Sal Rapacciuolo

Manage various finance projects across multiple systems and departments

Manage Chinese T-Mall e-commerce launch

Implement outsourcing for the Chinese e-commerce activities to Deloitte

Oversee and re-architect Hyperion EPM suite

Work closely with Information Systems on Cognos business intelligence initiatives for the various finance teams

Manage client engagements in the areas of financial planning and analysis, consolidations, financial close, and master data management. Provide solution consulting to diverse clients across various industries. Manage end-to-end development lifecycle activities. Prepared requirements and design documents for multiple Hyperion projects (Essbase, HFM, Planning).

• Prepared detailed responses to RFIs/RFPs as well as negotiation of the finer points of the SOWs, ensuring team had clear and concise information.
• Managed diverse project teams of up to 20 people across different departments and geographies in the development and implementation of Hyperion related products according to customers specifications.
• Managed clean room operations for select clients effectively during the process of mergers and acquisitions.

Led transformation/business process improvement efforts, project management for global systems implementations, systems administration, training, and support to global finance teams. Managed global support organization that oversaw all financial systems administration, training and ongoing improvement efforts for worldwide applications, including ERP (Oracle JD Edwards), Enterprise Performance Management Systems “EPM” (Hyperion Essbase, Planning, Workforce, Capex, HFM, FR), Business Intelligence (Microstrategy), and other supporting financial systems solutions.

• Led multiple process improvement initiatives throughout organization, resulting in significant savings.
• Oversaw integration and divestiture-related activities for inclusion/exclusion from global financial systems and associated results, ensuring accurately record and report of financial results in a timely manner.
• Partnered with Information Technology, Operations, and other Shared Service areas on development and implementation of enhanced solutions, leading to significant reductions in process time, money, and effort while improving quality and accuracy of information.
• Re-architected and streamlined financial close process which led to 40% improvement in monthly closing time, including implementation of account reconciliation process, re-writing of existing controls, and implementation of SharePoint to manage monthly process.
• Managed ongoing development of tools and processes for internal customers, facilitating efficient use of systems.
• Implemented multiple Hyperion applications successfully across multiple business units and geographies.
• Created daily/weekly/monthly sales and expense reporting solutions which provided insight into store performance against internal and external benchmarks that assisted managers and executives to better manage business.
• Provided continual improvement of planning applications by overseeing quarterly “Chalk Talk Sessions”.
• Led PMO team that redesigned organizational planning processes across all operational areas, resulting in cycle time improvement, reduction of Plan vs Actual variances, enhanced performance management visibility for managers, as well as self-serve reporting capabilities.
• Re-architected “Master Data Management” process which successfully led to better and consistent reporting capabilities by creating processes, controls, discipline, rigor, and internal standards for creation and maintenance of master data elements across multiple applications.
• Led re-design of global chart of accounts which allowed for more consistent and accurate financial reporting as well as subsequent successful implementation of HFM for global consolidations.
• Partnered with organizational areas to consolidate MDM activities into COE (Center of Excellence), thus reducing processing time and improving the quality of data elements across various systems.
• Managed transition from EPICOR into MICROS POS, including Sales Audit components of MICROS, resulting in significant process improvement and reallocation of staff.
• Managed transition and implementation of GSI/EBAY as domestic e-commerce platform, uncovering $1M in erroneous charges.
• Partnered with overseas partners on launch of UK e-commerce site, including implementation of Venda, Venda Pay, Global Payments, and RED. This was strategic initiative of CEO completed 3 months earlier than target and increased sales for the year.
• Partnered with loss prevention for ongoing compliance and related activities, reducing chargebacks and theft.
• Implemented various SharePoint solutions to work directly with stores, operations, and IS&T on various POS-related issues, reducing number of systems stores needed to interact with to communicate issues to corporate