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PROFILE Over 18 years of experience implementing, managing and using Oracle/Hyperion Business Performance Management applications including Hyperion

n Financial Management (HFM) 9.2.0.1, Financial Data Quality Management (FDM), Hyperion Enterprise 5.5, Spiderman Web Reporting, Hyperion Planning 9.3, Hyperion Essbase, MicroControl and OnTrack. Understanding of financial consolidation and reporting requirements including internal and external reporting and analysis, cash flow reporting, intercompany balancing and reconciliation and reporting in a multi-currency environment. Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley requirements as it pertains to both financial reporting controls and system maintenance controls. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and dedicated customer-service focus in both supporting and training Hyperion users and working with upper management in implementing complex reporting requirements. Detail-oriented and analytical with solid problem-solving skills capable of assessing and designing reporting solutions, improving process flow and validating multiple data sources to maintain financial reporting integrity. Proven ability to prioritize and organize multiple projects and tasks and to work independently.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Application Consultant September 2007 Present

Participated as a team member in an HFM implementation project to build a corporate consolidations financial reporting application by designing currency translation process and assisting in testing and validating structure, reports and mapping of data from SAP general ledger. Maintained the HFM and FDM applications on an ongoing basis including updating the structure, rules and reports to accommodate changes in the business environment and providing support to users during month-end close. Worked with internal and external auditors and financial accounting group to design and maintain strong controls around changes and updates to the financial reporting database to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Improved data collection process during month-end close by creating process to transform and load accounting data from several different general ledger systems using FDM into the consolidated HFM application. Assisted in Hyperion Planning implementation project to provide planning capability for Victorias Secret Stores operations.

Project Manager 2007

November 2000 September

Designed, implemented and maintained multiple Hyperion Enterprise financial reporting applications at both the consolidated and operational level. Wrote over 150 reports using Hyperion Reporting and the Hyperion Excel add-in. Designed an HFM application used for reporting general ledger data, sourced and mapped 7 years of historical data and provided training to user community. Developed a data transformation process to accurately load data sourced from several general ledger systems into consolidated level Enterprise application using FDM. Provided ongoing maintenance, support and training for almost 200 Hyperion users located around the world. Coordinated monthly consolidation process, including data collection and review, posting of consolidated level journal entries, intercompany balancing, balance sheet review and cash flow reporting. Created documentation and coordinated testing of Sarbanes-Oxley control objectives for the Hyperion system. Participated as a team member in the creation of consolidation level financial reporting Sarbanes-Oxley control objectives and conducted initial testing of accounting controls for two subsidiary companies.

Hyperion Consultant

January 1997 November 2000

Designed and implemented Hyperion Essbase and Spiderman Web Reporting for business unit level reporting project. Process involved structural design and report creation as well as development of an automated process for extracting data from PeopleSoft into Essbase and from Essbase into the Spiderman reporting vehicle. Designed, implemented and maintained Hyperion Enterprise applications for International and Credit Card operations. Provided ongoing administration for new Enterprise applications. Administration involved collection and loading of accounting data from the general ledger, end-user training and support for 50 users, structural redesign as necessary for changes in accounting requirements or organizational changes and creation and maintenance of books and reports. Assisted as a project team member in the PeopleSoft Corporate General Ledger implementation, mainly involving redesign of chart of accounts, reporting hierarchy, data validation and training of end-users.

Accountant

November 1990 January 1997

Managed and maintained the Hyperion MicroControl and OnTrack applications used for consolidation-level reporting. Maintenance required

creating and updating reports in both MicroControl and Ontrack, updating chart of accounts, and maintenance of automated process for updating OnTrack via creation of DOS batch files. Participated in monthly consolidation process including preparing and analyzing consolidated financial statements for senior management and creating presentations for Executive Committee and Board of Director meetings. Compiled, validated, analyzed, and prepared financial data for quarterly and annual reporting to shareholders and SEC. Coordinated data gathering and submission of government reporting to the Department of Commerce. Assisted in special projects such as restatements for acquisitions and dispositions and updating reporting processes due to changes in regulatory environment.

Peningo Systems, Inc.


Resume of Candidate: PEN-99 Rate: email us at info@peningo.com for rate information Hyperion Software Consultant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August, 2009 to January, 2010 Consultant Skill Set: Synobjects, Hyperion System 9.3 HFM, Planning, Essbase, DIM and Smart View, FDM, Financial Reports, Microsoft Access and Excel with VBA, Tasks: Ongoing Development and Support for production rollout. Rewriting Hyperion HFM and Planning Business Rules, troubleshooting system 9 and Smart view issues, helping to redesigning overall system

October, 2008 to May, 2009 Consultant Skill Set: Synobjects, Microsoft Access and Excel with VBA, Hyperion System 9.1 Planning, FDM, Financial Reports, Essbase, Web Analysis and Smart View Function: Ongoing Development and Support. Performance: Provided administration support and custom scripting to improve and upgrade two Essbase, one Planning and three FDM applications from version 7 to Version 9.1 along with performing support work with Financial Reports, Smart View and Web Analysis.

July, 2008 to September 2008 Consultant Skill Set: Hyperion Essbase 7.3, EAS 7.3, Hyperion Business Rules, Hyperion Planning 4.0, Microsoft Excel and Excel VBA, Synobjects Purpose: To ready the current Hyperion Planning system for the New Year. Involvement: To perform the necessary planning administration functions, upgrade the business rules and reconcile the results for the 2009 budget and forecasting processes. Results: Project on schedule and performing well.

March, 2008 to April, 2008 Developer Environment: Hyperion Essbase 9.x, EAS 9.x, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel and Excel VBA, Synobjects Purpose: To complete the development on the WIP cube. Involvement: Started with shell design, rethought and developed the Essbase cube, dynamic members, calculation logic and the Legacy ETL. Results: Project completed. July, 2007 to February, 2008 Senior Technical Consultant Environment: Hyperion Essbase 9.x, EAS 9.x, Hyperion Reports 9.x, Synobjects Purpose: To automate the SEC 10q and 10K reports along with several other internal reporting packages and to research and optimize Essbase automation and control procedures Involvement: Developer, interacting with management and staff to obtain the necessary information while completing the development of the Hyperion Essbase and Reporting tools in order to complete the task at hand. Results: Project completed with many new finds, improvements and general enhancement to stability and performance. April, 2006 to July, 2007 Senior Technical Consultant Environment: Hyperion Essbase 7.1.3, EAS 7.1.3, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Synobjects Purpose: to design and develop a global financial sales price, volume and exchange rate sensitivity across all product brands and SKUs. Involvement: Technical Lead and Essbase developer as well as SQL extraction development.

Results: Completed a very responsive and innovative system. October, 2005 to March, 2006 Project Lead Environment: Hyperion Essbase 6.5.1, EV Reports, Synobjects and Microsoft Excel Purpose: To make the Financial Consolidation Cubes Sarbanes-Oxley compliant, accessible via 2-phase authentication only and available for archiving purposes as well. Involvement: Project lead / main developer interacting with staff and several departments to design an approved and ongoing solution to their needs. Results: Designed an SSL VPN interface to the servers and worked with Management and the Security team for approval and implementation. August, 2005 to October, 2005 Developer Environment: Hyperion Essbase 6.5, Clarity CPM, Synobjects and Oracle Purpose: To Design and Develop a series of relational and multidimensional solutions to perform several sets of Customer Care Analysis. Involvement: Currently meeting with Business Users to design a customer care review and analysis over several Essbase cubes with relational drill back function. Results: Designed and developed the go-forward methodology for the first set of reports, which was accepted. I did have to pass off and move back to Houston in lieu of personal reasons. June, 2005 to August, 2005 Developer Environment: Hyperion Essbase Server Version 7.0.1, Essbase Application Manager 6.5.4, Hyperion Reports 7.0, Windows Server with Extra-Net and PC Anywhere from the TLC Office, Synobjects Purpose: 1) To convert the Hyperion Essbase Database and Reports from a stacked time dimension database to one with split month and year time dimensions. 2) To resolve any outstanding statistical formula problems. 3) To automate the Essbase operating procedures. Involvement: Worked offsite at the TLC Office to resolve any dimension, formula and reporting issues while logged into the clients network. Resolved all problems both conversions related and otherwise, created all of the necessary new reports, outlines, outline formulas, calc and report scripts. Created all of the automation procedures and documented them as well. Results: A much faster and more efficient operating reporting system. April, 2005 to June, 2005 Developer Environment: Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase and Hyperion Reports applications which utilized cube dynamics and cross references to provide a web deployable database solution from which to compile and analyze financial, employee, revenue and operational data and statistics, enterprise wide, for actuals, forecast and budgeting, Synobjects Purpose: To finalize several reports which were not lending themselves to an amiable solution. These reports were associated with complex business algorithms which utilized financial statements, performance ratios and operating statistics for month end reporting and analysis. Involvement: Performed an in depth analysis to determine the problems associated with

resolving the reports. Working with staff to better understand their needs from both an end users and administrators role we resolved the operational reporting logic requirements specific to their environment and purpose and made the necessary changes to the current reports to provide a perfect solution. Results: Finalized all the outstanding reports and helped the client to develop an understanding of their environment which not only provided perfect reports but also increased the clients awareness, understanding and confidence in their reporting abilities. February, 2005 to February, 2005 Consultant Environment: Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase, and Hyperion Reports, Synobjects Purpose: To determine and make recommendation pertaining to the performance and design characteristics of the Budgeting application. Involvement: Met with staff and reviewed the design and performance characteristics of the Budgeting application, made confirmations and recommendations of possible configuration and optimization techniques. Results: Montgomery County went ahead with a redesign. June, 2004 to November, 2004 Subject Matter Expert Working on an as is budget, planning, forecasting and modeling documentation project for a very large insurance company. Responsibilities include interacting with upper level management and specialty management experts of the various business divisions in order to insure the success of the documentation of the current systems which include People Soft, Essbase, and Microsoft Access, Synobjects and Excel and various other third party systems. September, 2003 to October, 2003 Consultant Worked as a functional expert for a very large energy retail company to revise and assist with the current year General and Administrative budget. The scope of responsibility includes the assurance of quantitative value as well as supplying Essbase and Excel functional expertise. August, 2003 to September, 2003 Consultant Responsible for the review and recommendations to insure the success of the current Essbase disaster recover plan and to insure the ability of the upgradeability of current cubes for a very large refinery / chemical plant operation October, 2002 to November, 2002 Developer Supplied design support to build a complex twelve month rolling sales forecasting model which was also capable of weekly sales comparisons for a large restaurant chain utilizing Hyperion Essbase and Microsoft Excel along with the Essbase Addin and VBA to create calculations on the fly August, 2002 to September, 2002 Developer Worked as a functional expert for a very large energy retail company to revise and assist with

the current year General and Administrative budget. The scope of responsibility includes the assurance of quantitative value as well as supplying Essbase and Excel functional expertise along with supporting the compilation of the budget reports supplied for the board meetings. August, 2001 to August, 2002 Developer Working with Hyperion Essbase, Informatica, Oracle, PeopleSoft and AlphaBlox to help create an Enterprise wide Financial Mart Solution Projects included: HIS applications interface development and optimization and utilization The optimization of the People Soft / Informatica ETL process for the Essbase Financial The optimization of the Essbase Financial cubes Design consideration for JSP maintenance for AlphaBlox Oracle queries for the Essbase top 100 customer database Design of the Essbase top 100 customer database (approx 1million members) Creating an Access interface to maintain the User Trend formulas in Essbase April, 2000 to August, 2001 Developer Specializing with Hyperion Essbase and Excel VBA we were responsible, along with staff, to create an SEC reporting solution at Reliant Energy. Involved in the twelve month views were high level consolidations at the Budget, Actual and Forecasting levels.

Accounting Experience: November, 1998 to April, 2000 Senior Financial Analyst: Designed and implemented Essbase applications for accounting, budgeting, provider health and riskpool applications. Wrote Queries, VB Applications and macros in Microsofts Access to front end the larger Essbase applications as well as front-end applications to perform data manipulations to develop outlines and load data. VB applications in Excel were also created to expedite the data retrieval process from Essbase. Provided support for the coordination and development of annual Health Plan administrative budgets. Performed adhoc queries and provided analysis for all levels of management to meet administrative and regulatory requirements. December, 1993 to November, 1998 (1/98 to 11/98) Used Excel VB applications to correct the various subsidiaries fixed asset depreciation calculations for reload into SAP. (11/97 to 1/98) SAP goods receipt to invoice verification reconciliations in Access and miscellaneous reports for SAP data downloads with Excel VB applications. (5/96 to 7/97) Redesign and implementation of fixed asset tax reports on the AS400, which creates a tax/management database. This was also used to upload the Fixed

Assets into SAP. (12/93 to 5/96) Responsible for the Fixed Assets Sub ledgers and transactions for U.S. and international involvement along with Query development for the Tax December 1989 to September 1990 Assistant Bank Examiner - Responsibilities included the gathering and compilations of reports, which would determine the Banks risk on the FDIC Insurance, fund. Such as inclusive of Asset Management, Interest Rate Sensitivity and Volatility, Asset Quality, Compliance and Equity Analysis.

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