SUMMARY:

• 20+ years of financial accounting and management with a strong functional background using Oracle financial suite.
• 15+ years Oracle Business Suite Functional/Set up/Configuration experience.
• 6+ years Project Management
• 2+ years’ Workday Financials
• Project Management - Oracle Chart of Account (COA) conversion and Oracle FSG report Replacement
• Oracle Financial Functional Support (GL/AP/AR/I-proc/I-Exp/Purch/FA,INV)
• Oracle configuration setup's (Cross Val Rules, Security Rules, Mass Allocation, Segment Values, Sys Admin. Profile/Access control, Chart of Account Structure-Accounting String, Recurring JE’s, FSG’s, Expense Reports coding, Banking information)
• Oracle FSG SME (Financial Reporting and Analysis)
• Financial Reporting/Analysis
• GL Wand Report SME
• Desktop/Web ADI SME
• Staff Training (Oracle Financial Reporting M/E)
• Financial Reporting Soft Close Initiatives
• Interim Financial Reporting Management
• UPK Documentation and Training
• Quality Assurance Testing-Workday Financials Application
• Workday Project Management
• Workday Financials Lead
• Workday Release Management, #22-#25
• Workday Release #26 review
• Workday multiple implementations

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle General Ledger Super User
• Oracle Financial Analyzer Super User
• Oracle FA / AR / PA / Functional User
• Oracle Procurement Card functional User
• Oracle I-Procurement Functional User
• Oracle I-Expense Functional User
• ADI Super User(FSG)
• Oracle Payables Functional User
• 11i, and R12 Oracle GL functional User
• Oracle GL Administrator
• Financial Accounting / Budgeting management
• Month End close reporting management
• Capital Budgeting management
• Project Management (Oracle System Conversions)
• Agile PM approach (SDLC, AIM)
• Inventory Accounting
• Intercompany Accounting
• Consolidated Statement Reporting management
• State and Local Tax preparation/Audit management
• Vertex tax application Super User
• Hyperion Financial Management User
• MS Project/Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Visio/LiveLink User
• Workday Financials and HCM Quality Assurance Testing
• Workday Project Manager
• Workday Financial Lead

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Workday Financials Lead-(Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Workday Financial/HCM implementation
• Supported Financial Design
• Lead financial data migration/validation of legacy to Workday tenant.
• Developed EIB’s to load historical legacy data.
• Worked with client on End to End functional testing.
• Supported creation of reporting tools.
• Created Workday Financial Job Aids
• SaaS environment.
• Performed Data validation for migration to Gold tenant.
• Provided Sys Admin support, assigning access as needed to test functionality in test instance.
• Worked with client to identify and create required reporting in the Workday system.
• Supported client developing client reporting in Workday (developed reports, custom reports).
• Reviewed WD 25 enhancements and how they impact the client.
• Worked with finance client to in corporate the new workday financial apps into the month end close and reporting cycle.
• Performed Post go live production support to finance team to perform first month end close and reporting.

Workday Project Manager-(Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Workday Release Manager-Weekly and Bi-Annual updates.
• Compiled and distributed weekly Workday updates being loaded to Production and also new functionality being placed in Preview tenant to review.
• Reviewed, compiled, and communicated to Finance/HCM/Payroll areas, new functional updates coming to production.
• WD 22, WD 23, WD24 Set up Required Functionality Catch up Project
• Reviewed and compiled all new functionality available to implement from past Workday updates that require set up.
• Worked with Finance/HCM/Payroll departmental teams to review new functionality available and select items to set up, test, and migrate to production.
• Workday Special Projects Manager-Finance/Payroll/HCM
• Worked with the Finance/HCM/Payroll departments to roll out specific value add workday projects.
• Workday HCM Talent-Performance Review
• Project Managed State Reporting created in Workday environment.
• SaaS environment.

Quality Assurance Support-(Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Member of the QA team responsible for testing the Workday Financials integrations and configurations for a Workday Financial application implementation.

Sr. Financial Consultant/Project Manager-(Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Oracle GL chart of account Replacement consulting.
• Oracle FSG Report Replacement consulting.
• Oracle Discoverer Report Replacement consulting.
• Federal and State Tax Management consulting.

Oracle Senior Consultant - (Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Supported Oracle R12 COA rationalization across company.
• Supported Oracle R12 COA workshops with finance, accounting, and operations team and provide leading practices.
• Analyzed difference between COA structures.
• Developed approach to rationalize structure and code combinations into a common COA and code combinations based on leading practices in Oracle R12.

Confidential

Sr. Oracle Functional Consultant/Project Lead-(Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Set up Oracle Web ADI in 11i environment.
• Performed Oracle Financial Process/ Reporting Review.
• Updated FSG Company Reporting using ADI application.
• Project Lead on GL Wand Application Review/Implementation.
• Re-built current Oracle financial reporting in GL Wand environment.
• Reviewed current Oracle Reporting and proposed Pre-work to be performed prior to R12 migration.
• Supported IT members on Oracle 11i application/data clean up projects.

Confidential, Salt Lake City, Utah

Project Manager/Sr. Oracle Financial Consultant-(Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Oracle Garnishment Management System update to EFT payments
• Oracle Project Manager on Set Books Merge Project
• Oracle Project Lead on P-Card Integration Project
• Managed Chart of Accounts conversion.
• Managed Oracle Calendar Conversion.
• Managed Oracle Currency Conversion.
• Performed Application Performance Analysis.
• Performed Multiple Oracle Business Suite Functional Testing.
• Created and Maintained Project Documentation on LiveLink.
• Worked with 3rd party vendors.
• Worked with Oracle to resolve service requests.
• Provided interim Accounting support to the North America Finance Department.
• Performed various Oracle Application cleanup projects.
• Utilized Eprentise Applications.

Oracle Financial Consultant-(Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Supported Post Oracle inventory conversion go live issue resolution.
• Project Support for 9i to 11g Oracle upgrade Project.
• Created project documents, project plan, and UAT test scripts.
• Performed research and proposed replacement applications for Oracle Financial Analyzer.
• Worked with Oracle A/R interfaces, identifying errors, and working with business group to resolve.
• Performed research and resolved Oracle Inventory and Order management issues.
• Worked with Red Prairie Warehouse Management System and Oracle Inventory to bring systems in balance.

Confidential Salt Lake City, UT

Consolidation Analyst/Project Manager (Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Managed monthly financial close and consolidated financial reporting.
• Performs M/E closes, consolidated financial statement preparation for joint venture North America region companies including Canadian mines.
• Maintained monthly North America inter-company transactions and reconciliation.
• Performed monthly Oracle GL account maintenance for North America Region.
• Seconded to Toronto Canada Corporate office for six month Global Chart of Accounts project. North America Regional Representative.
• Supports Accounting Department with Report Application(Oracle 11i)
• Trains North America regional accounting staff on reporting applications as required.
• Supports the annual management of company budgeting process.
• Project Manager on conversion of North American chart of accounts. Utilized Eprentise Application.
• Project Consultant on conversion of Parent Company office Toronto Canada chart of accounts. Utilized Eprentise application.
• HFM reporting and reconciliation for corporate consolidated reporting.

Confidential, Bowling Green, Ky

GL Manager/Tax Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manages monthly financial close and consolidated financial reporting.
• Performs M/E closes, variance analysis, consolidated financial statement preparation, and narrative and quantitative variance explanations and recommendations.
• Maintains monthly inter-company transactions and reconciliation.
• Performs monthly Parent Company Reporting, Quarterly SEC.
• Manages a staff of seven. Staff Accountant, Senior Accountant, Clerks.
• Maintains Company Retail and Corporate Reporting in Oracle 11i.-ADI.
• Supported Corporate Accounting Department with Report Application
• Trained staff on reporting applications as required.
• Performed periodic physical store inventories.
• Supported the annual management of company budgeting process.
• Worked with auditors perform yearly audit of the company.
• Managed tax staff, performing monthly SALT reporting.
• Performed tax research as required.
• Managed Company Sales tax audits.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Accounting Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Participated in implementation of new company financial reporting (Oracle Financial Analyzer).
• Performed M/E closes, variance analysis, consolidated financial statement preparation, and narrative and quantitative variance explanations and recommendations for 60 plus profit centers.
• Perform Annual Company Intercompany closing project.
• Interview and hire staff. Perform evaluations.
• Supervise a staff accountant in corporate accounting department.
• Support Corporate Accounting Department with Report Application
• Train staff on reporting application as required.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Senior Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Perform M/E closes, variance analysis, consolidated financial statement preparation, and narrative and quantitative variance explanations for entire Confidential (400 plus properties).
• Managed functions for customer service department.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Information Resource Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked with federal and state regulators to gather and maintain all compliance reports for all fifty states.
• Responsible for gathering and maintaining Secretary of State reporting requirements for client companies to operate in all fifty states.
• Responsible for creating and updating all client FCC reports for all compliance-reporting clients.
• Maintained accuracy in the compliance-reporting database.
• Interviewed, hired, and trained support staff.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Oracle Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created system financial reports via Oracle financial applications (FSG).
• Produced financial analysis for multiple locations using various accounting applications.
• Compiled and loaded budgets for over thirty properties.
• Developed consolidated Budget reporting for company in the budget process.
• Created variance reporting for all company locations and departments.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared monthly area F&B financial statements.
• Performed various financial analysis for the Food and Beverage Line of Business.
• Prepared annual budgets for Food and Beverage operations based on meetings with operations management.
• Prepared rate/volume variance analysis reports for the F&B line of business.
• Provided 29+ Food and Beverage managers with financial analysis.
• Performed inventory system analysis and reconciliation.

Confidential, Sedalia, KY

Senior Public Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared individual, partnership, and corporate income tax returns.
• Analyzed client financial data and presented financial statements.
• Consulted with client companies in developing operating budgets.
• Prepared and processed client payrolls and related tax reports.
• Worked with client companies, developing projected financial statements, cash flow statements, personal financial statements, and loan applications.
• Performed all financial and administrative tasks related to the accounting office.
• Responsible for the review, implementation, and maintenance of all office computer systems.