Anna Thompson Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

• Part of Global Cross Functional core team responsible for implementing Anaplan for Financial Forecasting. The scope included all aspects of the P&L and Balance sheet. Initially responsible for supporting third party.
• Expanded analytical capabilities for the Manufacturing organization creating dashboards saving approximately 100 hours of manual tracking across the globe every month.
• Hired analyst responsible for global training program to increase impact of OBIEE reporting capacities
• Project Manager for initiative to streamline intercompany recharges and improving visibility, resulting in a custom portal in JD Edwards and analytics in OBIEE
• Transitioned Management Information Group to Riga, Latvia. Providing training and documentation to support the successful centralization of Global Business Services.
• Introduced Power BI Dashboards for Technology and Business organizations combining information from data warehouse, SharePoint and Excel sources.

Boston, MA, US

• Built Customer Margin subject area and standard reports to help allocate cost to customers beyond gross margin. Costs included inventory holding cost, R&D, accounts receivables, sales commissions, customer service cost.
• Incorporated the Management Information Group (team of 3) into the Business Intelligence organization to run monthly close process. Trained team lead and supported monthly closes as needed.
• Created reporting to dollarize the orderbook to help forecasting Variable Margin. Created customized daily orderbook flash reports for each business leadership team, driving actionable insights.

Boston, MA, US

• Part of global multi-year OBIEE initiative to digitize all aspects of the P&L and Balance Sheet including creating and automating rules for business allocations, customer segmentation and master data management.
• Created circa 20 subject areas for ad hoc reporting and established training programs for global finance and operations teams.
• Established Standardized Reports to support financial processes and regulatory requirements

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Managed team responsible for reporting Consulting and Training KPI's for the Global Services Division such as Bookings, Revenue, Utilization, Backlog and Scorecards.
• Provided Operational Support for $250 M Consulting Business including ad hoc analysis and building tools and processes for Resource and Capacity Planning.
• Lead effort to automate all standard reports, which greatly increased the efficiency of the team.
• Represented Global Services in the cross functional OBIEE team to build a data warehouse and reporting tool with financial reporting for the Consulting and Training Business.
• Part of team building Forecast Management Tool and Reporting Portal in Cold Fusion/Flex for a single point of information from various Business Systems, including Clarity (CA), SABA, Oracle modules, Business Objects.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Part of project team responsible for a phased global roll out of Clarity modules including Project Management, Resource Management, Financials and Time Entry for 1000 users. Implementation eliminated several.
• Delivered Training Programs in multiple countries
• Responsible for integrations between Clarity and other Global Services Systems and tools including Oracle Projects
• Designed and implemented Project Lifecycle Management solution in Clarity from concept to full implementation, including migrating manual reports to standard Clarity portlets
• Implemented Business Objects for project reporting out of Clarity
• Responsible for requirements gathering and testing for financial business reports out of OBIEE

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Managed a group responsible for all North American Consulting revenue recognition and billing in Oracle Projects in addition to supporting global teams
• Responsible for finance process documentation and compliance for the Consulting Revenue cycle within the Sarbanes Oxley initiative
• Provided guidance to Global Services Project Managers to support efficiencies within the project revenue recognition process
• Educated new team members, cross functional teams and Global Services as needed in regards to reporting, project query and weekly process

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Implemented project financial processes (PFP) that streamlined the revenue recognition process in Oracle and allowed for greater operational efficiencies as well as improved financial reporting and control for the.
• Created training materials and trained worldwide project administrators, project managers, client managers, and Global Services management
• Provided international support with assignments in Japan and Hong Kong

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Reviewed offers, contracts, statement of works and gave guidance on requirements for proper revenue recognition
• Participated in Deal Review meetings for European Services Deals over 100K USD providing guidance from an accounting perspective
• Established internal control plans for Sarbanes Oxley and performed and reported VSOE testing on Consulting and Training orders
• Established a Certified Training Provider procedure for Scandinavia