MICHAEL J. PUZIA, PMP

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Fort Myers, FL 33907

Phone: 305-***-**** (m)

Email: acwn66@r.postjobfree.com

SYNOPSIS:

Over 12 years Project Management Experience/Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified

Domains include: Accounting, Corporate Tax, Finance, Asset Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, Materials Management, and Customer Billing including SOX compliance reviews

Methodologies: SAP-ASAP, SDLC and Process Improvement/Six Sigma

RELATED SKILLS

Team player and leader, as well as ability to work independently

Extremely strong organizational and communication skills (written and verbal)

Consistently generates new ideas for improving processes

Detail and quality orientated with a strong writing, research, and analytical capabilities

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Navigator Business Solutions, Salt Lake City, UT, SAP Project Manager Consultant, 2015-2016

IDI Consulting (C2C)/Peoples Natural Gas, Pittsburgh, PA, SAP Project Manager Consultant, 2010-2015

Florida Power & Light Co., Juno Beach, FL, Project Manager/Business Systems Analyst, 1996-2010

National Alliance of Business, Washington, DC, Program Manager - Education, 1992-96

Greater Milwaukee Education Trust, Milwaukee, WI, Program Director, 1989-92

General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, Decision Support Analyst, 1988-89

Wisconsin Gas Company, Milwaukee, WI, Information Technology Consultant, 1984-88

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

Graduate Certificate in Accounting, 2009, Keller Graduate School of Management

B.B.A., 1985, Business Administration-MIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

A.S., 1982, Data Processing, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida

Project Management Professional Certified, 2007, Project Management Institute

Completed 50% of the training requirements for SAP Financials Certification, 2008

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Navigator Business Solutions (W2)

Salt Lake City, UT (Remote)

SAP Business by Design Project Manager Consultant (12/2015 – 5/2016)

Clients included: Richards Homewares, Portland, OR

House of Forgings, Houston, TX

PYA, Knoxville, TN

oProject managed all aspects of Business by Design implementations using SAP’s ByD proven project methodology to include:

Customer/stakeholder management

Project plans and budgets

Consulting resources

Risk and issue identification and resolution

IDI Consulting (Corp-2-Corp)/Client: Peoples Natural Gas (PNG)

Pittsburgh, PA

PMO SAP Project Manager (12/2010 – 8/2015)

Full-Scale SAP Implementations included (all projects, except the upgrade were delivered on time and within budget). PNG was recognized by SAP for its on-time implementations

Provided project management for full-scale SAP implementation projects using the ASAP methodology (Initiation through post Go-Live Support) including:

oParticipated in initial project planning (ROI analysis/Business Case development) to include major stakeholder buy-in and support

oCreated and maintained detailed project work plans with associated resources

oMet with Corporate Executives (CIO/VP level) on Project Updates and Issue Resolution

oDevelops project deliverables by ASAP phase to include

Project charters

Team roles and responsibilities matrixes/org structures

Project strategy, standards and template documents

Blueprint planning and scope documents

Communications strategy

Client strategy documents (single and dual path)

Test planning and strategy documents

Test management & documentation

Technical resource management (RICEFWs) – on- and off-shore resources

Team training documents and templates

Change Management/knowledge transfer strategies and processes

Cutover plans and cutover management

Post-implementation support strategies

oDocumented and tracked project issues through to resolution

oDeveloped processes and documentation standards to ensure project effectiveness and completeness to include the development of SharePoint systems for project deliverables by SAP ASAP phase

Conducted candidate interviews for talent acquisition

Florida Power & Light (FPL)

Juno Beach, FL

SAP FICO Business Analyst (2/08 – 11/10)

Full-scale Implementation Project (6/09-11/10)

Conducted and facilitated user design sessions

Developed FUT and FIT test scripts, created Master Data, and conducted testing using HP QC

Designed and tested in- and out-bound SAP interfaces for both master data and financial transactions

Developed training materials and trains SAP end-users on FI/CO using RWD uPerform

Worked closely with in-house as well as off-shore SAP development teams

FICO Support Analyst/Project Manager (2/08-6/09)

Project Manager/Business Analyst for 3rd party tax accrual software integration with SAP

Provided SAP Competency Center (CCC) support for DB2 ECC 6 FI/CO modules

Provided 24x7 direct customer support (serviced over 300 help requests in 2009)

Designed and tests in- and out-bound SAP interfaces for both master data and financial transactions

Performed SAP testing of 3rd party Sales and Use Tax software upgrades

Performed regression testing for database migrations, ECC 6.0 upgrades, and hot packs

Business Systems Consultant/Project Manager – Financial (1/03-10/04) / Tax Systems (11/04-1/08)

Provided project management for the Sales and Use Tax Project with a budget of $2.3 million to integrate 3rd party tax software with SAP SCM/MM and AP

Provided project management and Business Analyst functions for the SAP Tax Sensitization project, budget $375,000

Acted as a liaison between Accounting and Tax business units and IM/SAP Financial Systems

Provided customer advocacy for business unit regarding IM projects

Provided Senior Business Analyst functions for system requirements documentation, validation, testing, including UAT, and user training

RFP/SOW development, vendor selection and vendor management

Provided SOX general computer controls including process narratives and certification

Developed business cases for annual budget cycle

Sr. Business Systems Analyst – SAP Financials Project (11/98-12/02)

Provided analysis, documentation, and testing functions for the SAP Financials Project

Lead functional Business Analyst for SAP/R-3 FICO implementation for financial reporting

Developed functional specifications with Accounting SMEs and mapped processes to SAP FICO functionality

Guided programmers (ABAP/Cobol) on ETL processes and mapped legacy data to the SAP interface file structure

Developed reports and procedures for accounting controls to ensure legacy transactions loaded to SAP and assisted in problem resolution

Assisted with SAP system testing to include developing scripts and test plans for quality assurance of system design

Prior IT position titles: Accountant I/Business Analyst (4/98-3/99) and Business Analyst (12/96-3/98)

**References Available on Request

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