Data Analysis Implementation Specialist
Resume:
Melanie Lane
Henderson, NV
Summary:
Experienced ERP Implementation Specialist with an emphasis on Finance Applications in both manufacturing and service industries.
Core Competencies:
SAP FICO Configuration, SD, MM, PS, Treasury.
Data Analysis of large data files.
Configuring, Cleansing and Testing data in various SAP modules, Oracle and Dynamics 365.
Financial Statement Configuration for multiple entities, as well as at a consolidated level.
Preparation and configuration of reports with live system updates.
Variance Analysis of Financial reports and KPI’s.
Set up various Automated Processes.
Set up a streamlined process for Month/Quarter/Year End Financial close process.
Advanced Excel, Access, Power BI and SQL skills.
Strong professional judgment.
Efficient, reliable, well organized.
Ability to balance multiple, complex responsibilities and tactical goals concurrently.
Education:
Davenport University - Took Advanced Accounting courses for CPA qualification
Bachelor of Science in Accounting - Wayne State University - 2005
Professional Experience:
Nevada Gold Mines, Henderson, NV January 2020 - Present
SAP HANA FICO Solutions Architect (Contract)
Collaborates with project managers, business analysts, and technical teams to design and implement SAP solutions that meet business requirements.
Develops and maintains technical architecture and design documentation for SAP systems and solutions.
Coordinates and leads technical design reviews to ensure compliance with established technical standards and practices.
Defines and manages technical standards and best practices for SAP systems and solutions.
Provides guidance and support to development teams throughout the project life cycle, including coding, testing, and deployment.
Acts as a subject matter expert on SAP technologies and provides guidance to other team members.
Identifies and recommends optimal solutions that meet s business requirements and align with overall technical strategies.
Works with vendors and third-party providers to identify and evaluate new SAP technologies and solutions.
Assists in the development and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans for SAP systems and solutions.
Drive process improvements to enhance systemic compliance and quality standards, utilizing ingenuity and creative problem-solving skills.
Design systems that increase efficiency, utilize automation and assess impact changes have on existing workflows.
Assist in maintaining, querying and analyzing data.
Develop dashboards that automatically display quantifiable metrics in real-time.
Assist with deviation and audit findings, tracking, ensuring their effective execution and coordinating timely closure of actions.
Designing solutions for FICO Module while considering how other modules and master data are affected by the solution and working with the appropriate teams to implement a functional, efficient solution across all SAP Modules.
Apply Risk Assessments to new projects, Create Budgets, GAAP Analysis.
Display excellent people skills while working with multiple teams with diverse communication styles.
Excellent communicator who can effectively translate user needs into design requirements.
Apply experience in solutions architecture, logistics, project timelines, milestones and resource management to frameworks.
Gain a thorough understanding of multidisciplinary domains in order to inform process design.
Conversion of GL Chart of Accounts, Cost and Profit Centers from legacy to New System structure.
Updates all design, configuration and specification documentation and conducts a documentation walk through with management.
Configured AR, AP, GL, AA, PS, Treasury, MM and SD modules.
Concur Expense Reporting system administrator.
Managed process for Concur Expense Reporting and corporate credit cards relating to Concur.
Reviews specs on all new design processes
SAP Ariba
Leads workshops to demonstrate and explain module functionality and best practice processes to redefine current process to new process proposals.
Master data cleanup including Items, Services, Customers, Vendors, Fixed Assets, Projects and Banking.
Workflow configuration and execution for FI, SD, MM, PS, CO.
Profitability Analysis Reporting.
Created UAT Test scenarios for different phases of the SAP Implementation and walked users thru the testing process, as well as live testing and documentation of issues.
Go-Live Support for all phases of the implementation.
Worked in SAP, Oracle, MS Office, SharePoint, Service Now, Azure AD, Power BI, Business Central.
Hanon Systems, Novi, MI June 2016 - April 2018
SAP Finance/Functional Analyst
Designs Functional and Technical Specifications for SAP FI/CO programs, forms, interfaces and reports.
SAP HANA, SAP Enhancement Package Updates.
Project planning and blueprint creation of various business processes and implementation plan.
Manage teams with focus on policy and strategy implementation and control.
Responsible for trouble shooting and remediating master data issues identified in the field and within the Corporate Applications Enterprise Management Team.
Crafting and defining security architecture for new and existing systems
Managing deployments, upgrades, configuration updates, and technology rationalizations
Supporting development and engineering teams with comprehensive end-to-end management
Master Data Analysis, cleansing and importing legacy data into SAP.
Manages various aspects of master data including planning with business partners, working with other members of ITS, obtaining and documenting requirements, scheduling changes, testing changes and configuring /implementing changes.
Designed solutions for various FI and CO modules including New GL, AR, AP, PCA, IO, SAP HANA Asset Accounting, cash and bank accounting, automatic payments and closing cockpit, Concur Expense Reporting.
Setting-up new companies in SAP, changing company names, closing and inactivating companies.
Reviewing and releasing internal orders, closing internal orders, setting-up profit centers and home cost centers, setting-up cost elements.
Creating new general ledger accounts, setting-up allocations and assessments.
Monitoring SAP to and from Maximo interfaces for job orders.
Able to identify business scenarios for functional testing. Document testing, guide and work with users to identify and resolve issues arisen during system testing.
End user training prior to go-live including process flow of data, step by step month end close process, journal entries across various company codes, consolidation process.
Create customized reports in BI for management and end users to streamline and enhance detailed data analysis, KPI’s, high level management info., etc.
Go-Live Support, configuration fixes, end-user assistance, correct process deficiencies.
Prioritize SAP system issues based on materiality and time constraints to focus on the biggest issues as well as monitor the issues to ensure they are being resolved.
Continual Process Improvement analysis, monitoring and documentation of work instructions.
Management updates related to project stage and budget tracking.
Worked in SAP, QAD, Hyperion, MS Office.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Sterling Heights, MI December 2012 - June 2016
SAP Solutions Specialist - FICO (Contract Position)
Configuration of SAP FICO Module.
Data Cleansing, Migration, Validation.
Designs Functional and Technical Specifications for SAP FI/CO programs, forms, interfaces and reports.
Project planning and blueprint creation of various business processes and implementation plan.
Responsible for trouble shooting and remediating master data issues identified in the field and within the Corporate Applications Enterprise Management Team.
Designed solutions for various FI and CO modules including New GL, AR, AP, PCA, IO, SAP HANA Asset Accounting, cash and bank accounting, automatic payments.
Researched the root cause of SAP System Issues and coordinating the appropriate corrections.
Ensure SAP data is flowing correctly thru the appropriate modules before being posted to FI as documented in implementation blueprints.
Assisted SAP users in performing daily functions in SAP, as well as the month end close process.
Analyze General Ledger accounts and prepare adjustments as necessary and addressing any system issues that caused these adjustments to have to be made.
Analyze clearing account for inventory transactions to make sure they are being cleared according to process documentation, as well as working thru issues causing transactions not to clear.
Analyze data and develop reports for management purposes.
Develop reports for end users to assist them in more efficient data validation.
Support the formulation of process improvement strategies/solutions based on analytics and business knowledge.
Monitor active trouble tickets and prioritize them for implementation correction.
Analysis of PPV accounts and make appropriate cost corrections.
Worked in SAP, Legacy AS400 System, Hyperion.
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