SUMMARY

• ERP Financial Systems & Applications, PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS and SAP Financial Modules
• Senior Project Manager with over 14 years of ERP Systems Implementation experience, with strong emphasis on Oracle EBS.
• PeopleSoft and SAP Financial Modules; Application Implementation, Upgrade, system enhancements.
• Change Management, Systems Integrations, Process Improvement with strong grasp of the strategic and technical fundamentals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PeopleSoft Financial Modules: GL, AP, T&E, AR, AM, Billing, Treasury, Project Costing, and Commitment Control.

Oracle E - Business Suite: Accounts Payable, Fixed Asset, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management

Technical Exposure: Integration Broker, Active Directory, LDAP, Process Scheduler, Cutover Plans & Data Migration.

Functional Exposure: Business Intelligence Apps, Financial Business Process Redesigns and Web Method Integration.

Technical Exposure: Agile, Six Sigma and Waterfall Project Management Methodologies.

Functional Exposure: Informatica, Ariba, Hyperion, SAP, Oracle & PeopleSoft, ERP Financial Systems Integration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Oversee application implementation; facilitate key assumptions and deliverables, provide hands-on functional and technical project management oversight, accountable for data migration and soft-launch.
• Maintain project plan, schedules and related changes throughout project life-cycle to align with SOW and stakeholder’s expectations. Facilitated weekly status update and collaborate with third-parties.
• Demonstrate leadership, work with limited supervision in fast pace environment, with strong tolerance of technical complexity, effectively bridge cross-functional teams to coordinate and perform tasks.
• Audit project deliverables and manage conference room pilots and Proof-of-Concepts, conducted technical design and code migration reviews. Manage project lifecycle from planning through to implementation with responsibility for project scope, budget, resources and schedules.
• Participate in functional design and requirement reviews, Experience in working with multi-country teams, using the onsite/offshore operating model Manage deliverables per project methodology, in collaboration with PMO and ensure compliance with corporate applications global standards.
• Manage post Go-Live transition to Corporate Operation’s teams and established stable post go-live technical and functional support, including the development of effective defect remediation strategies.
• Manage the migration of PeopleSoft objects; apply patches, fixes, bundles, PeopleTools upgrade, fixes and functional requirements planning and the implementation for new apps.
• Work with DBA on storage requests, capacity planning, coordinate hardware upgrades and re-platform projects. Monitor new applications, 3rd party software and new requirements for existing firewalls.
• Prepare Application Run-Books and updated recent environment details, installing and confirming middleware components, mapping and transforming in middleware components.
• Exposure to nVision Reporting, Process Scheduler concepts, PeopleTools and PeopleSoft FSM logical data models; including RDBMS concepts, SQL query optimization, Solutions Architecting.
• Outlined core deployment strategy, identified and tracked on-going implementation challenges, risks and mitigations. Conducted weekly integration, GL mapping and systems configuration projects.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed end-to-end integration project plan, evaluate integration risks, synergies, customer experience impact and validated audit and bank ops key LOB’s integration assumptions.
• Documented integration methodologies, functional systems framework, global governance, integration strategies, milestones, guardrails, check-points, dependencies and project deliverables.
• Defined project scope, organizational design and integration hypotheses. Documented key decisions made during assessment, blueprint and alignment phase of integration.
• Maintained key integration decisions log. Tracked Legal Day 1 requirements, confirmed integration synergies, evaluated post due diligence assumptions and identify and escalate risks and issues.
• Monitored key implementation assumptions, regulatory requirements, SOX/FDICA, post- integration activities, systems infrastructure, data conversion and warehousing decisions.

Confidential, New York City

Senior IT Financial Systems Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed end-to-end integration project plan, created and managed Responsibility Assignment Matrix, project test plans, Defect-Tracking and Cutover Plans for AP billing process.
• Assisted external clients with Oracle EBS billing systems implementation, GL mapping, user interface, regression testing and budgeting, managed change projects from initiation to implementation.
• Managed Oracle EBS Implementation projects, including Order Management and shipping. Participated in financial systems infrastructure and ERP systems configuration projects.
• Documented gap analysis between existing and targeted processes. Developed escalation plans for data cleanup of unapplied cash and open intercompany cost codes for data migration project.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Financial & IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT Governance projects with responsibility for raising awareness in Corporate Apps, drive process improvement initiatives, facilitated effective IT controls, integration and ROI on IT investments.
• Oversee the development of project plans, schedules, monitors and executes multiple mid-to- large scale projects - led multiple Oracle EBS implementations, enhancement and financial projects.
• Managed SAP financial projects through entire life cycle; initiation to closure; including, resource planning, project scope, schedule, implementation assumptions, testing and end-user training.
• Oversee end-to-end financial system upgrades and GL migration project of over $850 M in capital assets. Implemented SAP financial modules, oversee UAT and related regression testing.
• Managed two life-cycle Oracle financial accounting and reporting systems integration with budget in excess of $110 M. Conducted budget planning for multiple inter-companies IT projects, presented high-level walkthroughs with key stakeholders, system development, QA and technical resources.
• Managed Order-to-Cash project life cycle to improve accuracy of $250 M billing and cash application process and SAP Financials environment and managed SAP /CRM global rollout projects.
• Oversee end-to-end SAP financial system upgrades, implemented and testing of financial reporting applications. Identified functional system requirements by working with end-users.
• Managed SAP financial projects through entire life cycle; initiation to closure; including, resource planning, project scope, schedule, implementation assumptions, testing and end-user training.
• Assisted with SAP Blueprint Phase analysis and design for the ERP (online, interfaces, and data migration) as it relates to impacts for changing the financial chart of accounts.

Confidential Atlanta, GA

Senior Financial & IT Project Manager/ Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Managed ERP business solutions for SAP FI GL mapping, financial reports, performed systems gap analysis, led Oracle data migration, IFAC invoice scanning and IFRS data conversion projects.
• Managed Oracle Invoice Scanning implementation project with over $65m in billing. Managed the integration of new modules into existing GL infrastructure, including Budgeting and Project Costing.
• Identified and analyzed areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of organizations. Devised systems and processes to monitor validity of risk modeling outputs.
• Provided assistance in analyzing risk impact on essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.
• Managed disaster recovery projects, oversaw systems integration crisis management, assisted with Interpretation of government regulations and applicable codes to ensure compliance.
• Responsible for Oracle cash management exception and systems reports, managed corporate applications inter-company cash reporting projects. Managed Oracle payables and cash management integration interfaced, billing reconciliation and treasury settlements projects.
• Performed intercompany reconciliations, assisted with budgeting, balance sheet analysis, revenue recognition and expense analysis, cash flow, fixed assets and IFRS -vs- GAAP roll forward analysis.

Confidential, New York City, NY

Sr. Functional Financial Systems Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed high level ERP systems implementation plans, defined integration milestones, check-points and key deliverables, managed data migration projects, internal controls and data validation.
• Assisted with financial statement preparation, P&L analysis, partnership tax allocations. Sales-Force billing, invoicing and payment processing systems integration with PeopleSoft Financial modules.
• Assisted with external financial reports in accordance with GAAP/SEC. Managed upgrades to fields in management reports. Coordinated parallel systems test runs and UAT testing.
• Integrates mobile devices used in stockrooms with the PeopleSoft Inventory module, work with end users to resolve systems application, technical problems and reporting issues.

Confidential New York City

Senior Business Process Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Planned, designed and implemented comprehensive Oracle Retail Transaction Process and Audit Compliance System to mitigate fraudulent activations, voided transactions and missing inventory.
• Managed SOA integration projects and financial systems interface upgrade, patches, exception reporting process improvements, system queries and coordinated a range if IT initiatives
• Managed UAT testing, Oracle EBS implementation, functional systems configuration, regression testing, end-user functional systems training and documented end-to-end process flows.
• Functional PM-Lead for 2-full cycle ERP implementations and PeopleSoft (CRM) systems upgrades involving custom software development and third party software integration and configurations.
• Led special project to reconcile automatic legacy sales commission billing system feeds to voided transaction monthly feed to ensure commissions on voided/returned transactions policies.
• Assisted with SEC reports, Preparation of budgets, forecasts and cash flows, Maintenance of financial ledgers and accounting processes, Monthly Consolidated P&L and Balance Sheet, Ensured that appropriate systems and internal controls are implemented and maintained.

Confidential, New York City

Senior Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Performed agreed upon procedures, financial reviews, compilations, performed analytic reviews, financial analysis and business process risk management analysis.
• Assisted publicly held clients to comply with SEC regulatory filing requirements, included financial statement disclosures; footnotes, segment reports, management, discussion and analysis.
• Performed agreed upon procedures on stock-based and deferred compensation plans. Reviews and ties-out condensed financial statements for quarterly press releases
• Tested and evaluated internal control policies and procedures, reviewed client prepared reports footnotes and other GAAP required disclosures.
• Evaluated pro-forma financial information and performed risk assurance analysis.
• Reviewed significant accounting policies conducted preliminary audit procedures on interim financial report, supplemental schedules, year-end adjustments and financial statement disclosure checklists.
• Participated in mergers/acquisitions and due-diligence engagements related to private equity investment projects and strategic corporate joint-venture initiatives in multiple industries.
• Analyzed financial and operational results of target companies and performed reviews. Performed fixed assets impairment testing and evaluated clients’ internal control systems.