Mark D. Schwemmer

*** ***** ***** **** ******, PA 18612

Telephone: 973-***-**** Alternate: 570-***-****

E-Mail: abm691@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Experienced (M.B.A.) Financial Systems and Operations Professional with

experience in software and major financial systems, in a variety of

positions: Financial Systems Manager, Project Manager, Consultant,

Technical Trainer and Technical Writer. Verticals include:

Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Publishing,

Consumer Products Manufacturing and Public Utilities.

Proficiencies

Financial Systems and Operations (PeopleSoft, SAP, Epicor), Payroll Systems

and Operations (PeopleSoft, UltiPro, Ceridian), Financial Reporting Tools

(Cognos, Crystal, Hyperion, OutlookSoft, FRx), PeopleSoft Reporting Tools

(Query, nVision), Hummingbird/Open Text Product Suite (DM, BI, Legal, KM),

Relational Database Systems (MSSQL, Oracle), Electronic Data Interface

Tools (EDI Facts), Project Management Tools (Microsoft Project, Quickbase),

Microsoft Office (Excel [certified], Word, Access, PowerPoint), Visio,

Technical Writing, Technical and End User Training, Former Series 6 and 63

License Holder

Certifications

PMI Certified Project Manager (2001), Excel 2003 Certified Expert (2006),

OutlookSoft 4.2 (2006), Series 6 and 63 Securities Licenses(2003).

Work Experience

Accenture, Inc 2007 - 2009

Various Client Locations Consultant

Working as an experienced consultant with firm's client companies primarily

on PeopleSoft financial implementations (Versions 8.8 and 9.0 General

Ledger, Accounts Payable, Payroll and Supply Chain). Provided reporting

assistance using PeopleSoft Tools (Query, nVision). Participated in

implementation of Ceridian Payroll Service.

. Lead consultant for the top to bottom chart of account redesign

(PeopleSoft) for a large public utility to streamline and simplify

accounting operations.

. Coordinated year-end processing for a state government agency,

providing reporting support (Query, nVision) and training client user

group in reporting tools.

. Lead sector of implementation team to coordinate implementation of

Ceridian Payroll for a new business unit, converting from Ultipro, for

a regional public utility.

. Created and executed test scripts for multiple PeopleSoft upgrades

(Supply Chain) for a large medical products company.

Advance Publications, Inc. 2005 - 2007

Easton, PA Manager Payroll/HRIS and Financial

Systems

Regional Payroll Manager for a division of a large publishing company,

managing the day-to-day operations of the Ultipro Payroll System and HRIS

systems, and seeing that over 1200 employees at three locations in the New

Jersey and Pennsylvania region are paid on a bi-weekly basis. Responsible

for all payroll processing, report writing (via Cognos and Hyperion),

report generation and audit reviews. Also responsible for administration

of the Epicor Financials (General Ledger and Accounts Payable) and FRx

Reporting.

. Regional Manager for the conversion of Payroll from Ultipro Software to

PeopleSoft Payroll. Coordinated the data conversion, validation and

acceptance testing for the region.

. Managed daily maintenance, troubleshooting and processing of Human

Resources (HRIS) database (PeopleSoft as well as home-grown systems).

Main point of contact in the organization for any HRIS related reports

and other data requests.

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. Established an internal web page to allow employees to look up non-secure

Payroll/HRIS type information preventing repeated calls to HR to validate

information.

. Responsible for all report creation and generation for the Payroll

System.

. System Administrator for Epicor Financials (General Ledger, Accounts

Payable).

. Maintain Sarbanes-Oxley documentation for new project initiatives.

George Weston Bakeries, Inc. 2003 - 2004

Totowa, NJ Assistant Manager Financial Systems

System Administrator for primary revenue related financial systems: Sales,

Billing, and Accounts Receivable (SAP Financials) for a large consumer

products company.

. Primary resource for the creation of financial reports, using Crystal

Reports and ASP for the Sales, Billing, and Accounts Receivable groups.

. Member of major project team that coordinated the roll-out of a major

Sales Accounting reporting system that allowed Sales personnel to

remotely review their sales positions and status. Both created the

reports to be used by the field locations and conducted training sessions

to instruct the Sales Force on the used of the reporting system.

. Managed day-to-day operations (e.g. job scheduling, trouble-shooting,

system maintenance) for the primary revenue oriented financial systems

(Sales and Accounts Receivable).

. Created and maintained in-house web page for financial reports utilized

by the various financial units.

. Coordinated Sarbanes-Oxley documentation for new project initiatives.

Hummingbird USA, Inc. (Open Text) 1999 - 2002

New York, NY Senior Consultant/Project Manager

As a Project Manager, responsible for coordinating the implementation of

the Hummingbird suite of software solutions: Case Management

(Legal/LawPack), Document Management (Hummingbird DM/PCDOCS), Business

Intelligence (BI), Knowledge Management (KM). Software products implemented

at several Fortune 500 companies.

. Coordinated the activities of company personnel, client personnel, and

third-party service providers. Verticals: Pharmaceuticals, Financial

Services, Consumer Products, Telecommunications, and Professional

Services.

. Managed the full life cycle of implementation projects from generation of

proposals, response to RFIs, business analysis, requirements

documentation, budget management, system configuration, and management of

implementation through "go live" status

Cap Gemini America (now Ernst & 1992 - 1999

Young)

New York, NY Senior Consultant

Senior Consultant: Member of the Package Based solutions Group of

consulting firm, served in a variety of capacities. Consulting firm ISO

9001 certified, and follows ISO based project management process.

. Worked on the implementation of a full suite of financial software

solutions. Primary responsibility involved working on implementation of

SAP, PeopleSoft, and AXS-One/Computron General Ledger and Accounts

Payable products for Fortune 500 companies:

. Served as Project Manager for major portions of General Ledger

implementation projects, specifically system architecture (chart of

account design, reporting configurations) and financial reporting

writing.

. Served as System Administrator/key contact for client companies to

resolve outstanding issues

. Designated as a Managing Consultant, supervising other consultants within

firm

. Worked on the implementation of financial solutions for over 40 fortune

500 level companies.

. Unit consultant of the quarter, June, 1998. Three-time lead revenue

generator for local unit.

Technical Trainer: Provided both end-user and technical training in both

the SAP and Computron/AXS-One General Ledger and Accounts Payable Systems.

Majority of training delivered as formal training to new users of the SAP

and Computron/AXS-One General Ledger and Accounts Payable systems:

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. Training Group registered with the National State Boards of Accountancy,

and was authorized to issue Continuing Professional Education (C.P.E.)

credits.

. Delivered training to over 1000 user of SAP and Computron/AXS-One

financial software products, with over 85% of attendees rating

performance at either an Excellent or Very good level.

. Unit Trainer of the Quarter March, 1998.

Technical Writer: Prepared, revised, edited, and published end-user and

technical documentation, Management Overviews, and other periodic written

communications covering the SAP and Computron/AXS-One General Ledger, Time

Billing, Fixed Assets, and Report Writer products.

. Prepared and updated user training documentation for several SAP and

Computron/AXS-One training courses, including General Ledger Data Entry,

General Ledger System Administrator, and Power Report Writer Basic &

Extended.

. Created Computer Based Training, a training tutorial, as well as a

training database to serve as a stand-alone training package for

Computron/AXS-One Power Report Writer Basic & Extended and Power Report

Writer Pro report writing products.

Education

M.B.A. Finance

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison, NJ

B.S. Resource Economics

University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH

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