J Patrick Manning

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Phone: (614) 975-0459

Email: p3260501@yahoo.com

 

 

To obtain employment that will utilize my technical and analytical abilities, as well as make use of my diverse experience in Business and Systems Analysis

 

 

·               Extensive experience in data warehousing, automation, reporting, modeling, analysis, and testing using SQL Server 2008, Teradata SQL, Visio, VBA, MS Excel, MS Access, and Sharepoint

·               Exposure to Informatica, Tableau, Microstrategy, Crystal Reports, and MS Reporting Services

·               Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to transfer knowledge between individuals and groups by creating training guides, providing individual coaching, and leading group training/requirement sessions

·               Thorough understanding of various software development and project management life cycles and methodologies as well as planning tools such as MS Project and time tracking/resource planning tools such as Clarity

·               Thorough understanding of financial industry with experience using SAP, Oracle ERP, Hyperion/Essbase, and Great Plains

·               Particular expertise in process improvement through the use of root cause and use case analyses

·               Exceptional problem solving and analytical abilities

·               Ability to quickly learn and understand any proprietary software and how it is used by and relates to a particular business

 

 

 

4/2015-6/2015         Simonton Windows

Position:  Financial Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

·                     Created Excel based margin model used by the pricing department to calculate margin implications for large job discounts

·                     Wrote custom VBA and complex functions to connect over 400 product specific cost documents to user supplied product, pricing, and discount information

·                     Elicited requirements from users, created training and documentation, implemented software

 

3/2014-4/2015         Nationwide Insurance-Manifest Solutions

Position:  Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

·                     Wrote custom SQL to validate that technical design would meet functional requirements

·                     Created complex custom SQL queries for UAT utilizing correlated sub queries, qualify statements, ordered analytic functions, and other complex methods

·   Provided requirements guidance for Microstrategy front end reports

·   Wrote SQL for use in Tableau reports

 

9/2011-11/2013      Fortune Brands Home & Security-ViaVero Consulting

Window & Door Division

Position:  Financial Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

·                     Created complex custom SQL queries using MS SQL Server Management Studio utilizing sub queries, cast expressions, case statements, and other functions

·                     Implemented Excel based BI tools and methodologies that connected to MS Analysis Services Cubes and a SQL Server data warehouse

·                     Created training guides to prepare affected users for new functionality; provided group and individual training and coaching to finance staff

 

6/2009-6/2010      Nationwide-Mergis Group

      Marketing-Customer Information Management

Position:  Analyst

Responsibilities:

·                     Provided input and created business and functional requirement documents for thedelivery of customer contact history to end users

·                     Utilized metadata documentation and SQL tools to provide verification of customerdata delivered from a data warehouse to various Front End GUI’s; provided input and coordinated enhancements to metadata documentation

 

9/2007-11/2008      Nationwide-Technisource

      Office of Internal Audits

Position: Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

·                     Utilized Agile methodology to implement MS Access Database that allowed 20+ auditors to make and share audit findings and plans

·                     Interviewed stakeholders and wrote detailed functional requirements; translated functional requirements into detailed technical requirements

·                     Designed, tested, and released weekly enhancements; provided change management advice to management and training to auditors

 

7/2007-11/2007       JPMorganChase-Spherion Professional Services Group

Enterprise Computing Business Management Office

Position:  Business Systems Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

·                     Utilized Waterfall methodology to create an automated process to reconcile monthly inventory data from SAP with recovered expenses for Large Midrange Server Support Group

·                     Interviewed stakeholders and documented current and future state requirements by creating cross functional Visio flowcharts; Created change management plan and training documents

·                     Gave daily direction to requirements analyst and documentation specialist

 

1/2006-6/2007          Nationwide Financial-Spherion Professional Services                                                                                            Finance Focus/ Office of Finance/Titan Auto

Position: Financial Systems Analyst

          Responsibilities:

·                     Managed EDI Testing and Defect Resolution of  Peoplesoft 8.8 release for 15 admin systems that produced journal entries for $50MM in daily customer transactions

·                     Identified defects and root causes, entered them into Mercury Test Director

·                     Worked with finance staff to provide correcting journal entries for mistakes caused by system defects

·                     Utilized use cases and cross functional Visio flowcharts to document created and updated project cash handling business processes for Non-Standard Auto Insurance group;   plan in MS Project

 

1/2004-6/2005         Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp- Acloche Accounting

IT Finance

Position: IT Project Financial Coordinator/Developer/Analyst

          Responsibilities:    

·                     Interviewed stakeholders; created business requirements and dataflow documents for post-merger system integration efforts between PAR and PRS time tracking systems

·                     Documented IT project tracking data warehouse structure differences between JPMC and BankOne; normalized data between the two legacy data warehouses

·                     Worked directly with Project Managers to develop project financial forecasts, budget variance analyses, and month end accruals

 

6/2000-11/2002       Bank One- Acloche Professional Services

             Central IT Finance

Position: Analyst

  Responsibilities:    

·                     Provided extensive analysis of SAP General Ledger-CO and Purchasing GUI modules for Central IT Finance staff

·   Created functional requirements for GUI enhancements

·                     Lead requirements and demonstration sessions for 20+ vendor management staff for benchmarking system;  created requirement documents based on staff input

 

6/1998-11/1999       Qwest Communications

Consumer Markets Reporting & Analysis

Position: Reporting Systems Analyst

  Responsibilities:    

·                     Partnered with management to identify key metrics; provided management with daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting and forecasting for Consumer Markets Business Unit

·   Served as liaison between operations and technology teams

·                     Participated in vendor selection for Consumer Partner Reporting Data Warehouse

 

 

1996-2002         The Ohio State University-Fisher College of Business

2008                      (614) 292-2715

2012                       Course of study: Finance/Accounting/International Business (230 CH)

BSBA-Finance coursework complete

 

 

·                     Nominated to Golden Key academic honor society

·                     Named to Dean’s list 3 times at The Ohio State University

·                     Named to Qwest Consumer Markets Circle of Success Q4 1998

·                     Golf, Golf, Fishing