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Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Reported to Head of Global Finance providing on demand insight and analytics as well as monthly variance reports and quarterly board reports. Acted as liaison between FP&A, Accounting and Information Systems to improve reporting processes, accuracy and group collaboration.Designed budget/forecast models and re-engineered hierarchy structure for Global Real Estate Office (GREO) and Information System Allocation methodology into 3 regions - North America (NA), Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and Asia, Pacific (APAC).Implemented - Hyperion HFM/FDM consolidation Software - go Live date March 4 - 2011. Previous multi-currency consolidation was performed manually through Excel. Automated daily feed from MS Great Plains to HFM through FDM - maintain metadata, design Internal and external reports through Financial Reporting Studio adhering to IFRS and GAAP standards.Completed Integration to assimilate new acquisition (23 countries 47 entities) into reporting structure.Re-designed Hyperion Budget - compressed budget cycle from 3 months to 4 weeks - 400+ hours savings compared to 2008 Budget cycle - eliminated need for 2nd Budget Cycle.Designed reconciliation process to assure accuracy in Hyperion reporting compared to book of records (Great Plains) reporting of 7 foreign currency entities in US $dollars - reconciled and loaded historical records back to 2003.Re-designed and improved Monthly and Quarterly Internal Reporting packages using Hyperion Essbase - Improved actual to budget comparison visibility, accuracy, and timeliness.Redesigned and Maintained Hyperion Outline Structure to improve reporting flexibility using attribute dimensions.Trained Staff of 9 Analysts - Essbase Reporting - Advanced MS Access and Excel Techniques Re-Tuned Hyperion Calculation Scripts to increase efficiency by more than 200%

US Foodservice ($19 Billion; Manager Internal Reporting and Software Design)Improved corporate budget and financial reporting processes and analytical tools as well as provide trouble shooting support for the needs of 87 business units, 3 regions and 3 support offices.Conversion Team Participant Allan Foods Acquisition - mapping of COADeveloped mapping process for Hyperion Reporting to parent company AholdLiaison between accounting and Information Services personnelActive participant in Peoplesoft upgrade to web based version 8Designed, and implemented Peopleosoft allocation module for monthly allocation of support office expenses to business segments.Conduct monthly web based training to local divisions accounting departments utilizing best practices to reduce month-end closing cycle.

Manager of Financial Planning and ControlDeveloped models for annual budget, five year strategic business plan and monthly management reports for start-up division (annual sales $113M).Responsible for oversight, review and approval of monthly internal financial statement package including basic consolidated financial statements and supplementary analyses.Participated with Peoplesoft implementation team, providing active review and analysis of the chart of accounts, reporting redesign and development.Performed variance analysis of actual results to forecast including assessment of forecasting methodology and modeling assumptions.Project coordinator for Peoplesoft historical financial data integration insuring that the integrity of internal and external reporting data would not be compromised.

Mba, Finance

B.S, Accounting