Continued expansion in team leadership and delivery management. Strategic Vendor Partnership expansion, leader mentoring/coaching, and new application benefits and integration scoping, planning, and deployment. Financial planning across multiple pyramids.

Wide swath of ownership building and leading Financial Systems Development and Production Support teams. Small to large project leadership, direct team management (Global team), as well as individual contributor on global strategic initiatives. Key packages and technology include Oracle PeopleSoft, ServiceNow, SAP Ariba, BlackLine.Extensive experience building relationships with Big Five integration partners as well as operationalizing internal DevOps teams in support of new systems and capabilities.

Accountability for project intake and prioritization, end to end business and systems analysis, software development, testing, release management and audit/compliance for PeopleSoft Financials, Oracle eBusiness suite, MPWR, and Ariba Procure to Pay.- Direct hiring, management, annual performance goals/reviews of sixteen on-site, offshore and remote team members- School champion for Optum's college Technology Development Program (career fairs, interviewing, on campus speaking engagements)- Waterfall, Agile Scrum development methodologies

Lead and manage a team of business and systems analysts who perform initial vetting, process optimization, and system capability fit/gap for financial systems and business processes. Primarily interface with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, Asset Management, and Accounts Payable constituents across multiple business segments in the U.S., UK, India, Ireland, Philippines and Australia. Accountability for Resource Planning & Management, Hiring, Team Development, Forecasting, and Internal process improvement.- PeopleSoft Financials 9.0 patching and 9.0 to 9.2 upgrade (fit/gap analysis, remediation, User Acceptance Testing)- Ariba Spend Management (SaaS) implementations and enhancements (P2P, SIM, Sourcing, Contracts)- Approach, planning, and day-to-day management of PeopleSoft Financials (AP, PO, GL, AM) rollout to India, Ireland, Philippines, and Australia- Collaborative benefit/value analysis and prioritization of work across multiple business groups- Ownership of recruiting, hiring, and mentoring

Managed end-to-end "back office" (Accounting, Treasury, Settlement, Finance, Risk/Credit, Client Services) business interests and involvement in IT product development process. Responsible for distilling high level product concepts into implementable scope, performing impact assessments to financial systems/processing, and authoring functional designs/use cases, business processes, reporting specifications, and controls needed for business acceptance.• Drove Business Requirements Sessions and Functional design authoring, review and approval for Oracle R12 implementation of Receivables and Incentive Compensation• Managed business user involvement in all phases of product development lifecycle from functionality design, requirement gathering and documentation, business process definition and user acceptance/QA testing signoff• Led benefits realization effort for Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence implementation. • Led and facilitated sessions to scope, refine, and translate current data needs of functional groups into future Data Warehouse, Cognos BI and reporting solutions (200+ users in London, New York, Miami, and Denver)• Requirement gathering, functional design, and User Acceptance Test Lead for prepaid debit card, bill payment products, multicurrency product expansion, and eCommerce site launch

Responsible for financial planning, inventory turn, forecasting, executive presentation, vendor negotiation, and meeting financial goals for businesses totaling $16M annual sales.

Demonstrated sound analysis and project management skills through a variety of client engagements, while being recognized as a team maximizer.• Developed and managed project benefit cases for multiple business initiatives and clients• Worked on process definition, alliance development, and obtaining executive approval and funding for a new business launch for a Fortune 100 retailer• Met with key business owners (Entry-level to Vice President) in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain depts to document processes and functionality efficiencies provided by Retek implementation. Defined financial benefit realization calculations• Designed, developed, and tested PeopleSoft HR/Financial modifications, Crystal Reports, COBOL, and SQL/SQR. Provided training, on-call support, and mentoring to client users• Led technical and functional training sessions for groups of 20+ new users of PeopleSoft HR and General Ledger systems