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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Fullerton, California, United States

Upland, California, United States

Downey, Ca

Greater San Diego Area

General Ledger Lead for implementation of PeopleSoft Financials 9.2 and Hyperion Planning at 55 school districts and charter schools in San Diego County. Successfully completed 3 of 5 waves of deployments to date including some of the largest school districts in the county (Poway, San Marcos Carlsbad and Oceanside) Oversaw the change management effort through review of districts strategic business plans, formulating revised business processes and designing information technology solutions that are optimized to take advantage of PeopleSoft functionality and to improve operational efficiency Consulted with district technical and managerial staff to gather their unique business requirements. Collaborate with third party implementation consultants to translate BRD’s into system requirements, and data models that ensure that each district unique business needs are met despite the constraints of a county wide base solution configuration Responsible for all PeopleSoft Financials configuration and data conversion tasksDeveloped and managed PeopleSoft Financial training materials, conducted training sessions and presentations for Accounting and Finance district personnelContinued with Post Implementation support for three months after each group Go Live

Greater San Diego Area

Finance Operations Manager for real estate development and investment group of companiesManaged new Finance Ops. team of two direct reports: Staff Accountant, and Financial AnalystResponsible for the following functions: Accounting and Finance systems administration, Finance Projects, Financial Statement preparation and consolidation for holding company, all subsidiaries and affiliates, Planning and Analysis, budgeting, cash flow projections, occupancy projections, tenant improvements projections, tax liability projectionsAll financial targets for FY 2014 exceeded including: occupancy rates target >92%, on time receipts >90%, budget forecast accuracy > 95%, reduction in operating expenses >20% over PYSuccessfully led on time on budget implementations of the following initiatives:Oracle PeopleSoft GL implementation – Worked with third party consultants to implement Oracle PeopleSoft GL 9.2 and PeopleSoft AR module. Led data migration and validation effort from QuickBooks, led documentation and training tracks of projectACH payments project – Allows tenants to set up single and recurring ACH online payments through company’s web site. Project included development of front end interface, automated ACH NACHA file creation, automated communication with Wells Fargo bank, automated returns and rejections exceptions handling, integration with PeopleSoft AR module, and monthly reconciliation reportingLatest initiative: Evaluating the need for a Financial Management / Financial Planning product, writing high level requirements, conducting ROI analysis in preparation for RFP phase

Successfully led IBM Clarity upgrade to version7 project on time, on budget including project management working with third party consultants, requirements gathering and writing, report and template conversion and development, testing, rollout, documentation and user trainingActed as Primary Systems Administrator in charge of multiple financial systems that support various Finance and Accounting functions across the organization including: Hyperion Strategic Finance which is used for short and long term financial planning, Essbase, IBM Clarity, and SharePointSupported the long and short term planning process in the Corporate Strategy and the Corporate Planning departments by working with the Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting teamsApplied financial reporting changes mandated by regulators. Assumed accountability for the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of reporting generated using financial applications. Assisted with the monthly Sempra Energy financial accounting consolidation close process using Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)

Greater San Diego Area

Responsible for ongoing functional administration of the following newly deployed systems: Oracle Merchandise Financial Planning, Oracle Category Management and Item PlanningConduct gap analysis between systems original benefits cases and visions compared to current state Close systems benefit gaps through enforcement and improvement of business processes and procedures defined during implementation, training development and delivery Identify opportunities for future system enhancements and new functionality, write all related functional requirements and act as the translation link between the user community and IT system architects Conduct UAT testing of all IT requests, communicate results back to user community. update training materials and process documents as needed to reflect system and process changes Application owner responsible for managing metadata, system security, data integrity and adherence to new processes as well as managing user tickets, and service requests with OracleImplementation Process Lead January 2010 – September 2012 Senior Business Analyst October 2008 - January 2010

Perform the review, design, requirements gathering and writing, testing, and approval stages of all projects and system initiatives that impact financial reporting and financial transactions processingServe as liaison between technical developers, programmers, and financial staff to enable technical staff to deliver the desired changes accurately and on scheduleConduct cost benefit analysis, cash flow projections and modeling of proposed projects and system initiatives to determine pay back period, NPV and ROI under different market conditionsRun simulations to assess and interpret the financial impact of changing pricing and portfolio metrics on the profitability of the business for flagship initiatives Assist Finance senior management in identifying key issues and relevant performance metricsCollect and analyze data, develop recommendations and design processes to address identified issues Consult senior management with prioritization and resource allocation

Consulted credit unions on managing business risks and recommended changes relating to accounting cycle procedures and documentation, internal audit operations, risk assessment modeling, financial reports preparation and analysis, institution balancing and auditing, and regulatory reporting complianceManaged all accounting and financial aspects of converting credit unions to the Episys core processing system and financial packageOversaw technical aspect of accounting and financial data migration to the Episys system. Supported credit unions with all pre conversion training and post conversion support. Successfully completed over 22 conversions including clients with over a billion dollars in assets. Conducted interviews for prospective applicants and trained newly hired junior Analysts.

School Business Management Certificate, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Msba, Finance, 3.78

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General