Objective and Qualifications:

Business Analyst/Project Management position

• 5 years progressive experience, only USA based Finance Controlling Business Process Analyst in a global SAP R/3 environment extensive knowledge of all end to end processes with expertise of all Finance Controlling processes and integration points willingness to travel.
• Work closely with all levels of employees and management providing support, suggesting and implementing system and business process improvements and harmonization efforts, and to accomplish tasks.
• Strong business, IT, analytical and interpersonal skills experience with Sarbanes-Oxley, internal controls, and legal and fiscal requirements. Experience making decisions and completing tasks by relying on personal judgment while also adhering to corporate and legal policies, and accounting for corporate goals.
• SAP R/3 expertise in all Finance and Controlling aspects including but not limited to Procure to Pay and AP, Order to Cash and AR, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Profitability Analysis, Center Center Accounting, Internal Order Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Master Data General Ledger, Customer, and Vendor , interfaces, Governance/Security and Authorizations, and integration of and with all logistics areas business process expert of USA based check printing, travel and expense, and payroll interfaces.

Professional Experience:

IT Business Analyst

Confidential

• In my role, I work as a bridge between the business and IT closing gaps, educating and training all parties, and facilitating any business/IT demand.
• Work in a global team supporting specializing in, but not limited to the FICO modules of the Imaging Systems Industrial/Factory SAP R/3 kernel in sector Healthcare, mostly supporting the USA based business units and their shared services but also work in a global capacity to:
• Drive optimal use of current business process IT tools through process improvements, both IT and business.
• Detect, explore and promote business and IT best process practices.
• IT tool changes and harmonization efforts, where appropriate.
• Train on all Finance and Controlling processes.
• Special projects both finance related and cross-functional.
• Ensure operations.
• A large part of my role is as a team member of our SAP Implementation Projects:
• Integration Manager and Lead Finance Business Analyst, 2 million Euro budget, one business unit with heavy global integration, approximately 350 employees, 2011-2012. As Integration Manager, responsible to integrate and facilitate all aspects of business requirements and solutions, including any cross-functional and cross BU items lead and coordinate all Business Analysts assigned to the project partner with the IT Delivery Project Manager and Business Lead to ensure successful completion of the project.
• Lead Finance Business Analyst, 3.25 million Euro budget, one business unit with two domestic locations with heavy global integration, 2011-2012.
• Lead Finance Business Analyst, 3.50 million Euro budget, one business unit with two locations, one domestic and one global, with heavy global integration, 2010-2011.
• Hand-picked by upper management team as Team Lead of global Finance and Controlling virtual team of business process analysts.
• Meet regularly with my Finance stakeholders including but not limited to Financial Controllers to drive process improvements and harmonization, and share knowledge and information.
• Chairperson of the USA based Finance Key User Board and 2nd Secretary of global based Finance Change Advisory Board, for the aforementioned SAP environment.

SAP FICO Business Consultant/Data Analyst

Confidential

• Coordinate activities of USA based Finance Business Units their globally based shared services support, and act as the source for direction, training, and guidance integrate and harmonize with global Finance processes and business units.
• Interface with users to determine application requirements and develop appropriate documentation.
• Provide application and technical support to the FICO team.
• Complete user profile role segregation of duty conflict checks including recommending proper roles for SAP users business process expert for Security and Authorizations.
• Manage, implement, and train as necessary the change requests for the FICO modules.
• Assist with gathering information for ICS/SOX controls.
• Project lead for the data cleansing activities to a new ERP system.
• SAP internal consultant, process improvement, super user, and special projects.
• Ability to understand a problem, define it in a process flow and creatively define information systems based solutions.

IT Data Analyst

Confidential

• Developed Finance G/L, A/R, and Sales analytic data cubes for a Corporate Performance Management application. The Finance G/L cube consolidates data from 5 different ERP environments and is the source data for consolidated monthly financial reporting to Corporate. Also provide the technical support for the software application.
• Developed Crystal reports, data extracts, and reporting solutions based on user specifications and business needs. Work with employees in all aspects of report development including requirements gathering, specifications, testing, and reconciliation. Reports are varied and not limited to: finance, sales, purchasing, and manufacturing.
• Lead migration of moving published reports from an older reporting environment to Crystal Reports Server XI. Also, administered setup of the Crystal Reports Server XI environment.

Systems Administrator

Confidential

• Assisted in the design and implementation of various IT systems, also administered those systems.
• Documented IT processes, including involvement in documentation of Sarbanes-Oxley IT controls.
• Provided employees both local and remote with helpdesk, LAN, WAN and server support, with minimal supervision 1000 remote employees, based in 60 offices in the U.S. and Canada .
• Assisted management in the determination of computer, printer, network/technical hardware and software needs.
• Coordinated communication between employees to facilitate the resolution of issues or to determine the proper course of action.
• Responsible for managing multiple and frequently changing tasks while ensuring timely completion, with minimal supervision.
• Educated employees and enforced compliance of corporate IT policies, using personal judgment to determine proper course of action to ensure compliance.
• Designed a class and trained employees in Microsoft Outlook, to company specifications.