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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois

ADI Strategies was acquired by Huron Consulting Group on May 1, 2016

Santa Monica, CA

• Highly motivated and pragmatic leader in Enterprise Performance Systems. Customer-focused professional highly adept at developing solutions and managing project delivery. Demonstrated leadership in utilizing technology.
• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Oracle Enterprise Performance Management
• Technology-Enabled Creative Solutions
• Merger, Acquisition & Divestiture Management
• System Implementation

Schaumburg, IL

• Managed user adoption and continuous improvement of EPM systems through working with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable system requirements. Reviewed efficiency and effectiveness of existing EPM.
• Orchestrated team of 8 functional and 15 IT professionals to architect / develop / build and test Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) tools, managing post-close analytic data.
• Implemented Master Data Management tool (Oracle DRM), connecting upstream and downstream hierarchies in multi-functional data warehouse for 5 hierarchies.
• Upgraded Hyperion tools from 9.3.1 to 11.1.2.1 (Including Essbase (24 apps), Hyperion Planning (8 apps), Financial Reports, Interactive Reporting, and Hyperon Financial Management (HFM)).
• Oversaw redesign and implementation of HFM application, capturing FX movement and automating Cash Flow statement.
• Re-engineered all close and forecast data movement to be fully automated which substantially decreased month-end cycle time by filtering integrated data through centralized data mart.

Schaumburg, IL

• Defined and drove all strategy, policies and procedures to accomplish deliverables relative to EPM systems. Oversaw all phases of system upgrades from 3rd-party vendor selection to end user testing to ensure systems.
• Designed and deployed Hyperion Shared Services security model as result of upgrade from version 3.5 to 9.3.1 to house existing Production environment consisting of 32 Hyperion Planning / Essbase applications with over.
• Oversaw all IT and Functional upgrade resources in order to delicately plan changes and regression test existing automation and capabilities, minimizing end-user change management impact of major user interface changes.
• Unified management reporting by replacing 6 existing BSO reporting applications with single Essbase ASO application, decreasing close cycle time by 4 hours each month-end workday.
• Re-organized EPM system architecture into 2 replicated environments, accommodating separation of $8B Motorola Mobility business.

Schaumburg, IL

• Performed application system administration functions to maintain integrity of application data and metadata. Provided EPM system support and expertise to key functional users to assist monthly and quarterly finance.
• Partnered with Corporate Financial Planning to coordinate Annual Plan activities utilizing Hyperion Planning tools to pre-populate data, streamlining and normalizing end-user inputs.
• Steered functional resources in development of Integrated Supply Chain data warehousing tool, allocating conversion costs and enabling manufacturing site reporting.
• Established formal change governance process, driving financial data definition and global KPI consistency.
• Enabled quarterly Cash Flow forecasting through creation of balance sheet / cash flow Essbase application, calculating changes to cash flow based on forecasted entity balance sheet data.
• Created web portal to give global users self-service updates on application calculation processing, the ability to mass upload data to applications, and request specific security access.