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Spartanburg, Sc

Oversee all aspects of third-party software life cycles including installation, maintenance, upgrades, customizations and 3rd party integrations of primarily back office systems. Manage the implementation of key changes which enable improvements to processes, services, and functionality. Develop, direct, train and manage department personnel including contractors. Engage actively with business leaders to ensure all relevant and agreed upon aspects of the applications work as specified and strive to understand and take appropriate action to satisfy business needs. Work with application vendors to ensure application maintenance is current and adhere to the application road maps. Continually work with vendors, staff and business owners to seek methods of improving processes.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Cultivates the relationship between the IT team and business partners to understand long-term goals as well as immediate issues to ensure delivery on these goals and timely resolution of issues. Oversight and approval of business requirements and functional designs. Lead and manage the requirements, design, development , QA and implementation of IT projects within budget. ensure appropriate knowledge transfer from project teams to the on-going support teams through working sessions and documentation. Monitor and escalate resolutions of outstanding productions issues based on the defined offshore resource service level agreements. Manage 3rd party application integrations with enterprise and SaaS applications. Manage a staff of onshore and offshore resources to ensure requests are completed in a timely manner.

Provided PeopleSoft functional consulting services to clients in various industries for the following modules: GL, AP, AR, Billing, Cash Management, Asset Management, Project Costing. Work as the Functional Project Lead on various sized projects directing functional and technical resources to ensure projects were delivered on time and within budget. Work on all project phases including fit/gap, configuration, and testing. Assisted clients in fully integrating the PeopleSoft system into their current business environments and providing input on best practices.

Davenport, Iowa Area

Functioned as the Business Analyst for the implementation of PeopleSoft Financials. Worked with the business partners to document business requirements for the configuration of the modules implemented and designed the data conversion approach.

Greater Chicago Area

Performed the accounting duties for a portfolio of commercial real estate. The duties included financial statement preparation, reconciliation, cash management, accounts payable processing, tenant receivables and partnership reporting.

Greater Chicago Area

Performed the accounting duties for cellular markets in the Mid-West and Northeast markets in the United States. These duties included financial statement preparation, accounts payable processing, asset management, reconciliations and financial analysis.

Greater Chicago Area

Performed audits contributing companies for the members of the fund to ensure proper contributions were being made on behalf of eligible employees. Tasks included audit preparation, completion of work papers, drafting audit findings and reporting audit findings to management.