Latoya Osunde
Senior Business Analyst
Irving, TX 75234
adxgdy@r.postjobfree.com
Experienced Treasury Management with 8 years of experience in finance and 3 years of experience in controlling
Using the Agile methodology to groom user stories and acceptance criteria.
Making sure the Scrum team follows Agile throughout the project
Simple Finance, configure new General Ledger accounts (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Bank Accounting
Involved in 8 full life cycle banking implementations from realization to go live and Hypercare
Great communication skills allow me to work as a liaison between business, Tech teams, QA teams as well as Business Validation teams.
Data migration from Legacy system to SAP for upgrading, new implementation, integration
Manage multiple teams for post Go Live support including but not limited to (FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-GL, FI New GL, Treasury, banking and much more)
Work in environments adhering to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Tax.
Able to work within an aggressive and demanding project schedule and environment
Strengths include, but are not limited to, excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills, good analytical skills and a logical approach to problem solving
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Senior Systems Analyst (Multiple Systems)
Chase (Cognizant)
March 2020 to Current
Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring and testing existing system
Support IT teams in building strategic solutions for regulatory projects
Working with various banks to set up file interface
Bank interface transition from Messenger to TM Cloud
Collaborated with the teach team to implement search strings from
Responsible for working with developers on customized reports and programs following the Agile frame
Integration with various system interfaces and custom enhancements
Led focused groups during business transformation to drill in on desired enhancements
Meet regularly with business and technical teams to evaluate and suggest changes in the processes to enhance and make the systems more efficient.
Preparation of business processes requirements analysis and user requirement specifications.
Resolved day to day end user issues and created Run book docs and cheat sheets for the end user.
Conduct meetings with the client in regard to requirements for the business process. perspective
and the design of the new system vs. the old system.
Creation of documentation for support of the new changes in the system and getting approval from
the client
S4 Hana Lead Technical Analyst
Thomson Reuters (Cognizant) – TX
May 2018 to March 2020
Set up Master Data, Profit Centers, Cost Centers, G/L Accounts, Segments and so much more within S4 Hana
Using the Agile methodology to groom user stories and acceptance criteria.
Set up meetings with stakeholders, Business and scrum master in order to get a healthy understanding of what is needed for a successful business as they migrate to S4 Hana
Run daily grooming sessions with the Business and Tech teams
Work with front end teams as well as back end team to ensure requirements are understood and passed down correctly
Engaged daily with both the QA teams as well and the tech team to make sure business requirements are understood and development and testing continues seamlessly
Write technical and buildable stories for the tech team
Prioritizing the order in which requirements are developed and tested based on the needs of the business and the front-end team
Finding solutions to processes that are unknown and scheduling calls with multiple teams in order to work through processes and get valid requirements written
Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirement from POs and CPOs
Uncovering areas that need improvement and developing and implementing solutions for those improvements
Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management
Providing leadership, training and coaching and guidance for junior staff
Communicating new leadership requirements for ongoing projects either via emails or meetings
Monitoring deliverable and ensuring timely completion of projects
working with other BAs and scrum masters to ensure communication is flowing for a smooth agile project to take place
SAP Senior Application Consultant
Philadelphia Energy Solutions - Philadelphia, PA
January 2017 to June 2018
Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring and
testing existing system and providing post implementation support for enhancements to the current
system.
Worked on projects using Agile methodology between different teams
Set up Item category and category level and account determination
Set up time based revenue recognition VF44
Configured Sales Item Category using OVEP (Relevant for Billing, Billing Plan; Rev. Recognition)
Reconciliation Account Determination
Maintained Condition Tables/Condition Types and Procedure
Data Forwarding from Billing to Accounting (copy Control) Sales It
System configuration and testing of FI-GL, JE upload program to upload hundreds of journal entries,
and chart of accounts upload from legacy system to SAP, and GL account assignments to link different SAP modules.
Set up company code as a single legal entity, leading ledger, profit centers, calendar year, posting
period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance user groups, and foreign currency revaluation
Designed Project Structure and Project Network, WBS and modified revenue recognition with Project System
Designed Custom User Status for Project System
Designed Project System for Customer projects and for Asset build (CAPEX)
Designed intercompany process and intercompany clearing
Designed EBS and integration with multiple banks
Supported entire cash app operation and redesigned existing lock box process
Used UPK training builder tool and trained end users
Worked on SAP PP integration and building BOM, Routing and production Version
Set up profit centers according to the company’s product lines and configured custom profit center reports using report painter according to the CFO finance team requirements.
Created house banks and maintained multiple bank accounts for different types of payment such as
checks and wire
Configured End to End AP module including the vendor groups, number ranges, automatic payment
program (APP), configured special ledger withholding taxes, check settings configured AP integrations to MM for various material movements (Automatic Account Assignments), and linking of vendor documents with EDI.
Maintained 1099-misc vendors in the vendor master record, assigned withhold tax to respective GL
account for automatic postings, and generate smart forms for the recipients and IRS.
Created & maintained customer master data along with customer groups, payment terms, reporting,
AR aging.
Ensure any/all new requirements or modifications that were to be implemented were done and
completed in a timely manner
Responsible for maintaining and updating Solution Manager using ChaRM
Responsible for internal vendor IDOC creation
Conducted integration testing with other modules.
Senior SAP FICO Analyst and Lead Production Support
Sabre - Southlake, TX
July 2014 to December 2016
ECC and Simple Finance
● Held a lead role in management of Production support and Go Live
● Lead production support in the following areas, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, GST, Billing and
Banking
Configured COPA costing Based
Designed operating concern, defined custom characteristics and value fields
Top Down Distribution in Profitability Analysis
Designed Characteristics Derivation rules, Enhanced Actual Flows and planning in COPA
● Master Data creation and SAP Admin and Expense creation
● Configure House Banks and Bank accounts in New Fiori Tiles
● Scrum Master; using Rally for User Stories on Iterations
● Worked with Developers to create new Upload Programs for user which includes JE Upload and AR
Upload
● Run Billing Jobs as well as programs in SAP
● Configured Number Ranges and Tolerance groups for G/L accounts and users.
● Developed AR Status custom reports using report painter with drill down functionality to the actual
document
● Support other modules in SAP such as SAP SD during Go Live
● Worked closely with business to define their reporting needs and well as errors encountered in SAP●
Provided post production support for Asia Pacific, all of Europe, South America, North America and
South Africa. As well as traveled to these regions to support Go Live.
Senior FICO Solutions Lead
General Motors - Austin, TX
September 2012 to May 2014
6.0
● Defined and configured Charts of Accounts, Account Groups, Tolerance Groups, Number Ranges,
Posting Keys, Document Types, Fiscal Year Variants and Field Status Groups
● Customize screens for document entry, document reversals, invoices, and payments
● Create Account Assignment Models for recurring entries
● Configured Accounts Receivables (AR), House Banks, Bank Accounts, Reason Codes and Check Lots
● Defined Vendor/Customer Account Groups and created Vendor/Customer Master Data
● Configure Automatic Payment Program (APP) for outgoing payments for Company Codes in Accounts
Payable
● Configured incoming payments, billing, credit management and dunning programs
● Developed complex custom reports using report painter with drill down functionality to the actual
document
● Worked closely with clients on the configuration changes and migrating the changes into the new
system
● Provided post production support on live system after the changes were in effect and resolved issues
On a priority basis
PROFESSIONAL REFFERENCES:
Available upon request
Education
Bachelor's in Mathematics and Computer Science
Texas Woman’s University - Denton, TX
2005 to 2010
Skills
ACCOUNTING (7 years), ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (4 years), AR (4 years), FI-AA (3 years), GENERAL LEDGER (5 years), TREASURY MANAGEMENT (7 years)
Additional Information
SKILLS
Simple Finance, ECC, iCRM, Service Now, Charm, Jira, ReadSoft, Rally, Painter, Quick Viewer, LSMW, General Ledger (FI/GL/New), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Management/Asset Accounting (AA), Treasury Management, Bank Accounting (BA) P2P, (4 years), Scrum Master
OTHER TECHNICAL SKILLS;
Proficiency in the use of several office and accounting suites including, Microsoft Office (Excel,
Outlook, PowerPoint, Word).