Raidelyn Penate

Miami, FL 786-***-**** ac2gdu@r.postjobfree.com

Innovative IT and Project Management professional with over 10 years experience in Accounting and Operations. Talented Business Analyst with experience working with key project stakeholders and business communities to comprehend the overall business vision. Success over the years can be contributed to an ability to identify and quantify value creating opportunities, establish efficiencies, govern performance and IT spend, maximize system functionality and consistently deliver against plan. STRENGTHS

- Build collaborative trusted advisor relations with corporate and business unit executives, line management, and project sponsors and stakeholders. Able to see the big picture, translate business vision and strategy into operating models and solution roadmaps, resolve conflict, build consensus, and champion change.

- Manage programs and projects in accordance with PMI best practices and PMO standards. Develop business case with methods for measuring success; secure management’s support; build team and work environment; develop work and communications plan; and manage overall execution until completion – scope, timeline, deliverables, financials, and issues and risks.

- Subject matter expert in multiple SAP functional areas (i.e. FI, CO, Security, PP including knowledge of cross integration with MM and SD) with hands on experience covering implementation, enhancements, roll-out, consolidation, testing and providing business support for daily operations (enhancements, break/fix, and end-user training). Experience on Change Management process involving Test plan, Change Plan, Test Scripts, Unit Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT) and Business Signoffs (UAT).

- Ensure initiatives are aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the company. Manage day-to-day efforts to consistently meet management expectations and earn higher levels of customer satisfaction.

- Other strengths include:

- Manage Projects, Spend and Performance

- Help Desk tickets, Service Catalog Request and Incidents

- Experience working in a fast paced, cross-functional and cross-team environment and being the Functional go-to person with multiple business partners

- Experience in Business Blueprinting, Designing, Developing, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Preparing Training Documentation, End user training

- SAP ECC 6.0 AS400 Sage Timberline Macola MAS200 F9 FAS2000 MS Office Excel Power User Power Point SQL Data Bases Skype for Business Service Now E-Synergy Yammer Magento Kronos ADP Egencia Salesforce Raidelyn Penate

Miami, FL 786-***-**** ac2gdu@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WELLNEXT – Sunrise, FL (Manufacturer, packager and marketer of nutritional products) Business Analyst Project Management Office SAP Functional Analyst 4/13 – 8/17 Member of the Project Management Office (PMO). As a Business Analyst and the primary SAP FICO Configurator, apply solutions to business problems through the design, configuration, testing and deployment of core systems. Responsible for identifying, proposing and executing enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that have delivered significant capital and operational expense savings, and improved customer service. On a daily basis, look for ways to extract greater value from processes and technologies through the design and deployment of automation, simplification, standardization and consolidation solutions. Recent example has been the consolidation of SAP from seven companies to one, which has delivered significant operational efficiencies and savings. At the same time, developed an environment that enables the integration of acquisitions in a third of the usual time. NATURE’S PRODUCTS INC – Sunrise, FL (Full service contract manufacturer of consumer healthcare products) Controller 6/11 – 4/13

Responsible for managerial accounting and finance activities guiding decisions by establishing, monitoring and enforcing internal controls. Managed the accounting team of eight and monitored their activities for continuous improvement including coaching personnel on best practices to optimize staff productivity. Responsible for the Financial Statements distributed to senior management including P&L, Balance Sheets, Cash Flows, cost and gross margin analysis, payroll approvals, accounts payable and accounts receivable analysis, budgeting, tax compliance, and department variance reviews actual vs. budget reports. Reduced operational expenses by 21.5% by improving information provided to management on variance reporting. TROPISOUNDS CORP – Miami, FL (Latin music record label) Financial Accounting Manager 5/07 – 9/09

Responsible for Financial Statements reporting ensuring compliance with other affiliated companies in Colombia. Managed all accounts payable and accounts receivable activities including disbursements and collections. Monitored recording projects, by developing and implementing enterprise project management controls, processes and policies to ensure full customer satisfaction and improve project execution by 18%. Developed and controlled project schedules ensuring that methodology, scope, quality, risk, milestones and progress measurement are included resulting on 80% of project’s completion on time. Was recognized by management for generating a total of $400K by accelerating collections of receivables from international markets. TAUBCO – Bal Harbor, FL (Developer and manager of commercial real estate properties) Assistant Controller 6/06 – 5/07

Directed accounting, finance, and reporting functions for all Bal Harbor divisions. Consolidated revenue and expense forecast results and prepared business models including P&L, Balance sheets and Cash Flo. Established and managed PMO documents, procedures, and policies to ensure company goals, project objectives, return of investments and completion on time and budget. Developed and implemented a budget-tracking tool which impacted progress report time by reducing it by 60%. EDUCATION

Master in Business Administration – MBA Nova Southeastern University – Miami, FL 6/05 Bachelor Degree in Accounting Florida International University – Miami, FL 8/03 SAP Controlling– San Diego, CA – 9/16 Awarded 20.5 Computer Science CPE Credits