Below are the 4 Systems Analysts, 4 PeopleSoft Analysts & 4 Functional Analysts with PeopleSoft & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides PeopleSoft experienced systems & functional analysts for your industry on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

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1. Systems Analyst, who Developed PeopleSoft SQL Queries for Analysis and Reporting. Knowledgeable in PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, HCM and SQL. Experienced in Commercial Services, Professional Services and Banking Industries.

2. Systems Analyst, who Provided Data Analysis for Conversion of Data from DST/PowerSTEPP to PeopleSoft. Proficient in PeopleSoft FSCM, HRMS and HCM. Worked in a Health System, a Medical Center and a Health Department.

3. Systems Analyst, who Developed Any Change Requests Using XSL, XML, JavaScript and Java. Specializations in PeopleSoft HRMS, Financials and Oracle. Work Background in Technology Services, Professional Services and Ins. Industries.

4. Systems Analyst, Involved in the PeopleSoft Configuration and Conversion Programming. Proficient in PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, HRMS and GL. Experienced in Retail, Software and Professional Services Industries.

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1. PeopleSoft Analyst, who was Involved in Testing (System, Platform and Upgrade Testing) and Suggested Modifications. Experienced in Software and Construction Industries. Proficient in PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft Supply Chain and Oracle

2. PeopleSoft Analyst, who Provided Functional Application Support and Enhancements to the PeopleSoft Financial System. Skilled in PeopleSoft Financials, Oracle and MySQL. Familiarity in Commercial Services and Professional Services Industries.

3. PeopleSoft Analyst II, who Developed a New Pay Cycle to Support Additional Payment Methods for a Bank/Paymode Implementation. Proficient in PeopleSoft Financials and Oracle. Experienced in Manufacturing and Business Services Industries.

4. Senior PeopleSoft Analyst, who Resolved Issues Related to LDAP Integration. Used PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleSoft Security, PeopleSoft HCM, Hyperion and Oracle. Work Background in Financial Services and Ins. Industries.

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1. Functional Analyst, Provided Application Knowledge for Implementation of New PeopleSoft Modules & Added Functionality. Versed in PeopleSoft Financials, Java, XML & HTML. Worked in Utilities, Consumer Service & Trucking Industries.

2. Functional Analyst, Upgraded PeopleSoft from Swift Modules. Proficient in PeopleSoft Modules including HR, Payroll, Asset Management, Absence Management, GL, AP & AR. Work Experience in Education & Financial Services Industries.

3. PeopleSoft FMS Functional Analyst, Created & Executed AP, Expense, Purchasing & eProcurement Implementation. Skilled in PeopleSoft AP, AR, PO, GL & Inventory Modules. Worked in IT Services, Real Estate & Consulting Industries.

4. Functional Analyst, Used PeopleSoft & Internal Data Expertise to Advise Depts. in the Development of Processes that Improve Accuracy & Integrity of Project Costing Data. Adept in PeopleSoft, QAD & QuickBooks. Experience in Biotech/Pharma Industries.

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ID #: YL15717468

Systems Analyst who Developed PeopleSoft SQL Queries for Analysis and Reporting. Knowledgeable in PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, HCM and SQL. Experienced in Commercial Services, Professional Services and Banking Industries.

Does a systems analyst who is experienced in commercial services, professional services and banking industries, as well as knowledgeable in PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleSoft SQL pique your interest? Technical knowledge involves PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleSoft SQL. Educational attainment includes B.S. in Computer Science.

Major responsibilities of this systems analyst included providing technical and functional support for PeopleSoft users for their daily or monthly reconciliations, setting up new ChartField, updating PeopleSoft Financial trees, troubleshooting outstanding items and balancing. Developing PeopleSoft SQL Queries for analysis and reporting was carried out, along with providing beginning and intermediate level query trainings for corporate accounting users. This individual created multiple financial reports such as trial balance and income statements for multiple ledgers such as actuals, forecast and budget by PeopleSoft nVision. Work was done with the allocation team to analyze financial data and create allocation rules for new business units, operating units, departments and accounts for accuracy of data flow.

The job covered participating in month-end general ledger closing processes to deliver closing reports to all involved parties. One of the functions consisted of working on PeopleSoft 8.4 to 9.2 re-implementation. The responsibilities included re-designing the new ChartField values, building reporting trees, creating combination rules, writing user queries and creating the complete set of new financial reports. Other duties involved setting up multiple GL processes in the PeopleSoft environment systems and performing tuning, monitoring and administrator role as well. Anticipated PeopleSoft Application and Tool updates including testing, documentation of testing results, and creating testing script were managed.

 

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ID #: PB2653340

Systems Analyst who Provided Data Analysis for Conversion of Data from DST/PowerSTEPP to PeopleSoft. Proficient in PeopleSoft FSCM, HRMS and HCM. Worked in a Health System, a Medical Center and a Health Department.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this systems analyst who worked in a health system, a medical center and a health department, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleSoft HRMS and PeopleSoft HCM? Technical competencies involve PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleSoft HRMS and PeopleSoft HCM. Educational attainment includes Bachelors in Engineering (Electrical and Electronics). Professional certifications cover PMP, PeopleSoft PeopleTools and ITIL Foundation.

Important contributions of this systems analyst included providing data analysis for conversion of data from DST/PowerSTEPP to PeopleSoft 9.2 and helping the legacy systems team members in reconciling the legacy data and guiding them through PeopleSoft PIA structure on reconciliation. Tasks covered preparing business requirement documentation, technical design documentation and putting the scenarios of what users was requesting versus what needs to be developed, which was a key task before any configuration or development changes. Skills brought to the table included designing interfaces in SQR/App Engine for doing data conversion for GL/AP/PO, as well as designing the trees structures for account, dept, product, and project chartfields.

One of the key roles involved merging of hospitals and health insurance BU under one umbrella organization. Designing the 2-way and 3-way match rule for the for AP/PO modules and helping the users in using table set sharing so that one data set can be shared between BU’s within same organization were included in the list of duties. In addition, this specialist handled the customization of Cash forecasting process that will be run for a given worksheet to calculate the future positions for the sources defined in worksheet.

 

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ID #: GR16610169

Systems Analyst who Developed Any Change Requests Using XSL, XML, JavaScript and Java. Specializations in PeopleSoft HRMS, Financials and Oracle. Work Background in Technology Services, Professional Services and Ins. Industries.

What can a systems analyst with specializations in PeopleSoft HRMS, PeopleSoft Financial and Oracle, as well as work background in technology services, professional services and insurance industries bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve PeopleSoft HRMS, PeopleSoft Financial, Oracle, PeopleCode and SQL. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Certificate in Web Development and Certificate in PL/SQL.

Working with areas such as handling PeopleSoft Financials 8.41 changes was one of the skills brought to the table by this systems analyst. Most of the changes made were in the GL and Expenses module of the PeopleSoft Financial System. Experience involved coding in SQR and PeopleCode and serving as production support resource for batch jobs and disaster recovery events. Providing production support and handling development changes of the AIP application were some of the tasks. Aside from handling the application, any change requests were developed using XSL, XML, JavaScript and Java. Duties covered providing production support and development for the Phantom Application. The phantom application mainly involved ASP, C program and VBScript. Concentration was more on the production support of the application.

One of the responsibilities consisted of implementing the data integration using Oracle BPEL and Thunderhead Document Generation System. An additional task involved utilizing Thunderhead, a new application to be implemented by the PeopleSoft HR application for generating multiple correspondence documents for the users. Troubleshooting production incidents (SRs) related to db.people World, db.people Externals, db.people CDO, db.people UIM and SMART/Actuate was carried out. Online (frontend) and backend issues involving PeopleCode, SQR and PL/SQL were investigated; bug fixes were provided for those applications.

 

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ID #: KR16610170

Systems Analyst Involved in the PeopleSoft Configuration and Conversion Programming. Proficient in PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, HRMS and GL. Experienced in Retail, Software and Professional Services Industries.

Could your organization use a systems analyst who is proficient in PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, PeopleSoft HRMS, PeopleSoft GL and PeopleSoft Access, as well as experienced in retail, software and professional services industries? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft Enterprise FSCM, PeopleSoft HRMS, PeopleSoft GL and PeopleSoft Access. PeopleSoft trainings include PeopleTools (7.5 and 8.4) PeopleTools2 (7.5 and 8.4) integration tools; SQR upgrade (RWAY) application engine; PeopleCode Data Management (RWAY) accounts payables; asset management (RWAY) projects general ledger; and Purchase (RWAY). Educational attainment includes MS Computer Software Engineering. This individual is a Certified Project Management Professional.

Primary tasks of this systems analyst included providing production support, development and handling post production issues in PeopleSoft Architecture, web server Financial General Ledger, Account Payables, Asset Management, Account Receivables, Procurement and Purchasing modules. Mentoring the in-house development team, providing quality assurance to all levels of IT design, architecture and full life-cycle development, as well as coordinating with users on production and development issues were also handled. Best practices were integrated into redesigned processes, new business units and workflow technologies; reengineering the tree manager integrating PeopleSoft technologies was also completed. This individual served as the core developer on the interface and report development team and was extensively involved in the PeopleSoft configuration and conversion programming, application configuration and system customization.

Contributions involved preparing upgrades and comparing the database to final test move into production. Fit gap analysis was conducted, identifying modifications and business requirements; assistance was provided in the development and delivery of training materials for upgrades. The job consisted of developing complete PeopleSoft testing plan including functionality, online Performance, batch Performance, network/infrastructure and parallel testing.

 

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ID #: JG16610215

PeopleSoft Analyst who was Involved in Testing (System, Platform and Upgrade Testing) and Suggested Modifications. Experienced in Software and Construction Industries. Proficient in PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft Supply Chain and Oracle.

Could your organization use a PeopleSoft analyst who is experienced in technology, software and construction industries, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft Supply Chain and Oracle? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft Supply Chain and Oracle. Educational attainment includes Masters of Science in Engineering Management, Specialization in Supply Chain Management and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Primary tasks of this PeopleSoft analyst included working on Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Purchasing and Asset Management modules, as well as getting involved in testing (system, platform and upgrade testing) and suggesting modification for the pre-release version of PeopleSoft FSCM 8.9. Manually testing AP and PO test incidents on different database platforms like Oracle, DB2 Unix, Informix and Sybase, along with several builds from one week to the next in Order to pass the functionality through Build Acceptance Test (BAT) during system testing as well as platform testing was efficiently carried out. An additional role covered handling testing cases requiring interfacing between AP/PO/AM.

Contributions involved working extensively on PeopleSoft delivered business units and running different payables processes such as Voucher Build (AP_VCHRBLD), Voucher Posting (AP_PSTVCHR), Matching (AP_MATCH), Payment Posting (AP_PSTPYMT), Transaction Loader (AMIF 1000), Pay Cycle Process (AP_APY2015), and PO/AP/AM Interfaces (AMPS 1000). New business units were created in AP and GL. This individual tested the business rules, module integrity and data validation on FSCM modules. An additional duty consisted of getting involved in the implementation of the Accounts Payable, Purchasing, General Ledger and Inventory modules as a technical as well as functional expert.

 

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ID #: RS16610217

PeopleSoft Analyst who Provided Functional Application Support and Enhancements to the PeopleSoft Financial System. Skilled in PeopleSoft Financials, Oracle and MySQL. Familiarity in Commercial Services and Professional Services Industries.

Would a PeopleSoft analyst who is skilled in PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleTools and PeopleCode with familiarity in commercial services and professional services industries help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover PeopleSoft Financials, Oracle, PeopleTools, PeopleCode, Python, CSS, JSP, Servlets, MYSQL, HTML, Tomcat Server and Rest API. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology and Master’s Degree in Computer Science (ongoing).

Making a positive difference with providing functional application support and enhancements to a PeopleSoft 9.1 Financial system hosted in Oracle Cloud as Infrastructure as a Service. Following Agile, Scrum methods and DevOps methods was one of the key focuses of this PeopleSoft analyst. This individual served as a team leader and mentored/guided employees ensuring proper training in product knowledge and was capable of performing assigned duties. Responsibilities covered working with change management/release managers on the evaluation of change events and preparing POC (Proof of Concept).

Notable tasks included expertly managing and providing technical and functional support, as well as enhancements to a PeopleSoft 9.1 Financial system. This individual was involved in root cause analysis and fixing technical issues in accounts payable and general ledger. The application maintenance budget was reduced while increasing service levels and product stability was improved by minimizing system technical and functional defects. Functions involved automating several processes to increase the efficiency of the system by SQL tuning and interfaces ensuring data consistency which resulted in a 40% increase in Performance. Multiple BI Publisher reports were created for system monitoring and Credit-debit balance in the ledger.

 

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ID #: MJ16610216

PeopleSoft Analyst II who Developed a New Pay Cycle to Support Additional Payment Methods for a Bank/Paymode Implementation. Proficient in PeopleSoft Financials and Oracle. Experienced in Manufacturing and Business Services Industries.

Could your organization use a PeopleSoft analyst II who is proficient in PeopleSoft Financials and Oracle, as well as experienced in manufacturing, professional services and business services industries? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft Financials, Oracle, PeopleCode, SQR, Crystal Reports and Java. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science, Major in Information Technology with Emphasis in Client/Server (Cum Laude) and Bachelor of Science, Major in Operations Management.

One of the impact contributions of this PeopleSoft analyst II included providing primary support for accounts payable, expense, general ledger, project costing and purchasing/eProcurement modules within PeopleSoft Financials. This individual participated in upgrading Financials from version 8.9 to 9.1 and verified custom code was successfully migrated between environments. Aside from resolving all AP issues before upgrade, objects were modified if changes occurred between versions, and ensured customizations were executed flawlessly. An additional role involved developing a new pay cycle to support additional payment methods for a bank/Paymode implementation. A project manager role was taken and the project plan was coordinated with accounting and bank.

Skills involved taking database backups and refreshing test environments to investigate issues or prepare the system for upgrade. Successfully upgrading the Clarity servers and adding additional servers to a cluster environment were also completed. The job consisted of analyzing system functionality and designing solutions based on client requirements. Analysis documents were created to assist co-workers with system configuration. The client’s website was enhanced by adding functionality that displays based on participants’ data. System errors were debugged by reviewing trace data and error reports; SQL Queries were written to help identify and fix problems within the database.

 

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ID #: S16610220

Senior PeopleSoft Analyst who Resolved Issues Related to LDAP Integration. Used PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleSoft Security, PeopleSoft HCM, Hyperion and Oracle. Work Background in Financial Services and Ins. Industries.

What can a senior PeopleSoft FSCM analyst with specializations in PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleSoft Security, PeopleSoft HCM and Oracle, as well as work background in financial services and insurance industries bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleSoft HCM, PeopleSoft Security, Oracle and Hyperion.

Working with areas such as handling PeopleSoft FSCM upgrade from 9.0 to 9.2 and providing technical development support to PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 were some of the responsibilities of this senior PeopleSoft FSCM analyst. Duties covered developing PTF test scenarios for General Ledger, Billing, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable modules, as well as resolving issues related to LDAP integration with PeopleSoft. This individual integrated Identity Access Management tool (IAG) with PeopleSoft to assign roles automatically to user when user manager approves role in IAG. Functional requirements were developed for the new interfaces to integrate Purchasing module with new procurement software, Procure One.

Other functions consisted of designing and testing all the workflow rules for e-Pro/PO, as well as modifying the existing workflow setup for e-Pro/PO using AWE workflow as per the business requirements. Business requirements were created to integrate PeopleSoft with Concur. The job covered developing mappings between PeopleSoft to Concur to send outbound vendor file, and invoice file from Concur to PeopleSoft. Production support was provided for PeopleSoft-Concur integration after the integration go-live. Duties involved interaction hub 9.1 implementation and completing the integration with HCM 9.2 and FSCM 9.2 applications. Gathering and analyzing business requirements for PeopleSoft Financial application modules including GL, AP, AR, BI, AM and PO to configure and enhance business functionalities and processes were carried out.

 

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ID #: PK1788936

Functional Analyst, Provided Application Knowledge for Implementation of New PeopleSoft Modules & Added Functionality. Versed in PeopleSoft Financials, Java, XML & HTML. Worked in Utilities, Consumer Service & Trucking Industries.

Would hiring a PeopleSoft Financials functional analyst with experience working in utilities, consumer services and trucking industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Computers and Master of Science in Computers. ERP skills include PeopleSoft Financials (AR/ Billing, e-Bill, GL, Purchasing, AP, AM, Cash Management, PC, e-Pro, etc.). Expertise in reporting tools involves SQR, Crystal Reports, PS Query and XML Publisher. Also, knowledgeable in programming languages and databases such as SQL, PL/SQL, Java/JSP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Oracle (8i/9i), MS Access and SQL Server 2005.

Acting as a sr. PeopleSoft Financials functional analyst in a utilities company, provided functional leadership to business team members in the evaluation of PeopleSoft 9.1 functionality as the FSCM system for the future state of the Water District. In addition, provided PeopleSoft FIN and SCM functional expertise to document, analyze, design, test, and implement the approved business requirements that provided the most business value. This specialist developed business requirements and related business rules based on business department needs.

While working for a consumer services company as a sr. PeopleSoft Financials functional analyst, was responsible for providing application knowledge for implementation of new PeopleSoft modules and added functionality. Other duties were participating and coordinating application analysis, functional design, application configuration, conversion & migration strategies and training for end users. Furthermore, supported Finance and Accounting departments in answering detailed PeopleSoft functional questions and determining solutions for their issues.

 

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ID #: MM16610219

Functional Analyst, Upgraded PeopleSoft from Swift Modules. Proficient in PeopleSoft Modules including HR, Payroll, Asset Management, Absence Management, GL, AP & AR. Work Experience in Education & Financial Services Industries.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this PeopleSoft functional analyst with work experience in education and financial services industries? Technical skills include PeopleSoft tools 8.53, 8.54, 8.55. Knowledge in PeopleSoft modules include HR, Payroll, Asset Management, Absence Management, GL, AP, AR, Project Costing, CRM, Talent Acquisition and Management(TAM), Commitment Control, e-procurement, Benefits, BRD, FRD, SAAS, SRS, UML Modelling, Database Administration, User Stories, Test Scripts, ESS, MSS, Billing, e-Performance, and Contracts. Other expertise consists of C, C++, SQL, HTML, XML, Java, JavaScript, as well as databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, Teradata, RDBMS and Mainframe.

Contributed to the organization by upgrading PeopleSoft from Swift 9.2 Modules including Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Absence Management, Contracts, Commitment Control, Purchasing, Time and labor, Benefits, e-Performance, Expense, and Asset Management. Implemented new features in 9.2. Serving as a PeopleSoft functional analyst in a university, worked with financial community to define and clarify requirements. Provided support in understanding PeopleSoft’s Absence Management, Payroll, Project Costing, Commitment Control and accounting capabilities. Responsibilities included customization, bug fixing, enhancements, and supporting the PeopleSoft Modules AP, Billing, Asset Management, Purchasing, General Ledger and Inventory.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by training HR Assistants regarding ADP/Payroll, General Ledger, Asset Management, ADP Report, and HR application. Acting as a PeopleSoft analyst, provided production support and month close support for PeopleSoft finance module such as Billing and Contract. Part of the job was to upgrade PeopleSoft from 9.0 to 9.1 Modules.

 

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ID #: KL2266168

PeopleSoft FMS Functional Analyst, Created & Executed AP, Expense, Purchasing & eProcurement Implementation. Skilled in PeopleSoft AP, AR, PO, GL & Inventory Modules. Worked in IT Services, Real Estate & Consulting Industries.

Is impacting your organization with a lead PeopleSoft FMS functional analyst who worked in IT services, real estate and consulting industries a current business consideration? Educational background is composed of AA Accounting and BS Management Information Systems. Professional certifications involve PeopleSoft 8 Certified Financials Consultant. Has years of PeopleSoft Financials Functional experience, working with AP, AR, PO, Procure to Pay, Project Costing/Assets, as well as some GL, Billing, Inventory, eProcurement, Expenses, Workflow and Grants.

While employed in an IT services company as lead PeopleSoft FMS functional analyst, created and executed Accounts Payable, Expense, Purchasing and eProcurement implementation PS 9.2. Some of the tasks were mapping data from legacy to PeopleSoft, as well as performing and executing FIT/GAP analysis on above modules: AP, PO, ePro and Exp. In addition, created and executed Accounts Payable, Expenses, Purchasing, and eProcurement Business Process Diagrams (BPDs) for display guide in workshops.

Part of the job as FMS lead in a financials/real estate company was to act as PeopleSoft Financials UPK Developer Trainer for AP & GL 9.1. Duties included upgrading General Ledger Workflow vs. 8.8 to 9.1 functionally and technically, as well as reconfiguring approvals on the App designer. Furthermore, trained and provided fit/gap for AP and GL staff on new 9.1 functionality, as well as built a custom Pay Cycle for Accounts Payables.

 

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ID #: JS16610218

Functional Analyst, Used PeopleSoft & Internal Data Expertise to Advise Depts. in the Development of Processes that Improve Accuracy & Integrity of Project Costing Data. Adept in PeopleSoft, QAD & QuickBooks. Experience in Biotech/Pharma Industries.

What contributions could a PeopleSoft functional analyst with experience working in biotech/pharma and tech software industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering. Software skills include Accounting Software such as PeopleSoft, QAD and QuickBooks. Expertise in computer languages involve C#, Java, SQL and PHP.

Challenges like providing post-implementation support analyzing extremely complex government contract/project costing data with an emphasis on reconciling Cost to revenue variances and Billing discrepancies were welcomed and successfully completed. As a PeopleSoft functional analyst in a biotech/pharma company, identified disparities between Costs and revenue, and resolved data conflicts enabling proper Billing and reporting. Also, utilized expertise in PeopleSoft and internal data to advise departments in the development of business processes that improve the accuracy and integrity of project costing data. Additionally, developed elaborate SQL queries that greatly simplify the identification of known data issues and significantly reduce analysis time.

Shared expertise by managing the migration of Asia-Pac and Latin America accounts from PeopleSoft into SAP. While working as a PeopleSoft data/contract analyst in a technology software company, identified over $1,000,000 in un-billed revenue during an audit of contracts consisting of over $4,000,000 of billable maintenance. Moreover, researched and analyzed a complex array of commercial software licensing and maintenance agreements detailing customer entitlement while updating and validating installed product and Billing. In addition, assessed the customer data environment and developed data management processes that preserve integrity of Billing, licensing and entitlement data.

 

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