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What can a financial analyst with work background in professional services, petroleum and energy services industries, as well as specializations in SAP MM, SAP FICO, SAP SD, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Oracle, Epsilon, Cognos and Business Objects. Educational attainment includes BBA Accounting.

Working with areas such as yielding SAP Price discrepancy report and submittals, daily industrial products/petrochemical Cash forecast and handling estimate versus actual P/LN were some of the responsibilities of this financial analyst. The maintenance of inventory (Hydrocarbons: propane, methane, benzene, polyethylene), distillate and petrochemicals were also completed. SAP (MM) (FI) (SD) was also utilized. Financial variance analysis for exceptions out of tolerances was carried out, along with month-end refinery production reconciliation with required SAP system adjustments posting. Intercompany clearing entries, Billing metrics daily monitoring, actualizing, pricing and sale invoicing were some of the duties. This individual handled Purchase invoice verification for all contracts of products.

Other functions consisted of providing industrial products earnings analysis and reconciling of SAP to physical for all assigned refined products. Vendor master data maintenance (vendor update, change, add, banking info, tax ID and Cost center) was part of the job, along with the creation of monthly closing reports for LIFO inventory accounting with supporting schedules. SAP to physical inventory reconciliation- LIFO inventory accounting was completed, in addition to third party settlements domestic/international (petro chemicals and refined products). Estimate versus actuals monthly analysis and margin analysis were provided. Financial forecasting done was on a daily and weekly basis.

Could your organization use a senior financial analyst who is experienced in a teaching hospital, a regional healthcare organization and a pathology department, as well as proficient in SAP, PeopleSoft and Lawson? Technical proficiencies cover SAP, PeopleSoft, Lawson and Eclipsys Sunrise Analytics DSS. Educational background includes MBA, Concentration in Management Information Systems; BS, Business, Concentration in Finance; and AA, Accounting.

Some impact contributions of this senior financial analyst included designing and monitoring budget, forecasting and Cost analysis for clinical hospital functional units. Reporting to the manager of budget and Cost was also handled. This individual assisted functional units with the design and implementation of the annual budgets for their department and worked with both dollar and volume budgets. New financial analysts were trained to prepare financial reports and investigative process on variances and unusual trends. Assistance was provided in the change-over from procedure to time-based measurement for some clinic volumes. Billing of supplies for the hospital clinic was redesigned, resulting in better tracking and increased charges. Key roles involved preparing and managing the departmental budgets of the university, hospital and health system. Reporting on and tracking grants within SOM areas were carried out, along with repairing and controlling roles and workflow for the department in SAP.

Skills brought to the table involved creating financial models and implementing new procedures that reduced monthly project time by 33 percent. Functions covered assembling data for business plans on outside laboratory locations, analyzing operational Costs and identifying areas for savings to meet budget objectives without impacting quality of care.

Would a senior financial analyst with familiarity in aerospace/defense, education and pharmaceutical industries, as well as skilled in SAP, Hyperion and Oracle help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover SAP, Hyperion and Oracle. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Business with Accounting major. This individual is a Certified Public Accountant.

Making a positive difference with calculating and reconciling inventory at subcontractors and pursuing financial responsibility for subcontract manufacturing and inventory losses were some of the key focuses of this senior financial analyst. This resulted directly in over $500k in financial recovery over an 18-month time period. One of the responsibilities covered compiling various modeling exercises regarding make versus Buy analysis and ‘what-if’ scenarios regarding outsourcing specific operations in the manufacturing process. This individual served as SAP Power User during the go live time period and worked extensively with consultants to correct outstanding SAP issues. Compiling the annual budget, rolling quarterly forecasts, and standard Cost rolls for sub contract manufacturers and the mills manufacturing site was efficiently handled. Notable tasks included preparing all monthly financial reporting and variance information for the manufacturing site and subcontractors, in addition to managing the upload to and reconciliation of HFM (Hyperion Financial Management).

Although this professional was a supporter of SAP and has used it in other organizations, the implementation of the software has been less than ideal and poses an ongoing challenge for analysts across the organization. There were no reporting tools available for revenue forecasting or reporting, these must be compiled manually with G/L downloads from SAP.

Could your organization use a financial analyst who is experienced in manufacturing, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries, as well as proficient in SAP R/3, SAP PPM, JD Edwards and Hyperion? Technical proficiencies cover SAP R/3, SAP PPM, JD Edwards, Hyperion, Deltek Costpoint, Lawson and Oracle. Areas of expertise included handling financial business processes and analysis of financial data to leverage financial and technical expertise, accounting, financial planning and analysis. Educational attainment includes Master’s Degree (MBA) Global Management; Bachelor’s Degree (BS) Accounting; and (BA)-English.

Primary tasks of this financial analyst included handling the timely, accurate, entry and maintenance of trade promotions in SAP-R3 trade promotions, forecasting and tracking Marketing and sales trends, as well as analyzing collected data. Hyperion Essbase, Cognos and Ariba were utilized. Sales results were driven through strong verbal/written communication and issue resolution. SAP Project (PPM) was also utilized. Maintaining a strong control environment with monthly accruals, contract approvals and verifications was also handled. Combined federal/multi-state income, sales & use, property, city and business tax returns were prepared. Key roles covered forging strong relationships with key constituents and cross-functional partners, in addition to applying expertise in Excel-V-lookups and Pivot tables. SQL scripts, Supply Chain/Order Management development and coordination were efficiently completed.

Other contributions involved successfully managing the Order to Cash count transfer from the home to the warehouse, along with transacting O2C, R2R, P2P, Billing data into their SAP-R3 module, PO creation and analysis. Working with the firm’s guidelines regarding vendor review, supply chain management and operational/financial audit analysis was carried out.

Does a business analyst who is experienced in professional services, financial services and software industries, as well as knowledgeable in SAP R/3, CRM, ECC and ABAP pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes SAP R/3, CRM, ECC, ABAP, Siebel, ASP.NET and Java. Areas of expertise include technical/business consulting, systems analysis and applications development (using SDLC or Agile methodologies), product implementation and team management. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.

One of the major responsibilities of this business analyst included working with various teams (business and IT) to gather and document the functional user stories to redesign Portfolio and account summary, and the activity pages on the organization’s internal and client-facing online websites. Managing change requests, defects, risks and issues associated with the redesigned functionalities was also efficiently handled. Wireframes were used in representing system flows. Several use stories that illustrated several scenarios of interactions between the users and the system were presented.

The job covered maintaining and enhancing the eDelivery and Document Management modules of the organization’s internal and client-facing online websites. The eDelivery module provided company clients to suppress paper mailing of select financial documents such as statements, quarterly Performance reports, and tax documents (all current 1099 forms and 1099 corrections). The Document Management module provided clients online Access to their financial documents such as statements and tax documents. Tasks performed involved leading the project team in delivering the new functionalities and working with various teams in managing their requirements to support continuous website enhancements. Functions consisted of managing defects, risks and issues, in addition to managing deployment/release of new functionalities or enhancements.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a business analyst with work background in manufacturing, IT services and computer storage industries, as well as skilled in SAP R/3, ECC, BW, ECC, FICO and ABAP? Technical skills cover SAP R/3, ECC, BW, ECC, FICO, ABAP, Java, SQL and Crystal Reports. Educational attainment includes B.S. in Computer Science and specializing in Mathematics (Cum Laude). This individual is Certified in ABAP/4 and R/3 systems.

While working for a manufacturing company, main functions of this business analyst were comprised of communicating with finance business users, gathering requirements, performing business analysis, as well as designing and developing business solutions. This individual performed FI/CO configuration, developed ABAP programs, performed unit testing, created test scripts, coordinated user testing and provided end user training as well as go-live support. Duties consisted of working with business users to gather and analyze requirements, design and build data model, set up ETL processing, monitor data loads, develop and test BEx Reports in SAP BW System. Functional and technical support was provided to finance users and production support issues in ECC and BW/BCS systems were troubleshot.

Notable tasks included contributing in various SAP enhancement projects as a project manager, team lead, or a team Member, along with gathering of business requirements, defining the project scope & timeline apart from managing project with third party vendors. Responsibilities consisted of managing project among internal business process owners and project team members, performing analysis and FI/CO configurations, creating functional specifications, providing testing support and user training, as well as implementing business process solutions.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this business analyst who worked in software and computer services industries, as well as proficient in SAP NetWeaver, SAP JCo and SAP sGUI? Technical competencies involve SAP NetWeaver, SAP JCo, SAP sGUI, Java, JavaScript and jQuery. Areas of expertise include developing and maintaining Internet/Intranet based enterprise web application. Educational background includes Bachelor of Engineering, Major in Medical Electronics.

Important contributions of this business analyst included finalizing the business requirement for all projects, working on the analysis and design for project changes, as well as creating workflows for services and impacted components. The job entailed getting involved in Sprint and PI planning for projects. The Agile methodology was used to create Sprint User Stories and features for projects. Tasks covered working with integrating applications and coordinating the plan needed for integration tests and project implementation. Aside from providing support, cutover and release activities were documented to move the solution designed to the production environment. SIT and UAT activities such as data setup and environment preparation were also supported. Working knowledge on using MDM Informatica HUB configuration was used for creating HUB queries, packages and message triggers.

This specialist worked as Java developer for user interface component of the project and got involved in the maintenance of SAP Java Connectors (SAP JCo) components of the application. Working with UI based technologies such as JSF 1.2 (RichFaces), DOJO, AJAX, HTML 4, JavaScript, JQuery and CSS was one of the skills brought to the table. An additional function involved providing required support for QA testing and system integration testing.

What can a senior business analyst with work background in manufacturing, IT and commercial services industries, as well as specializations in SAP SCM, SAP EWM and SAP IM bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP SCM, SAP EWM and SAP IM. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science, Major in Business Management; Associate of Science, Major in Logistics Management. This individual obtained an APICS certification in Basics in Supply Chain Management.

One of the responsibilities of this business analyst involved carrying out a new role as an SAP EWM/PP analyst for EWM 9.6 version which was heavily customized for the rubber manufacturing facilities. This individual worked with all areas of the shop floor and its integration to other shop floor and ERP systems to support manufacturing process and operational needs for: tire production – shop floor integration of the extrusion/preparation, tire build and curing areas; final finish quality material control and traceability; as well as warehouse delivery to support shipping. Support was provided to operations using EWM version 9.6. Establishing as point for the company in setting up servers for the EWM system for all plants using various interfaces and SAP NetWeaver was also handled.

Other functions consisted of carrying out SAP WM/IM/LE configuration and functionality along with Warehouse and Distribution Management consulting. The current warehouse operations were set up in using Storage Unit Management for put away of inbound materials from Purchase orders, Order selecting (picking) also references the SUM as well as reconciliation for Inventory Management. This allowed materials to be stored in the same storage bin, but placed and picked referencing shelf-life data to ensure FIFO.

Could your organization use an accounts payable analyst who is experienced in telecommunications, biotechnology and agriculture industries, as well as proficient in SAP, Salesforce and QuickBooks Pro? Technical proficiencies cover SAP, Salesforce and QuickBooks Pro. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Accounting; Associate of Arts in Accounting; General Education Diploma as well as Certificate of Completion as Legal Secretary.

One of the primary tasks of this accounts payable analyst included utilizing Bill.com, Salesforce.com & QuickBooks to track, review, audit, optimize, approve and process invoices for payment. Managing vendor and internal relationships was done to ensure timely payment, resolution of Billing questions/issues and disputes.

Contributions involved using SAP reporting and Paymetric (XiPay) systems to perform daily reconciliation of direct sales orders, comparing daily deposits to funds forecasted for settlement, investigating variances and identifying chargebacks due to settlement fails. The Cash applications accountant was assisted with the investigation of Credit card deposit discrepancies. Maintaining direct Purchase Credit card fee rate log and fulfilling customer requests for copies of invoice & Credit memos were also handled. Key roles covered assisting in processing short pay forms for customers and sending manual billings and credits to customers. Duties consisted of creating a daily adjusted P&L for CFO and CEO for possible year end expenditures and assisting in creating budget for current year crop expenses. Creating and maintaining monthly budget-to-actual report for expense/income and creating a monthly budget-to-actual analysis report were efficiently carried out. Other administrative support staff was assisted with scanning archival documents of previous years’ invoices and accounts receivable.

What can an accounts payable analyst with work background in financial services and oil/energy industries, as well as specializations in SAP FICO, R/3, BI, BW Reporting as well as Inventory & Materials Management bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve SAP FICO, R/3, BI and BW Reporting, Inventory & Materials Management, Sage 100, Sage MAS 500, Oracle, JD Edwards and QuickBooks. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science Degree  Major in Business Management and Associate of Applied Science Degree  Major in Accounting.

Working with areas such as processing 400 invoices weekly for primary and subsidiary companies, managing the assigned Cost center’s external contracts and preparing primary and third-party invoices were some of the skills brought to the table by this accounts payable analyst. Duties covered preparing and coordinating monthly journal vouchers for general ledger entry. Working with senior fund accountants was done to help prepare financials for month-end closing. Special projects were carried out as needed.

Responsibilities consisted of assisting with SAP conversion and coordinating with IT to ensure smooth transition of account and vendor information. Tasks involved documenting, evaluating and incorporating business process improvements, along with performing analysis and recommendations. Excel database compilation of additional client information extracted from old ERP system (JD Edwards) was also completed. Duties involved processing 800 invoices weekly for approval, processing for payment and aiding in the preparation of quarterly budgets and financial forecasting and analysis of customer product P&L’s. Management was assisted with customer receivables, inputting of vendor payables and bank reconciliations. Researching and requesting overpayment and duplicate processed invoice refunds were efficiently handled.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this accounts payable analyst who worked in construction, aerospace and IT industries, as well as proficient in SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft? Technical competencies involve SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, AS/400, Ceridian, Workday and QuickBooks. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Important contributions of this accounts payable analyst included creating and maintaining the invoice aging report using VLOOKUP’s and pivot tables. Tasks covered processing 150 to 200 invoices Per day using a full cycle accounting software and reconciling vendor statements by making business to business Phone calls. Skills brought to the table included researching Purchase Order details to properly match invoices for payment and verifying 2- and 3-way matching for payment processing. Verifying expense reports daily with receipt matching and approval verification was also completed.

Key roles involved reviewing all vendor information input into accounting system for accuracy and approvals, verifying tax id numbers and researching companies before they were set up for payments to reduce fraud risk. Recording and periodically updating the company information for all vendors were included in the list of duties. In addition, this specialist managed data with Microsoft excel to accurately report to the IRS, payments made to companies that meet the guidelines for 1099’s. The sales exemption certificates for all vendor setups were efficiently managed. Knowledge of tax exemption requirements was applied, along with knowledge of IRS standards for reporting and backup withholding. Aside from traveling to company stores to assist with internal audit to grade store Performance, special projects were handled as assigned by the department manager.

Does a senior accounts payable analyst who is experienced in engineering, construction and oil/energy industries as well as knowledgeable in SAP, PeopleSoft and Peachtree/Sage 50 pique your interest? Technical knowledge involves SAP, PeopleSoft, Peachtree/Sage 50, Oracle and QuickBooks. Educational attainment includes Bachelors in Business Management and Associates in Accounting/Finance.

Major responsibilities of this senior accounts payable analyst included processing all invoices, expense reports and utilities for all locations-SAP/AP Module/Project and auditing/clearing all system networks errors daily. Positive pay for US & CAD accounts was efficiently handled, in addition to handling the 1099 preparation process and monthly rents. Key roles involved addressing compliance issues with the legal department, supervising two employees and assisting the CFO, CEO, treasurer and controller as needed. Personnel, including presentations were trained.

The job covered verifying sub-contractor contracts (retainage, pay schedules) and assisting with the transition to India overseas functions consisted of auditing entries for overseas operations and verifying banking information for all vendors to facilitate ACH wire transactions. Tasks covered managing the full cycle payroll processed through ADP and handling full cycle accounts payable including all checks (auto & manual)-SAP Module/project. Employee stock options, relocations and expenses were administered. Aside from supervising two employees, the 1099 preparation and process were completed. Functions included auditing all files to present in preparation for future audit, processing/coding all invoices as needed/submitted/requested and researching job Costs, insertion orders/Purchase orders/approvals as needed. Special projects with the accounting manager and accounts payable supervisor were carried out as needed. All vendor maintenance were managed. An additional role covered handling the bi-weekly Check run (vendors/subcontractor payroll) and positive pay.