Oracle Financials Expert

Robert W. Maurice, CPA

Cell 201-***-**** * Teneyck Street,Stony Point, NY 10980

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

Summary: I am a conscientious individual with professional achievement in the areas

of Consulting, Project Management and Public Auditing. I have extensive experience

in the area of software deployment that increases both financial visibility and

operational efficiency. My strengths lie in the ability to visualize and apply

creative strategies and practical solutions.

I am proficient in Oracle Financials, System Administrator, XML Publisher, Approvals

Management, and E-business Tax. I am trained in Oracle Fusion Financials. I have

strong functional understanding of relational databases and have extensive experience

using database query tools SQL*Plus, SQL Developer and TOAD. I am proficient in use

of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly strong with Excel in the ability to

manipulate large volumes of data, build and use macros/pivot tables/v-lookups.

MangoConcept - NY, NY Jun 2010

Consultant - Oracle Consulting Practice

to Present

. Acted in both technical and functional capacities in the

implementation, enhancement, update and support of Oracle

Financials and in the analysis, design, development and support of

Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions and Workflow objects

for Accounting-to-Close/ Procure-to-Pay/ Order-to-Cash modules of

General Ledgers (GL), Account Payables (AP), Account Receivables

(AR), Fixed Assets (FA), Cash Management (CE), Self-Service

Internet Expenses (OIE), System Administrator, XML Publisher,

Approvals Management, and eBusinessTax.

. Supported day-to-day accounting functions of foreign operations

for businesses with offices in London, Berlin, Vienna, Sidney,

Singapore, and Luxembourg and acted as point person for ongoing

bug and issue resolution resulting from application bugs.

. Significantly increased the timeliness and accuracy of financial

processing with the implementation of error handling and multi

chain workflow approvals via alerts and notifications.

. Enhanced operational efficiencies by building integrations between

Oracle Financials and external service providers such as American

Express for expense reporting, inbound and outbound bank feeds

with various banks for processing of payments and reconciliation

of bank statements, and Oanda to receive daily currency rates.

. Enhanced greatly the reporting and reconciliation processes of

Oracle accounting systems by building and deploying both

transactional and balance reports that reach across general

ledgers and source subledgers.

. Instructed users and supported all aspects of month end close

processes from closing and reconciliation of sub ledgers to

general ledgers through to the consolidation via reporting and/or

journal/balance transfers with revaluations and translations.

Ideametrics - NY, NY

Sep 2009

Manager - Oracle Consulting Practice

to Jun 2010

. Improved accuracy and timing of tax reporting of a regional cable

company by implementing federal and state tax books for an

existing corporate book in Oracle Assets.

. Trained and supported users in making changes to asset details,

adjustments to accounting information, asset retirements, and

reconciliation of depreciation to the general ledger.

Zensar - NY, NY Feb 2004

Senior Consultant - Oracle Consulting Services

to Sep 2009

. Functioned as lead consultant on multiple engagements for the

implementation of Oracle Financial suite of products including

Oracle General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cash

Management, and Fixed Assets.

. Created and maintained project plans, coordinated project

resources, managed client expectations, and executed project plans

to assure smooth and timely completion of all phases of the

implementations.

. Served as functional lead on a highly successful, complex fast

paced implementation of Oracle General Ledger and Accounts Payable

for a Fortune 100 entertainment company.

. Commended by CFO at project end for outstanding services provided.

. Overcame logistical challenges and short implementation time frame

to deliver a solution that included over 50 customizations made up

of custom reports, inbound and outbound interfaces, and complex

custom programs.

. Managed the efforts of and supported both functional and technical

team members.

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Independent Feb 2002

Independent Contractor - Oracle Applications

to Feb 2004

. Devised the strategy and methodology employed in the testing and

validation of end to end business processes of multi-million

dollar fabrics wholesaler for the deployment of Oracle ERP

applications to replace the client's entire Order fulfillment,

demand planning, inventory, manufacturing, financial reporting,

and incentive payment system.

. Coordinated efforts of five senior client managers who were team

leads in their respective business areas to execute the testing

methodology that was employed to allow the completion of hundreds

of test cases that spanned all business areas performed by upwards

of 40 people.

Andersen - Roseland, NJ

Oct 2000

Manager / Project Manager - Oracle Consulting Practice

to Feb 2002

. Structured and planned projects and performed ongoing tasks in the

areas of change assessment, controlling, and status reporting.

. Conducted interviews with appropriate management and staff to

document current business inputs, outputs, processes, and

controls.

. Developed high-level information models to identify specifications

for key interfaces and data requirements.

. Identified processes of non-value and redundancy and encouraged

process redesign when applicable.

Oracle Corporation - Secaucus, NJ

Aug 1998

Senior Consultant - Oracle Consulting Services

to Oct 2000

. Created project plans, coordinated project resources, and executed

project plans to assure smooth and timely completion of all phases

of the projects for Oracle Financials and CRM suite of products.

. Lead clients through the design of financial and compensation

strategies and configured the applications to meet those

strategies.

. Guided the clients and assisted technical consultants with the

logic and requirements of data mapping into Oracle Applications

for the development of custom extensions.

. Managed full conversions of historical financial data and customer

and supplier information from the clients' legacy systems to

Oracle Financials.

NMD & Co. - Chicago, IL Jun

1997

Management Consultant - Accounting Services on Project Basis

to Jul 1998

. Developed and implemented new procedures for reconciliations of

general ledger suspense accounts.

. Identified and proposed solutions to control weaknesses as that

related to already implemented reconciliation processes.

. Wrote detailed instructions and procedures for client for purposes

of reconciling the suspense accounts without the continuing aid of

consultants.

Deloitte & Touche, - New York, NY

Sep 1994

Senior Accountant - Accounting and Audit Services

to Jun 1997

. Planned audit engagements identifying specific audit risk areas.

. Developed and implemented audit procedures for all audit areas and

resolved audit issues.

. Assisted clients with the adoption of accounting pronouncements.

. Prepared and reviewed financial statements, management reports and

footnote disclosures included in annual reports.

. Trained, supervised and performed reviews of audit staff on

engagements.

Staff Accountant

. Performed internal control testing and analytical reviews of the

clients' operations through interaction with senior management and

client staff.

. Planned Audited various areas of balance sheets and income

statements and prepared audit work papers to documented results.

Certification: Certified Public Accountant, New York State

Education: Seton Hall University - South Orange, NJ

Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Received December 1992

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