Support JDE One World Financial Systems

Assisting publishing client with JDE World Financial modules. Assisting and coaching client in the preparation of FASTR reports, World Writer reports, and in reconciliation of complex financial general ledger environment.

• Directed team of 10 to transition financial/transactional based work into consolidated Shared Services Center in Earth City, Missouri, resulting in savings of over $4 million. • Expanded Sara Lee Shared Services to include Coffee & Tea Route Cash reconciliation process. Reduced cash in transit from $4.1 million to $1.7 million and improved compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls. • Directed several process improvement projects including: elimination of manual invoices (approximately $60,000 annual savings), implementation of new rebate process (approximately $250,000 annual rebate), and automation of payroll deductions (approximately $60,000 annual savings)• Led project to take one (1) full day out of financial close process. Facilitated LEAN Kaizen event and led project team through mapping of current close process, identifying task dependencies and critical path. Focused additional improvement projects on critical path to reduce overall timeline by one day.

• Managed internal and external resources in writing and testing internal controls to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).

Managed various IT projects, focused on implementation of the JD Edwards ERP system. Designed, programmed, and tested custom commodities procurement system using OneWorld. Implemented JDE purchasing and financial modules, including fixed assets. Supported JDE sales order processing module.

Financial and Distribution System Consultant.