Project Manager Sap

Richard A Reed - PMP

********@*****.*** 770-***-**** Atlanta, GA, 30338

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Project Manager

IT Finance Project Manager with proven experience ensuring solution designs

support corporate strategy and direction in addition to industry best

practices. 7 full lifecycle implementations delivering positive project

results at various Aerospace, Federal, and Consumer Industrial Product

companies. Former Director of Finance at major manufacturing companies in

addition to consulting expertise at IBM and currently Deloitte.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management ? Schedule Development and Maintenance ? Resource

Tracking ? Risk Management ? Communication Management ? Status Reporting ?

Vendor Management ? Consulting ? Accounting ? SAP FI, CO, PS ?

Proposal/Cost Estimating Government Contracting ? Training ? System Testing

? Change Impacts

key accomplishments

. Appointed Director of Finance for Manufacturing Operations at major

Aerospace Corporation after leading SAP FICO design team in successful

SAP lifecycle implementation

. Successfully directed and managed from start to finish complex

technology projects with aggressive timelines

. Managed SAP Finance team during a parallel implementation in US and

Russia at a major consumer product company which resulted in a

successful go-live

Professional Experience

DELOITTE CONSULTING, LLP - Atlanta, GA 2008 to Oct 2014

Manager, SAP Technology

Manage full lifecycle SAP implementations from project preparation to

sustainment at various Commercial, Federal, and Aerospace and Defense

clients. Successfully provided direction to clients and team members that

resulted in project schedules and cost objectives being achieved.

. Manage parallel SAP implementation in 2 countries and coordinate

resources as required to meet project schedule and timelines. Proved

benefit of having team members in different time zones results in

around the clock coverage and aids in project schedule achievement.

. Monitored and reported against key milestones to ensure business

performance meets customer requirements.

. Prevented major work from being taken out of scope by devising a plan

to complete functional specifications for custom transactions that

were previously behind schedule. This resulted in added revenue to

the firm and prevented resources from being deployed from the project.

. Provided site leadership to Navy base and conducted SAP Project

Systems training to trainers responsible for training 100 project

managers.

. Led team responsible for replacing legacy system for estimating cost

of aircraft and spare parts with SAP solution. This provided the

company with the ability to extract bill of material, hours, and rates

directly from SAP by running transactions vs. using an interface.

IBM- Atlanta. GA 2000 to 2008

SAP CO Team Lead

. Led SAP CO workshops and conducted demonstrations of how assessments,

distributions, internal orders and costing sheets are processed in

SAP. This gave subject matter experts examples of how their legacy

processes could be done in SAP.

. Trained FICO core team members in both configuration and functional

areas of SAP. This resulted in smooth handoff of responsibilities

after go-live phase of project.

. Prepared pricing estimates for IBM new product launches which resulted

in added revenue to corporation.

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Marietta, GA 1999 to 2000

Senior Manager, Finance

. Managed pricing of aircraft and spare parts to Federal government and

ensured Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Federal Acquisition

Regulations (FAR) were followed.

. Served as and advisor to SAP implementation team by giving them

direction on setting up organization structure, overhead pools,

costing sheets, and internal orders,

GenerAl Motors - Allison Gas Turbine - Indianapolis, IN 1988 -1999

Director of Finance Operations

. Co-led weekly cost reduction review with VP of Manufacturing, which

resulted in $25 million saving first year of SAP implementation.

. Led product-costing team in design of SAP CO module.

. Led tem of finance controllers in identifying areas for cost reduction

using SAP reports in monthly reviews.

Education/CERTIFICATIONS

MBA, Major/Minor - Indiana Wesleyan University- Marion, IN

BS, Accounting/Marketing - Purdue University - Indianapolis, IN

Project Management Professional (PMP)

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