Hilda Thurston
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SUMMARY
10 Years SAP experience including Upgrades, Implementations, End user training
Module experience includes: FI (AP, AR, GL, Intercompany), CO (CCA), EC (PCA)
SAP R3 4.6 to ECC 6.0 experience
10 years business accounting experience
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Great West Life & Annuity – Production Support ECC 6.0 – April 2009 to Present
Provide ongoing creation/maintenance and user support for FI, CO, EC modules
Provide FI cut over support for client copy project
Maintain Special Ledger Report Painter/Writer custom reports
Conduct role testing for SAP enhancement pack application
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
August 2007 to Present
PACER GLOBAL LOGISTICS - ECC 6.0 Implementation - April 2008 to December 2008
Designed and configured chart of accounts
Created LSMW objects to support master data loads
Worked with individual business units to create legacy to SAP GL account mapping
Created Report Painter financial reports
Worked with Asset, MM and SD teams to configure integration points
Trained users on GL, AP and AR modules
XOJET - ECC 6.0 SAP Implementation - January 2008 to March 2008
Provided production support for FI/CO (GL, AP and AR)
Created training documentation for GL, AP and AR
Trained users on GL, AP and AR modules
APPLIED MATERIALS - ECC 6.0 SAP Upgrade - November 2007 to January 2008
Managed Functional Unit Testing Defects in Mercury Quality Center; closing defects when resolved or re-opening defects as required; communicated with testing assets and/or development assets to resolve defects
Tracked and documented defect status for metrics reporting to project and testing leads
WARNER BROTHERS - 4.7C US Supply Chain Implementation - August 2007 to October 2007
Conducted Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing, tracked and documented results, reported and fixed issues
Troubleshooting issues for Finance and Accounting groups which involved analyzing problems, configuring, testing, training and documentation of fixes
Provided production support for FI and related AR and SD integration touch points with FI
WARNER BROTHERS HOME VIDEO DIVISION
MIS Senior Analyst Project Vanguard Canada 4.7C US Supply Chain Implementation
June 2006 to July 2007
Configured and maintained FI/CO substitution/validation rules, account assignment tables, etc.
Assisted in configuration and process flow for AR implementation and inter-company AP and AR functionality
Created functional design documentation for FI/CO enhancements
Provided guidance for integration of SD & MM modules into existing FI/CO environment
Conducted Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing and User Acceptance Testing, tracked and documented results, reported and fixed issues
Responsible for troubleshooting issues for Finance and Accounting groups which involved analyzing problems, configuring, testing, training and documentation of fixes
Acted as liaison between the finance department and the technical BI team to design, test, and deliver required reports to the finance department
Created Report Painter reports in support of new functionality (three expense analysis reports for analysis by cost center, by profit center, by GL account group)
COORS BREWING COMPANY
SAP Master Data & R/3 Reporting Manager
February 2006 to June 2006
Provided consistent detailed FI & CO SAP R/3 master data management
Designed and documented master data processes
Provided guidance and support of on-going project requirements
Reconfigured standard and alternate reporting hierarchies in support of business reporting requirements
Edited and maintained existing report writer reports
Created new report painter reports (two expense analysis reports for analysis by cost center and by profit center)
SAP Project Team Member
April 2005 to January 2006
Gathered and integrated detailed business requirements for PCA implementation
Configured PCA to meet business needs for four reporting segments of sixteen subsidiaries on four continents
Assisted with the SAP configuration and process design of intercompany functions in support of PCA implementation and BCS implementation
Trained business units on inter-company processes
Worked directly with end users to provided post go-live/stabilization support
Cash Processing Senior Analyst
September 2004 to March 2005
Provided level 1 support for GL, AP & AR as business Subject Matter Expert
Gathered detailed business requirements in support of business case
Developed the business case to create a new department to consolidate all cash transaction initiation and processing
Managed and supervised the department personnel and the processing of approximately $4.6 billion in cash transactions
Accounts Receivable Analyst
June 2000 to August 2004
Provided level 1 & 2 support for custom SAP electronic payment collection process
Performed standard SAP AR processing
Managed approximately $600 million in accounts receivable for 700 domestic and international customers via electronic payment interfaces
Analyst, Cash Management
July 1998 to June 2000
Created manual SAP journal entries to record proper posting of all cash transactions to the general ledger.
Established process controls for posting manual AP electronic payments.
Managed manual international payment processes.
EDUCATION
M.B.A., Finance & Accounting, REGIS UNIVERSITY, 2005
B.S., Accounting, REGIS UNIVERSITY, 2003
Member number:10228
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