LANGUAGES / IT - SKILLS:

Software Advance user of: SAP modules BI/BPC, FI/CO & BW. Project Support for SAP Implementation & Testing. SAP upgrade to HANA. Super-User of Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Financial Management & Essbase.

Expert of: Ariba P2P & Ariba Connect. Data-Connect Admin & understanding of Middleware & Biztalk. Advanced Excel (Macros, Pivot Tables, V Look ups, linking data, working with raw sets of data).

Knowledge of: COGNOS, Access, Share-point, JD Edwards, Visio & VBA. Good SQL Query, Power BI dashboards.

Exposure to: SAP HCM, People-soft, Legal, Payroll & Corporate communications systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Lead Business Systems/Project Manager

Confidential, Shelton, CT

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to Director of Global Business Systems
• Leading the Credit Cards Acceptance & Standardization Project
• Creation of Business Requirements Documents, User stories & Use cases
• Creation of AS IS and TO BE Process Maps
• Identification of changes in the current systems/interfaces landscape
• Implementation of changes with internal PB IT team & Paymetric
• Project lead to Shorten the Accounting Close Process from 8 to 4 days
• Working with CFO & SVP to execute the Shorten the Accounting Close Project
• Understanding the pain - points, limitations & dependencies of 8 Business Units
• Capturing the Business Requirements & creation of AS IS & TO BE process maps
• Detail analysis of JEs, Time consumption study
• Development of Power BI dashboards presenting the JE Analysis & results
• Identification of changes in Systems/Interfaces to enhance efficiency
• Project Management, creation of project milestones & plan
• Work on Agile methodology & Scrum principles
• Leading the Project Testing & strategizing the Unit, SIT, Regression & UAT of projects
• Project Management & Business Analysis of SaaS Billing & Accounting Operations projects
• Lead the enhancement & change management of HCM, People-soft, ADP, Legal & Communication Systems

Lead Corporate Systems/Project Manager

Confidential, New Britain, CT

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to Director of Global IT Corporate Systems
• Lead the business Analysis for Central Finance Project
• Creation of Business Requirements Documents & AS IS and TO BE Process Maps
• Support for Hyperion upgrade & BA&R project
• Enhancement of HFM Reporting & Consolidation tool
• Project Lead for the SMS Divestiture Bill-Trust Project
• Project Lead for the Blackline Journal Entries Module Implementation
• Implementation of Ariba P2P solution in Europe
• Business Analysis & Requirements gathering for European Ariba Implementation
• Preparation of Formal Business Requirements & Test Plan Documents
• Business Partnering for Unit, Regression, SIT & UAT Testing with Business & Technical Teams
• Project management, Sizing & Budget Activities for the Project
• Partnering with Project manager & IT Delivery Team to complete the Design, Build, Stabilize & Deploy Phases
• Development & Improvement of End to End Data-Flows
• Development, Improvement & Documentation of Middleware (Data-Connect & Biztalk)
• Mapping of SQL Database (Data-Connect) Tables to Biztalk & Ariba
• Implementation of Ariba Light Enablement Project
• Lead the Ariba Commodity Codes Enhancement Project
• Ariba Support for the Global Invoice Archiving Project
• Lead the Ariba Incidents Tickets Resolution & Updating GSM Directors
• Lead various Enhancements- PS Contractors Addition, functionalities in Middleware
• Implementation of Ariba Ticketing System for Business

Global Finance/Business & Systems Partner

Confidential, New Haven, CT

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to Director of Financial Systems
• Driving the Global Change Management
• Use Agile methodology & Project Management norms
• Enhancement & maintenance of SAP BI/BC
• Reports Development for Corporate FP&A
• Development & Testing of Financial Dashboards
• Responsible of Revenue, OPEX, AR & AP Dashboards
• Responsible for Requirements Gathering & Development of Dashboards Wireframes
• Providing Dashboards Demo to Pilot Users & Super-Users
• Driving the Marketing Margin & AR Dashboard development.
• Lead the R&D & CAPEX Dashboard design & development in Fusion Apps
• Generated the Dashboards Global Users List as per the Data Security requirements
• Key link between Business, IT, & Dashboard Visual BI Developers
• Driving the Capital Spend Reporting Project- IO Groupings, Reporting, Setting up of Hierarchies & Master Data
• Cleaning & Fixing the Hierarchy, Master data in SAP BI/BPC
• Created the CC Geographical Mapping with Regional Directors
• Responsible to create the Alternate Hierarchies in SAP BPC
• Generation, Development, & Testing of R&D Forecast Tool - key link between R&D and ABS

Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developing the Testing strategies for BI/BPC Reports, Transaction Scripts & Apps
• Responsible of Resource planning for the Global Teams incl. 32 Groups & 125 Testers
• Planning of Unit, Regression & Integration testing of 1500 Transaction Codes prior UAT
• Development of Global Project Plan with Test Scripts & Dates
• Giving Demos & Presentations to all the teams globally to engage in Cloud Project
• Collection of Test Scripts & Scheduling the Prep testing & UAT
• Ariba P2P Reports, Apps Testing & Move to Cloud
• Leading Project Columbus- SAP migration to Cloud
• Upgrade of SAP to HANA
• Supporting Global Teams with Prep Testing & UAT
• Executing UAT with 32 Groups, 125 Testers over 5 Continents
• Assisting in Change of E-mail address, Telephone Numbers & Share-point move to Cloud
• Monitoring Accenture team in T-codes testing
• Key point of contact for Global Finance Teams, Senior Management & IT

Senior Business/MIS Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Transition of Monthly Reporting Pack & Analysis
• Lead implementation & Testing of Money Transfer Tool
• Project Management & Resource Planning
• Use Water-fall methodology & Project Management norms
• Lead the enhancement of KYC, AML & Client Onboarding systems
• Key point of contact between Confidential Business & offshore IT Teams
• Controlling & Analysis of 32 Confidential Countries
• Reporting, Consolidation & Analysis of P/L, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
• Responsible of Confidential Budget, Forecasts & Plan
• Reconciliation & Analysis of Actuals v Budget v Forecasts
• Analysis & Presentation of Monthly Financial/Business Results to Senior Management
• Preparation of Management Reports, Analysis & Presentations
• Transition of Preparation & Presentation of Monthly Confidential Client Services Results from London,UK
• Creation of Capacity Model & Monthly Capacity Report for Confidential Region & Transition to Mumbai
• Bi-Monthly Unauthorized Overdrafts Reporting, Campaign Load & Overdrafts Resolution
• Weekly Account Opening Stats- Preparation & Analysis for Confidential Region
• Missing Documents Reporting, Analysis & Resolution
• New Money Transfer Tool Testing, Inactive Documents Reports & Error Alerts

Senior Business Planning Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation, Enhancement & maintenance of Hyperion Planning & Essbase
• Business Systems analysis & Requirements gathering
• Development of Web-forms to load the monthly forecast
• Development of automated Finance Analysis Models
• Enhancement of Global Budgeting System & Global Sales Forecasting System
• Timely Communication & Coordination with 30 EURMEA Countries & Senior Management
• Manage Monthly Forecasting Process- determining, analyzing & loading forecasts.
• Leading & implementing the Challenges & recognizing the Cost-Cuts on Budget & Forecasts
• Responsible for Yearly Budgeting Process- Zero based & Bottom-up budget
• Develop realistic Spending Forecasts- Monthly Rolling Forecast, Spot landings & Latest estimates
• Monitor Supplier Invoices for accurate processing & check requisitions to AP for payment via SSC in Fribourg
• Support SSC in Monthly Financial Reporting Cycles- prepare Accruals, control Expenditures & Interco charges
• Partner with Purchasing Team to ensure Process Adherence, reporting improvement & policy compliance
• Develop & lead Training Sessions covering key Processes & Reporting Tools- GSFS, Essbase etc.
• Ensure all Financial Processes comply with Novartis Standards & Policies

Senior Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Forecast Process for all the Back-Office Countries (35)
• Project Lead in Testing, Implementation & Application of Hyperion Planning Project.
• Requirements gathering & Analysis with 35 Confidential countries
• Super-user of Hyperion Planning & Essbase
• Lead the Hyperion Planning implementation & UAT
• Implementation of automated reporting & financial analysis metrics
• FX Analysis & Developing Bridges for Budget & Forecast
• Supporting Transfer Pricing Director for Modelling, Reporting & Taxation
• Responsible for Bottom-Up & Zero-Based Budget
• Develop robust Financial Analysis Models & KPIs
• Running & Analysis of Monthly Reports- Actual v Fcst, Current Fcst v Prior Fcst, Total Reports & Ad hoc reports
• Responsible for Monthly Budget vs Spend File- Reporting to MD & VP FP&A, Mansfield (USA)
• Responsible for Quarterly SAB104 file, Consolidation & Analysis of 35 Countries
• Responsible for Cost Containment Initiative Project- Reporting to Director of Indirect Procurement, UK
• Business Intelligence and Competitors Analysis
• Close collaboration with Pricing, Distribution, Sales & Marketing
• Pricing Analysis, KPIs Reconciliation against Budget & Forecast
• Excellent relation building & interfacing between 35 Countries & Senior Management of Business Units.
• People Management- Team Leader & Managed 2 Analyst