Encinitas, California, United States
Results-driven leader of a global team of business analysts supporting all IT accounting functions, including support of Oracle EBS (procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, supply chain, etc.), third-party application integration, mergers and acquisitions, analytics and reporting, and custom development. Brings deep expertise in Oracle Financials, with functional knowledge across Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Supply Chain, Project Accounting, and Fixed Assets. Track record of success supporting enterprise-level clients such as Hologic, Biogen Idec, Motorola, and Ameritech. Known for relationship-focused leadership that empowers team members to maximize their individual strengths, passions, and growth opportunities. Highly skilled in requirements gathering, process definition, stakeholder engagement, and the development and delivery of user training. Combines creative problem-solving with strong analytical skills to deliver scalable, user-centric solutions that bridge business and technical needs.
Financial applications specialist focused on business analysis, systems integration, merger and acquisitions, process improvement, production support and report definition and development. Additionally support discrete projects and other cross-functional initiatives relating to the integration of Oracle applications across the company. Specializing in order to cash, procure to pay, general accounting, revenue recognition, capital accounting, supply chain management other financial and self-service applications. Additional experience with Inventory, OPM and intercompany transactional support.
Oracle applications support specialist leading all production support and project-related activities for Oracle Project Accounting and Fixed Assets. Manage discrete projects and enhancements relating to those applications, including migrations, merger-related activities and application enhancements. Oversee team of offshore developers and coordinate projects and support activities between the client, on-site team and offshore resources, as well as projects with external vendors. Provide secondary support for Oracle Payables, Purchasing, General Ledger, Enterprise Install Base, Inventory, Order Management and Oracle self-service solutions. Create and present executive level stakeholder communications including status reports, Root Cause Analyses and internal project proposals.
Managed discrete implementations in several fast-moving environments for companies transitioning from privately-held to publicly-traded. Served as IT lead for all facets of these projects, including data extraction, systems integration, web design and reporting. Drove system requirements gathering for both ERP systems as well as smaller boutique applications. Additional projects included technical writing for small publicly-traded companies preparing for public offering in capital markets. Draft and maintain technical documentation relating to processes, requirements, roles and timetable for filings in preparation for public offerings. Also provide freelance software documentation services, delivering step-by-step instructions for all facets of account management for content providers of online culture journal, including features overview, business processes and house styles required for publication of features.
Implementation and support of the Oracle Financials suite of applications across multiple corporate functions, including Finance, Manufacturing, Science, Engineering, IT, and Senior Management. Documentation included several levels of detail, including end-user navigational aids, detailed process manuals, month-end close documents including corporate best practices and weekly executive updates. Prepared training documentation that merged Oracle applications functions with business forecasting and budgeting processes. Delivered end-user training. Managed project plans to track progress and identify issues. Drafted and revised documentation of transactional processing to comply with SOX requirements and to provide end-users with clear best practices documentation. Drove needs analysis, requirements gathering, application configuration, technical development, and training plan. Directed transition of Biogen's Oracle system to new site in San Diego, which involved training, requirements gathering, application configuration, reporting needs, and application support for 500-employee operation. Prepared and delivered several white papers on use and optimization of Oracle applications.
Led team to develop and customize iProcurement documentation for Biogen, going live within 4 months. Contributed to all phases of implementation from requirements gathering to process documentation to post-production support. Developed and led 3 solution demonstration labs for end users, including creation and delivery of test scripts and training materials. Customized iProcurement forms. Implemented Oracle Project Costing that added PA to existing suite of Oracle Financials. Gathered requirements and prepared documentation. Prepared and presented Solution Demonstration Labs for end users. Provided ongoing end user support for Oracle Financials Accounts Payable, Oracle Purchasing, and Project Costing modules.