Project Manager Sales

ANNE WILSON

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results-driven finance professional with comprehensive experience in financial/operational reporting & analysis, and budgeting & forecasting. Experienced with ERP implementations, consulting, and project management. Recognized for strong systems skills by being selected to participate in and lead financial systems projects. Reputation for ability to provide management with robust modeling and reporting to facilitate executive-level decision making.

Areas of Expertise

- Advanced Microsoft Excel and Access - ERP: Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta)

- Hyperion Essbase, Planning, and Analyzer - ERP: MFGPRO

- Budgeting and forecasting - Atlas XL add-in for Dynamics AX

- Financial reporting & modeling - Microsoft Visio

- Physical inventories and inventory monitoring - Showcase Strategy

- Design and document procedures - SQL, SQL Reporting Services

- Operational auditing (member of ISO 9001 team)

EXPERIENCE

Amplifier Research Souderton, PA (December, 2007 – April, 2009)

Business Systems Analyst

1. Designed high level, top down budget model used by senior management for pricing, what-if, and profitability analyses. Model resulted in a framework used for establishing departmental targeted expenses.

2. Project manager for cash flow forecasting application in Axapta including gathering requirements, designing report using Atlas XL, documentation, and training.

3. Converted monthly financial reporting package for senior management from Excel spreadsheets to intranet reports using SQL Reporting Services. New intranet reports saved two days manual work per closing cycle.

4. Member of cross-functional team to re-design sales, shipping, and export functions. Streamlined process and implemented controls ensuring export legal compliance and preventing potential fines.

5. Improved operational efficiency by developing templates for uploading bi-annual price changes and annual budget into ERP database eliminating data entry.

6. Project management on ERP system upgrade. Designed testing scripts and acted as liaison between developers and end users.

Merck Lansdale, PA (January, 2007 – December, 2007)

Contractor – Financial Analyst

1. Contractor in Employee Expense Management department responsible for compliance, audit, and scorecard reporting of travel and expense reports for 10,000+ users. Supported escalated help desk cases of ezExpense (travel and expense software).

2. Updated all departmental SOP’s (standard operating procedures) and trained staff on SOP’s ensuring Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

3. Developed Access reports to identify areas of non-compliance and measure progress on departmental scorecard objectives.

4. Initiated procedure to reconcile Employee Accounts Receivable account monthly. Collected approximately $30K of outstanding reimbursements due back to the company.

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The Hartford- Customer Services Group Ft Washington, PA (February, 2003 – November, 2006)

Financial Reporting Specialist, Budget Analyst, Hyperion Administrator

1. Created company’s internal reporting and scorecards on local intranet using Hyperion Analyzer application.

2. Designed Hyperion Essbase databases used for financial, statistical, workforce planning, budgeting, and forecasting purposes.

3. Implemented Hyperion Planning tool for budgeting and forecasting purposes. Included writing business rules, calc scripts and designing cubes.

4. Budget analyst for contact center operations area. Included preparing annual budget, monthly re-forecasts, and expense variance analysis.

5. Partnered with VP Sales to re-design sales incentive plan for sales agents. Project was commended at annual company meeting as Finance’s main contribution to Operations for the year.

Avery Dennison- Quakertown, PA (June, 1997 –February, 2003)

Senior Business Analyst

1. Provided tools, reports, and analytical support to business unit leaders.

2. Prepared cost/benefit analysis for capital expenditures and lease vs. buy analyses.

1. Wrote and implemented company’s inventory control procedures. New procedures resulted in major reduction of cycle count adjustments. Designed inventory conversion calculator in Javascript.

2. Team lead for implementation of new ERP system (MFGPRO). Responsibilities included data conversion, training, and writing company standard operating procedures.

3. Responsible for all journal entries relating to the manufacturing operation and account analyses and reconciliations.

Apparel Business Systems, Inc- Conshohocken, PA (September, 1994 – June, 1997)

Systems Support Specialist and Consultant

1. Provided full support of business applications software on IBM AS/400 system (financial, manufacturing, inventory control, production planning, and payroll modules).

2. Responsibilities included: project management, training classes at customer sites, problem research and resolution, documentation of procedures, and formulation of bids for custom programming.

SPS Technologies- Jenkintown, PA (October, 1990 – June, 1994)

Senior Cost Accountant

1. Month end closings, account analyses and reconciliations

2. Manufacturing variances, fringe benefits forecasts, and year-end tax work papers.

Fischer and Porter- Warminster, PA (October, 1988 – October, 1990)

Cost Accountant and Assistant to International Controller

1. Gross margin analysis, manufactured variance review, wrote monthly international controller’s report, internal consolidation of monthly financial results including translation from local currencies.

EDUCATION

1. MBA in Finance 1994 – LaSalle University Philadelphia, PA

2. BS in Accounting - Shippensburg University Shippensburg, PA

3. Additional course work in web page design and Project Management

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