Hyperion Financial Systems Director

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Consultant for Oracle EPM/Hyperion including PBCS, BICS, Essbase, Hyperion PSPB, Hyperion Planning, Migrations from Oracle on premise solutions to Cloud.

Full life cycle PBCS implementations, Hyperion Planning Assessments & Upgrades, BICS implementations, Hyperion Assessments.

Support & Implementation for Retail, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Government Subcontractor, Public Sector (to include major city and school district).

Professional with skills in financial systems, information technology and multiple years of finance operational management experience in highly demanding multi-billion dollar International corporations.

Experienced Project Manager for financial projects from concept to completion.

Expert Liaison for Information Technology and Finance professionals.

Supervised and mentored staff for over 20 years of up to 32 direct reports, salaried professionals and clerical, including hiring, guidance, and performance reviews.

Maintained ERP systems data migration for systems migration and consolidation.

Participated at International User Group forums for multiple financial software products.

Past Participating Member of North Carolina Hyperion Users Group (NC-HUG) and a Past President of Information Builders Web FOCUS Carolinas Users Group.

Managed Third Party AP Audit Firms ($10m+ Income)

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Technical Skills: Oracle EPM to include Hyperion Planning, PBCS, BICS, EPRCS, Essbase, Smart View, FR Studio, HFM, Infor PM BPC, Business Objects XI, Microsoft Office, SQL, Walker Financials, Microsoft Office, PeopleSoft, Oracle Hyperion 11.1.1.3, WebFOCUS, Lawson Financials, DCS, SIS, TSO, Data Query, D&B MSA

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Oracle Certifications: PBCS, EPRCS and BICS Specialist

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Technical Architect, Oracle EPM / Hyperion

Ciber, Inc.

Linium, LLC

06/14 – Current

06/16 – Current

06/14 – 06/16

Manage onsite and remote implementations and support of clients utilizing Oracle EPM software (Hyperion Products). On Premise and Cloud Solutions including PBCS, BICS, Essbase, Hyperion PSPB, Hyperion Planning, Migrations from Oracle on premise solutions to cloud

Maintain Full Cycle Planning Implementations – manual / Excel to PBCS (design sessions to go-live) and planning On-Premise v11 to PBCS migration.

Managed Upgrade Assessments for best practices and Enhancement SOWs for Planning.

Developed report enhancements, security profiles and business requirements for multiple clients.

Hyperion Planning Support with tasks in HFM, SmartView and Essbase including end user training.

Maintain project management to support deliverables and pre-established timelines.

Technical Environment: Oracle EPM to include Hyperion Planning, PBCS, BICS, PSPB, Essbase, SmartView, FR Studio, HFM

SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, MA

01/12 – 06/14

Supervisor, Financial Reporting & Financial Reporting Systems

Maintained global administration of Infor PM BPC financial management systems, reporting and systems improvement.

Managed global consolidations, financial reporting templates and consolidated financial reports for SABIC Corporate.

Developed new income statement and balance sheet to adhere to the new corporate chart of accounts. Maintained current while managing Project and Systems to convert to New Int’l Reporting.

Loaded and balanced actual, budget and forecast data for all modules: Sales, Procurement and Financial with Global responsibilities for each.

Maintained business intelligence ad hoc queries and creation of process improvement efficiencies in standard procedures for more accurate and timely reporting.

Technical Environment: Infor PM BPC, Business Objects XI, Microsoft Office, SQL

Delhaize America, Salisbury, NC

11/06 – 01/12

Manager, Financial Systems

Managed Oracle Hyperion: management and upgrade of Hyperion Financial Manager (HFM), Essbase, and Hyperion Budgeting and Planning (BPM) from 6.5.6 to 11.1.1.3. Installed OBIEE+.

Maintained Walker Financial Management System (GL, AP, AR), analysis and migration of all US operations to a Financial Shared Services Center.

Converted Oracle Financials ERP system.

Managed Information Builders WebFOCUS Application for financial reporting.

Used retail knowledge base as a Project Manager for multiple accounting and process improvement related projects.

Solely responsible for the AP Audit recovery function with third party providers ($10M+ income).

Technical Environment: Walker Financials, Microsoft Office, PeopleSoft, Oracle Hyperion 11.1.1.3, WebFOCUS

Golub Corporation, Schenectady, NY

10/98 – 11/06

Accounting Manager

Maintained gross margin, gross profit, inventory levels reporting, financial statements, cycle count development, cost maintenance and internal controls for both warehouses and retail stores.

Coordinated executive committee and onsite review of retail practices for shrink reduction.

Served also as an IT Senior Project Accountant – Financial Systems and Accounts Payable Manager.

The Penn Traffic Company, Syracuse, New York

06/88 – 10/98

Accounting Manager

Managed day to day inventory management and maintenance of 14 warehouse locations.

Assisted in the development of new software for Inventory purchases and reconciliation.

Installed and tested Lawson Financial, designed the accounts payable package for the ERP financial suite, built all GL reports to support AP and inventory control.

Served also as an Accounts Payable Supervisor and Divisional Payroll Administrator.

Technical Environment: Lawson Financials, DCS, SIS, TSO, FOCUS, Data Query, D&B MSA

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration; Western New England University Springfield, MA – In process

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration, Accounting and Management; Columbia College, Hancock Field Syracuse, NY

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