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Experienced, proven, detail oriented finance project management specialist with a strong experience in SAP Treasury Management, Corporate Finance, Working Capital Management and Forecasting, Accounting and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance. Seeking a challenging career opportunity with a strong company focused on continuous improvement and business process efficiency. A motivated, consensus driven communicator, with the ability to liaise across business units and promote organizational success .I enjoy interfacing with diverse groups of individuals to review business processes, define solutions and deliver an effective and efficient solution .I look forward to the opportunity to grow with your company and help your company accomplish its goals and objectives.
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In-Depth SAP Treasury Implementation and Administration Experience : Cash Management, Money Market, Foreign Exchange Risk Management, Accounting and Master Data Creation and Maintenance
Strong Finance or IT Project Management Experience with a focus on business process analysis, project lifecycle management and systems solutions delivery to meet business requirements
Strong experience in Financial Accounting, Consolidations, Periodic Closing Processes, Reconciliations, Account Analysis and Journal Entry Creation
Vast knowledge of Working Capital Management : Collections, Disbursements and Inventory Analysis
SAP Power User or Business Process Trainer : Develop job aids business process and procedures documents and business process flow charts in Visio. Provide end-user training and system utilization support
SAP Finance Support and Competency Center FI-TM SCC providing user and system configuration support to treasury and finance organization 2 years
Expert in development of straight through processing solution linking FXall Trading Platform foreign exchange to SAP Treasury Management to enable automation of transaction creation and accounting
Experience with BM Remedy, FXall Trading Suite, HP Quality Center and BizRights applications and several external web-based banking platforms
Proficient in Microsoft applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio



Achievements

Selected as Harleysville National Bank s first management trainee . Successfully completed training in all commercial , retail and trust services . Appointed floating Assistant Manager , serving customers in all 13 branches . Later assigned to the Horsham , PA Branch as full-time Assistant Manager , working extensively in business development , commercial lending and retail mortgage lending . Responsible for the management and development of 10 employees . Received the Assistant Manager of the Year Award in January 1996 .

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Ursinus College , Collegeville , PA December 1993
Bachelor of Arts Dual Major Finance , Business and Economics

Magna Cum Laude GPA 3.68 Dual Major
Minor Concentration Political Science
Member Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
President Omicron Delta Epsilon : Economic Honor Society

Member of Campus Activities Fee Allocation Committee AFAC
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Employment

May, 2005 -  February, 2009
Professional

Treasury Specialist

Overview : Coordinated special projects and programs for Global Treasury Operations Department. Cross-trained in several key areas of Treasury, providing first level back-up for the following functions : North American cash management, daily issuance of commercial paper and foreign exchange trading. Creation of ad-hoc reports to analyze metrics of cash flows, transaction processing and working capital management. Supported SAP Treasury Management platform as Power User, SCC Treasury Lead, Process Trainer and Regression Testing Lead. Facilitated month-end accounting reconciliation between Treasury and other areas of Finance.

Successfully coordinated the implementation of Global SAP Treasury Management platform in North America, Europe and Asia. Liaised with multiple functional areas of finance as Implementation Business Lead, to insure complete process mapping of current as-is processes. Defined business requirements and delivered appropriate SAP system design with external IT consultant. Developed unique straight-through processing solution between SAP and banking platform to automate cash management pooling and transactional accounting for legal entities in China. Provided primary level user and configuration support for SAP Treasury Module as a member of the Support and Competency Center for 2 years ; performing user training and system break/fix analysis. Developed process to automate creation of foreign exchange trades in SAP module from FXall trading platform. Co-lead for design of SAP In-House Cash Module solution for Europe.

Insured compliance to audit and accounting standards as Global SOX Compliance Coordinator and Business Continuity Plan Coordinator for Global Treasury. Created and maintained SAP Treasury Master Data as Treasury Data Steward and member of SAP Center of Excellence. Defined Treasury Rulebook and managed assignment of Treasury Roles utilizing BizRights application.

April, 2000 -  May, 2005

May, 2004 -  May, 2005
North American Accounts Payable Supervisor

Overview : Championed the use of electronic receipts settlement ERS, electronic invoicing and web based vendor reconciliation tools to manage vendor payment processing annual volume $1.6B. Developed, managed and led staff of 18 employees.

Created proprietary PosiTrack system to integrate electronic invoicing, receiving and reconciliation systems and processes. Led the conversion of accounts payable from legacy system to SAP, directly responsible for vendor master data translation and migration to SAP vendor master. Helped to develop a material management system for goods receipts and electronic receipts settlement and invoicing for powertrain facility. Created custom performance metrics reports in SAP for finance, treasury and audit.

April, 2000 -  May, 2004
Treasury Analyst

Overview : Directly reported to the Assistant Treasurer. Responsible for the creation of custom reports and presentations for Corporate Finance Committee and executive management. Utilized SunGard and SAP Treasury Management Modules to act as back-up to cash manager. Also worked with Corporate Credit area to review and approve exceptions to credit policy, related to dealer and distributor sales, to minimize credit loss.

Implemented global working capital model to manage corporate Cash Conversion Cycle CCC through dynamic response to changes in Days Sales in Inventory DSI, Days Sales Outstanding DSO and Days Payable Outstanding DPO. Worked with management of sales organization, production facilities and procurement organization to interpret metrics and develop strategies to improve CCC. Developed model for SOX Requisition to Pay processes to insure audit control effectiveness for procurement and disbursements functions.

November, 1996 -  April, 2000

Branch Manager and Loan Officer

Created and implemented business development plans for commercial and retail business segments. Processed, approved and settled both commercial and retail loan applications. Managed and inspired staff of 8 employees, creating a strong emphasis on delivering friendly and focused customer service. Fostered an atmosphere of continuous improvement by providing product and services training to staff. Networked with area business professionals to create new business opportunities and strengthen existing business relationships. Opened the West Bethlehem Office and developed a portfolio of $15MM in Deposits and $22MM in Loans. Also acted as back-up Securities Officer with Series 6 and PA Series 63 Licenses.

January, 1994 -  November, 1996
Branch Manager