Mary Ann Moore Resume
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Mary Ann Moore has over 30 years of experience working for IBM, including 18+ years working with SAP systems. She has extensive experience leading SAP implementation projects and working on finance and accounting processes within SAP. Her most recent roles involve automating testing for web applications using Rational Functional Tester and managing Application Systems Controls and Auditability for IBM applications.
Mary Ann Moore Resume
- 1. Mary Ann Moore Poughquag, New York 12570 914-325-1858 Experience Summary Most recently led Agile team to develop automated testing for web based applications using testing tool RFT. SAP FI-CO consultant worked on 12+ successful full project life cycles for IBM internal SAP projects. Consulting team lead for US deployment of Accounts Receivable for SAP Blue Harmony Project. Is a Certified FI-CO SAP R/3 consultant who has been working with SAP for over 18 years in a variety of SAP finance related roles in support of IBM's internal business transformation and system integration projects (R/3 ECC and BI). During this time developed a good working knowledge of business processes and SAP FI-CO, SAP Security Authorizations, EDI/ALE, and integration with SAP-CRM and -BI environments. Also have an additional 15 years experience working within IBM in various accounting and financial systems roles which provides the unique ability of being able to bridge the gap between the legacy and SAP worlds. Strong knowledge of ABAP technical designs and relational table design and reporting using IBM DB2/QMF. Is an experienced consultant, as evidenced by the ability to balance work load and manage complex areas within a large scope project. Is a team player with a positive attitude, takes ownership and has very good communication skills. Is self motivated and dedicated to solving issues. Driven to meet scheduled deadlines while highlighting challenges as appropriate. Documentation is thorough, well written and is well regarded by peers. This combination of technical skills and business process provide a unique insight and a very strong skill set . Key Skills • Application of Agile methodology and techniques. • Automated test using Rational Functional Tester. Managing set up of continuous delivery pipeline for automated test cases using Urban Code Deploy, Rational Quality Manager & Rational Team Concert. • SAP Expertise: SAP R/3, ECC 6.0 - Experienced with FI-CO (General Ledger, Asset Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Profit Center Accounting), Financial Supply Chain Management (Credit Management, Dispute Management) , BI and ABAP design. Also experience with collections management, Sales & Distribution, Human Resource, EDI/ALE, Security, Materials Management, Customer and GL account master data. • SAP Technical Skills: FI-CO configuration including FSCM, ABAP queries, Reports, Report painter, Report Writer and LSMW tool, supporting multiple SAP upgrades and migration efforts. • Other Skills: DB2 tables & QMF,w3 Connections, Rational Functional Test tool, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, SAP Solution Manager, Websphere Business Process Modeler (WBM) tool, Rational Tool Set (ClearQuest,RQM, RTC), Lotus Notes.
- 2. Career History 11/1981 – Present (International Business Machines Corp), United States of America SAP FI-CO consultant working on various IBM internal SAP projects. Consulting team lead for US deployment of Accounts Receivable for SAP Blue Harmony Project. A FI-CO SAP R/3 consultant working on various internal SAP projects for IBM. Have over 18 years’ experience in a variety of SAP project related roles in support of various IBM internal business transformation and system integration projects (R/3 ECC and BI). Also an additional 15 years of business experience working within IBM in various accounting and financial systems roles. This combination of technical skills and business process provide her with unique insight and a very strong skill set. Assignment History 01/2014 – Present Business Analyst for IBM Leading effort to set up automated testing of Web based applications in support of Agile development process adoption. Setting up and integrating Rational Functional Tester with Rational Quality Manager. Supporting MVS based IBM Credit contract related applications. Performing ASCA compliance IT application controls - ASCA reviews, APCT, quarterly application health checks. o Application owner delegate responsibilities - BTMT updates, DR testing and coordination, access management. o Requirements gathering, analysis and creation o Test case creation and execution o Production support (eg, quarter close, yearend,etc.) o End user support (level 2) o Driving 2 major productivity & efficiency tool deployments: Designing w3 connections Site Map Community and related sub-communities as well as providing education sessions to encourage teams move from Lotus Notes emails to social work tools with intent to gain efficiencies. Deploying Rational Functional Tester with intent to develop automated test cases and integrate with existing RQM tool. 06/2008 – 01/2014 (IBM) – 6 + Years SAP Blue Harmony (BH) project for IBM Project Description: Blue Harmony (BH) project for IBM which is a major global initiative that is pursuing to become the premier globally integrated enterprise. The project implementation focused on radical process simplification and integration in a true enterprise manner. Goal is to unify all business units, organizations and geographies on a single SAP platform, establishing process and solution commonality whenever possible. As another outcome of the project it is expected that ultimately several thousand legacy applications will be retired. The project utilizes SAP’s ECC, CRM, and BI systems and initially went live in January 2011 with a limited functionality pilot in China. The full functionality to be provided by the project was rolled out to China and Germany in January 2013. Currently, the localizations necessary for next roll out into four additional countries in Europe and Asia are being integration tested. RESPONSIBILITY: As a team member involved in preparing/conducting blue print workshops for AR module.
- 3. • Preparing the workshop materials for FSCM Credit Mgmt/Dispute Mgmt and various custom interfaces from SAP ECC to IBM legacy systems. • Understand the current AS IS legacy process and also gather requirements. • FSCM Credit Mgmt implemented the only real time custom interface within BH for credit requests & responses issued from the quote in SAP-CRM to IBM legacy credit systems. A complex set of data was issued to the credit systems and iterative credit approvals/rejections were received back and updated in the quote in SAP-CRM. • In Dispute Mgmt BH was first company to utilize both stand dispute functionality for manually created disputes directly in SAP as well as customer dispute functionality simultaneously in SAP-ECC. Also developed custom interfaces for automatically creating disputes fed from separate legacy system within IBM and feed back to that system indicating dispute was resolved. • Configured the prototype for FSCM disputes in IBM sandbox. • Design, Preparation of Functional spec and testing of the custom interfaces and dispute management. • Supporting end-users in Germany (2013) and China (2010) for go-live deployment and with Conversion/Hypercare related issues for Credit Mgmt/Quotes & Dispute areas. 06/2004 - 01/2008 (IBM) – 4 years IBM SAP Ledger consolidation project Project Description: IBM consolidation of the ledger to a single world wide instance in S SAPECC from the distributed legacy landscape. Also the WW HRMS, also world wide consolidation of HR in SAP-ECC from distributed legacies. RESPONSIBILITY: Completed Realization phase and deployment activity for North America SAP Ledger in support of a January 2008 deployment. Performed duties of Design team member of Core Ledger Project for Accounts Receivable, Taxes, Security & Authorizations and HRMS support. Ensure plan dates are met. Ensure all project teams work in coordinated manner. Presented workshop materials, design & configuration, functional specs, test case creation and execution, training documentation, BPP's (SAP Business Process Procedures). • Worked on changes to SAP to support divestiture of Lenovo. • HRMS - supported HRMS team in WW consolidation effort to SAP-ECC regarding design, set up of accounts, system controls compliance. ESAP compliance. 01/2001 - 06/2004 (IBM) 3+ years IBM SAP Asset Accounting project Project Description: IBM World Wide Fixed Asset strategy included consolidating IBM legacy distributed capital asset systems to SAP to provide a common Fixed Asset integrated solution that simplified the capital asset process and provided productivity improvements. It also provided a web front end into SAP-ECC called e-AMT (The e-AMT (Electronic Asset Mgmt) tool is designed to help manage capital assets that are assigned to employees, such as PCs, high-end information system equipment, and other inventoried assets.) The E-AMT tool tracked assets, allows authorized employees to transfer, retire, inventory and report on assets. RESPONSIBILITY: • Performed lead configuration of Asset Accounting for world-wide deployment in SAP-ECC including set up of the Enterprise Structure and ALE settings.
- 4. • Designed and tested the web pages for e-AMT. (web front end into SAP Asset Management Module) accessed by all IBM employees to track assets and included query/reporting functionality. • Presented configuration settings and functionality to internal audit team. Audit approved successfully. • Set up ALE for communications from SAPECC to MQSeries. 06/1996 - 01/2001 (IBM) 4 years IBM Services & Technology (Microelectronics) Division – Ireland Foundry SAP Implementation. Project Description: IBM Services & Technology (Microelectronics) Division - Ireland Foundry SAP Implementation. In microelectronics, the foundry model refers to the separation of a semiconductor fabrication plant operation (foundry) from an integrated circuit design operation, into separate companies or business units. RESPONSIBILITY: Led project of 60+ consultants for entire project life cycle from design & development to deployment. • Performed lead duties including conducting workshops and prototyping demos to management, monitoring & tracking project progress. • Reported metrics to executive management team. • Facilitated collaboration and resolution of issues and roadblocks. • Presented proposed design & controls to internal audit team and was granted approval for project. • Successfully implemented SAP solution for foundry being set up in Ireland on time and within budget. 01/1995 - 06/1996 (IBM) 2+ years IBM Systems & Technology SAP integration project to support semiconductor manufacturing Project Description:FI-CO SAP R/3 consultant within IBM in support of IBM Systems & Technology division transformation and system integration projects using SAP R/3 ECC and DB2, specifically supporting General Ledger, SAP security authorizations and custom interfaces for currencies and import/export compliance. RESPONSIBILITY: As a team member involved in completing the WRICEFs, configuration, training documentation, presentation of controls and system design to the internal audit teams, testing in Accounts Receivable, General Ledger including Currencies and interface for automated daily feed of currency rates, Credit Management. Also designed, built and tested security authorization roles in SAP. 11/1983 - 01/1994 (IBM) 10+ years Project Description: Worked as staff accountant at a division level and team lead in various areas of accounting for IBM including General Ledger, Cost Accounting, Accounts Payable, Capital Planning, Financial Systems, external & internal financial reporting. Import/Export Compliance for IBM manufacturing divisions. Passed numerous internal and external audits successfully. 11/1981 - 11/1983 (IBM) 2+ years IBM mainframe computing center Operations Project Description: Worked in large main computer data center for IBM working in main frame operations team as data center operator.
- 5. Education • Masters of Science (MSCS) in Computer Science Marist College, United States of America, 1998 Thesis Title: Business Applications of Virtual Reality Software - Not just for games anymore everything from medical to city planning, 1998 • Bachelors of Science (BS) Magna Cum Laude in Accounting Mount Saint Mary College, United States of America, 1988 • SAP FI-CO Certified. • Completed all classes for Project Management Certification (PMP). • SAP - all FI-CO classes, ALE, Basis, FSCM. • Certificate of Completion - Application Owner Curriculum covering Application Systems Controls and Audit ability (ASCA) for vital Applications. • Corporate Managerial Accounting (CMA) certification Classes Other relevant information Organizations • CIO Technical Leadership Council member • Women's Transformation Network (WTN) member • Women in Technology International (WITI) member Other job related activities • Granted US patent # FIS919990140 - Separation Of Duties Automation within SAP • Received System & Technology Group's Division Award in IBM for design & implementation of first Third Party Drawback program within IBM fro recovery of duties paid to US Customs. In first year of process IBM received a check from US customs for over 20 million dollars from US customs and that was for only one division. The process was then deployed to WW Import operations team and implemented within IBM on world wide basis.
- 6. Education • Masters of Science (MSCS) in Computer Science Marist College, United States of America, 1998 Thesis Title: Business Applications of Virtual Reality Software - Not just for games anymore everything from medical to city planning, 1998 • Bachelors of Science (BS) Magna Cum Laude in Accounting Mount Saint Mary College, United States of America, 1988 • SAP FI-CO Certified. • Completed all classes for Project Management Certification (PMP). • SAP - all FI-CO classes, ALE, Basis, FSCM. • Certificate of Completion - Application Owner Curriculum covering Application Systems Controls and Audit ability (ASCA) for vital Applications. • Corporate Managerial Accounting (CMA) certification Classes Other relevant information Organizations • CIO Technical Leadership Council member • Women's Transformation Network (WTN) member • Women in Technology International (WITI) member Other job related activities • Granted US patent # FIS919990140 - Separation Of Duties Automation within SAP • Received System & Technology Group's Division Award in IBM for design & implementation of first Third Party Drawback program within IBM fro recovery of duties paid to US Customs. In first year of process IBM received a check from US customs for over 20 million dollars from US customs and that was for only one division. The process was then deployed to WW Import operations team and implemented within IBM on world wide basis.