OBJECTIVE:

EXPERIENCE:

2/2000 - Present

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Oracle Fusion Financials / Senior Project Manager / Oracle Solutions Architect / Finance Lead

Consulted a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader, a large US loan advancement firm, US global bank, US global digital media, US life insurance, business research firm, US federal, local, city and state governments.

• Strong expertise in designing and implementing a global chart of accounts (COA), global Ledgers, Secondary Ledgers including STAT and GAAP, Legal Entities, Reporting Currency (RC) for Consolidation, Inter and intra-company setups and configurations within Oracle Fusion Financials [GL, FAH], Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS), Oracle General Ledger Release 12.2.4 • Solved the most complex business problem of our time by designing a solution to meet the business need of a 90+ legal entity structure, single operating unit and paid from one of 300+ legal entities correct bank accounts.• Extensive Oracle R12.1.3 experience in Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS), Federal Financials, Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Project Contracts, Oracle Project Management, Oracle Project Collaborative Suite, Primavera, Oracle Financial Accounting Hub (FAH), SubLedger Accounting (SLA), Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub (FAH), Oracle Projects Manufacturing, Oracle Accounts Payable, iSupplier, Oracle Purchasing, iProcrument, Oracle Inventory, Oracle Cash Management, Oracle Accounts Receivable, iReceivable, Oracle E-Business Tax, Oracle Fixed Assets, Oracle Property Management and Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (eAM). Specialist in Work Order Billing.• Lease management and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO).• Specialist in preparing Oracle Unified Method (OUM) documents such as AN.100, IM.090, DS.030, etc.• Streamlined financial system processing such as daily, weekly, monthly and yearly processing.• Successfully implemented leading edge strategies to support a well-trained Contract Management and Business Management teams to improve business, system processes and corporate policies.• Supported corporate Financial Audit and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).• Global deployment of Oracle Release 12, highly complex and a Large Scale Services (LSS) and Governed Capabilities (GC) platform.• Developed the Master Integrated Project Plan with multiple concurrent release planning and deployment. Managed Scope, Capacity Planning and Budgetary constraints. Identified Risks and Develop Mitigation Plans and Strategies.• Completed the Marine Corps Marathon and enjoys creative writing and modern art.

9/1998 - 1/2000

PA Functional and Technical Projects Lead

Responsible for the delivery of the complete functional and technical solutions for Oracle Projects costing and billing. The types of projects included AC&I (capital), Industrial (Indirect) and Reimbursable (Contract). Initiated Project Management plans. Managed and provided guidance to the development team on the structures of tables, open interfaces, Client Extensions, APIs and provided detail technical architecture on interfacing legacy systems. The interfaces included Activity Management Gateway, Oracle Inventory and Oracle Projects, Funds checks prior to Issue of Inventory to Projects, Receipt Interface to Projects via Oracle Accounts Payable, Legacy Yard Time and Attendance and Interface balances to DAFIS the official Department Of Transport accounting System. Initiated complex Government accounting. Reviewed business processes and adopted the Solution Demonstration Labs (SDL) methodology. Integrated a complete Auto-Accounting Solution. Provided end user training and executive briefings. Interviewed and selected key resources for the delivery of an Enterprise Resource Planning solution. Managed complete integration between Oracle Projects, Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Fixed Assets, Oracle Receivables, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Payables and Oracle Inventory.

8/1997 - 8/1998

PA, FA, UPA and UFA Functional Team and Technical

Functional Team Leads for Oracle Utilities Projects and Oracle Utilities Fixed Assets. Lead the beta testing of Oracle Financials for Utilities and coordinated enhancements with the development team. Responsible for the successful implementation of a suite of Oracle Financials for Utilities. Ensured the integration of core products such as Oracle Projects and Oracle Fixed Assets with the utility extensions and client product customizations. Implemented an aggressive project plan and met the Application Implementation Methodology (AIM) deliverables. At each stage of a complete project life cycle complied with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Developed customized end user training material for Oracle Financials for Utilities with the use of Oracle Tutor. Implemented a successful training center of excellence. Reviewed Legacy systems and initiated high level designs to import Work Order related data from ‘Work Estimate System (WES)’ using Oracle’s Project management tool ‘Activity Management Gateway’, a standard Application Programmable Interfaces. Involved in the analysis to import expenditure related data from other legacy systems such as ‘Customer Service System (CSS)’ and ‘MSA Payroll’ into Oracle Projects using Transaction Import. Reviewed company wide journals and recommended each to be either manually entered or automated within Oracle General Ledger or Oracle Projects. Trained core Project and Management Teams on the functionality of Oracle Financials for Utilities. Liaise with development team to model training, development and production databases and compliance to current patch levels.

12/1996 - 7/1997

Principal Consultant

Provided training and consulting services to clients. Reviewed the Business Processes and developed set-up documentation using Application Implementation Methodology (AIM) for a US Government Agency. Analyzed the Agency’s reporting requirements and made appropriate recommendations.Trained and answered consulting questions on Oracle Projects character and GUI product releases 10.5, 10.6SC and 10.7SC. Students included new Oracle Instructors, Oracle Consultants, Third Party, Big 5 and members of Implementation and product selection committees. The courses were held at Oracle education centers and custom training at client site. Other Oracle Financials modules included Grants Management, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger versions 10.6SC and 10.7SC. Presented a complete integration of Oracle Financials and standard Application Programmable Interfaces (API).

1/1995 - 11/1996

Oracle Consultant

Implemented Oracle Project Accounting and Oracle General version 10.5 for AT&T (UK), AT&T Ireland, AT&T Easylink, AT&T BCS-E and AT&T Istel. Conversed with end users to ascertain business requirements and then produced set-up documentation using Application Implementation Methodology (AIM). Accomplished System Administrator duties. Provided post implementation support which included the development of test plans for patches. Analyzed reporting requirements and then designed, developed FSG and other management reports. Also configured Auto-Accounting rules for Oracle Project Accounting.Developed project management plans and assigned technical and functional resources. Insured that strict time and budget constraints were met. Conversed with Financial Accountants to ascertain training needs and then delivered the customized courseware and training. New and existing users included Directors, Executives, Senior Project Managers and Project Managers.As a member of AT&T’s Regional Application Center (RAC), provided internal Oracle Help Desk Services. Coordinated with Oracle Support to determine solutions to complex system and application problems.

1/1994 - 12/1994

Consultant

Part of the multi-disciplinary team to complete an operational study of Internal Revenue Services. Interviewed Senior Management to ascertain business requirements and also conversed with relevant staff to document the procedures and resources. Calculated the costs of running an existing system.

EDUCATION:

6/1993

Professional

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) equivalent

7/1990

Bachelor's Degree

Mathematics

INTERESTS & HOBBIES:

Creative writing and modern art.

Marathon Runner