Project Management

Abdul T. Fazul MBA MCP

Rochester Hills, MI 248-***-****

abqinx@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY US Citizen

Accomplished Senior Business Analyst with extensive experience at analyses, evaluating business systems, processes, and executing strategies to optimize project results.

Highly adept at establishing and managing relationships with all stakeholders and team members to influence and persuade. Experienced liaison, with negotiation skills to minimize friction between management and business unit staff, to create systems and procedures to meet organizational objectives.

Successfully written a variety of business communications and project deliverables including:

Project Plans, Project Status reports, Functional specification & documentation, user training and Management presentations. Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with a focus on details.

Enthusiastic ability to translate complex concepts into simple presentations and terms, when communicating with stakeholders. Business experience in a variety of organizations, and extensive IT knowledge.

Environment SharePoint 2010, MS Access, VBA(10+years). MS Windows Server 2003, MS Windows XP/ Vista/Windows7 MS SQL Server, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, Expressions, Help Authoring, Agile development, Evisions Argos, Crystal Reports.

Applications SunGard Banner ERP: GL, Purchasing, AP, Fixed Assets, Research Accounting, AR, Budget Development, Business Process Analysis, Standard Reports and Custom Report needs.

Kuali Coeus: Proposal & Budget Development, Institutional Proposal and Awards

KFS features.

Financial: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Cash Mgmt, and Payroll.

Distribution: Inventory Mgmt, Order Entry, Order Processing, and Shipping.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Computer Enterprise, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 4/11 - Present

Kuali Coeus Consultant Business Analyst

The Sponsored Research Division of a NY University is moving from their Legacy system to the community source system Kuali Coeus . As part of the Readiness Team, I am responsible for completing an in-depth review of the Proposal & Budget Development, Institutional Proposals and Awards modules’ functionality. I am creating the application documentation to setup a sandbox (with custom data), for user acceptance testing and to help with the fit/gap analysis. I am also preparing the specification to migrate data from their legacy system to Kuali Coeus.

I evaluated and presented the SharePoint 2010 features ( My Site, Team Sites, Project Sites, Project Management, Workflow, Forms and Site Branding), and implementation options for user departments, as part of the Business Analysis service.

USConsultants Group, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI 10/09 – 4/11

Director Business Analysts/Financial Systems

Reviewed the functionality of Kuali Financial Systems and completed a comparison with the features of Banner Financials. I also worked on the outline of an interface between Kuali and SunGard Banner Finance.

Sub Contract with Chase Technologies: Spellman College, Atlanta, GA.

Updated the Process Improvement Assessment: Fit/Gap analysis of Client’s implementation of Banner Finance modules and utilization. Provided the CFO and Staff a plan to move forward

Sub Contract with Chase Technologies: Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA.

An Atlanta College has used Banner for 10 years, during which time it has gone through a merger and key staff turnover. I am coordinating the Finance Division efforts to improve their current processes for best utilization of Banner Finance functionality, which were missed during the initial implementation. I reviewed and corrected the mismatch between the Banner processes and Institutional Policies and/or operating procedures.

I prompted the selection and implementing of the Argos reporting tool (after 3 years of discussion). I developed the Banner Finance Reports specification as part of the overall Month End and End of Year Closing Processes and operations procedures re-design.

I have revised the Property Management processes with Policies and systemic Procedures, which integrates with the Banner Fixed Assets module. I worked with Student AR to redefine the details codes to minimize the need for manual processing of Student Accounts.

SunGard Higher Education, Malvern PA (Contract 06/07 to 12/07) 06/07 – 09/09

Banner Finance Functional Consultant

Worked with Clients on the implementation of Banner Finance: General Ledger, Rules, Approval, Security, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Research Accounting, (for Grants and Construction Projects), Grant Billing, Budget Development and Budget Tracking.Worked with Clients from basic GL concepts training, all the way through the implementation lifecycle, to Go Live and post implementation assessment.Conducted, formal hands on Banner Finance training for Clients’ staff. Helped define the Chart of Accounts and setup the validation tables. Worked with the clients to test their FOAPAL: complete processing of transactions from Requisitions to Check Disbursements to Daily, and Monthly ReportingSunGard Banner Accounts Receivable

Completed in-depth training on SunGard Banner Accts Receivable for Student and Non-Student.

Worked with clients on their current implementation and planned implementation of Banner AR with their feeds from the Student module to the Finance module.

Developed, tested and successfully implemented AR Detail Codes for clients.SunGard Banner Travel and Expense

Received in-depth training on SunGard Banner 8 Travel and Expense moduleInterfaces

Trained on all Banner Finance Interfaces to Student, and PayrollPost Implementation Assessment

Completed a three Campus in-depth Post Implementation Assessment of Banner Finance.

Visited each site for a week and worked with client staff to document their current implementation of Banner Finance.

Identified features and components of Banner Finance, which were not being used and their benefits to the institution, with areas of risk.

Finished a comprehensive assessment for the University Management to effectively allocate their resources to get the maximum return on the allocated resources.Evisions.

Worked with a University to implement their Check Printing and the Design of their PO.Dataload.

Developed the code necessary to auto load data into Banner Finance through the Banner Forms with complete validation.Oracle system

Completed Oracle Administrator 1 training and SQL Plus for SQL interrogation of Banner Finance Data. Developed ODBC linked MS Access database to coordinate the original Banner Setup and problem solving from Requisition to check disbursement.Reporting Tools

Familiar with Crystal Reports, Argos, Cognos and extensive MS Access reporting and banner data extraction.

Environment: Oracle SQL plus, MS Access, Argos, Evisions,

USConsultants Group, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI 08/05 – 05/07

Director Financial Systems

Client: Solutions in Software, South Lyon, MichiganCultivated a collaborative team environment and acted as liaison to bridge the gap between clients/users and IT teams to resolve technical and functional issues for value added customer satisfaction.Designed and documented a Customer Magazine Subscriptions Tracking system, with responsibility for ensuring that the solution is built according to the user and functional requirements.Understanding of all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle, from analysis/needs assessments through requirements gathering, functional specifications, development, user acceptance testing, implementation requirements, roll-out, and analysis for the next iteration planning. Set up and maintained MS Sharepoint site for portal based collaboration; and developed and supported web sites for clients to communicate with customers.Conducted extensive analysis of Microsoft CRM 3 for a Microsoft Partner.Completed a review of Solomon 5.5 and Great Plain 7.5 accounting software for a prospect.

Environment: MS Windows 2003 Server, MS Windows XP, MS SQL, MS Access, VBA

Oakland University, Rochester, MI 07/04 – 07/05

Info Tech, Finance/Admin Division

Responsible for overseeing and managing all IT activities for the Finance and Administration Division, with accountability for all aspects from team/project management to daily operations. Managed the following major projects:Spearheaded and implemented the strategy to centralize all division servers.Strategically planned and managed the activities of a Project Team responsible for implementation 2 modules for an ERP system: SCT Banner IntelleCheck Printing and Evisions Reporting module used to generate Purchase Orders.Participated in development activities by redesigning the MS Access databases for integration with ERP SCT Banner inclusive of Mail Services, Payroll and worked with AP Dept. Successfully reviewed over 110 HR Reports currently used by the client in Oracle Reports and converted from MS Access.Developed and established Web Sites for Division, and Payroll Department.

Environment: MS Windows XP/9X Oracle, Banner, MS Access, and VBA

USConsultants Group, Rochester Hills, MI 01/99 – 06/04

Sr. Project Lead/Business Analyst

Client: GMAC Relocation Services (Division of GMAC) Detroit, Michigan (01/99 – 03/04)

Utilized user and functional requirement analysis, and customer business needs assessment, to spearhead multiple, overlapping business development and client customization projects with Rapid Prototype solutions.Applied business process knowledge to use cases, design specifications, and process workflows, with the goal of implementing best practices at every level.Offered oversight, task prioritization, scope management with work breakdown structure, and monitoring for risks and financial impacts on the following projects:Worked with all internal/external stakeholders to develop strategic plans, test plans, and link data from Legacy systems and Solomon Accounting to create Rapid Prototype Systems. Led Project Team of 8 Consultants in preparing Job Cost data in transition to a new version of Solomon Accounting. Administered the design, user acceptance testing and implementation requirements of RPS at client sites. For GRS, successfully created systems utilized to meet functional accounting requirements using MS Access-based applications supporting Cash Management, Revenue Recognition, Revenue Trends, Commissions Tracking, GM Electronic Billing, and Data Transmission for Funding, Work in Process, and Job Cost Tracking Systems.Created MS Visio UML Sequence/ activity flowcharts to explain and document the Job Cost & WIP for GMAC Relo, allowing Client Accounts to easily check account status on varying payment cycles.

Environment: MS Win 2003 Servers, MS Windows XP/9X AREV ERP, QBasic, MS Access, and VBA.

Client: PMC Inc., Novi, Michigan (01/99 – 2/2003)Accountable for all deliverables including design integrity, documentation, management reporting, project/team oversight, change management, budget/time/functionality compliance, support, and reporting.Worked with PMC that lacked a central system or database for the operations of a Machine Distributor. Elicited user requirements by analyzing documents, observation, interviews and facilitated JAD sessions on PMC requirements and business needs to build consensus on final specification for Nextgen. Designed, documented, tested to ensure usability of solution, and supported implementation of Nextgen, an MS Access Application providing integration from Client Prospecting to Service Calls.In support of multiple projects, trained staff in applications such as MS Access, MS Excel, Accounting packages and Custom software.

Environment: MS Win 2003 Servers, MS Windows XP/9X Dynamics Solomon, MS Access, and VBA.

Solutions in Software, Northville, MI 02/95 – 12/98

Exec Director – Financial Systems

Accountable for providing Feasibility Studies for Custom Accounting Solutions to closely held businesses by mentoring clients through the full life-cycle from initial assessment of requirements, development/implementation, to roll-out.Applied best practices and business process re-engineering knowledge to design specifications and data models for the analysis, design and implementation of various solutions for multiple clients.Worked directly with a Manufacturer to consolidate 12 Applications with Legacy Systems integration.Contributed to this projects in a BA and Project Leader capacity, as follows:Performed a benefits analysis to create the specifications for custom modules necessary to meet functional requirements for each customer solution.Managed project for a food manufacturer by analyzing and created the business processes to download data from an AS400 for use in multiple databases for QA, Sales, Production Planning, etc. Assessed the current environment and develop specifications designed to extract data from JD Edwards to generate custom Shipping document. Provided a simple solution for a client by moving from Great Plains DOS to Windows version.

Environment: MS Win 2003 Servers, AS400, MS Windows XP/9X Paradox, MS Access, and VBA.

Fisher Consulting Services, Clarkston, MI 02/94 - 01/95

Finance Manger

Cultivated key relationships with employees at multiple business levels while providing solutions such as the following to the internal team:Installed a new accounting system, including A/P System and check printing. Developed and utilized a set of new Business Processes, to prepared monthly Financial Statements, including monthly cash management statement, to meet GAAP requirements established by the company CPA firm.Worked with Division Heads to update the Annual and 5 year plans to reflect monthly statements, cash flow, significant variances and generated Management Reports for the company with $10 million in sales.Supervised the installation of Novell Networks for Accounting and Sales, and a custom AS400 system.

Environment: Novell Servers, MS Windows 9X, AS400, Peachtree

Prior Positions

Business Operations Manager 07/88 – 02/94

Accounting & Tax Services and SBA loan solutions

Systems Manager 02/85 – 06/86

Managed a Dept of 8 staff and all IT functions in the company

Section Head, Sr. Systems Analyst 05/80 – 01/85

Managed changes in business processes and workflow to implement Interactive Manufacturing control applications for Inventory Controls, Routing, BOM, WIP, Capacity Planning, and MRP

Organization & Methods Analyst 07/78- 04/80

Analysis of manufacturing processes

EDUCATION / TRAINING

University of San Diego – MBA Finance and Management

University of Kent at Canterbury - BA Mgmt Science with Computing

Microsoft MCP Windows 2000 Professional

Completed Windows 2000 MCSE 14 week course.

Completed PMP Review.

Completed Oracle Administration Level 1

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