SULTANE SALIM

 

EXEL             Westerville, OH

Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance            May 2015 – Nov 2015

 

·   Analyze new business opportunities using logistics design and investment models

·   Provide analysis for complex commercial discussions including flex budgeting, KPI penalties and incentives, gain-share / pain-share

·   Perform hurdle analysis for design scenarios to ensure acceptable rates of return

·   Support operations management with analysis around warehouse productivity, labor efficiency, and throughput reporting

·   Comprehensive accounting and finance activities supporting multiple logistics centers including month end close, forecasting, payroll, maintenance, receivables, and payables

·   Oversight over 3 financial administrators

 

EXEL             Westerville, OH

Senior Financial Systems Consultant, Master Data Management           August 2013 – May 2015

 

·   Maintained Hyperion DRM hierarchies that flow master data to Oracle EBS and Essbase

·   Created verifications to maintain master data integrity

·   Led efforts to enhance data quality, resulting in more meaningful reports for Finance

·   Implemented Oracle GL and segment disable process resulting in improved controllership

·   Processed service requests for Oracle EBS user responsibility and security changes

·   Corrected journal entry errors in Oracle

·   Created Excel VBA tool to evaluate large requests for new GL strings, saving 25 hrs/wk

·   Created Excel VBA tool to quickly generate standard GL strings, saving 10 hrs/wk

·   Created automated Excel VBA templates to handle new segment requests from Finance

 

SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION      Hoffman Estates, IL

Senior Financial Analyst, Supply Chain           July 2008 – June 2010

 

·   FP&A for six distribution centers with a budget of US $25 million

·   Comprehensive month end reporting and journal entries for proper revenue and cost recognition

·   Trained and had oversight over two financial administrator positions

·   Investigated spend variances to forecast and budget

·   Created Excel-based maintenance spend tracking tool for senior executives

·   Participated in annual process to set productivity targets

·   Built Excel volume forecasting model that is adjustable for changes in product and flowpath

·   Created policies and procedures controllership audit in collaboration with financial administrators

·   Acted as finance liaison for Oracle / PeopleSoft ERP system rollout

·   Improved weekly supply chain Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboards

·   Supported Capital Expenditure manager by completing and reviewing capital project proposals

·   Performed ad hoc analyses in coordination with Operations Management

 

 

 

 

SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION      Hoffman Estates, IL

Procurement Intern, Energy & Facilities                                                 May 2007 – August 2007

 

·   Partnered with internal and external stakeholders to evaluate financials of adding solar photovoltaic systems at selected sites through outright purchase or power purchase agreements for savings of US$200,000 per year per location

·   Identified recycling revenue potential across five business units and facilitated implementation of new and improved programs for incremental savings and revenue totaling US $4 million per year

·   Utilized formal e-procurement process to vet out recycling service suppliers and recommend awards

·   Performed financial analysis determining feasibility of acquiring equipment to densify expanded polystyrene packaging thereby reducing landfill costs at appliance delivery locations and made actionable recommendations

·   Secured cooperation from packaging engineering and two business units to initiate a year-long project to design-out expanded polystyrene from appliance packaging for a savings of US $2 million per year

 

ILLINOIS BUSINESS CONSULTING                Champaign, IL

Consultant                                                                                                           January 2007 – May 2007

 

·   Collaborated with a team of five to provide consulting services to an underwriting company to fulfill cost estimating and audit day tracking needs

·   Developed a global pricing tool that allows the company to more accurately bid registration projects

·   Created a global audit-hour backlog tracking system that allows the firm to manage auditors more efficiently

 

Archer Daniels Midland Company                                  Decatur, IL

Project Engineer – Cogeneration                                                                August 2002 – July 2006

 

·   Managed significant portions of a 105MW GE steam turbine installation in a US $30 million project including installation of a 138-kV Siemens gas-insulated substation, 60,000gpm Marley cooling tower, condensate pumps, and multiple fire suppression and detection systems.

·   Led new cooling tower installation from bid process through commissioning, saving US $200,000 in unnecessary cost

·   Supervised erection of concrete block, pre-fabricated concrete panel, and steel frame buildings

·   Sourced, buried, cathodically-protected and created as-built CAD drawings of US $500,000 of cooling water pipe rated at 140,000gpm

·   Completed economic feasibility study on adding ash silo capacity

·   Made process changes to reverse osmosis and micro filtration systems in a US $1 million project, saving US $1 million per year in ion exchange chemical costs

·   Installed ammonia injection systems on boilers in a US $1 million project to reduce NOx emissions, resulting in nearly US $2 million per year in credits

 

Archer Daniels Midland Company                                                                  Des Moines, IA

Plant Engineer – Cogeneration                                                                             July 2000 – August 2002

 

·   Led all project engineering and supervised skilled labor

·   Managed Osmonics RO system; made process changes to reduce membrane failure by 75%

·   Prepared environmental reports:  Tier II, Title V, R Form, quarterly emissions, and fuel usage

·   Maintained contractor agreements, insurance certificates, and T&M agreements

 

 

Archer Daniels Midland Company                                                                  Des Moines, IA

Production Engineer – Soybean Mill and Refinery                                           July 1998 – July 2000

 

·   Led efforts to replace pressure swing adsorption nitrogen plant, saving US $100,000 per year

·   Developed Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure plan for soybean mill to achieve compliance with EPA regulations

·   Established internal auditing program for confined space, lockout, and hot work permits, resulting in 80% reduction in errors

·   Shared supervisory responsibility for all operations at Mill and Refinery

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana-Champaign, IL

MBA, Finance and Operations Management         May 2008

Academic Honors, Trustees Merit Scholarship, MBA2 Merit Scholarship

 

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY                Columbus, OH

BS, Chemical Engineering         June 1998

University Honors Scholarship

 

Continuing Education

 

Advanced MS Excel classes	Lookups, nesting functions, macros, pivot tables, etc
MS Access class	Creating and querying databases; Excel references
MS Project class	Creating project timelines, updating, milestones, critical path
Logistics Continuous Improvement	Initial assessments of remote sites and tracking progress
Six Sigma workshop	Using Define/Measure/Analyze/Improve/Control in projects
TESOL/TESL/TEFL certified	Oxford certified to teach English as a second language

 

 

Software	Hyperion Essbase, Oracle EBS, Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM), SAP BusinessObjects, Oracle Purchasing, PeopleSoft GL, MicroStation, MS Office, TOAD, DataLoad Pro
Other	SQL, VBA, P&ID’s, civil design drawings