Information Systems Financial Reporting

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Professional Profile

• Global leadership and ERP systems

consultant

• Authentic, systems, and transformational

approach towards organizational change

and sustainability.

• Designing and managing system

implementations, upgrades, training,

audits, and compliance for SAP, Concur,

ORACLE, IFS, JDE, and Acumatica.

• Talent for financial consolidation, inter-

company elimination, currency

translation, and financial reporting.

Contact

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Education

Capella University-Doctoral Candidate*

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD) IN BUSINESS

MANAGEMENT- Organizational Behavior and

Leadership

Expected Graduation Date: December 2025

IE Business School of Madrid & Brown

University

EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION (EMBA)

EMBA SCHOLAR

North Carolina A&T State University

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT

(MSM), INFORMATION SYSTEMS

University of Pittsburgh

BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA), POLITICAL SCIENCE

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS), FINANCE

Minor: Economics

Certificate: International Business

Professional Certifications

• Project Management Institute – PMP –

08/25 target

• Information Systems Audit and Control

Association - CISA -12/25 target

• SAP Concur T&E and Concur Invoice

Advance Configuration Consultant 03/24

• Cornell University: Women in

Entrepreneur Leadership Certificate,

12/24

• Citi Program Compliance Certification -

11/20

• Acumatica Certified Consultant 06/20

CHRISTINE R. MCLAURIN, EMBA/MSM

GLOBAL ERP FINANCE & LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT

Expertise

Project

Management

System Testing

& Training

Cost System

Development

Leadership

Development

ERP

Implementation

SaaS Solutions Entrepreneurship Change Management

SDLC

Statistical &

Business Analytics

Budgeting &

Forecasting

Instructional Design

& Modeling

Technology

SQL Visio Crystal Reports Hyperion FM

ORACLE ADP JD Edwards IFS

MS Project PeopleSoft Tableau BPC

Microsoft Dynamics Visual Basic Google Analytics Acumatica SharePoint JIRA Manage Engine SAP S/4 Hana

Concur T&E /Invoice Paychex Adobe Captivate QuickBooks Blackboard 360Learning TalentLMS Canvas

Asana Power BI IBM SPSS ServiceNow

Experience

IT PROJECT MANAGER - Bayview Asset Management 2/2024- 4/2025

(Concur, ORACLE, GTreasury, ServiceNow, and AMEX Travel)

• Directed the project team using an Agile approach to provide a 30% increase in efficiency for Account Payable processes.

• Advanced configuration expert for Concur Expense and Invoice. Managed and executed a couple of implementations for AMEX, Oracle, Concur Travel & Expense, Invoice, and PO. Developed and maintained change management, test, training, and project plans. Supervised and supported the company’s corporate card, travel, and expense program administration, ensuring smooth operations and compliance.

• Monitored team response time to assist employees with Concur system challenges.

• Collaborated with various finance and IT teams to spearhead multiple go-lives.

• Served as the in-house expert for the Treasury’s Bank-to-Book reconciliation and other financial system projects.

• Managed and monitored the integration between UKG, Oracle, and Concur. Remote/ New York, New York/ Miami, Florida/ Toronto, Canada FOUNDER/GLOBAL CONSULTANT - Ruth McLau Consulting. 1/2018– Present

(SAP, ORACLE, MS Dynamics, IFS, Acumatica, QuickBooks, Concur, ServiceNow)

• Advise C-Suite clients in various industries with the best system approaches, API, and change management practices for overseeing extensive transformational finance projects.

• Provide guidance and references to business analysts, developers, and other stakeholders in the United Kingdom, India, Portugal, Spain, and Sri Lanka.

• Optimize integrated business processes and strategies that enable cost efficiencies, increase business effectiveness, and create collaborations on a global scale.

• Proficient in designing and developing multi-site and multi-national implementations. Remote/ Greensboro, NC/ Cape Town, South Africa/ Madrid, Spain/ Dubai, UAE 2 P a g e

Academic Experience

• University of Pittsburgh: Freshman

Seminar Student Teacher

• Institute of Management Accountants:

Student Conference Lecturer

• Kiva.org: Workshop Facilitator

• Greensboro Islamic Academy: Educational

Consultant

Professional Affiliations

• National Association of Black MBAs

• Institute of Management Accountants

• Association for Educational

Communications and Technology

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

• Tau Beta Sigma Sorority, Inc.

• Omicron Delta Kappa

• The Order of the Omega

• NAACP

• Urban League

Community Leadership

Experience

• NC PTA -BOARD MEMBER (24-26)

• Aggieland PYE -EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

• KIVA.org -BUSINESS TRUSTEE

• Univ. of Pittsburgh -ALUMNI RECRUITER

• PTA Global Citizens - CLUB ADVISOR

• IE Brown EMB-‘23 CLASS REP

• Primary and University-

FACILITATOR/BUSINESS LECTURER

ERP FINANCE/COST CONSULTANT - Oxford University Press 1/22- 1/24

• Vital expert for a Fortune 500 client’s company-wide SAP S/4 HANA migration -

$1.5 million in annual cost savings for the client.

• Streamlined the SAP system landscape globally to consolidate processes and reporting..

• Facilitated enterprise business design and process decisions utilizing Visio process flows and other supporting documentation.

• Trained teams on SAP modules, including SD, FI, CO, PS, and MM.

• Verified document defects, MM processes, and multi-level supply planning risks.

• Gathered technical and functional requirements- plan material, exceptions, and capacity.

• Implemented innovative SAP Fiori thereby improving inventory management processes

• 20% reduction in operational costs and a 25% improvement in reporting capabilities.

• Collaborated with various Finance teams in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom to perform data validation, user acceptance testing, and training. Remote/Research Triangle Park, NC/ London, United Kingdom/ Toronto, Canada BUSINESS/STRATEGY LEAD Extended Stay America 10/20-10/22

• Managed the client’s RFP process for selecting a new ERP system, ORACLE Cloud (19c), and EPM system. Led IT governance functions. Conduit between IT, Finance, and 3PL vendors.

• Assisted with audit requests for ServiceNow, ORACLE, and Hotel Key.

• Collaborated with Grant Thornton for ORACLE ERP and EMP implementation.

• Developed and maintained ORACLE database tables, views, and stored procedures.

• Created & monitored data models, data dictionaries, system diagrams, and process flows.

• Identified key risks and developed strong mitigation solutions to maintain project timeline.

• Improve the company’s operational effectiveness by 22%. Remote/Charlotte, NC

SENIOR ERP CONSULTANT - Intelligent Technologies 05/19–10/20

• Implemented and supported ERP solutions in Acumatica, for new and existing customers, including design, product configuration, SQL queries, testing, data conversion, user acceptance testing, and go-live support.

• Delivered additional ERP consulting services within the customer base, improving services, revenue/profitability, methodologies, and procedures.

• Engaged in pre-sales activities, such as product presentation and proposal preparation.

• Identified solutions to resolve client issues via support calls or emails. Greensboro, NC

FINANCE PROJECT MANAGER - Election Systems/Software 10/17– 01/19

(MS Dynamics, IFS)

• Managed budgets, technical upgrades, risks, and expenses for system customizations, user and project team training, and third-party vendors.

• Liaison between BPLs, SMEs, and the ERP Vendors to interpret current business processes to ensure application design (Concur/Avalara) met requirements and schedule deadlines.

• Partnered throughout business to effectively illustrate end-to-end transactions and ensure business reporting and security needs were gathered and logged.

• Assisted in developing test scripts, user cases, customizations, integrations, and workflows. Remote/ Omaha, NE

GLOBAL PROJECT MANAGER – Accounting/ IT – Li Fung, Inc. (LF) 10/11–04/16

(SAP FICO, Hyperion, JDE)

• Managed 4 full SAP ECC implementations and two full JD Edwards implementations.

• Functional lead on three implementations focused on Finance and Control (FI-CO), Sales Distribution (SD), and Materials Management (MM) modules. 25 team members in total

• Executed and analyzed all corporate functions: global enterprise reporting via Hyperion FM; royalty/ retail accounting; payroll; fixed assets; treasury; variance analysis; intercompany reconciliations; PWC audits; GL analysis; factor reports; bank reconciliations.

• Conducted system audits of Hyperion FM, SAP BPC, and Bex (testing and solutions).

• Established system requirements and enhancements while implementing the Concur travel system, Citibank “new” accounts, and ADP Payroll with the Human Resources Manager.

• Provided expertise, guidance, presentation, and instruction to SAP clients and team Greensboro, NC/ New York, NY

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