1. SUMMARY
Senior Business Systems Analyst with concentration on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Finance
Implementations. Experienced Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with certification as Lawson Finance
Consultant. Exceptional ability to understand needs of clients both in-house and in contractor / consulting role.
Resolved problems and tailored solutions using organizational and creativity skills. Served as team
leader/player and worked independently. Gained satisfaction mentoring, helping and training others. Specific
areas of experience included:
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Decision Making Project Management
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Training / Development Quality / Assurance Testing
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Project Life-Cycle Go-Live / End User Support
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHICO'S FAS, INC., Fort Myers, Florida 2005 – 2009
A specialty retailer of private branded, sophisticated, casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary
accessories, and other non-clothing gift items under the Chico's, White House | Black Market (quot;WH | BMquot;) and
Soma Intimates (quot;Somaquot;) brand names.
Business Systems Analyst
Managed, supported and implemented financial applications based on business needs which included Lawson,
SAP and Mercury Quality Assurance Tool.
• Lead finance team of consultants and business partners through SAP implementation. Recognized as only
area in company to go live successfully.
• Gathered and documented requirements for configuration and development teams to increase
understanding of business needs.
• Wrote functional requirements for financial interfaces including shipping vendors, employee bank mileage,
rent and real estate, bank reconciliation software which automated processes eliminating manual
intervention and creating more time for users to work on other tasks.
• Self-taught SAP configuration and Finance Master Data. Recognized and received Explorer at the Helm
award for taking initiative in career and going beyond expectations to help Company with Implementation.
• Lead finance team in testing which entailed test requirements and scripts, unit, integration and regression
testing. Monitored and solved testing defects as they arose in Development and Q&A testing areas.
Ensured compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). Eliminated most possible go-live issues with system and
audits.
• Organized several system trainings by putting together schedule, determining who will train and who will be
trained. Put together workflow scenarios and training documents to be used with end user training and
taught several training classes to end users. Enabled users to use systems proficiently and effectively.
• Provided Go-Live Support in a timely and efficient manner resulting in quick responses to user issues
allowing user to continue with business processes.
• Managed the implementation of Lawson Asset Management application, integrating fixed asset system
with general ledger and accounts payable modules which automated the recording of asset transactions
previously requiring manual intervention between 2 systems.
•Designed back-end interface for Lawson’s employee expense module for self-service employees for bank
mileage application allowing automatic creation of employee/vendor invoices and speeding up payments to
them.
• Provided on-going functional support and documentation for Lawson financial processes and procedures
including creation of 2 different screens from 1 to handle both purchase order and expense invoices.
LENOX HILL HOSPITAL, New York, New York 2002 – 2005
A 652-bed, acute care hospital located on Manhattan's Upper East Side

2. Financial System Analyst
Implemented and supported Lawson's finance modules and various other finance applications from inception
to completion.
• Oversaw and performed the Lawson financial system implementation including general ledger, accounts
payable, asset management, project and activity accounting, cash ledger, invoice matching, etc. This
included discovery, system build, conference room pilot, system integration testing, end user training, go-
live and go-live support successfully and on time.
• Managed the Lawson to Omnicell interface project for automation of restocking supplies. Resulted in the
use of auto-produced purchase orders when inventory in procedural rooms was running low.
• Lead external consultant on archiving historical data into a user accessible database which provided end
user a place to view and report on old data not converted into new Lawson system.
• Initiated and created a non-patient billing module allowing a cost effective way to enter receivables not
related to patient care. This saved the Hospital several thousand dollars as the Hospital did not have to
purchase the entire Lawson Accounts Receivable module.
• Created reports using my expertise in Lawson Report Writer and Crystal reports as well as queries using
both Crystal reports and Microsoft Access. Gave finance department power to view and analyze their
financial and supporting statements accurately and efficiently.
• Managed finance staff during Lawson implementation and provided management and staff support of all
financial systems.
ISH, INC., Fairfield, New Jersey 2001 – 2002
Delivers business improvement solutions and IT implementations to prominent healthcare providers throughout
the nation since 1989.
Senior Consultant
Implemented Lawson finance modules for healthcare organizations.
• Performed and documented business needs analyses that included narratives and flowcharts of current
processes using clients’ legacy systems vs. recommended processes, benefits and cost savings of using
the Lawson ERP system, as well as, executive summaries and implementation strategies. This resulted in
the client seeing the benefits of changing systems and processes for more efficient ones.
• Created various conversions and interface files, ran data uploads into Lawson and performed product line
copies to use clean, updated data allowing for training and system testing.
• Established user profiles including security groups and system printers for Lawson Users which kept
controls on which users had access to which system functionalities.
• Collected payments from Hospital by diligently seeking the CFO for payment while maintaining an excellent
business relationship with him. Allowed ISH to collect payments from a financially distressed institution.
NETASPX, INC. (FORMALLY:USC AND BALRAE/USC), Herndon, Virginia 1998 – 2001
Focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning and Work Force Management solutions that automate critical
business functions for your enterprise - all at lower cost, at higher service levels and with less risk than
maintaining an in-house team.
Financial Application Consultant
Implemented Lawson finance modules at various clients in various industries from inception to completion as
part of a team, lead and project manager. Included general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable,
activity management, billing and revenue recognition, report writing, currency and cost allocations.
• 1999 Balrae/USC Consultant of the Year due to ability to step in as project manager, bring clients live, on
time, within budget, and be top billing consultant.
• Analyzed and documented the clients’ business in order to recommend a Lawson system design resulting
configuration for efficient, effective processes.

3. • Converted client legacy data into Lawson and wrote screen and report specifications allowing for ease of
visibility and processing.
• Trained the client in classroom setting and managed their progress throughout the implementation resulting
in simplicity of hand off to users.
• Processed clients’ business transactions in a Conference Room Pilot or Quality & Assurance training
facility. Eliminated most possible go-live issues.
• Provided post “go-live” support in a timely and efficient manner resulting in quick responses to user issues
allowing user to continue with business processes.
• Acted as project manager and financial team lead on various projects managing budgets and various staff
members. Kept projects on time and within budget.
• Innovated, tested and corrected custom module not included in the off-the-shelf software providing client
with ability to perform needed functionality.
• Performed system upgrade for Lawson financials which included testing accuracy of data, running
verification reports and testing existing functionality detecting other system bugs that may have come with
new upgrade and preventing bugs from infiltrating live system.
• Instructed users on new functionality of upgraded version providing user with knowledge of changes in
functionality.
• Created Lawson report writer reports for budget and actual data allowing for accurate analysis in a
proficient manner.
Independent Contract Work 2001
Helped maintain and enhance Lawson Systems at various clients
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, SUNY at Albany, School of Business
Albany, New York
Company Sponsored Trainings:
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Lawson Finance Certification SAP New GL
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Lawson Accounts Receivable Project Management
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Lawson Fixed Assets Crystal Reporting
• Activity Based Management for ERP systems