Sr Financial Analyst
Resume:
Tracey Sabala
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www.linkedin.com/in/traceysabala
SUMMARY PROFESSIONAL:
Experienced SAP expert in capital and expense accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting analysis. Established track record of exceeding expectations with an emphasis on quality, client satisfaction, and building relationships with cross-functional teams.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Verizon, rolling meadows, IL mar 2020 – Dec 2025
Sr. Financial Analyst UMW Verizon Business
Organized and managed the creation of capital and expense budgets for the Upper Midwest Region for Verizon Business. Consolidate and present financial forecasts covering annual operating plans, capital spend, and long-range plans, as well as quarterly outlook for fiscal guidance.
Provided analysis and made recommendations on where savings opportunities exist within the operating expense budget resulting in cost saving initiatives for the organization. Analyzed financial trends and key metrics across divisions.
Performed quantitative analysis and developed business models to assist senior and executive leadership in making strategic decisions, demonstrated effective communication skills, writing skills, and ability to negotiate.
Led monthly calls with department heads and senior leadership to review and recalibrate capital and expense variance reports as well as coordinated year-end close processes to ensure spending is accurate and complete. Communicate the drivers for P&L performance, evaluate trends, and make necessary adjustments.
Maintained documentation for the UMW Fiber Team’s Fleet Vehicles.
Completed daily reporting for capital expenditures, spend. and in process and rejected invoicing.
Completed BAU reporting for project tracking and expense.
Purchase Order Cleanup
Inventory Management including writing the process and implementation and reconciliation.
Invoicing Research
Insight Global, Chicago, IL Nov 2018 – mar 2020
IT Business Systems Analyst
Client: Duracell.
Areas of responsibility – Procurement (MM), Master Data Management, Planning (JDA 360), AP (OpenText VIM), AR, Finance and Accounting (FICO)
Work closely with all business groups and application developers to facilitate the development, design and support business-critical applications in the installed SAP ECC6.0 and related interfaces in the Supply Chain, Planning and Procurement areas.
Gather requirements, contribute to design solutions, and resolve issues in a development and production support environment.
Conduct, coordinate, test and be accountable for solutions provided by development team.
Manage Change Requests (Development and Enhancements) prioritization; this process includes:
oInitial assessment of the request
oEvaluate the need for additional assistance within and outside the team.
oFollow the Change Request process through its life cycle from initiation to closure.
Assisted in assigning and managing global production support issues and incidents.
Created documentation including Business Requirements Documents, Test Plans and QA
Lead Analyst for Suite-on-HANA Upgrade for PTP/MDM/FTP areas.
Highlights of Changes Delivered:
oStoreroom Consignment automation
oSupplier Scorecard in BI and external Supplier Portal
oMaterial Master enhancements for new fields
oInterface of SAP Material Master to Ensur software to automate creation/update
oMass Upload template program for Scheduling and Outline Agreements
oCreation of “bot” (Amelia RPA) to automate and simplify Goods Receipts
oVarious enhancements to improve accuracy of Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) module including China, Italy, Belgium etc.
oSAP Fiori Upgrade of custom Procurement tiles with Screen Personas
oRoll-out of Purchasing and AP (VIM) for China, Brazil, and Argentina
United States Cellular, Chicago, IL Jan 2011 – Jun 2018
Sr. Engineering Business Analyst
Led the development and implementation of business procedures, created special financial and business-related models, and led a cross-functional team within the organization in the areas of asset management and financial analyses, organizational process creation, development/implementation of controls, and defining strategic business recommendations.
Established processes around material management, including equipment, software, and license tracking from a financial perspective; teamed with Fixed Asset Management to define new policies & methodologies.
Determined methodology and processes by which to reduce costs and overall inventory levels through.
Purco purchasing, improved assets, vendors, and category management resulting in cost savings.
Served as a Project Leader/Manager for all financial related initiatives, including business cases, asset controls, and financial modeling.
Developed and implemented processes, systems, and controls to monitor and reconcile financial activities, manage material purchases, deliveries, and material lifecycle.
Developed business models and recommended decisions for allocation of resources and capital to senior leadership and demonstrated excellence with cross functional teams and strong attention to detail.
Drove and developed business cases for the rollout of innovative technologies into the network.
Presented strong technical skills and served as the financial Subject Matter Expert for the Engineering organization and was a mentor to the General Engineering Administers in support of Finance business.
Organized and managed the creation of the capital and expense budgets for engineering organization.
Provided analysis and made recommendations on where savings opportunities exist within the operating expense budget resulting in cost saving initiatives for the organization including the ECOVA platform.
Performed quantitative analysis and developed business models to assist senior and executive leadership in making strategic decisions, demonstrated effective communication skills, writing skills, and ability to negotiate.
Presented business model plans and execution strategies to executive leadership when called upon.
Led monthly calls with department heads and senior leadership to review and recalibrate capital and expense variance reports as well as coordinated year-end close processes to ensure spending is accurate and complete.
Established and communicated guidelines for WBS (work break down structure) criteria for Project Managers and others who routinely request that WBS projects be set up and worked well with as a cross-function team.
Compiled annual and long-term (5 year) business strategy for forecasting.
United States Cellular, Chicago, IL Jan 2006 – dec 2010
Sr. Capital Budgeting and Allocations Specialist-Engineering
Responsible for supporting the VPs of RF Engineering and Advanced Technology and Systems Planning and national employees for all of Engineering. Oversee and improve processes, tools, and templates so that every recurring financial report is finished accurately and on time.
Updated and maintained the master database for Engineering and other system support functions. This database is the point of information for multiple business units in support of operations.
Supported preparation of the Strategic Long-Range Forecast (SLRF) development (vendor information, cell site information, and financial information).
Updated SAP based upon budget reviews, approved budget exceptions, Ad-hoc Financial Analysis, and WBS adjustment requests to ensure accuracy and consistency for financial reporting, developed budgets.
Updated other functional tools and databases (e.g., SAP, Cell Site Database) as appropriate.
Developed and managed SAP variants, templates, and reports to address financial information for leadership.
Assisted Procurement and Fixed Asset Management Groups with the reconciliation of Goods Receipt and Invoice Receipt Imbalances (GR/IR), completing any necessary order, Cell Site Counts, GAAP, WBS end dates for SOX compliance and accurate depression schedules to meet company requirements. Ensure that every modification is accurately carried out and all approvals are thoroughly documented. Assisted Marketing, Merchandising, Advertising, and Retail with their cleanups as well.
Created Work Breakdown Structure elements for all Capital Expenditures for the Network and RSO. Including the Investment Module updates with head SAP Programmer.
SAP purchase ordered requisitioner and order processing, invoice payment, and vendor management for hardware and software support, very focus oriented. Work with vendors on payment status and discounts.
United States Cellular, Chicago, IL Jan 2000 – dec 2005
Sr. Capital Budgeting Analyst-Engineering
Supervise and refine processes, tools, and templates to guarantee that routine financial reports are completed precisely and on time. Develop and analyze actual financial results to budget comparisons for monthly, quarterly, and yearly results. Communicate results at monthly meetings with other Engineering Analysts, and leaders. Completed and delivered any ad hoc financial information requests. (e.g. AWS, FAA). Updated SAP based upon budget review approved budget exceptions, and WBS adjustment requests to ensure accuracy and consistency. Update other functional tools and databases (e.g., SAP, Cell Site Database) as appropriate. Develop, design, and manage SAP variants, templates and reports to address financial information for leadership. Process and monitor internal order requests and assist in SAP related questions.
Updated and maintained the master database for Engineering. This database is the point of information for multiple business units.
Developed and analyzed actual financial results to budget comparisons for monthly, quarterly, and yearly forecasts. Communicate variances at monthly meetings with other Engineering Analysts, and leaders.
Updated SAP based upon budget reviews, approved budget exceptions, and WBS adjustment requests to ensure accuracy and consistency. Developing. and maintaining detailed financial models for key stakeholders.
Updated other functional tools and databases (e.g., SAP, Cell Site Database) as appropriate.
Developed and managed SAP variants, templates, and reports to address financial information for leadership.
Assisted Procurement and Fixed Asset Management Groups with the reconciliation of Goods Receipt and Invoice Receipt Imbalances, Cell Site Counts, WBS end dates for SOX compliance and accurate depression schedules to meet company requirements. Make sure all modifications are precise and that approvals are properly documented.
Appointed SAP SME for Engineering and worked on insurance claim event/events.
United States Cellular, Chicago, IL Jan 1998 – Dec 1999
Specialist-Eng Technical & Cooperative Education Program
Reported to Manger of Budgets for Engineering, responsible for the monitoring of Internal and External Training for the Engineering Staff, Coordinate Yearly Engineering Meetings, Recruit & Manage New Cooperative Education Candidates from Colleges and Universities. Complete Month end cost center financial analysis.
Supervised 7 Cooperative Education Students
Established and coordinated training, for “Train the Trainer” Program for Engineering and established effective SMEs for Specific areas and coordinated all training events and classes.
United States Cellular, Chicago, IL jul1996 – Dec 1997
Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator
Process invoices, manage accruals, and maintain vendor statements. Handles SAP reporting related to vendor payments and histories and developed a procedure for USC to correct GR/IR imbalances.
Proficient at Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint
Parkview metal products, Chicago, IL Jun 1994 – Jul 1996
Accounting Assistant/Managerial
Responsible for Processing of invoices and bimonthly vendor check payments.
Budget and Inventory Preparation
Tool room and Accounts Payable Month-end Closes
Coordinated internal marketing for ISO9000 certification for associates.
EDUCATION:
BA, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. 1994
MBA – Business Administration – Concentration Project Management 3.76 GPA, Keller Graduate School of Business, Naperville, IL. 2018
TECHNICAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
SAP ECC 6.0
IT Support Management
Project Management
Change Request Management
Data - Driven Analysis
Procure to Pay
Budgeting
Vendor Master Data Management
Audit/Auditing
Customer Master Data Management
SOX Testing
Vendor Relationship Management
Inventory & Warehouse Management
Process Controls
JDA 360
Order to Cash
VERTEX
Forecast to Plan
OPENTEXT VIM/ICC
BI Novice
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY:
Production Planning (SAP PP)
Material Management (SAP MM)
Financial Supply Chain Management (SAP FSCM)
Sales and Distribution (SAP SD)
Financial Accounting and Controlling (SAP FICO)
Plant Maintenance (SAP PM)
Worked with all the above, and was supported by reporting with BW, heuristics/demand planning with APO.
The national society of leadership and success, Sigma Alpha PI
The International Business Honor Society, Delta Mu Delta MU PHI
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Religious Education Instructor, Winfield, IL
Girl Scout Leader, West Chicago, IL
Appointed by Major, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission, West Chicago, IL
Benjamin Foundation, Carol Stream, IL
CERTIFICATIONS:
LinkedIn: Communication Foundations
LinkedIn: Corporate Finance for Non-Financial Managers
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