-engineering of business processes integrator which replaced heavily modified R/3 with comparatively standard delivered system. Reimplementation improved operations and enabled cleaner billing and invoicing. Additionally the "new” system eliminated the need for custom modifications allowing for future upgrades thereby lowering overall maintenance costs.

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Configuration of financial/enterprise controlling modules also subsequent training of team lead and users. Identification of integration points relevant to changing business processes. Configuration of finance related R/3 modules allowing customer to obtain consolidated financials for over 20 subsidiaries, replacing Excel. Currency translation related to FASB 52. Enabled faster close, improved reporting and integration of European operations.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Business process lead

Responsibilities:

Design of travel accounting system; replaced Excel-based reporting and processing. Designed and configured travel accounting/expense system. Facilitated better reporting and elimination of clerical data entry and auditing of expense reports.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Business process lead

Responsibilities:

Implemented EC/CS consolidation module as a part of a company code implementation. It included foreign currency translation, elimination of receivables, inter-company sales and investments, master data hierarchies. Designed business area accounting and EC/CS master data hierarchies, configuration of eliminations, and reporting using interactive Excel. Currency translation related to FASB 52. System capable segment reporting with full balance sheet as well as legal reporting by country.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Business process lead

Responsibilities:

Designed financial accounting and controlling (SAP FI/CO) processes including general ledger (G/L), accounts payable (A/P), and accounts receivable (A/R); designed definitions of all postings related to inventory transactions from receipt of purchase order to shipment for sale. Split and merged 2 SAP systems from a business process and accounting perspective. Designed reporting solution using SAP Report Writer and Painter and provided extensive post go-live support.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Business process lead

Responsibilities:

Developed own methodology for upgrade/testing. Designed, tested, and provided Go-live support, end-user training, configuration, and post Go-live functional enhancements.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Business process lead

Responsibilities:

Developed own methodology for upgrade/testing. Designed, tested, and provided go-live support, post go-live support, and end-user training.