Buisness Analyst Resume

Title
Buisness Analyst

Primary Skills
Experienced Financial Systems Specialist with robust technology experience in large corporate environments.

Location
US-MI-Springfield

Posted
Jan-14-09


FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST

Experienced Financial Systems Specialist with robust technology experience in large corporate environments.
Most recently responsible for management reporting and budgeting processes for use by executive team
in making vital strategic decisions for the country's 15th largest home loan originator.
Skilled at developing customized technology solutions and financial tools that deliver critical
financial data to decision-makers. A strong problem-solver, project manager, and communicator
who excels at working cross-functionally. Core skills include:

* Development of Financial Tools
* Profitability Analysis
* Hardware/Software Setup, Maintenance & Configuration
* Quality Assurance
* Project and Team Management
* Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP)
* Management Reporting Production
* Financial Analysis and Research
* Software: Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, SQL Server, Visual Basic, Fox Pro
* Financial Systems: OFA Cube reporting system; OFSA; SAP; SEM (SEM-PA) and CO modules; FDR, Triumph, BACSTART;
Mainframe Transaction Systems
* Development Tools: SQL, C; C++; ABAP
* Technical Skills: Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Mainframe, dbase, and Hyperion
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AmTrust Bank, Cleveland, OH 2004 - 2008
AmTrust Bank is a 120-year-old retail bank and is among the top 15 home loan originators in the U.S.
Senior Profitability Cost Analyst, Management Reporting & Analysis
* Led the implementation and configuration of the Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA) Management Reporting System, including the budgeting module and historical data population.
* Served as lead technology liaison for the Management Reporting group, including projects that required both hardware and software solutions. Partnered with cross-functional managers in IT, HR, Mortgage Lending, Retail Lending, Operations, and Marketing departments.
* Maintained OFA and budgeting module for the Management Reporting group and 70 inter-departmental users.
* Provided ad-hoc profitability information to Line of Business (LOB) management by extracting and analyzing appropriate data from corresponding applications, including Mortgage Serve and CBS.
* Oversaw projects involving analysis of business procedures, data, system coding, and IT processing.
* Responsible for the development, implementation, configuration and maintenance of several ad-hoc reporting tools to facilitate dynamic data analysis.

Bank One, Columbus, OH 1998 - 2004
Based in Chicago, Bank One was the nation's fifth-largest bank holding company, with assets of more than $250 billion, and was acquired by JP Morgan Chase in 2004.
Assistant Vice President, Management Reporting Group
* Worked with the group responsible for activity-based costing to provide quality assurance for system changes.
* Provided product profitability information to LOB groups by extracting data from applications.
* Key team member for funds transfer pricing initiative, including the development of MS-Access databases and VBA applications to generate pricing by LOB and integration to SAP System.
* Responsible for the development of a dynamic SQL generator; MS-Access and MS-SQL Server databases; and Visual Basic programs to provide management with the ability to query and view reports that bring together data from SAP, Hyperion and other financial systems.
* Performed analysis with Excel add-ons using the Hyperion/Essbase Server to see how perspective changes would affect profitability/performance reporting by LOB.
* Responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, analysis, and quality assurance of the SAP (SEM-PA Module) management reporting system and its data.
* Lead technology liaison for the finance Line of Business, including projects that impact individual user hardware, software and network standardization projects.
* Responsible for the development and maintenance of ad-hoc reporting tools to analyze financial information and to further facilitate management reporting analysis. Possesses strong skills in MS-Office including Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and Visio.
* Function lead for three-member team for call center reporting.
* Graduate of internal leadership development program, including interpersonal communication, leading peers, coaching, and general management.

First USA Card Member Services, Columbus, OH 1994 - 1997
A division of Bank One that provided credit card processing services.
Operations Center Coordinator/Scheduler
* Lead member responsible for the consolidation of three call center scheduling systems into a single system.
* Responsible for the consolidation of the Columbus Operation Center during First USA and Bank One merger.
* Identified the need, developed and implemented a departmental training program resulting in improved training efficiency, the ability to monitor cost effectiveness, and significantly reduced employee turnover.

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor of Applied Science in Financial Management, 1995
Franklin University, Columbus, OH

Oracle Coursework, Oracle 11i Financial Analyzer (Introduction and Administrator)
Certificate of Completion, WebSphere Business Integration Modeler (IBM)
Certificate of Achievement, Mqseries Workflow Web Client and API (IBM)
Certificate of Achievement, TestDirector 7.6
Certificate of Achievement, Implementing a MS SQL Server 7.0 Database
Certificate of Achievement, Master MS Visual Basic 6 Development
Certificate of Achievement, Personal Financial Education

MILITARY SERVICE
United States Navy, Acting Boatswain?s Mate Third Class (USS Camden)
Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield, 1990-1992

Certifications
See above


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