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Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx

Morrisville, North Carolina, Us

Supported the CIO Finance and CIO Quote to Cash teams on several SAP related projects.• Project Manager managing deliverables and timeline for the Balance Sheet Segmentation project• Project Manager managing the deliverables and implementation for the CE Simplification projects• Data Migration and Move to Production Coordinator for Services & Ledger Deployments Germany, Austria Switzerland July 2019 France, July 2020 Nordics, Benelux January 2021• Project Manager Services & Ledger Finance - ongoing

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Managed diverse team of 40 developers, testers, architects, operational support, and business controls staff in 8 countries. Responsible for continuously delivering enhancements across portfolio and ensuring operational stability to further enable client’s success.- Drove adoption of world-class productivity tools that increased squad velocity- Collaborated with peer manager, scrum master’s, and program managers, confirming agile methodologies and best practices were utilized across all squads- Guided scrum masters, helping squads meet deliverable targets for each iteration.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Managed divestiture of IBM’s xSeries Brand to Lenovo. Supervised Pricing & Cost Estimating team to ensure all contractual obligations were met. Transitioned into Product Management role for Estimated Cost portfolio after divestiture was completed. Acted as customer-facing advocate to derive and prioritize new product requirements and supervised squad responsible for development and testing.- Spearheaded development and testing activities across application portfolio, ensuring delivery milestones were achieved- Drove enhancements across 7 applications by working with Systems Unit brand product owner- Transitioned Estimated Cost squad from waterfall to Agile development and testing practices, increasing new code deployments from 2 to 12 per year.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Led team responsible for rolling out new Enterprise-wide SAP platform to fully support Finance functions and integrate with Opportunity-to-Order and Order-to-Cash functions. Formed team of Finance and Consulting professionals to evaluate SAP package and build requirements necessary to ensure final product utilized best practices and met IBM’s business needs. - Provided business direction to sub-process team in areas of General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Intercompany, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Revenue Recognition, and Controlling.- Deployed Blue Harmony (Enterprise SAP roll-out) successfully to China and Germany pilot countries- Increased end-user adoption and satisfaction by providing robust post-deployment support.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Worked with Global and country CFO’s to transition company from model of by brand, by country financial analysts to regional hubs that provided support for all brands. Evaluated best practices from each hub and then implemented across all.- Implemented regional Centers of Excellence that co-located financial analysts in designated countries that reduced overall Finance spending (-15%) while increasing productivity (+15%)- Established ongoing channels of communication with staff in each hub and team, resulting in new and more efficient tools and processes, leading to even further gains in productivity- Collaborated with business unit focal points and Finance IT, identifying best-of-breed tools and deploying to business units and geographies.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for all aspects of Finance for the ibm.com organization; Budgets, revenue and expense tracking, measuring Financial performance, ensuring Financial controls, addressing exposures, and identifying ways to increase Financial results. Directly responsible for Global HQ Finances and oversaw non-US Finances via coordination with Geography focal points. - Managed a staff that ranged from 3 to 6 full time employees- Oversaw the monthly close at both the Headquarter and Geography level- Presented financial results monthly to the General Manager, CFO, and VP of Sales & Distribution

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Corporate Finance

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting