Oracle Project

Rachel P. Sims

************@*****.***

**** ******* ***** ****, ******** Va. 23236 ? 804-***-****

Professional Objective

Seeking a position with a company where I can use my varied organizational

skills and financial acumen to further enhance the profitability and

productivity of the company.

Professional Experience

Oracle Systems Administrator/Project Management

. Established and maintained role based security as related to

functional responsibilities.

. Successfully integrated newly acquired companies to Oracle Financials,

R11 (ERP-Enterprise Resource Planning)

. Completed and coordinated with Human Resources the payroll

requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act

. Developed various Oracle General Ledger procedures to decrease the

number of manual entries posted to the ledger

. Developed and maintained the Chart of Accounts (COA) used in multiple

companies (entities) within the U.S.

. Successfully completed an Oracle General Ledger system upgrade project

that reduced the processing time when allocating insurance products

(Cost Allocation) by distribution channels (Functional Areas)

. Trained finance associates on Oracle General Ledger processes,

enabling them to serve 600+ Oracle users

. Developed table setup/analysis for tailoring the system to

accommodate business needs

Budget & Expense Analysis

. Assisted in the development of an expense budget tool that would

highlight budget thresholds that would be used by all budget managers

within General Electric Life and Annuity(GE)

. Managed expenses totaling $50 million and reported quarterly expense

results to Chief Financial Officer(CFO)

. Analyzed expense data as compared to operating budget and distributed

expense detail to all managers

. Generated full year and interim budget process by analyzing actual

spending, investigating budget and forecast variances and reviewing

Profit and Loss(P &L's) with managers (Governmental Accounting)

. Prepared forecasting reports and ad-hoc analysis (Governmental

Accounting)

General Ledger/Financial Reporting

. Oversaw all accounting functions for department including financial

statement preparation and auditing

. Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliations, month-end

close and all journal entries (Governmental Accounting included)

. Managed processes for the Accounts Payable and Payroll departments

. Implemented Sarbanes Oxley

. Review Retained Earnings,Capital,Foreign Currency and Other Reserves

. Validate increase/decrease in Foreign Currency Translation Reserves

. Validate increase/decrease in Goodwill Balance Sheet accounts

. Validate Project data in SAP

. Processed Accounts Payable invoices

. Reconciled all cash accounts in SAP

Sarbanes Oxley/Internal Control Processes

. Performed Sarbanes Oxley audits including documentation and testing on

AS400 and Oracle Financials

. Reviewed financial procedures and presented suggestions for

improvements to current processes

. Prepared procedures and presented suggestions for improvements to

current processes using flowcharts and MS PowerPoint

. Developed procedures and policy documents, coordinated with key

contacts to disseminate and document information

Elementary Tutoring/Standards of Learning

. Prepare elementary students within the Richmond area for upcoming

SOL standardized testing

Employment History

Fahrenheit Finance 2011-Oct 2012

Senior Analyst

Included the following engagements:

. Reynolds Packaging Group

. Meadwestvaco

Aligned Intervention, Richmond VA 2010-April 2011

Instructor

Richmond Heating And Air 2011-August 2011

Desktop Services, Richmond VA 2009-August 2011

Financial Analyst

Included the following engagements:

. Genworth Financial-Bank Reconcialiation/Cash control processing

Robert Half International, Richmond VA 2006-2011

Senior Accountant/Financial Analyst

Included the following engagements:

. Alcoa of Richmond-Sarbanes Oxley

. Colony Group Insurance Company-Financial Systems

. Dixie Group-Interim Controller

. International Paper-Process Management

. City of Richmond-Senior Accountant

. VCU/MCV-Project Accountant

. Office of the Attorney General-Senior Auditor

GE Financial Assurance, Richmond VA 2003-2006

Finance Specialist

Oracle Financials Systems Administrator

GE Life and Annuity, Richmond VA 1999-2003

Expense Analyst

Life Insurance Company of VA

Budget/Expense Coordinator 1992-1998

Budget Specialist 1985-1991

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems/Accounting Software Packages

. Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access)

. Oracle Financials

. Oracle Payroll

. Lawson Financials

. Discoverer

. Hyperion EMP System

EDUCATION

Smithdeal-Massey College, Richmond VA

CERTIFICATIONS

Six Sigma-Greenbelt Certified

Controllership Training

Life Office Management Association (LOMA)Certified

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