KENNEDY KITHINJI
240-***-**** ***************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
INFO GAIN CONSULTING
Technology transition team July 2012 to present
Work closely with implementation partners and internal subject matter experts to ensure successful deployment of EPM across the company
Develop, implement and enforce policies and procedures related to EPM environment and reporting
Liaison between the IT and Finance department to achieve mutual goals
Cross train with technical staff and advise internal clients on process improvement and EPM functionality/optimization
Lead requirement analysis, including documenting current and future business processes, and analyze their interaction and interdependencies to support process design
Manage security, member formula changes, application and database tuning, MDX formulas, and calculation script changes through the companies software development life-cycle process
Participate in the requirement gathering, design, and configuration of EPM applications
Ensure operational integrity of EPM components, including Essbase, Planning, Financial Consolidation, Strategic Finance, and Financial Data Quality Management
Call Desk, McLean, VA
Software Developer June 2010 to 2012
Installed, configured and developed Hyperion Essbase platform and built Executive dashboards using Hyperion Analyzer (Web Analysis), Oracle data warehouse and Smart view
Designed multiple Hyperion Essbase cubes to support the Finance function as well as targeted databases for other business groups such as Marketing, Sales and Planning.
Redesigned and developed existing applications after detailed analysis of the impact of changes from source systems and clients
Developed web forms catering to requirements of data entry, and workflow management in planning
Developed Load rules, Calc Scripts, MaxL scripts for automating data and metadata uploads and specific calculations
Dominion Services, Richmond, VA
Quality Assurance Tester January 2007 to March 2010
Assisted in the planning and management of full life cycle implementation of Hyperion Essbase
Performed quality assurance testing of Hyperion Essbase and other systems and processes
Conducted beta testing, developed test cases and managed the test environments
Co-ordinated problem resolution with Hyperion and other software vendor technical support and the developers
Developed and executed manual and automated functional, integration, regression, and performance test scripts
Documented and analyzed test results, produced status reports, and assisted with the defect management process
Accurately estimated testing efforts for project planning and tracking
Reconciled test results from different tests and different departmental groups
Assessed readiness and deviation of product performance based upon test results and product specifications
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Nairobi
solutions
Hyperion Essbase 9.x/11.1.1.x
Hyperion Planning 9.x/11.1.1.x
FR Reporting 9.x/11.1.1.x
Oracle Data integrator 10.3 / 11g
PeopleSoft Financials
Java
SQL
Oracle 11g