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SOFTWARE SYSTEMS/LANGUAGES/OS Hyperion Essbase 4.x -11.x; Hyperion Planning 2.-11.x System 9, Hyperion EPMA 11.x, Hyperion Financial Reporting 2.x – 11.x, Essbase VB API, Essbase Spreadsheet Toolkit, HAL, Visual Basic, MS Access, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SQL/PL, Windows 95-XP, Windows NT/2003 Server, UNIX, Perl, BEA Weblogic ACCOMPLISHMENTS and WORK HISTORY 15+ years of experience as a software developer in various S/W and H/W platforms; created, enhanced and optimized large scale and short term ad hoc systems for financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, product profitability, and competitive sales analysis; assessed best methods for accomplishing a project’s goals and ensured its successful outcome via my flair for finding simple solutions to complex problems; designed user-friendly, intuitive user interfaces that required minimal training Certifications: Hyperion Certified Solutions Architect – Hyperion System 9 Planning Hyperion Certified Professional – Hyperion System 9 Planning Hyperion Essbase Analytics 9.3 Developer Nov 2010 to present      

Senior member of Oracle Hyperion team for various Public Sector, Health Care, Higher Education and Corporate projects. Oracle Hyperion Planning lead on a university budget system; guided university team in design of process flow, data forms, dynamic reporting, data mapping, best practices; created calc scripts, business rules, complex dataload rules, system automation. Main reporting lead for Oracle Hyperion Planning and HFM reports; created 22+ dynamic reports to replace individual hard-coded reports; conducted extensive knowledge transfer to FP&A team for best practices in report development; assisted in database calculations and dataform design. Senior member of team to create a prototype Budget and Planning system for a state in the Western USA; our efforts resulted in acceptance of the bid with a project start date in Fall 2011. Senior member of Oracle Hyperion team to design and develop a Budget and Reporting system for a Washington D.C. area government entity; designed ASO cubes, complex dataloads. Calc scripts. business rules. Sent in on short notice to troubleshoot system issues at various clients.

Aug 2010 to Oct 2010  

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Sr. Hyperion Consultant Company Confidential

Modify and enhance Business Rules, outline member formulas, and calc scripts for P&L Planning System 11 application Resolve outstanding issues in system design and performance as needed

Mar 2010 to Aug 2010 

Technical Consulting Manager Company Confidential

Sr. Hyperion Consultant Company Confidential

Created complex Hyperion Financial Reporting report books for Green Book Report, a reporting tool for analysis of key automobile leasing metrics from the Product Profitability Data Mart Modified existing TFSIC Essbase model to allow for multiple currencies over selected P&L accounts Analyzed existing TFS Essbase systems and made recommendations for best practices and improvements

Oct 2009 to Mar 2010

Sr. Hyperion Consultant Oakley Sunglasses, Lake Forest, CA

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Reviewed and modified business rules, calc scripts, MAXL scripts and other batch processes Assisted in transitioning to new Planning Application Created and modified HFR reports for monthly sales and forecast accuracy reports

Jun 2009 thru Sep 2009      

Sr. Hyperion Planning Consultant Noven Pharmaceuticals, Miami, FL

Created Headcount Planning application for employee expenses Designed database for forecasting to the individual employee level Designed forms for employee expense input and employee metrics administration Created calc scripts and Business Rules to calculate salary, taxes, bonus and fringe based on employee metrics Created routines in MAXL for nightly backups, data loads and scheduled database consolidations Served as techno-functional consultant on process flow, employee metrics updates, status changes and version control

Mar 2009 thru May 2009   

Member of development team for a metrics driven Hyperion Planning System 9.3 Budgets and Forecasting system in an EPMA environment Created custom business models and rules for Labor, Operating Expenses, Capex and Revenue for acquired business units that did not conform to ADP’s standard Lines of Business (LOB) Worked closely with controllers for each Business Unit to design models for their unique requirements

Nov 2008 thru Jan 2009      

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Sr. Hyperion Planning Consultant Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY

Consultant for Hyperion Planning System 9.3 application for Operating Expenses, Headcount budgets and forecasts Designed Business Rules and Sequences for Forecast and Plan data updates Designed processes to streamline copying of data from one scenario/version/year combination to another for quarterly forecast updates and revisions Reviewed existing cubes’ GL accounts structure, aggregations processes, Business Rules, FX Rates conversion design Made recommendations for and implemented improvements to some of the above Updated Administrator/technical documentation

Oct 2008 to Jan 2009  

Sr. Hyperion Planning Consultant ADP Dealer Services, Hoffman Estates, IL

Sr. Hyperion Consultant iStar Financial, San Francisco, CA

Hyperion Essbase System 9.3 developer for iStar Financial Loans reporting cube. Modified and enhanced Essbase cubes and related scripts to incorporate new Oracle COA/GL and new data sources Modified nightly batch routines to load data and update outline Created additional reconciliation routines between Essbase and ERP systems Designed specifications for ETL feed from ERP systems to Hyperion Updated technical and administrator documentation

Mar 2007 to Oct 2008 Clients:

Senior Hyperion Architect The TOLD Group LLC

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Miami, FL Sr. Hyperion Planning Consultant 

Designed and developed Hyperion Planning System 9.3 application for Operating Expenses, Capital Expenses and Headcount budgets and forecasts Designed system hardware/software architecture, process flows, data flows, ETL from JD Edwards system to Hyperion Created Planning forms, outline member formulas, load rules, calc scripts, business rules Created standard reports in Hyperion Financial Reporting System 9.3 for Net Income, Employee Expenses, Opex and Variance Analysis Created batch processes for consolidation process, nightly backups, system updates with MAXL and NT command scripts Conducted knowledge transfer to IT and finance staff for system administration and maintenance Created system, user and administrator documentation and functional design documents

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Smart Technologies, Calgary, Canada Sr. Developer, Hyperion Planning System 9 implementation      

Created functional design document and system architecture charts Developed application for Expense and Workforce Planning Created and/or modified standard Workforce outline formulas, load rules, calc scripts Created standard reports for Net Income, Employee Expenses, Opex and Variance analysis Instructed budget analysts in use of Smartview templates and usage with Planning forms Created batch processes for consolidation process in MAXL, nightly backups, report books

Cingular Wireless iPhone Daily Subscribers Reporting Portal, Alpharetta, GA Hyperion Essbase Consultant    

Member of development team for iPhone daily and monthly subscribers reporting system (Mercury) developed with Hyperion Essbase; system consisted of several feeder BSO cubes that transferred data to a daily and monthly ASO cube Created SQL for load rule to transfer data from Teradata views to Essbase cubes Reviewed, expanded and enhanced documentation for Mercury Hyperion Systems Created report scripts to extract data from Mercury for Cingular’s Data Audit Tool

Aug 2006 to Feb 2007    

Developer and Administrator for Health Net’s Hyperion Planning and Reporting Budgeting and Forecast Systems Streamlined Financial Reporting report designs by utilizing saved objects and standard formats Developed and modified outline formulas, partitions, MAXL, ESSCMD and calc scripts Created ASO cube for historical data linked to forecast cubes by partitions

Jul 2005 to Aug 2006     

Sr. ERP Developer, Corporate Finance Systems Health Net, Inc.

Sr. Consultant, Hyperion Essbase and Planning Client: Google

Developed and enhanced Essbase cubes for FP&A forecasting and reporting systems Performed administration of Essbase and Hyperion Planning systems Team member for implementation of Hyperion systems upgrade to version 7.2 Created/enhanced calc scripts, outline calculations, load rules, SQL and Perl scripts Created FP&A reports for headcount, operational expenses, P&L, cashflow, etc.

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Provided technical and end user documentation

Feb 2005 to May 2005 

Sr. Developer on team to convert 500+ reports from Hyperion Enterprise/Reporting for new Hyperion Financial Management system using Hyperion Reports 7.1

Jun 2004 to Feb 2005   

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Senior Financial Systems Analyst IV Corporate Performance Measurement System Washington Mutual Bank, Chatsworth, CA

Lead developer and system administrator for Hyperion Planning 2.0 Created HAL modules, user input forms, business rules, calc scripts Project Lead to improve monthly database maintenance: minimized manual processes for database maintenance and reloading of data into new structure; time for full system update cut from 3-5 12 hour days to 1-2 8 hour days Developer of Security Verification Module, Budget Input templates, 12 Month and 6 Month Trend Reports, Actuals to Plan/Forecast Variance Reports, Business Segment Reports using Excel Spreadsheet Macro Toolkit with VBA and VB API; eliminated posting of budget data to incorrect cost center/company combinations

Jul 1994 to Jan 2000

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Sr. Consultant, Hyperion Essbase Systems Client: Guitar Center

Converted and optimized existing Essbase P&L and Balance Sheet cube to align with new PeopleSoft GL Created daily and monthly backup procedures to insure reliable backup and eliminate frequent DB corruptions caused by previous routines Created automated procedures to load and calc daily actuals for P&L and Balance Sheet

Jan 2000 to Jan 2004

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Sr. Consultant, Hyperion Planning Client: Paramount Studios

Created database design/system prototype for Paramount Studios Home Video Budget and Forecast System in Hyperion Planning Provided analysis as to the best method for allocations of product expenses and revenue by title, format and release date

Feb 2004 to Apr 2004 

Sr. Techno-Functional Consultant, Hyperion Essbase and Planning Client: Overture.com (now a division of Yahoo!)

Functional Analyst/Developer to review FP&A and Business Planning processes and optimize performance for Domestic and International budgeting and planning Administered and enhanced system security profiles for both Essbase and Hyperion Planning Developed new Essbase system to store affiliate and advertiser metrics which are used to predict and analyze market trends, new product impact on revenue, facilitate finance directors’ decisions

Apr 2004 to May 2004 

Sr. Consultant, Hyperion Reports 7.0 Client: WFS Financial, Inc.

Project Leader Strategic Systems, Budgets and Forecasting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Santa Monica, CA

Hands-on Project Leader of development team to design and create Essbase financial analysis model for 5 and 10 Year Corporate Business Plan, Operating Cash Flow, Ultimates modeling

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(theatrical/TV products life cycle) and interface between SAP and Essbase cube to share operating plan and actuals data Designed and developed Budgets and Forecast System in Powerbuilder 5.0/SQL Anywhere front end for budget input and transaction level budget reporting and an Essbase cube for managerial reporting

EDUCATION PhD, Classics, University of Southern California MA. Classics, University of Southern California BA, Spanish, Michigan State University