Budgeting and Forecasting Solution

Led pursuit and delivered analysis and design of a budgeting and forecasting solution for a large financial services company.  The solution included the redesign of all major business dimensions and the adoption of Oracle DRM to manage them.

Business Results

  • Standardization of all master data across the company
  • Financial data mart as one source for all budgeting and forecasting need
  • Distribute planning process

Reporting Architecture

Managed the analysis and design of a reporting solution for a global high-tech company. The legacy reporting system was based on PeopleSoft G/L with limited reporting capability. The new solution, which included Oracle Financial Management, OBIEE and Data Relationship Manager was able to cover all company reporting needs from transactional reporting up to high level management reporting in one architecture.

Business Results

  • Create reporting architecture to consolidate all company’s reporting needs in one place
  • Standardized company-wide master data
  • Streamlined financial reporting

Enterprise Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting

The client, a global computer product and solutions provider, wanted to start new finance strategy program to identify efficiency and effectiveness improvement opportunities for three main corporate finance processes:

  • Management and Performance Reporting
  • ­Closing the Books
  • Enterprise Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting

My team created the overall program proposal and business case. The client’s finance department cost indicators were benchmark with other best-in-class companies.  As a result of our project, the company built new processes, systems and organizational capabilities around a common data architecture and application portfolio.