Qualifications Profile

• Accomplished Business and Financial Professional with diverse and progressive experience in all facets of IT business analysis, project management, accounting, finance, audit, risk management, compliance, and business development. Highly skilled in collaborating with all members of the organization to achieve business, systems and financial objectives. Instrumental in stream-lining business and financial processes, enhancing productivity levels, introducing process improvements, and implementing technology solutions. Additional core competencies include:
• Business Process Analysis Redesign Financial Stewardship Controllership
• SDLC Waterfall, RUP, Agile-XP, Scrum Financial Management Accounting
• Gap Analysis Process Re-engineering Financial Reporting Cash Flow Management
• Requirements Elicitation JAD/RAD Budget Management Financial Analysis
• Business Modeling UML Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Risk Management
• Use Case Diagrams Use Cases Business Analytics Financial Metrics
• Six Sigma Methodologies Management Reports and Presentations
• Web development and Social Media Variance Analysis Forecasting
• Project Management Auditing Internal Control Evaluation

Professional Background

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

• Member of the Loan Servicing IT Group
• Responsible for providing support to loan servicing business and marketing teams with data requirements for email and letter communications.
• Coordinated with multiple teams such architects, software engineers, database engineers, marketing strategists, business customers and email teams with needed data files.
• Requirements gathering, research and analysis, documentation and development of various other projects and tasks.
• Created User Stories, tasks, technical specification for developers along with test plans.
• Performed quality assurance on all development projects and tasks.
• Project management using At Task for scheduling and reporting status.
• Obtained sign-off from customers and provided demonstration and user training for the completed development.
• Managed the successful completion of the Tree of Life project. A strategic project containing the processes for the servicing business that was previously maintained in an Excel spreadsheet. A new database was created along with user interfaces in the EPIC proprietary loan servicing portal for teams to manage their business. Metadata was created surrounding the templates and steps and added to the database. Performed both business analysis and project management roles on this project.
• Followed the Agile methodology 2 week iterations .
• Led the daily team scrums and managed the Kanban board for stories and tasks.
• Managed multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.

Confidential

Project Consultant

• Provided project coordination and business analysis services to a diversified group of clients from banking, automotive, to the government sector.
• List of Clients:

Confidential

Business Analyst Quality Assurance

• Development team member of the GM's MyLink infotainment smart radio
• Requirements gathering from Business Owner and documentation.
• Analyzed and provided recommendations
• Creation of wire frames and process flow diagrams using MS Visio
• Authoring and execution of test cases.
• Simulator testing of application and capturing of logs using FileZilla and Extra Putty.

Confidential

Business Analyst Projector Coordinator

Coordinated the activities of the development team and performed business analysis functions for the City of Detroit Projects.

Income Tax Department:

• Income Tax Return process automation and analytics project:
• Coordinated the activities of the three 3 entities City officials, banking institution, and development team in order to maintain a clear line of communications with all parties involved.
• Conducted daily status meetings, maintained an Issue Log, and reviewed/managed tasks assigned to project team members.
• Requirements gathering and documentation, using Visual Paradigm
• Developed business rules by analyzing various sources of information that could expose fraudulent taxpayer activities.
• Functional specification documentation for code development
• Operational Reports design and creation.

Department of Administrative Hearings:

Use Cases, Wire Frames, and Functional Specifications for various processes.

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

• Business Process Re-engineering BPR project of Volkswagen's data management work flow.
• Interviewed the Account Managers at Volkswagen and its external advertising agency team to understand and document their As-Is process for managing product data.
• Researched the created As-Is and To-Be process flows
• Created Power Point presentation with To-Be process and presented to Volkswagen management.
• Created comprehensive report containing findings and proposal.

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

• Led the efforts in the PeopleSoft CRM work stream to gather requirements for the bank's online commercial banking portal.
• Conducted JAD sessions and gathered requirements from stakeholders.
• Prepared requirements documentation and worked with development team for completion of work.
• Analyzed and prepared documents, inclusive of Data Flow Diagrams and screen mock-ups.
• Maintained the Project Plan by conducting weekly team meetings and reviewing tasks status and modifying efforts, as needed.

Confidential

Business Development Manager

• Managed the development of the company's sporting goods e-commerce portal to accommodate the growing number of sports and services offered. Opened accounts and built relationships with several of the leading sports brands in the world.
• Managed the web and business development project
• Led the design and layout of the new portal and made decisions on existing and new business partners.
• Created and managed Social Media via Facebook and Twitter.
• Opened dealer accounts and negotiated terms with companies such as Rawlings, Wilson, Head, Worth, Adidas and others.

Confidential

Financial Operations, Business Analysis and Internal Audit Consultant

Provided consulting services to Fortune 500 clients on financial management, operations management, business analysis and internal auditing. Participated in forecasting, financial analysis, risk analysis, compliance, budgeting, and long-term planning.

List of Clients:

Confidential

Financial Analyst

Performed price differential audit by analyzing Purchase Orders and identified a total of 150K owed from vendors.

Confidential

Business Analyst / SOX Consultant

• Met with upper management to determine the scope, requirements, resources and schedule for the audit.
• Interviewed stakeholders and conducted process walkthroughs.
• Gathered documentations, prepared business process narratives and identified key controls.
• Developed Use Case diagrams and accompanying Use Cases. Verified the requirements with stakeholders and obtained signoffs.
• Prepared Test Cases and performed UAT User Acceptance Testing
• Performed GAP analysis and reengineered processes.
• Prepared test plans and executed testing.
• Prepared and completed remedial action plans.

Confidential

Financial Analyst

• Served on a supplier transition project to develop and implement a supplemental payment system for vendors.
• Served as an integral member of the Process Validation and Improvement team, which was charged with working on price differential audit. Recovered 200K of savings for the client during the review of supplier purchase orders.

Confidential

Financial Analyst

• Met with management to ascertain the scope of the project.
• Performed a Balance Sheet risk assessment for the Procurement Department and suggested necessary journal entries for corrections. The risk assessment was required by upper management, prior to the financials being made public.
• As a value added service, prepared bank reconciliation for Procurement department's multiple cash accounts. These accounts contained foreign currency revaluations and were unique from each other.
• Prepared procedure manuals for the bank reconciliations and provided training to the departmental staff.

Confidential

Business Analyst / SOX Consultant

• Conducted meetings with upper and middle management and set up the scope of the audit and schedule.
• Interviewed stakeholders and documented the processes.
• Prepared Process Narratives and identified key controls within the narratives.
• Managed a team of 4 for Sarbanes Oxley compliance audit.
• Prepared test scripts for the key controls and performed the tests.
• Prepared and consolidated status updates for management and reviewed on a weekly basis.

Confidential

Business Analyst / SOX Consultant

Managed Sarbanes Oxley 404 compliance audits that consisted of process identification, documentation, test plan preparation, testing and remedial testing.

Confidential

Business Analyst / SOX Consultant

• Purchasing process improvement project for the 717-200 with the internal BA team. Maintained full responsibility for Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 compliance audits. Performed documentation design review and operational effectiveness testing.
• Conducted requirements elicitation with the stakeholders by use of direct interviews, JAD and brainstorming techniques.
• Mapped and analyzed As-Is and To-Be processes by developing Activity Diagrams using MS Visio.
• Led walk through of processes, collected documented evidence, and prepared business process narratives.
• Identified Key Controls and prepared test plans.
• Documented the deficiencies to enable monitoring and timely retesting of remediated controls.
• Completed remediation action plans.

Confidential

Senior Financial Analyst

• Managed financial functions for a Tier 1 automotive supplier to General Motors with over 300 million in annual sales. Reported to the Director of Finance.
• Coordinated, analyzed, and verified month-end closing with the plant accountants.
• Facilitated monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting of operations compared to the budget.
• Executed cash flow management, budgeting tasks, and long-range planning.
• Developed and maintained sales forecasting model, driven by JD Powers data. Interacted with V.P. of Sales and Business Unit Managers for validation and prepared presentations for the V.P. of Sales.
• Participated in projects involving CAPEX and costing models.

Confidential

Senior Operations Analyst

• Led all aspects of reporting for the Body Structures Group with annual sales of 800 million for a Tier 1 automotive supplier with over 2 billion in annual sales from over 40 countries.
• Consolidated month end financial statements for the eight 8 Body Structures group in QAD.
• Performed monthly variance analysis and collective narrative reporting by business units.
• Prepared ad hoc analysis and reports as well as management presentations.

Confidential

Senior Financial Cost Analyst

• Handled financial analysis and cost analysis for a global leader in chemicals and related products with annual sales of 27 billion.
• Developed and presented annual budgets and operating plans, monthly forecasts, and management reports.
• Facilitated year-end closing activities for the general ledger.
• Ensured the accuracy and integrity of all financial reports.
• Completed financial and trend analysis utilizing CVP methodology.
• Maintained full responsibility for the analysis and reporting for 2 major urethanes chemical manufacturing plants with combined annual sales of 700 million.
• Appointed as the Cost Reduction Team Leader responsible for working on plant-wide initiative to identify excess cost and provide viable plans for reduction and control.
• Served as the Cost Accountant for the Polyol plant and performed product costing in SAP R/3.

Confidential

Divisional Accounting Manager

• Provided direction to accounting functions for the American subsidiary of Japan's largest multinational trading company with revenue of 2 billion.
• Managed the financial functions for the Detroit Branch that distributed automotive components with annual revenue of 150 million.
• Managed the accounts receivable and accounts payable functions.
• Managed a staff of two 2 accountants and 1 administrative assistant.
• Directed accounting, financial management, and financial reporting tasks.
• Participated in transfer pricing, banking relations, strategic planning, and special projects.
• Led efforts to ensure the books accurately reflected the operations of the firm.
• Maintained accountability for the monthly and annual closing process by reviewing and approving journal entries, preparing financial statements and variance analysis, and managing foreign currency translations and ratios.
• Conducted interviews at the branch with all stakeholders individually to gather their requirements. Documented their processes and had them complete survey/questionnaires provided by corporate SAP R/3 implementation team.
• Participated in review and feedback sessions as the accounting department liaison for the SAP R3 system implementation process at corporate.
• Completed the Mergers Acquisitions training conducted by KPMG

Prior Work Experience:

Confidential

Divisional Controller

Technical Skills

MS Office Suite Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint Outlook , MS Visio, MS Project, Visual Paradigm, SharePoint, MS SQL Server, SQL, SAP FI/CO Configuration Professional and End User , Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Configuration Professional , PeopleSoft, AS/400, QAD, Microsoft Dynamics, Future 3, MAPICS, JD Edwards, MS TFS Team Foundation Server and At Task.