Steve Vellines
Senior Business Analyst
Contact
Tucker, GA 30084
***************@*****.***
Objective
Experienced IT Professional with a proven track record in bridging the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams, focusing on Waterfall and Agile Business Analysis Methodologies for Order to Cash Management, Financial Management and Manufacturing Management. Worked with cross-functional teams, conducted research and analysis, and created documentation. I am passionate about finding innovative and efficient ways to improve business processes and outcomes, using my analytical and IT skills.
Education
Furman University
Greenville, SC
BA in Business Administration/ Computer Science
Cum Laude
Key Skills
SQL
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Oracle ERP (include Oracle BI/Discoverer)
Oracle E-Business Suite (Cloud based)
Development of Scopes/Statements of Work
SAP
Microsoft
Visio and Project
Microsoft SharePoint ServiceNow
Data Migration Mapping Reconciliation Reports
Requirements Gathering
Gap Analysis
Data Mapping
Requirement
Traceability Matrix
General Ledger
Closing and
Consolidations
SAP S/4HANA
Procurement
System Integration
Testing
Vertex Compliance
PowerBI
Tableau JSON
Software Development
Life Cycle
Business Process Improvement
Agile and Waterfall
Kanban Six Sigma
User Stories
Epics
Functional
Specifications
Jira SOAP XML
Confluence
Procurement/Planning
Project Management
Budget Planning
Communication
Problem-solving
PeopleSoft
Data / Business Process Analysis
Multitasking
Experience
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT Atlanta Metro Area August 2023 to Present
Provided Consultant Services to many clients in the Metro Atlanta Area.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
●Gathered requirements from clients to understand the scope of work and length of the project.
●Some of the projects were around Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Asset Management.
●Developed Process Flows for clients
●Developed and implemented solutions using Microsoft Office Suite which included Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, Access and PowerBI
BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST – Fivesky, LLC New York, NY November 2022 to July 2023
Part of team to provide Scope of Work and document current system “as is” for the consolidation of Morgan Stanley’s acquisition of Eaton Vance and e*Trade.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
●Collaborated with stakeholders across many departments.
●Applications included in scope of work were in the Financial and the Financial Reporting areas of the company.
●Began to Identify areas for improvement.
●Utilized Agile methodologies such as sprints and daily standup calls.
●Used Atlassian Jira, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft SharePoint to facilitate this effort.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST FINANCE Procurement – Kubota Corporation of North America Gainesville, GA March 2020 to November 2022
Part of team to provide software development life cycle and support for business users in ERP systems
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
●Used both waterfall and agile methodologies to implement software releases for the Purchasing and Procurement departments and the Manufacturing department.
●Worked on Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable as well as Fixed Asset systems
●Responsible for developing and executing System Integration Testing (SIT) scripts and responsible for managing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) which included triaging and logging defects
●Responsible for the implementation process which included data migration, user training and go-live support
●Managed the upgrade of Microsoft SharePoint On-Premises from version 2016 to version 2019 on time and under budget
●Involved in Manufacturing Process Improvement and Business Process Improvement
●Utilized Agile and Kanban methodologies with included two-week sprints and daily standup calls.
●As the Microsoft SharePoint Administrator, managed daily case requests, conducted comprehensive training sessions with SharePoint users, created training materials, generated reports and dashboards and developed and maintained the SharePoint Knowledgebase
●Used ServiceNow for defect tracking, remediation and resolution
●Used PowerBI and Tableau to generate weekly reports and dashboards that provide insights into key business
BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST FINANCE Procurement – Ricoh USA, Inc. Malvern, PA July 1998 to March 2020
Position: Part of team to provide software development life cycle and support for business users in ERP systems
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
●Part of the team that migrated subsidiaries Lanier Worldwide and Savin to Ricoh’s Oracle 11i ERP system
●Part of the team that combined Ricoh's and IKON's systems due to a merger of the two companies and then a part of the team to combine Ricoh's and IKON's systems due to a merger of the two companies
●Initial emphasis was financials which included General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Systems, then broadened scope to the Order to Cash process that included Order Management, Inventory and Procurement Systems
●On the team that migrated Oracle11i to Oracle R12 which included R12 Oracle Cloud
●Developed Entity Relationships Diagrams and Visio Swimlane Diagrams and developed Data Migration Plans and Data Reconciliation Reports
●Gained expertise in SQL, PL/SQL and Oracle Relational Databases
●Performed Software Development Life Cycle tasks such as business requirements gathering, requirements analysis, writing functional and technical requirements, creating and executing QA test plans and creating ad hoc reports and project dashboards
●Responsible for developing and executing System Integration Testing (SIT) scripts and responsible for managing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) which included triaging and logging defects
●Implemented and customized Salesforce to help Sales Personnel and Management better track the Sales Pipeline salespeople, track their sales pipeline and feeding their wins to Ricoh’s HR to payout their commissions