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Smyrna, Ga, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Workday Financials, Customer Accounts, Reporting, and Project Management certified implementation consultant. My experience has involved:-Leading the FDM configuration and conversion for a large, public research institution, supporting the design and use of related worktags for educational funding sources-Designing the reporting solutions needed to support the Workday Financials to Adaptive integration for a large, public research institution-Reviewing and supporting a large, private institutions financial accounting configuration to help design and lead their first period close processes in Workday-Solutioning post-production support issues through resolution while delivering impeccable customer service to help accelerate the organizational change knowledge curve-Leading the design and configuration of customer accounts for a large, regional health care system

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Manager focused on providing valuable solutions to complex problems facing businesses, including:- Managing the implementation of Workday Financials at a large non-profit organization who is a leader in Science research- Managing the Workday implementation for an HCM, US Payroll, and US Benefits at an international consulting firm- Partnering with an international beverage bottler to help ensure that legal requirements, filings, and listings requirements were complete as part of a merger to create a new international beverage bottler (with estimated annual revenue of $12B)- Leading a review of core finance processes (acquire to retire, order to cash, procure to pay, and record to report) for an oil field services company to provide future state solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness while maximizing revenues and decreasing costs- Partnering with nuclear leadership to create reporting for a Fortune 250 utility's nuclear organization to highlight issues that would hinder the arrival of expected workers at plants on time. This allowed the organization to make improvements in meeting its goals of getting nuclear workers to plants on time- Completing a review of nuclear regulatory and procedural requirements to right-size training for a Fortune 250 utility's nuclear work force. This allowed the organization to meet its goals of getting nuclear workers to plants on time with the right training to ensure projects could be completed safely while complying with all requirements. The project was recognized with a best in class award in the nuclear industry

Worldwide, Oo

I solve complex problems that are most concerning for CFOs. My breadth of experience to date includes:-Led the transformation of Finance Corporate functions for a consumer products spin, encompassing the design of the Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit, and Investor Relations functions-Led end-to-end record-to-report training development for an Oracle Finance transformation at a multi-national media company-Led a strategic planning workstream at a multi-billion dollar pharma company to assess pain points in its strategic performance management process, to identify root causes for the painpoints, and to propose solutions to help mitigate the issues -Led team at a multi-billion dollar retailer working directly with the CFO to diagnose causes of gross margin erosion and to develop an action plan on potential solutions - Developed analytical review of manual journal entries using data visualization tools to provide Director of Accounting of multi-national Power and Utility Company comfort that entries were properly recorded - Managed plan and design of complex financial systems implementation project designed to fix custom-developed module of SAP for labor allocation for multi-national Power and Utility Company - Partnered with multi-national Airlines Company to design tool to understand capital productivity - Created complex data visualizations for multinational Oil and Gas Company to help create a manual review of fuel and lubricants business into an automated, visual process - Led pro bono team in assisting local Non-Profit in defining system requirements to improve meal ordering process for its clients - Managed various internal Deloitte initiatives, including the following: *Editor-in-Chief of Finance Strategy and Operations Monthly People's Magazine *Communications Strategy Lead for Strategy and Operations Finance Eminence team *Atlanta Strategy Community of Practice – Community Building Team lead *United Way Campaign Events Lead

Notre Dame, In, Us

I served as one of thirty directors on the board of the Alumni Association, where my work was specifically designed to help strengthen the support provided to our US Clubs, to guide the strategy of Spirituality and Service programs and to assist with providing a strong foundation for programs for young alumni.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for planning, forecasting, and reporting results for Gulf and Southwest Regions, encompassing 228 stores across 8 states• Managed full P&L for stores, districts, and regions, including sales, gross margin and expenses• Forecasted sales, payroll, margin, and expenses for regions weekly• Planned sales, gross margin, payroll, inventory, and expenses for stores semi-annually• Supported Divisional President with special projects, including profitability optimizations and class deep dives to determine opportunities for sales and inventory optimization• Built new P&L forecasting tool providing additional visibility to expense forecasting at the regional level • Led expense planning across all regions, involving setting planning methodologies with multiple teams and across multiple layers of the organization• Initiated market-level reviews to understand risks to sales and opportunities for sales growth• Provided timely and impeccable customer service to two Regional Vice Presidents, 29 District Managers, 29 District Operations Managers, along with other ad hoc customers for all financial needs for the regions

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

I managed approximately $500M annually of general and administrative (G&A) expenses and $500M annually of payroll tax expenses for Home Depot's US Retail operations. Some of my key responsibilities included:- Automating the planning process for G&A expenses for finance business owners, allowing for straightforward planning- Designing new templates for easier G&A reporting on monthly, quarterly and YTD basis- Serving as a team lead for CEO's cost out imperative projects, which resulted in cost savings for supplies expense, customer satisfaction - installation sales expense, and professional fees- Building a better planning process for payroll tax that is designed to minimize variance from plan- Serving as a team member for Home Depot's first Summer in the Stores program, allowing professional associates to spend time in our stores to become more in tune with store operations

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

The Assurance and Advisory Management program is a 2-year rotational leadership program. Through this program, I spent time in process improvement and internal audit rotations in Finance, Merchandising, Operations and Internationally in Home Depot's Canadian headquarters.Projects I successfully drove the completion of included:- Sarbanes-Oxley Year 4 Testing Team Lead- Sarbanes-Oxley Year 5 SCORE Controls Testing- Foreign Currency Exchange Risk Mitigation Project (International Rotation at Home Depot Canada' Headquarters in Toronto)- P&L Simplification to determine how to better plan for expenses- Driving analysis to support the use of FAS 133 Hedging for Treasury- Out-of-stock review for resets to identify root causes- Freight Payables review to determine opportunities for cost out through the implementation of additional audits- Window Treatment Installation Quality of Business Expense review to determine how to reduce customer-related expenses for the program

London, Gb

I was promoted to a senior associate in October of 2006 and helped to lead three main audits over a seven-month period, including two public Office of the Chairman Accounts, spanning industries including telecommunications, biopharmaceuticals and manufacturing. Key responsibilities included:- Planning and executing tests of controls- Managing client compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404- Planning and executing tests of details for asset, liability and equity accounts- Driving the testing of inventory for manufacturing clients- Understanding the implications and performing the testing with regards to FAS123R- Mentoring and reviewing the work of staff accountants

London, Gb

I served as a staff 1 and staff 2 auditor for Ernst and Young from August 2004 to October 2006. During this time period, I performed audit work for clients in industries including health care technology, telecommunications, health care, manufacturing and biopharmaceuticals.Key responsibilities included:- Planning and executing walkthroughs and tests of controls for the first year of Sarbanes-Oxley testing- Planning and executing testing for asset, liability and equity accounts- Mentoring and assisting intern associates- Leveraging year one Sarbanes-Oxley learnings to implement year one testing for late adopter clients- Planning and performing inventory counts- Planning and executing site visits for manufacturing plants