Sally Bale, CPA

Burleson, TX 76028 Phone: (817) 483-8539 or (817) 455-4094 sasbale@gmail.com

Project Manager and Senior Business Analyst in the areas of Business Process Re-Engineering, Accounting/Finance, JDE ERP, and Business Intelligence, demonstrating efficient and effective resolution of complex business challenges by rapidly and accurately translating business requirements into innovative technology solutions. Enthusiastic leader and mentor focusing on successfully building and maintaining relationships/teams across numerous organizational units, including Finance, Sales & Marketing, IT Operations, and Vendors, to deliver results and encourage knowledge transfer via those relationships/teams. Work history includes: Progression through R&D, Surgical, and Ophthalmic Finance departments and Global Planning & Reporting. Lead participant on US JDE implementation which led to a transfer to GIT. Acted as Business Analyst for US Application Financial Support then transitioned to the International JDE Application Implementation/Support Team. Most recently worked as Senior Business Analyst in International JDE Application as well as International Business Intelligence Analysis and Design team. Prior to joining Alcon, worked at various customer service and accounting positions in the Banking industry for 5 years. While attending final year at UTA, worked contract for a few small CPA firms doing bookkeeping and pre-tax preparation. Proficient in several computer software packages and iSeries reporting tools, including Microsoft Office; SQL; iSeries Query; Oracle Hyperion Essbase; SPSS Showcase Strategy; JDE World; JDE OneWorld.

Experience Alcon Laboratories, Inc. - Fort Worth, TX

Project Manager/ Senior Business Analyst - Global I.T. Applications, Global Solutions Business Analytics

1988 - 2011
07/2011 10/2011

(Senior Information Specialist) Manage project to upgrade Corporate Non-US Essbase 7 to System 11. Provide production support for systems and services not specifically called out as projects. Effective Compliance and Regulatory Management in the areas of disaster recovery, security, change management, project management, regulatory and legal matters, software license compliance, audit, procedures, and system validation. Support the establishment and effective use of Alcon IT Service Center India. Support the successful IT, business, and organizational integrations of Alcon to Novartis, Ciba to Alcon, and/or Novartis Pharma products to Alcon as assigned.

Senior Business Analyst - Global I.T. Applications, Back Office Systems

01/2010 - 06/2011

(Senior Information Specialist) Lead effort to capture global and regional business requirements for supporting Model Company Back Office applications and BI projects. Work with teams to prioritize and create agreed upon functional requirements. Lead effort in JP GMC implementation to update JP Essbase sales and finance cubes for May 2010 go live, including ETL, data warehouse, and job scheduling. Facilitate the gathering and definition of requirements to drive the evolution of the back office systems, in support of strategic business priorities. Understand and articulate business challenges and propose technical solutions. Advocate on behalf of the customer while remaining focused on promoting model processes and solutions to drive efficiency. Work with team members and Commercial Applications LACAR/CAF/Japan team members transferring BI knowledge. Initiate and manage project to upgrade Corporate Non-US Essbase 7 to System 11.

Senior Business Analyst - Global I.T. Applications, Design & Analysis

01/2009 - 12/2009

(Senior Information Specialist) Lead effort to gather the requirements for the creation of a Finance Cube in Cognos with consultation from Business, GIT Finance, Deployment, Development, and Design & Analysis teams with the end result meeting all the key requirements as well as resolve any current deficiencies. Work with team to develop and implement necessary elements for managing Global Model Affiliate systems, including harmonization of the following areas: Request process; ROI/Technical Assessment/Design process; Release management; Test strategy; Communication and training plans; Support. Act as leader in coordination effort between the business users, Management, GMA BAs, and Development teams to deliver MC/IBI enhancements through the steps of requirements gathering, collaboration, providing global design based on requirements, development prioritization and co-ordination, testing, deployment/training plans, and communication. Develop process flows, current business requirements and test plans for core GMC modules using best practices. Explore and document future requirements with use cases and test scripts that can be reused for release validation/testing as well as affiliate PQ.

Project Manager/Business Analyst - Global I.T. Applications, International JDE and BI

03/2003 - 12/2008
(Senior Information Specialist)

Deliver results striving to the most efficient use of resources accomplishing company and department objectives. Foster partnership with customers to maintain high and consistent levels of satisfaction. Act as project manager and business analyst to support the installation of JDE Model Company, version 7.3 cum 10, and BI in assigned affiliates, including conducting gap analysis and implementation workshops. Train affiliates project team members on the MC finance modules / process as required. Act as lead for the finance data load in given projects. Participate in given project team(s) for GMC JDE Release Development. Provide set up and user documentation and OQPQ tests for GMC Releases. Increase group effectiveness by focusing on continuous process improvement, including ongoing production support of systems or business units not listed as projects. Ensure compliance to existing Regulations and Guidelines. Training of new team members as needed. Develop logical data model that represents affiliate business perspective with graphical representation of the model and associated reference material. Provide business requirements / priorities for BI development activities to support the JDE / SALSA initiatives. Develop methodology to transfer BI technical, application and support knowledge to JDE MC team.

Senior Financial Analyst - Global I.T. Applications, Financial Support

04/2000 - 02/2003

Coordinate financial system support in the U.S. and International markets. Responsibilities include resolution of complex technical tasks with internal resources, external consultation, and management. Provide guidance to U.S. plants and International project teams in the implementation, upgrades, and support of financial systems. Provide functional and technical specifications for modifications in accordance with established standards. Assist in testing, promotion, and production turnover of modifications/enhancements in accordance with change control procedures. Participate in special projects. Provide Showcase, and sometimes Essbase, guidance to end user communities. Participate in the OneWorld implementation which included complex security setup and instigating/coordinating Showcase reporting as well as establishing the COA and G/L interfaces.

Senior Financial Analyst - Global Planning and Reporting

04/1998 - 03/2000

Perform key role in developing financial analysis systems and procedures for more efficient planning, reporting, and consolidation processes. Maintained and enhanced current financial systems based on understanding and applying concepts related to sales and financial analysis. Developed quality business solutions and provided end user support for financial systems. Restructured and secured the company's financial intranet site. Process and reconcile global sales transmissions and reconcile world-wide intercompany accounts. Provided analysis of issues and worked with foreign affiliate finance managers to resolve problems open issues.

Senior Financial Analyst - JDE Implementation Team

03/1997 - 03/1998

Participate in special assignment to implement JDEdwards, version 7.3 cum 4, financial software to US domestic sites. Tasks included providing a conversion and interface strategy, report mapping and implementation, security strategy and other system related items. Contribute to optimizing JDEdwards system capabilities to company accounting procedures and/or writing new procedures.

Senior Financial Analyst - Ophthalmic Division

12/1993 - 02/1997

Manage the Division's involvement in the Federal Medicaid and various state rebate programs, including processing rebate payments, analysis of rebates, assisting in preparation of budgets for rebates, and documentation of rebates and systems. The position also involved the overall coordination of the accounting functions for the Ophthalmic Division including the accuracy and integrity of monthly closing, accounting data, internal controls, related financial reporting, and consolidation of affiliate transmissions. This required thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, company expense and approval policies, and the supervision of daily processing of invoices. This position functioned as the back up to the Manager, Accounting and Reporting.

Senior Accountant - Surgical Division

02/1991 - 11/1993

Monitor internal control and compliance of policies and procedures within the division. Collected and presented results of Division operations. Maintained and monitored all underlying transactions supporting the financials of the division. Provide support to off-site locations in regards to individual and consolidated financial reporting.

Staff Accountant - R&D Division

06/1988 - 01/1991

Responsible for financial reporting, budgeting control, and analysis of domestic and consolidated international R&D expenses including project cost allocations.

Education/Certification
Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, University of Texas at Arlington Certified Public Accountant, TSBPA

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