Emmanuel Ifarinde

ACE PARADIGM

www.aceparadigm.com

Tel: +1-469-***-****

Email: adch9r@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

I bring over 18 years of multiple industries and management consulting experience, specializing in developing enterprise solutions to assist small to large multi-national clients meet finance transformation objectives. These ranges from enterprise system architecture and master data management, consolidation

& external reporting, reconciliation and compliance management, management reporting and the overall improvement in the finance functions.

Education

• Masters, Financial Management, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland 2006

• Bachelor, Economics (Hons), University of Ilorin 2002 Professional Certification

• Oracle Financial Consolidation Close Cloud Service (FCCS) Certified 2018

• Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) Certified Implementation Specialist 2011

• Fellow, Association of Certified Chartered Accountant (FCCA) 2010 Professional Experience

Founder & Managing Director Mar 2020 – Present

Ace Paradigm Inc. Dallas, Texas

Ace Paradigm is a start-up consulting firm founded in 2020 to provide quality and value-driven services to our clients. We specialize in all EPM finance transformation and system implementation projects leveraging our functional and technical expertise.

• Finance process improvement, including the assessment of current state, gaps analysis and roadmaps for meeting business objectives

• EPM Solution Architecture with comprehensive analysis of the enterprise system landscape

• Finance system implementation with focus on Oracle EPM on-premise and cloud applications (HFM, Financial Consolidation & Close, Planning, Enterprise Data Management and Account Reconciliation)

• Administrator and end user training

• Post go-live and ongoing administrator support

• Project Management for finance transformation projects Director, Finance Transformation Feb 2017 – Mar 2020 KPMG LLP. Dallas, Texas

• Led the EPM implementation effort on an enterprise finance transformation project for a $30B healthcare provider.

o The EPM transformation included solutioning on master data management & governance, account reconciliation, consolidation, allocation and planning and budgeting processes. These processes were enabled by Oracle EPM cloud applications (EDMCS, ARCS, FCCS, PCMCS and EPBCS)

o Automated Cash flow reporting for external reporting in FCCS o Automated data movement between Cloud Fusion and EPM applications and movements across multiple EPM applications

o Centralized enterprise metadata management and governance enabled by EDMCS

• Led the architecture and Implementation of Oracle EPBCS, FCCS & EDMCS for a $2B telecommunication client. The project was an end to end ERP and EPM implementation resulting in a significant improvement in the business process and cost savings for the client.

• Led the process improvement project on intercompany reporting enabled by BlackLine intercompany hub technology for a $15B packaging company.

Emmanuel Ifarinde

ACE PARADIGM

www.aceparadigm.com

Tel: +1-469-***-****

Email: adch9r@r.postjobfree.com

Manager, Finance Effectiveness Nov 2010 – Feb 2017 PwC LLP. Dallas, Texas

• Led several Enterprise Performance Management projects with focus on process improvement, financial integration, consolidation, management reporting and disclosure management. These projects were primarily based on Oracle Hyperion on-premise suite of products; HFM, FDMEE, Essbase & FR Studio

HFM implementation for $17B diversified multi-national Corporation to replace multiple consolidation applications and eliminate sub-consolidation processes

Implementation of a consolidation and management reporting solution enabled by Oracle HFM & Essbase for a $1B hospitality client.

Implementation of HFM consolidation solution for a leading equipment manufacturer operating in over 30 countries to support the acquisition & integration of a $2.35 billion business

Implemented HFM for a Global insurance company to meet the requirements of Solvency II; a European Union directive aimed at harmonizing the EU insurance regulation Financial Analyst, Planning & Reporting Oct 2007 – Nov 2010 Baker Hughes Incorporated (United Kingdom, Gabon)

• Supported senior management in the budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and financial reporting process for Europe, Africa, Russia & Caspian locations

• Provided support and training to the finance team on the use of the financial systems (FDM, HFM) Group Property Accountant Jan 2007 - Oct 2007

FirstGroup Plc. Scotland, United Kingdom

• Coordinated the reporting of the property portfolio and projects for month end close

• Project cost management and relationship management with internal and external customers Business Development Manager April – Aug 2005

Benjamin Black & Co. Ltd. Nigeria

• Supervised the preparation of month end management accounts and year-end financial results

• Responsible for managing the liquidity and general financing needs with financial institutions Assistant Banking Analyst, National Bank of Nigeria Ltd. June – Nov 2004 Executive Trainee, Access Bank Plc, Nigeria Aug 2003 - Jun 2004 References

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