SUMMARY

• A highly accomplished Project Manager, Accountant, and Oracle Financials Subject Matter Expert with a proven track record of managing and delivering complex strategic implementation, upgrade, and support projects.
• 13+ years of international Finance and IT experience specializing in the functionality of Oracle E - Business Suites Release 11i \ R12 and Oracle ERP Cloud.
• Thought Leader possessing both functional and technical knowledge related to complex business processes and system architecture.
• International management experience of multiple in-house and outsourced operational teams responsible for Billing, Collections, Order Management, Procurement, Payables, and Accounting.
• A pivotal resource for large businesses in the Hospitality, Technology, Government, United Nations, Healthcare, Financial Services, and Manufacturing Industries. Ability to accurately assess technical challenges and transform financial business processes into effective IT solutions using either agile or traditional waterfall methodologies. A diligent professional who adds value through proactive decision-making and business process reengineering. A respected manager, leader, and coach adept at assembling and motivating large onshore and offshore teams of varying skill levels and expertise. The ability to always exceed client expectations demonstrated by contract extensions and post go-live support contracts.
• A trusted and detail-oriented Program Manager that provides strategic solutions with outstanding project management and conflict management skills. Driving solutions to bridge the gap between business and technology with expertise in managing complex, global programs with multiple concurrent projects. Leading the Project Management Office to develop high-quality programs that solve business problems and provide tangible results for enterprise-level systems.
• ERP Functional areas of expertise include: General Ledger, Sub Ledger Accounting, Accounting Hub, Cash Management, Treasury, Fixed Assets, Receivables, Advanced Collections, iReceivables, Billing Presentment Architecture, Payables, Payments, Advanced Global Intercompany System, iExpense, Cost Management, E-Business Tax, System Administration, and Country-Specific Localizations.
• ERP Technical areas of expertise include: Forms \ OAF Personalizations, Alerts, SQL, and BI Publisher. Other technical areas of expertise include database administration tasks such as Database Patching, Application Patching, Java Upgrade, Database Upgrade, Application Upgrade, Forms \ Reports Upgrade, and operating in a Linux \ Unix environment.
• Valuable experience integrating E-Business Suite and Cloud ERP with various third party software such as Sabrix, Vertex, Taxware, ADP, Concur, Treasura, and various global banks. Experience integrating with Hyperion, Essbase, BI, Cloud ERP, Cloud EPM. Successful completion of data conversion activities for multiple clients in the following areas: GL Balances, Fixed Assets, Open AR Invoices, Customers, Open AP Invoices, Suppliers, and Open POs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Consultant - Oracle Program Manager & Finance Expert

Responsibilities:

• Frequent travel to Rome, IT in support of the Oracle ERP Cloud implementation project. This includes coordinating with Oracle throughout the sales process and developing the high-level, strategic roadmap for the Organization to migrate existing Oracle applications to the Cloud.
• Published the overall Project Charter for the Segregation of Duties Project to outline project objectives, identify key stakeholders, and define the authority of stakeholders from each company.
• Development of a global, multi-language Training Plan to ensure 12,000+ users of the system will understand how to use third party Segregation of Duties software and how it integrates with Oracle E-Business Suite.
• Training and management of 20+ team members supporting the Segregation of Duties Project, Inventory Management Project, and various other Finance projects. This includes performance evaluations and providing regular feedback and management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Preparation of the Segregation of Duties Project weekly status reports and presentation to the project team and other key project stakeholders from each of the relevant FAO Divisions.
• Documented the Roles and Responsibilities performed by all users of EBS in order to improve system access controls in support of audit recommendations and requirements from the Department for International Development (DFID) and Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN).

ConfidentiaL

Senior Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Development of a complex integration strategy for a hybrid cloud solution encompassing 20+ stand-alone Financial Applications used for life insurance, actuarial, and other related financial services.
• Team Lead responsible for designing the integrated accounting solution for multiple companies using Oracle Accounting Hub Cloud. This includes design, configuration, development, integration, training, testing, and deployment.
• Frequent travel to London, UK to meet with finance executives responsible for IFRS4, IFRS9, IFRS16, and IFRS17 compliance to gather requirements in support of the global integrated accounting solution.

Confidential - Banking (Baltimore, MD)

IBM Integrations Lead - Cloud Financials

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for application integrations in a global implementation of Oracle Cloud ERP Financials for a client in the Confidential . There are 60+ integrations related to 10 companies in countries around the world. These integrations include data sourced from external systems used for Payroll, Human Resources, Receivables, Payables, Accounting, Time & Expenses, Banking, etc. The target applications are Oracle Cloud Receivables, Oracle Cloud Payables, Oracle Cloud Cash Management, Oracle Cloud Financial Accounting Hub, and Oracle Cloud General Ledger.
• Management of functional development related to automated integrations between the client’s external financial applications and Oracle Cloud ERP Financials. These integrations will transfer encrypted data using Oracle ERP Integration Import Services for File Based Data Import files and Oracle Data Integration for XML files.
• Management of several Confidential Consultants responsible for documenting business requirements, scope, and overall design of 60+ application integrations. Providing subject matter expertise in Oracle Cloud ERP Financials and corporate finance business processes and procedures. Also responsible for performing project assessments for each team member at the end of the project using the Confidential CheckPoint tool.
• Responsible for leading the client through a global IT and Financial Transformation Project as an Oracle Cloud ERP Financials subject matter expert. Contributing to design the solution for General Ledger data conversions in 10 companies with complex foreign currency requirements. The client requires 8 years of historical data to be converted across approximately 20 ledgers in support of US GAAP, IFRS, and other statutory reporting requirements. This requires the use of tools such as Oracle Database Cloud Services (DBCS), Oracle SQL Developer, Oracle Smart View, and Oracle Cloud Enterprise Data Management (EDM).
• Management, design, and configuration of the Oracle Cloud Receivables application. This includes configuration to support business requirements related to Lockbox and Receipt Processing, Intercompany Billing, Bank Statement Reconciliations integrated with Cash Management, Invoice Presentment, Customer Master Hierarchy Structure, Credit Management, Cashflow Reporting, etc. This includes the use of tools such as Oracle Cloud ERP Financials Receivables, Oracle Cloud Financial Accounting Hub, Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI), and Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP).

Confidential

IBM Functional Lead - Cloud Financials

Responsibilities:

• Development of the Conversion Plan and related templates for use in tracking all master data and transactional data conversions.
• Design and delivery of a global GL historical balances conversion across 29 ledgers covering 25 monthly periods.
• Provide the team with support and assist with resolving high priority and critical issues related to all Oracle Cloud Financials Applications.
• Train and mentor junior team members by explaining Oracle Cloud functionality, assisting with data conversions, SIT/UAT issues, and other finance or accounting areas.
• Development of a template used to obtain client approvals for all Production related configurations and data conversions.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Overall project guidance and ongoing management of other Confidential team members in the United States and India. This includes project assessments (performance evaluations) and providing regular feedback through daily meetings. This also includes management of delivering 34 customizations throughout SIT, UAT, and Cutover/Go-Live along with all application configurations, Oracle service requests, and all other Issues tracked in the project issue log.
• Preparation of the weekly project status report and presentation to the project team and other key project stakeholders. Also responsible for preparation of the monthly steering committee project status report.
• Preparation of the project plan and cutover plan to ensure project timeline is on track and all project milestones complete on time and under budget.
• Preparation of four project change requests throughout the duration of the project because the client expressed interest in adding new scope (development and delivery of new customizations).
• Monitor and manage the project budget, approval of project expense reports, forecasting resource revenues / costs, and preparation of monthly customer invoices.
• Ensuring compliance with all Confidential data security and privacy requirements along with all Confidential project management requirements. This also includes Confidential compliance with general data protection regulation (GDPR) for Europe.