Kevin Chenoweth, PMP, LIFA 10683 Jewelberry Circle Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 Cell: 303-880-1572 Email:
[email protected] Summary of Experience and Qualifications Mr. Chenoweth has 15 years corporate strategy and management experience and five years team lead experience in the Oracle General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Business Intelligence tools, covering all aspects of the vision, planning, design, build, and testing phases. He has held leadership roles at Fortune 100 companies such as Intel, Arrow Electronics, and Fedex as well as regional financial firms. In four full life-cycle and two R12 Oracle implementations, he has specialized in multi-national global implementations, complex Discoverer report design and implementation of Oracle modules including Daily Business Intelligence, Chart of Account design, General Ledger configurations, Accounts Receivable, and Cash Management.
2008 - 09 May – August 2009
Independent Assignments (R12 Oracle Financials)
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Outlined and setup framework of complex structure of 19 ledgers with Primary, Reporting, and Secondary Ledgers, including the Chart of Accounts and account mapping process.
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Prepared CRP documentation and participated in CRP2 sessions covering consolidation, ledger types, ledger sets, and journal processes for large private commodity corporation.
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Created, led and ensured that GL BR100 documentation met success criteria for large private commodity corporation.
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Tested MD.050 Rates Interface currency documentation to ensure that rates were transferred in timely fashion.
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Reviewed and ensured that BR.030 GL Documentation met covered multi-step consolidations.
Deloitte Experience
Oct 2008 – Apr 2009
Proposal development of new EVD Deployment Methodology Role: Team Lead on IT and People, Change and Learning Tracks
Aug – Oct 2008
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Rolled out a new methodology to be shared and used throughout the firm.
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Evangelized the need for Green practices in business practices within system deployment.
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Published White Papers on Green Trends in the marketplace and how to incorporate them.
US Steel, a leading Steel Manufacturing Company Role: Oracle Report Writer Lead for Oracle Treasury and Cash Management modules •
Designed Daily Operating Balances report which reconciled 250 accounts from balances of outstanding checks and cash clearing accounts.
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Created proper tax accounting within project accounting through design of MRO/Inventory report.
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Tracked 200 investment and borrowing accounts on monthly basis through treasury report.
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Created Foreign Exchange report in Treasury module to track 200 transactions by transaction dates, settlement dates, and totals by currency pairs.
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Collaborated in design of high level process flows, Codes, and GL codes for Order Management.
Schneider National, a private Fortune 200 Transportation Company with US and European Operations Role: Oracle R12 Financials Lead and Business Consultant
January March
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Designed segment Chart of Accounts structure to use a 4 digit international account and handle 2500 legacy accounts, separating domestic and international accounts. Configured AGIS module to handle inter-company processing among each of the business lines across the 6 ledgers.
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Led GL team through SLA and Financial Accounting Hub configuration.
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Recommended strategy to validate Oracle Human Resources code combination to Oracle General Ledger and implemented within Oracle R12.
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Directed transaction unit to parallel testing phases.
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Enabled global R12 implementation through on site rationalization of international business requirements.
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Designed reporting strategy to allow for Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, Excel based reporting requirements as well as the month end close documentation
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Pivotal in design of US/CAN operating group split and allocation between 10 US based employees in Canada and 20 Canadian employees.
Dell Computer, a Fortune 100 computer distribution company Role: Process Design Lead and Business Consultant •
Enabled smooth acquisition of $10M software company through design of process flows and business requirements for software licensing acquisition including Quote to Collect, Procure to Pay, New Supplier Set-up, and end to end order fulfillment.
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Resolved conflicting business requirements for customer care, accounting, and order fulfillment.
2007 - 08
Lucidity Consulting Group
June September
Aspen Pet, a top US pet accessories and food supplier
January June
Role: Oracle Reporting Manager with Oracle Discoverer and General Ledger FSG applications •
Enabled asset tracking to ensure old inventory left the warehouse on timely basis.
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Led creation of 10 new reports which enabled timely inventory counting and trained users on capability of Discoverer tool.
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In first month as a public company, reduced inventory by $15M order through timely shipping of two key customer orders.
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Key report designer of FSG applications, allowing for EDI transmission of crucial price, case pack, case quantity, and case dimension data. Served as Administrator on tasks such as transferring new reports from old EUL to new EUL as well as granting user access to new reports.
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Enabled suitability of reports by testing with multiple groups of finance users and ensured they met business requirements.
PAS Technologies, an Aerospace company specializing in airplane parts refurbishment Role: Oracle 11i General Ledger Lead •
Implemented General Ledger to process all transactions for consolidation and month end close. Configured 11i AGIS module to show relationships between the European and US subsidiary and process consolidation/month end close process.
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Implemented full lifecycle of multi-currency Oracle 11i including General Ledger, A/R, A/P, and OM modules, including consolidation of European and US Sets of Books and UAT testing of
financial modules.
2005 – 06 August 2005 – December 2006
January May
2004 January December
2000 – 03
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Translated European set of books to primary US Set of Books and ensured that the first month end close occurred on a timely basis.
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Led BR100 documentation on General Ledger, Accounts Payable (AP), and (AR) modules.
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Collaborated with users to designed Accounts Payable (AP) system to track all forms of payment.
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Set-up Lockbox and check format allowing for seamless interaction between client and local bank.
Arrow Electronics, a Fortune 200 Electronics Distribution Company Role: Oracle Business Intelligence Lead •
Served as finance Team lead on business intelligence module ensuring collaboration of executive management on KPI’s and dashboards.
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Rationalized reporting process and validated legacy reports to Oracle financial reports.
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Reduced input time from a month to two weeks for quarterly budget through Accelerated Desktop Integrator templates.
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Reduced global Chart of Accounts from 2000 accounts to 500.
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Implemented and designed budget process within Oracle that reduced the quarterly process 50% from 6 weeks to 3 weeks.
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Ensured smooth close of global company through translation of European Set of Books to primary US Set of Books. Led Effort to input recommended currencies into Oracle.
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Designed Customer Master File, so customers may be located in the system at both parent and child level.
Verizon Communications, a global telecommunications company Role: Marketing and Reporting Lead •
Designed access database to create and track $36M budget.
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Evaluated the launch of $250K new stores through regular updates of multi-tab Excel spreadsheet.
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Launched timing of promotion and new products through tracking sale of 3G products.
Synergy Business Advisors, a regional Consulting Firm Role: CFO Services Consultant •
Increased client base by 5 over 3 months through road-show of M&A strategy.
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Reduced Procure to Pay and Cash cycle by 2 months, and improved cash cycle for 6 clients.
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Collaborated with Lead consultant to launch inventory and product launch strategies for client base.
Intel, the World's largest Semiconductor Manufacturer Role: M&A Finance Lead, and Supply Chain Lead •
Created post-integration financial inventory solutions for 12 companies totaling over $500M in revenue.
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Streamlined complex global transportation flows in order to reduce transportation cost by $15 million and speed product integration.
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Ensured Day One revenue targets were met with the appropriate solutions based on company size by creating "Black Box" methodology for smaller companies to seamlessly translate requirements from SAP to Oracle.
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Highlighted and resolved $3 million dollar inventory errors through cycle counts.
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System Experience
Software / Products: Oracle R12 General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable (Project Experience) Oracle R12 Cash Management and Treasury (Project Experience), Oracle Business Accelerators Level 2, Oracle 11i General Ledger (Project Experience), Oracle Accounts Payable (Project Experience), Oracle Accounts Receivable (Project Experience), Business Intelligence (Expert), Oracle Discoverer (Project Experience), Oracle Inventory (Training), Oracle Order Management (Project Experience), Oracle Advanced Pricing (Training), Business Objects (Training), Tracker (Project Experience), Harmony (Project Experience) Development Tools / Languages: SQL (Project Experience), Discoverer Admin (Project Experience), Oracle Admin (Project Experience) Hardware / Operating Systems: Windows XP (Project Experience), Linux x86 (Project Experience) Middleware / Databases: Oracle 10g General Tools: Microsoft XP, Access (Project Experience), Excel (Expert), PowerPoint (Expert), MS Project (Project Experience)
Education
Thunderbird, American Graduate School of International Management Master of International Management 1993 St. Olaf College B.A. Economics 1992
Affiliations
Training
Foreign Language Skills
Finance Transformation Level 1 (Deloitte) 2009, PMP 2006, LIFA 2006, Brainbench Web Finance Certification 2005, Green Belt Six Sigma 2005
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Oracle Fusion Introduction and Business Accelerators Level 2 certification, Oracle 11i General Ledger, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle Advanced Pricing, Oracle R12 General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, AGIS, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, and Treasury, Oracle R12 Manufacturing
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IFRS Standards
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German - Proficient Socially
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Russian - Proficient Socially