Employment

October, 2005 -  March, 2009

February, 2007 -  March, 2009
Oracle Functional Consultant

As a Finance Transformation Lead, primary responsibility included, requirements gathering, GAP analysis, creation of MD50, CV40 design and configuration documents and leading all phases of the testing cycles

As an Oracle Practitioner, Project experiences are in Payables, Purchasing, Payments, Inventory, Costing, Fixed Assets and Receivables
Strong configuration knowledge in Oracle Payables, Oracle Costing, Oracle Inventory and Oracle Payments
Implementation knowledge in both Standard and FIFO cost methodology

Solid experience in an Oracle implementation environment in various functional roles, like, Supply Chain consultant and Finance Team Lead
Implemented 3 projects successfully and lead 8 On Hand conversions for total of 34 Customer Centers
Created test scripts, for CRP, SIT and UAT for the following modules : Oracle Costing, Oracle Payables, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Payments and Oracle Inventory

Other responsibilities include, troubleshooting defects, submitting Senior with Metalink and performing risk mitigation
Trained and lead 3 client members in Oracle Costing, Oracle Payables, Oracle Fixed Assets and Oracle Payments
Planned, presented and lead internal initiative for Deloitte s Quarterly Staff Meetings. Responsibilities included, document development for Managing Directors, logistics management and creative team building exercises

October, 2005 -  February, 2007
PMO Consultant

Formal responsibilities as a PMO Consultant was to maintain Project Management Methodology, to create project metrics, manage project workplan, track budgeted hours against forcated hours for a 170 million dollar manufacturing project. Heavily involved with vendor relations and resource planning. Other responsibilities included managing project revenue and profitability
Built design flow diagrams for financial processes and created PMO governance documents
Maintained PMO policy and standards in order to keep management and the executive sponsor aware of possible critical path deviations
Primary contact for project quality assurance and quality control ; overseeing project issues and risk mitigation

May, 2003 -  June, 2005
Cost Reporting Consultant

Formal responsibilities included budgeting and forecasting for a 85 million dollars infrastructure capital to ensure long-term corporate investments
Primary focus was to research and create mid-month and end-month reports and communicate actionable variances to partners
Reported month-end financials using, SAP R/3, BW, GFR, Cognos, PRS, FF and P and FS90
Created a Access database to report Project Detail, Payroll Detail and Loan and Borrowed Report
With strategic insights on revenue recognition and accurate project reporting, resulted in lowering shared expenses by 1 million in FY04

May, 2002 -  May, 2003
Financial Assurance Analyst

Formal activities included auditing and managing over 250 vendor accounts and invoicing $4M per month
Analyzed subsequent invoices and transactions for unjustified costs, contract confirmation and accuracy of rates, one-time charges and discounts filed and resolved disputes with Vendors which resulted in lowering network expense by $3.5 million in 2002
Key liaison between the managers and executives on dispute resolution
Worked with sales manager to ensure productivity and report on sales data
Participated in the development of departmental policies and procedures
Directly responsible for the guidance and mentoring of new hires involved conducting monthly audits, forecasting and cash management

May, 2001 -  August, 2001

Primarily responsibilities were to assist the CIO and managers in financial planning, software training, budget management and data integrity resolution.
Conducted monthly, fiscal year analysis and cost analysis for multiple divisions in the IT sector
Developed server schedules for backups using Access
Managed end-to-end revenue transaction flows and implemented controls to protect the IT cost

November, 2000 -  May, 2001
Investment Analyst

Education

Skills
VOLUNTEER Vol : Junior Achievement Sabin Elementary, Taught essentials of money management and economics of life. 1


Miscellaneous
Planned and implemented market strategies through direct marketing under the division of retirement planning
Performed technical support for network and server through troubleshooting for internal systems
Primary responsibilities were to track prospective clients and maintaining client relations
North Park University Chicago
MBA Non - for-Profit and Management
With Distinction and Honors 3.8 or 4.0 GPA
Loyola University of Chicago
BBA Finance and Information Systems
Dean s List, Multiple Semesters
Microsoft Office Specialist
Expert - Excel