Diana Rowe, CPA, PMP

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Coram, NY *1727

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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

As an ERP consultant, I have over 16 years Oracle/PeopleSoft implementation and project management experience. I also have recent version 9.2 PeopleSoft financials experience in both public and commercial organizations with extensive experience in business requirements development, process re-engineering, fit/gap analysis, testing documentation and training. My financial and accounting background coupled with PeopleSoft skills and technical knowledge provides useful insights when communicating with both functional and technical project team members. I have completed over 11 implementations and 9 upgrades since 2000 and am a certified Oracle PeopleSoft 9.1 GL Financials Management Consultant. I have hands-on experience with the following PeopleSoft modules; Billing, eBill Payment, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger/Commitment Control, Program Management, Project Costing, Customer Contracts, Cash Management and Grants. My industry experience includes telecommunication, transportation, government (city/state), public schools, university, government defense contractor, US Army, consumer products (manufacturing and retail), healthcare, waste-to-energy and insurance.

PROJECT/WORK EXPERIENCE

Drowe Consulting,

Functional Lead/Owner, May. 2016 - Present

Entergy/IBM Project AR, BI

Re-Implementation project PS 9.2- Lead requirements gathering sessions, conference room pilots, assist client with test script creation and configuration of system.

Adecco Staffing,

Business Analyst, Oct. 2015 - May. 2016

Re-Implementation project PS 9.2: GL, AP, PO, AM, EX, AR, BI, CA-Provided services during requirements phase of the re- implementation of PeopleSoft financials for a staffing firm.

Ciber Technologies,

Functional Reporting Lead, Feb. 2014 - Oct. 2015

San Diego Community College District (SDCCD)

GL, AP, PO, AM, EX

Implementation PS 9.2- Identified reporting requirements. Identified reporting tools. Defined functional specifications. Configured and tested the nVision financial reports.

Ciber Technologies,

Consultant, Feb. 2014 - Oct. 2015

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC)

AR, Billing Implementation of PeopleSoft 9.2

Gathered functional requirements for AR and Billing implementation. Prepared functional design documents and configured the system. Setup WorkCenters and dashboards. Prepared test scripts from UPK. Unit tested the system and assisted client with user acceptance testing. Assisted client trainers in documenting and learning the system.

CherryRoad Technologies,

Consultant, Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2014

Salt Lake County

GL (COA), AR, Billing Implementation of PeopleSoft 9.2

As the functional lead for a 9.2 PeopleSoft implementation provided services to assist the client in implementing the Billing, Receivables, and General Ledger (COA) modules: gathered requirements, provided training, configured and tested the system.

CherryRoad Technologies,

Consultant, Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2014

State of Oklahoma Health and Transportation Departments (ODOH and ODOT)

Implementation of PeopleSoft 8.9: Phase II implementation of AR, BI, OM.

As the functional lead for an 8.9 PeopleSoft phase II implementation provided services to assist the client in implementing the AR, BI and OM modules for the DOH. Gathered requirements, provided training, and configured and tested the system. Researched PeopleSoft 9.1 functionality for ODOT and ODOH projects contracts and grants possible reimplementation.

Oracle Corporation,

Consultant, Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2011

Neustar

Billing, AR, UPK, eBill Payment

Upgrade from 9.0- Assisted client in managing the testing phase for the upgrade. Led discovery and fit gap sessions. Presented PeopleSoft 9.1 delta functionality. Triaged test issues with technical resources for resolution. Prepared configuration document. Developed test scripts for clients UAT with UPK tool.

Oracle Corporation,

Consultant, Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2011

Montclair State University

Implementation of PeopleSoft 9.1, Hyperion 11.1.1.3, OBIEE Dashboards and Budget Reporting-Gathered functional requirements for inbound and outbound interfaces for budget integration from PS FMS to Hyperion. Gathered functional requirements for additional budget and actual reporting and analysis. Assisted client in preparing dashboard for student financials. Prepared functional design documents for technical resources to complete the development of the interfaces.

Oracle Corporation,

Consultant, Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2011

Payless Shoes

Billing, eBill Payment, AR

Implementation of PeopleSoft 9.1 AR Billing and eBill Payment - As the functional lead for a 9.1 PeopleSoft implementation provided advisory services to assist the client in implementing the Billing, Receivables and eBill Payment modules. Gathered requirements, provided training, and configured and tested the system.

Oracle Corporation,

Consultant, Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2011

Lone Star University

Billing, Receivables

Implementation of PeopleSoft 9.0 AR Billing and eBill Payment, Cash Management. As the Billing and Receivable lead for a 9.0 PeopleSoft lab engagement, provided services for a rapid full cycle implementation for non-student related billing and receivables. Tasks included advising the client as to best practice setup for billing, receivables and cash management for a university, configuring the system and testing the system through deployment.

Oracle Corporation,

Consultant, Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2011

State University of New York (SUNY)

UPK Training Coordinator

Implementation: General Ledger Commitment Control - Provided training and documentation for PeopleSoft training. Provided training documentation for use with UPK content.

Oracle Corporation,

Consultant, Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2011

State of New York

GL, KK, AR

Implementation of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Integration with PeopleSoft between the Budget and Controller Department. The state committed to implementing a Statewide Financial System (SFS), the drivers for change were many and varied. The main driver was the age of the current system and the state's divided responsibilities between the governor's office and comptroller's office. At its heart, the state's objective was to reengineer the core financial business processes. The project team identified 50 touch-points representing business process where it would be necessary for one system to communicate or exchange data with the other. Responsibilities included preparing process flows for the Non-Tax Revenue, KK Budget and General Ledger on-line journal entry processes and determining how they would be integrated between the 2 PeopleSoft instances using SOA integration tools. Prepared functional specifications for technical developers to assign in designing the business services to provide the integrations.

Oracle Corporation,

Consultant, Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2011

City of Minneapolis

Receivables, Billing, Customer Contracts

Phase II Implementation-Lead for the implementation of 9.0 PeopleSoft Receivables, Billing and Customer Contracts engagement. Performed full cycle implementation tasks including requirements gathering, fit gap analysis, conference room pilot, configurations, testing and training.

AnswerThink,

Business Manager, May. 2005 - Jul. 2007

Barclays

Implementation PS Budgeting and Planning

As part of the budgeting and planning team, worked to develop test plans and scripts for a major implementation of PeopleSoft Budgeting and Planning. Developed follow-up documentation to facilitate go live and post go live support.

AnswerThink,

Business Manager, May. 2005 - Jul. 2007

FedEx

Implementation PeopleSoft e-Bill requirements gathering, Contracts, Receivables, Billing-8.8 AR and Billing global implementation and upgrade for a major transportation corporation. The business case dictated a standardization of the Billing and AR processes where possible and a reduction of customizations from a previous install of PS 8.0. The challenge for this project was determining what could be standardized across all the regions for the international business and what could be de-customized. Provided training to internal project personnel and functional support to the technical users responsible for the customer interface development.

AnswerThink,

Business Manager, May. 2005 - Jun. 2007

Corning

Implementation Contracts, Receivables, Billing, Program Management, and Order Management

Lead for the PS Program Management, Project Costing, Contracts, Billing, Receivables and Order Management modules in a fit gap analysis phase for a PeopleSoft 8.8 Capital Source-to-Pay re- implementation project for a major manufacturing company. Led in refining the business requirements to sufficient level of detail to support an in-depth fit/gap analysis and conducted requirements gathering and in-depth fit/gap analysis meetings with the project team.*Developed the high-level process flow for the future state and recommendations for additional modules and functionality to meet the client's business requirements. The PeopleSoft modules analyzed against the capital source to pay process included the following: Program Management, Project Costing, Contracts, Asset Management, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing and Accounts Payable.

Premier Consulting Grp,

Consultant, Jun. 2004 - May. 2005

Portland Public Schools

AR, Billing

Upgrade Billing, AR

As the AR & Billing functional lead for an 8.8 upgrade from 7.5, prepared a fit gap and delta presentation, unit tested the design and oversaw the user acceptance testing (UAT).

Premier Consulting Grp,

Consultant, Jun. 2004 - May. 2005

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)

Implementation ESA - Billing, AR, Grants, Contracts and Projects Lead in phase 1 of an upgrade/re-implementation project for the Department of Transportation. The scope of this phase of the project represented a cost estimate for the future upgrade from release 6.0 to PeopleSoft 8.8. Performed fit gap analysis and assisted the users in gathering requirements for the AR, Billing, Contract, Grants and Project Costing

modules to facilitate the billing functionality. The challenge of this project was fitting all the gaps resulting from the highly customized 6.0 - AR and Billing functionality to the PeopleSoft8.8 - AR, Billing, Contracts, Grants and Project Costing modules.

Self-Employed,

Consultant, Jan. 2000 - Jan. 2004

City of Newark N.J.

GL, AP, PO, Grants

Implementation of KK and GL

As the functional lead for an 8.43 implementation, provided hands-on design and configuration of the General Ledger module including the Commitment Control functionality. Planned and executed the overall conversion effort and managed the functional AP/PO consultant. Performed fit gap analysis for future Grant module implementation.

DataStudy Inc.,

Consultant, Jan. 1998 - Jan. 2000

AIG

Implementation of AR and Billing System

Worked as the functional lead for an implementation for Lava Trading in New York City. This was an implementation of PeopleSoft 8.4 Accounts Receivable module. Provided configuration and design of the Accounts Receivable system including an interface from an outside billing system.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Kentucky State University,

BS, Accounting

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Oracle /PeopleSoft GL 9.1

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