Brent Barker Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Function as the Subject Matter Expert of Axiom Budget and F&A Reporting applications supported by the vendors and/or Financial Development team• Work with business partners, vendors and other team members to design and develop systems, and ensure that the integrations between systems function properly• Evaluate and propose opportunities for cost control, and resolve issues as necessary• Work with a multitude of business partners to roll out new solutions to all supported lines of business• Development of future strategies using technology• Responsible for maintaining documentation for projects and ensure the information can be easily located and referenced by the organization. This includes Requirements, ISAM and other documentation development.• Work with source/target systems SMEs and other project members on integration requirements and understanding scope and capabilities.• Work on use cases, review testing scenarios. Assist with testing, problem determination and identifying proper resolutions with current and future development of Axiom Budget and F&A Reporting Applications owned by the Financial Development team.

Remote

• Lead a team of Sr Business Systems Analysts focused on providing the best employee experience for the Finance and Legal teams. • Primary SaaS application support includes Adaptive Planning, Coupa, NetSuite, Expensify, DocuSign, Ironclad • Lead team through requirements gathering, build and support of enhancements, upgrades and integrations• Partner closely with the F&S, Procurement and Legal organizations to understand needs, devise solutions and develop quarterly/yearly strategic roadmaps that align with company OKR’s. • Prioritize and track requests and projects across many business partners to ensure work is aligned and within team capacity• Drive projects to deliver end-to-end solutions; work with delivery, architecture, PMO and business teams to turn short and long-term business needs into high quality, scalable & secure systems. • Lead projects with no PMO support for application enhancements, upgrades, and replacements • Lead team through cross-functional projects with PMO support across multiple applications • Participate in vendor RFPs for new system selections• Regularly evaluate existing best-of-breed tool stack for functional fit, focusing on stakeholder experience, company technology philosophy and scalability.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Lead two separate development teams who support Enterprise financial systems, including internally developed and vendor hosted cloud solutions.• Consult with business owners, team members, and other technical teams to define and execute the roadmap for each system.• Coordinate and ensure completeness of requirements, design, development, testing and delivery phases of implementations, enhancements, and vendor driven updates.• Assist business owners and other stakeholders in prioritizing enhancements/changes and understanding risks and resource requirements.• Provide leadership and coaching to team members supervised to ensure skillsets are and stay relevant to the systems managed.• Maintain vendor relationships including licensing compliance, maintenance renewals, and SOW negotiation.• Work with business owners and other technical teams to evaluate and update technology platforms as needed.

Nashville, Tennessee

• Financial systems consultant for Axiom Budget Tool, Data & Analytics Reporting Tool (DART), and DMA Tax Credits & Incentives Tool • Consulted with business owners to understand and define business rules and requirements • Consulted with developers to translate business requirements into functionality • Provided test data and perform testing in the absence of QA resources • Provided product support post-implementation• Key role in two successful Budget Tool Replacement Projects • Quickly took ownership of new role during Replacement Projects • Worked with three sets of business owners and vendor consultants • Worked with the vendor and business owners to manage expectations • Developed and tested data exports to/from other systems • Worked with multiple teams and led work efforts with little direction • Managed product development contractor on Replacement Projects• Budget Tool Post-Implementation Support • Worked with business to establish timelines for enhancements and upgrades • Trained with vendor to increase system knowledge and learn best practices• Key role in bridging the communication gap between DART business owners and developer • Managed weekly review meetings to ensure correct business needs are being met • Re-prioritized workload as needed to meet business needs• IT&S Aspiring Manager Program graduate

Greater Nashville Area

• Key role in rollout of F&A Project Cost Reporting system• Worked with project team to define requirements and functionality• Provided test data to developers and worked with them to QA output data through the Dev-QA-Prod cycle• Worked with developer to design and build reports• Provided training for F&A department users after implementation• Financial consultant for IT&S Product Development organizations.• Provided financial analysis and reporting for senior leadership and management of IT&S.• Provided project financial analysis and reporting from 2008-2010.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Responsible for day-to-day operations and risk management of branch.• Performed monthly financial center audit.• Conducted interviews for new hires and employee performance reviews.• Responsible for specific banking center sales goals in investment referrals and new accounts.• Financial Services Representative from 2004-2006.