OVERVIEW

Successful IT finances manager with international experience in Private, Higher Education environments as an employee or executive consultant. Identifying and resolving business process, IT inefficiencies, resource alignments, and hardware / software consolidation issues through the implementation or upgrade of the enterprise software systems. Technical know-how from Solutioning, through development, hardware selection, middle-ware, enterprise applications, and process alignment, with a concentration on financial administration functions and IT governance.

SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE-BASED, ASSETS TO OFFER:

• Lead a team that created and implemented a SOX 404 compliant application security structure for 8 enterprise software applications. Lead knowledge transfer to clients internal audit staff, and supported client through auditor sign-off. PeopleSoft GL 8.4, PeopleSoft AR 8.4, PeopleSoft EPM 8.4, Hyperion, WorkBrain, and PowerPlant
• 13 years operating in IT leadership and analytical roles within large and complex organizations
• Proven ability to Hit-the-Ground-Running on IT/finance projects
• Demonstrated strategic thinking abilities and an enterprise-wide perspective
• Proven success in leveraging technology to align IT with business objectives
• Managed off shore teams supporting development, testing, and production support
• Results-oriented individual with strong influencing, problem solving and negotiation skills
• Ability to work effectively with executive management and build strong relationships across a variety of stakeholders
• Prior success working in a highly matrixed environment and delivering results
• Outstanding analytical quantitative skills, with practical qualitative application and strategic alignment
• Ability to prioritize, coordinate and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Hands-on leader with the ability to motivate, collaborate, communicate, negotiate and foster working relations across project teams and clients alike

EXPERIENCE

PeopleSoft Project Manager Business Technology

Lead an offshore Accenture team to modify and upgrade a custom PeopleSoft centered Pharmaceutical manufacturing supply chain system of application. The application is used in multiple countries, and governed by many regulatory restrictions. The team, and application hardware and software are also internationally dispersed.

Confidential

PACKAGED SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT/PROJECT MANAGER

Created value for customers by designing, selling, and delivering custom solutions that strategically fit the customer's current capabilities and clearly met with the organizations future goals. Successful experience estimating project costs and time frames, staffing levels, and delivering enterprise application projects on-time and on budget from varied levels of responsibility within a matrixed environment.

PEOPLESOFT PROJECT MANAGER, PEOPLESOFT TRANSFORMATION LEAD, PEOPLESOFT FINANCE LEAD

• TSTT was a highly unionized, partially government owned enterprise that was seeking cost and process efficiencies through a tighter alignment with Leading Practices and state of the art enterprise software. IBM was engaged to discover the areas of opportunity and plan out the strategy and steps to realize the Corporate Leadership Team's CLT goals and Upgrade PeopleSoft 8.3: General Ledger, Asset Management, Accounts Payable, Treasury, Budgeting, Accounts Receivable, Purchase Orders, Payroll, HR, and Enterprise IT support methods to PeopleSoft 9.0, with transformed processes and new Modules: Commitment Control, E-Procurement, Work Flow, and Archiving
• As the PeopleSoft Finance Lead and Engagement Project Manager performed Fit-gap analysis of customer processes to establish what PeopleSoft 9.0 functionality could replace legacy practices.
• Recommended changes and additions to processes to meet customer headcount reduction goals.
• Managed the PeopleSoft Procurement, and PeopleSoft HR/Payroll workstreams to achieve the same customer goals, with a team mix of IBM staff, contractors, and offshore resources
• Established trusted advisor relationship with multiple members of the CLT
• Developed new business processes recommend Chart of Account adjustments, Configuration adjustments, additional functionality, and implementation of new modules.
• Presented findings to the Corporate Leadership Team in support of executive sponsors. Prepared integrated project plan for implementation of the proposed solution and advised the CLT on pricing and timelines. Secured 4.5 million capital expense room in clients' upcoming fiscal budget for the next phase of work.
• Discovered and lead the review of employee leave offset discrepancies generated from erroneous software in the production environment. Resulted in 2 million immediate accrual relief for the customer.

Moodys Financial Services

PEOPLESOFT SECURITY LEAD for FINANCE HRMS PeopleSoft environment 8.8

• Moodys was in the process of implementing a worldwide PeopleSoft enterprise application.
• Created custom SOX compliant security structure for the Financials modules, and revised custom security for the HRMS modules during testing.
• Authored documentation for internal audit detailing the structure, capabilities, and maintenance of the new security structure.

PEOPLESOFT GL ANALYST, PEOPLESOFT TECHNICAL LEAD PeopleSoft environment: 8.8 GL, AM, AP

• The Belo engagement was an implementation that had previously been halted by the customer. IBM was engaged to review the prior vendor's status, create going forward project plans, and perform the implementation under a shared services model.
• Lead the discovery of the prior project team's actual status, and designed a migration scheme to create a new sterile development platform
• Write PeopleSoft GL specifications for RICCE items
• Work with offshore and landed resources for development of RICE items
• Mentored a peer development manager in his first supervisory position.

NiSource

Moody's Investor Services

PeopleSoft GL Analyst, PeopleSoft Security Lead PeopleSoft environment 8.9 GL, AR, HR/Payroll

• Project Description: Complete the design phase for the PeopleSoft GL 8.0 to 8.9 upgrade. This included writing the functional/technical specifications.
• Configure PeopleSoft Security for GL, and HR/Payroll.
• Support PeopleSoft GL, and HR/Payroll during testing
• Convert legacy user roles and permissions to new structure and document for knowledge transfer.

PEOPLESOFT GL Analyst, Assistant Test Manager, Enterprise Application Security Lead peoplesoft ENVIRONMENT 8.8

• NiSource was a utility firm made up of a long series of acquisitions. IBM was engaged to perform a systems implementation and process reengineering, during a full scale BTO to Shared Services. The finance teams' project included 50 companies to consolidate on: PeopleSoft GL and AR, Hyperion, WorkBrain, PeopleSoft EPM, SAP Accounts Payables, and PowerPlant.
• Designed specifications for Reports Interfaces Conversions and Enhancements RICE under a unified solution, with SOA underpinnings.
• Designed a SOX compliant security structure for all finance applications.
• Designed, built and tested the PeopleSoft GL, AR, and EPM custom security.
• Lead the relationship with the corporate SOX Director for the finance project.
• Continue employment history

Confidential

PEOPLESOFT FINANCIALS LEAD PeopleSoft environments: 7.5, 8.4 GL, AP, Commitment Control

• Trinity is a small private liberal arts college, situated in downtown Hartford, CT. Trinity has approximately 2000 students, 200 buildings, and an annual budget of 100 million.
• Lead the IT departments' support of the finance functional users, and all budget users. Performed all development within PeopleSoft, and functional support of users. Also acted as a functional extension of the finance staff for large projects, and period closings.
• Backup PeopleSoft Accounts Payable Manager
• Lead the retirement of implementation partners finance SQR library
• Designed a method of creating a user friendly Chart of Accounts COA crosswalk input tool
• Designed a method of converting the COA. This allowed users to see the results of there crosswalk entries and revise them prior to finalization.
• Lead the implementation and training of the PeopleSoft Purchasing Module on campus.
• Corrected initial balance loads of implementation partner.

Confidential

PEOPLESOFT BUSINESS ANALYST PeopleSoft environment: 7.5 GL

• Lead the analysis effort to prepare the company Chart of Accounts for the implementation of PeopleSoft.
• Confidential PARTNER
• Managed all aspects of the family small business Auto Body Shop while my father went through medical treatment.
• Confidential ECONOMIC CONSULTANT
• Lead the design and development of a PC based exchange rate product to monitor and project hyper-inflation for economist while on mission.

Confidential

ASSOCIATE ECONOMIST

• Lead the development and administration of the econometric US Cost Model.
• Managed the synchronization with other economic models, and the assembly of writings and quantitative data for publishing.
• Managed the production of custom variations of published models for consulting clientele.