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Parker, CO, US

Calgary, Alberta, CA

Develop and test ETL procedures for loading data from accounting, purchasing, and scheduling systems into enterprise data warehouse.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

Implemented Salesforce.com for the Denver region including security setup, marketing websites integration, automated lead routing, sales team workflow, report and dashboard creation, and design center workflow automation. Developed queries, stored procedures, functions, tables, and views using T-SQL,Developed business reporting solutions using.

Chantilly, Virginia, US

• Develop web solutions to facilitate quality oversight on construction and design activities for large public works programs.
• Internal Process Improvement: Implemented the Scrum software development process, controls on deploying code, and tools to track help desk tickets, bugs, and user stories which increased the overall quality and.
• Project Management: Serve as ScrumMaster, lead team meetings, manage product backlog, plan sprints and releases, and conduct sprint reviews.
• Requirements Gathering: Discover needs of our external customers and document them in the form of user stories, communicate the requirements to developers, test and release the finished product.
• Testing: Create test plans, execute test cases on web applications using Selenium WebDriver (C#).
• Reporting: Develop reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.

• Developed financial reporting solutions for publicly traded companies to comply with SEC regulations regarding XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) delivered through a SaaS (software as a service platform)..
• Product Vision: Skilled in interviewing users, understanding the business needs, writing requirements and designing features in conjunction with architects to solve complex business problems. Decomposed features into.
• Software Project Management using Scrum: Led the daily stand-up meeting, prioritized the backlog, tracked the progress of the sprint using burn-down charts. Triaged defects. Collaborated with management on overall.
• Product Delivery: Performed acceptance testing. Trained the trainers and the product support group on new features and functionality. Prepared release notes for global distribution. Performed post-release follow-up.

• Led QA efforts and provided requirements to developers for the Business Technology group at Rivet which was responsible for two major initiatives - the SEC's XBRL Rendering Engine and Data Connectors.
• XBRL Rendering Engine: Created test cases and test data to verify thousands of scenarios. Developed automated methods to verify output. Provided implementation support to the SEC for the launch and upgrades.
• Data Connectors: Created ETL applications for loading data into an OLAP database for Oracle Financials, Hyperion Enterprise, MAS 500, Axapta, Solomon, and Great Plains. Learned the user interface and system setup of.

• Responsible for testing two main suites of functionality: XBRL tagging and Analytics.
• XBRL Tagging: Created test cases to verify output adheres to XBRL specifications and that the features function according to design. Adept at identifying usability problems and providing feedback to management on.
• Analytics: Created test cases and data to verify multi-dimensional functionality for both general ledger and XBRL data sources. Created sample reports used to market the product. Provided customer support and demos.

Managed a tax and accounting practice which provided services to small businesses. Prepared tax returns for corporations, partnerships and individuals. Provided tax, accounting and business advice. Helped small businesses setup accounting systems.

Austin, Texas, US

Conducted all phases of customer audits - picking the audit candidate, getting approval to perform the audit, scheduling the audit with the customer, gathering the data, analyzing the data, writing the audit rerport, and holding exit conferences with the auditee. Audits resulted in recovery of license fees in excess of $2 million. Created audit automation.

London, GB

Provided implementation, technical advice and product support for J.D. Edwards EnterpriseOne and World accounting applications and architecture including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Job Cost, Fixed Assets, and Financial Report Writer. Supervised team of product support consultants. Worked extensively with Latin American customers.

Audited and/or reviewed financial statements; made adjustments for GAAP and tax for small businesses. Fulfilled federal and state tax reporting requirements and provided tax-planning services for corporations, partnerships, and individuals.

New York, NY, US

Team member of project group that migrated the company's Brazilian accounting operations from Sao Paulo to Phoenix. Performed monthly balance sheet analysis and month-end close for the company's Latin American subsidiaries.

Bs, Accounting

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