SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVE
Financial Systems Advisorthat is a hard-workingteam playerwith5 years of experience including SAP ECC 6.0 projects and finance systems support. Relocating the Dallas-Fort Worth area and seeking a SAP Financeposition.

EDUCATION AND HONORS
Confidential University 
Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems and International Business

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, San Diego, CA
$3.5B global medical technology company
January 2012 – present Financial Systems Advisor 
July 2011 – December 2011 Senior Financial Systems Analyst April 2010 – June 2011 Financial Systems Analyst 

SAP Finance System Support
Working with users to troubleshoot issues and act as liaison between Financeand IT

• FICO exposure including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger postings, intercompany, and assets
• Supply Chain exposure to sales orders, purchase orders, invoices, billing documents
• Monthly SAP release involvement including working with finance to identify system issues, working with IT to validate requirements, developing test scripts, performing testing, and informing users of change impacts
• Master Data Managementincluding the creation and maintenanceofthe following elements: GL accounts, cost elements, cost centers, profit centers, hierarchies, and financial statement versions

SAP Finance System Project from February 2012 – July 2012
SAP project to exit TSA’s with Cardinal Health and establishCareFusion’s SAP instanceas system of record

• Involvement in systems development life cycle, starting with blueprinting, through analysis, design, development, validation, and implementation
• Setup master data as required for data conversion and on-going system requirements
• Createdfinance master data mappings for data conversions and coordinated business validation of mappings
• Executed conversion program and journal entry postings for establishing fiscal year beginning balances
• Created test scripts, performed cycle testing, and used HP Quality Center for anomaly tracking
• Established finance user security during test cycles and determined security roles for new SAPfunctionality

Project Management and OtherFinance Support
Finance Consolidations / Master Data Administration / System Support

• Loaded month-end trial balances for non-SAP systems companies using Data Services into BW
• Researched account and datavariances between SAP ECC 6.0, BW, and BPC for month-end close support
• Developed ad-hoc queries using BW Business Explorer Query Designer based on business requirements
• Created training materials and job aids in PowerPoint and Word and conducted user training
• Setup a SharePoint site for the AP group to track vendor payment issues with dashboard reporting
• Provided administrative support for the Workforce Planning Budgeting tool during the FY12 Budget Cycle

Kaizen Event Coordinator and Continuous Improvement Champion

• Organized three Kaizen events to bring together business groups and develop actions to eliminate process waste
• Documented business process flow diagrams to identify areas with inefficiencies or unnecessary steps
• Worked with business to encourage continuous improvement and assist with implementing improvements

Project lead for implementingOneSource Tax Provision and other Tax group support

• Validated and tested system functionality based on Tax and audit requirements
• Provided year-end support as the OneSource Tax Provisionadministrator to the Tax Provision group
• Offered support for various other tax needs, including quarterly tax provision support, Excel templates for 5471 and foreign tax packages, and processdocumentationand flowcharting

Confidential, Dallas, TX
Consulting firm specializing in audit and risk management services
July 2009 – December 2009 Senior Consultant 
September 2007 – June 2009 Consultant

SAP Security / SAP GRC Access Control Projects
SAP Security Administrator for an SAP ECC 6.0 implementation project and implemented the SAP GRC Access Control v5.3 suite of tools for two clients

• Worked with business management and compliance to apply a governance, risk, and compliance approach
• Interacted with business management to determine user requirements and system specifications
• Documented process flow diagrams demonstrating system workflows
• Created system testing scenarios, documented results, and resolved issues
• Developed user master records and security governance policies and procedures
• Produced training documents and conducted training for system administrators and business users

IT Audit Projects
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance of IT general and application controls, IT change management, user access reviews, backup and recovery, and a PeopleSoft 8.8 post-implementation review

• Planned the project, including conducting risk assessments and identifying the audit scope
• Defined control objectives and developed testing procedures
• Performed audit fieldwork through data collection and conducting interviews with business management and IT
• Documented audit workpapers and investigated audit findings
• Presented audit findings and provided remediation recommendations to client management
• Supervised work and performed QA review of workpapers and other deliverables prepared by staff

SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE

• SAP : ECC 6.0, SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidations (BPC), BW Business Explorer Analyzer and Query Designer, SAP GRC Access Control 5.3, Z Option, and Winshuttle
• Other Systems : OneSource Tax Provision, Hyperion, HP Quality Center (QC), and 1099Pro Corporate Suite
• Microsoft Excel, advanced formula knowledge and VBA macro development, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Project, and Visio