Finance Transformation C-Suite
Resume:
Igbelokotor Onoabhagbe, MAcc, CPA, CGMA, CSM
**** ******** ** ** *******, GA 30013
***********@*****.***
SUMMARY
• As a Senior ERP Finance Transformation Advisor, I provide C-suite IT executive advisory consulting services to Fortune 1000 organizations striving to reduce operational expense while driving transformational service improvements, focused on defining strategic IT opportunities and the investments, plans, and roadmaps that drive sustainable business outcomes based on best practices and Agile methodologies.
• I have over 25 years of ERP Finance Transformation experience (on-premises and Cloud, with leadership roles in design, development, and execution in global organizations, with extensive multi-industry Experience across multiple architecture environments utilizing ERP applications (SAP S/4 HANA Finance, Central Finance, Dynamics 365 F&O, Workday), customer-facing technologies (e.g., Salesforce.com) and other enterprise applications such as 3PL, Vertex, Sabrix, etc.
• Strong strategic finance function planning skills with experience working with C-Suite executives to build organizational-level strategic Roadmaps for the CFO Organization.
• Identified, assessed, and analyzed challenges requiring in-depth evaluation of clients' Finance function capabilities in the context of their desired end-state objectives including, overall strategy, systems strategy and selection, operating model, process performance, workforce and organization design, and change/program management.
• Developed client relationships at various levels and identified new opportunities to expand the scope of services delivered as a trusted advisor.
• Provided Finance and Accounting Management Consulting Services to support CFOs in meeting business challenges, delivering revenue growth, achieving better operating margins, increasing shareholder value, and improving asset efficiency.
• Significant experience delivering SAP projects, with detailed knowledge of SAP functionality, terminology, architecture, and implementation processes.
• Led and motivated cross-functional project teams, ensuring collaboration, communication, and a shared commitment to project goals. Drive project execution by monitoring project status, gathering customer responses and needs, monitoring project scope, and watching for potential roadblocks.
• Diversified industry experience includes Financial Institutions, Insurance, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Consumer and Industrial Products, Automotive, Communications, and High Tech, Locomotives, Professional Services, Real Estate, Aerospace and Defense, Oil & Gas, Retail, Public Utilities, Public Sector, Chemical, Agricultural, Protective Garments, Food and Beverage, Semi-Conductor, Education, Health & Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, and Consumer Packaged Goods.
• SAP ASAP Certified.
• Certified Scrum Master
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT – ERP ADVISORY FEB 2015 – PRESENT
• Collaborating with clients to transform their organizations and core models to achieve 'global Finance best practices standards; transforming Finance processes to achieve quality/cost/time benefits for P2P, R2R, O2C, Fixed Assets, and Financial Reports; and transforming performance management framework to detect relevant insights and support decision making.
• Designing system-agnostic for finance and digital transformation solutions based on industry-leading best practices, and making recommendations for ERP software and ERP platforms, requirements, and configurations.
• Delivery Assurance executive for the digital transformation initiative deploying SAP S/4 HANA Enterprise: Finance and Retail and developed strategic roadmaps for migrating entire system landscapes into Google Cloud (GCP).
• Steering Committee executive member overseeing ongoing project activities of the implementation partners to ensure timeliness of deliverables and adherence to milestones, SOWs, and engagement agreements.
• Creating and maintaining architectural best practices and standards that address applications, data, and technology in the context of business processes across the Client's IT landscape – SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O, and NetSuite.
• Provides hands-on facilitation of major Agile ceremonies across multiple development teams, enables continuous improvement, and facilitates communication across teams to proactively manage dependencies and remove impediments.
• Enables continuous improvement and facilitates communication across teams to proactively manage dependencies, remove impediments, and establish standards for Agile processes and tools. Influences and promotes the empowerment of a self-organizing team. Schedules and facilitates cross-functional meetings.
• Ensures appropriate progress tools, information radiators, and reports effectively provide transparency on the team’s progress/productivity per Enterprise standards. WGROUP, A WAVESTONE COMPANY APRIL 2019 – NOV 2019
Lead Principal Consultant
• Provided C-suite IT executive advisory consulting services to Fortune 1000 retail organization, provided IT Strategy and Roadmap, IT Assessment (People, Process, Technology), Cloud Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Organization Design for deploying SAP, S/4 HANA Enterprise.
• Provided current state Infrastructure and Operations profile, including Technology, Processes, People, Organization, Sourcing, and Contracts.
• Identification of critical issues, risks, and opportunities associated with the current Infrastructure, and prepared high-level business cases for the recommended Transformation opportunities, IT Infrastructure, and Operating Model Assessment.
• Steering Committee executive member responsible for overseeing ongoing project activities of the implementation partners to ensure timeliness of deliverables and adherence to milestones SOWs and engagement agreements.
DELL SecureWorks JUL 2015 – FEB 2016
Lead Finance Business Process Architect
• Led the finance business transformation effort to assess and implement industry-leading best practices for finance, accounting, PTP, and OTC business processes – Workday.
• Led in defining Scope, Requirements, and Best Practices required for Back Office Scalability.
• Led the assessment of three SaaS-based vendors' functionality, technology, and security for implementing a multi- million-dollar back office scalability effort in selecting a new finance application platform – Workday.
• Developed interim strategy to address finance business process operational inefficiencies while ensuring the business partners understood and were prepared for the process and technology changes to enable growth and scalability.
WIPRO DEC 2011 – JAN 2015
Director, SAP & NetSuite Finance Transformation
• Created and maintained architectural best practices and standards that address applications, data, and technology in the context of business processes across the Client's IT landscape.
• Led analysis of leading technology, industry, and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise architecture, focusing on aligning and enabling the Client's business strategy.
• Provided leadership direction for the overall strategic application architecture plans, system design, and implementation at the Client's end.
• Led analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommended improvement solutions.
• Defined the strategy for IT initiatives such as legacy integration/modernization and ERP system consolidation to drive standardization, and system agnostic best practices solutions to meet business process requirements, as well as requirements for SOX, COSO (Operations, Reporting, and Compliance), GAAP, IFRS, SEC, and other statutory and regulatory reporting utilizing EPM tools and harnessing SAP HANA for optimized near real-time data for Trend Analysis, Budgets, Planning, and Forecasting.
• Led, managed, and supervised assigned teams (on-shore and off-shore over 60) across multiple clients (in parallel) in the delivery of fully integrated SAP and NetSuite full-suite modules.
• Provided leadership and management of staff, including mentoring and career development. ACCENTURE, ATLANTA, GA JAN 2011 – NOV 2011
Senior Manager, SAP Finance and Performance Management
• Assisted in managing multi-million-dollar SAP projects or subsections of multi-year large/complex projects, including Project Management Office (PMO) design/operations and governance.
• Managed and supervised SAP FICO teams (40+ on-shore/off-shore) in implementing SAP technology-enabled solutions based on the industry's best practices for global entities with operations in North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific (over 100 countries).
• Defined the strategy for IT initiatives such as legacy integration/modernization and ERP system consolidation to drive standardization, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and business innovation.
• Worked with project teams across multiple organizations to develop and apply architectural best practices and standards, including performing a more involved advisory role on complex initiatives.
• Provided leadership and management of staff, including mentoring and career development. BRISTLECONE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA JULY 2009 – DEC 2010 Principal SAP Consultant
• Led the efforts for requirements gathering, blueprinting, project plans, testing plans, contingency and cutover plans, and post-implementation support, and Coordinated with the various team leads in implementing the FLC deliverables for the Financials (FI) and Controlling CO Modules within scope; (GL, AR, AP, AA, MM, IM, PTP, OTC, CCA, PCA, PC, COPA and PS), Supply Chain, CRM teams in the implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 based on the Semi- Conductor industry-leading best practices.
• Supported and guided the Finance and Controlling team to ensure that the system configuration settings fully met defined business processes to ensure that transactions complied with GAAP, IFRS, SEC, SOX, COSO (Operations, Reporting, and Compliance), and other statutory and regulatory authorities, CAPGEMINI, USA, ATLANTA, GA. NOV 2008 – JUN 2009
Senior Manager, SAP Finance Transformation
• Senior Manager responsible for finance transformations and integration functionalities in various SAP project implementations, as well as the design of systems to meet business process requirements and requirements for GAAP, IFRS, SEC, SOX, and other statutory and regulatory reporting specifically for the aerospace and defense, food and beverage, retail, and consumer packaged goods.
• Defined the strategy for IT initiatives such as legacy integration/modernization and ERP system consolidation to drive standardization, the lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and business innovation.
• Developed and maintained global technology roadmaps and application evolution plans for the Client's IT portfolio.
• Provided leadership and management of staff, including mentoring and career development. DELOITTE AND TOUCHÉ, LLP, ATLANTA, GA. JAN 2008 – NOV 2008 Manager, Consulting - SAP
• Managed and led various SAP FICO teams in delivering SAP implementation projects based on the respective industries' best practices for the FI and CO modules within scope. Industries included aerospace and defense, food and beverage, and retail.
• Defined the strategy for IT initiatives such as legacy integration/modernization and ERP system consolidation to drive standardization, the lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and business innovation.
• Worked with project teams across the organization to develop and apply architectural best practices and standards, including performing a more involved advisory role on complex initiatives.
• Provided leadership and management of staff, including mentoring and career development. HITACHI CONSULTING, ATLANTA, GA. JUN 2007 – JAN 2008 Senior Architect/Senior Manager
• Managed, led, designed, and implemented industry-leading system agnostic finance and accounting business processes, including Internal Controls for SOX and COSO (Operations, Reporting, and Compliance) utilizing SAP technology-enabled application.
• Utilized the ASAP methodology to define project outline, schedule, deliverables, and milestones.
• Documented business process requirements, analyzed business requirements, identified gaps with SAP standard solutions, and submitted the same to the business sponsors for approval. COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION, EL SEGUNDO, CA MAR 1999 – JUN 2007 Senior Manager SAP FICO (Technology Management Group)
• Managed and delivered SAP FI/CO (financial modules) implementations and upgrades for major Fortune 500 clients nationally and globally based on SAP's industry-leading best practices and ensured system design met requirements for GAAP, SEC, IFRS, and statutory reporting.
• Provided expertise configuration to ensure configured SAP systems provided evidence of compliance with Section 302 and Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls for SOX and COSO (Operations, Reporting, and Compliance), CCAR.
• Created and maintained architectural best practices and standards that addressed applications, data, and technology in the context of business processes across the Client's IT landscape.
• Defined the strategy for IT initiatives such as legacy integration/modernization and ERP system consolidation to drive standardization, the lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and business innovation.
• Provided leadership and management of staff, including mentoring and career development. CLARKSTON CONSULTING, DURHAM, NC. AUG 1998 – MAR 1999 Consultant – SAP FICO
• Configured and customized the organizational structure, FI-GL, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, and Fixed Assets based on business processes, requirements, and integration with other modules' functionality.
• Developed scripts for integration and stress tests and coordinated the configuration of both the FI and CO modules.
• Developed various financial and performance measurement reports for management's internal use.
• Developed training programs for the Client's front-end users and trained the Client's personnel in FI sub-modules, i.e., general ledger, chart of accounts, accounts receivable, accounts payables, and fixed assets. INDEPENDENT SAP FICO Consultant NOV 1997- AUG 1998
• Provided accounting, auditing, and business systems analysis services to various clients and led the FI and CO team on SAP full life cycle implementations for a major oil and gas company.
• Led the FICO team and participated in the SAP R/3 implementation project for a subsidiary of a major global oil company and was primarily responsible for configuring and customizing the general ledger chart of accounts, accounts receivables, accounts payables, fixed assets, and banking.
• Assisted in creating cost centers, configuring customer-specific internal structures, and establishing integration between FI and CO modules with the CO consultant.
• Developed various financial and variance analysis reports. SALES TECHNOLOGIES, ATLANTA, GA. 1996 – 1997
Corporate Controller
• Responsible for the overall general accounting functions, including billings, accounts receivables, collections, accounts payables, payroll, fixed assets, general ledger, consolidations, foreign exchanges, currencies, financial reporting, management reports, variance analyses, financial systems maintenance, and internal controls. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK, NY. 1990 – 1996 Senior Financial Analyst
• Developed company-wide real estate and investment accounting policies and procedures as part of MetLife's significant accounting policies for inclusion in the annual report.
• Coordinated year-end financial reporting and transmission of all relevant data to the corporate controller's department.
• Provided ongoing technical accounting assistance to real estate property and asset managers to ensure accurate and proper accounting recording of transactions and reporting in compliance with statutory and GAAP requirements.
• Assisted the external auditors in executing specific audit procedures and documented my findings. EDUCATION
Master of Accountancy; St. Thomas University, Miami, FL Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Accounting; St. Thomas University, Miami, FL REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Harley-Davidson DuPont/Tyvek
National Grid CSC - Internal
IRS NASA
US Army Kimble Glass
Mycogen Seeds EMC
UTC IGM McKenzie
Pratt & Whitney AIG Insurance
Lockheed Martins RSM Chemicals
Ulta Beauty Hunt Oil
Loblaw Hilmar Cheese
Leprino Foods International Rectifier
Isuzu Motors
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