Financial Systems & Analytics Solutions Executive

TM1 & POWER BI EVANGELIST | ROCK CONCERT FANATIC 🤘

Using a blend of strong technical & business knowledge along with what those who know me call my passion, I’ve been able to deliver not only what is wanted, but what is truly needed.

Home

Years before I was a finance executive, when I started my career out of college as a database programmer I developed a passion for learning new technologies & programming languages. Ironically, it took leaving my position as a coder and going into Finance Shared Services for my passion in technology to grow further than ever.

Day after day, being surrounded by executives, accountants & analysts living in a world of extremely manual tasks, I saw endless opportunities to simplify, streamline & automate. Once I set out to provide solutions creating more efficiency for business members, the projects got bigger, the impacts were farther reaching & more global, and best of all my own passion was rocket-fueled by the exposure of many more technologies such as TM1 / IBM Planning Analytics, Snowflake, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, QlikSense, HR Workday, SAP BPC, Oracle ERP, Oracle OTC, Excel, Web Portals & others!

On any given day I can now be found providing leadership & guidance to any of these towers below & beyond:

Strategy

& Operations

Establish Vision
Road Maps
Align Organization & Departments
Uncover accountability
Improve operational efficiencies throughout the organization

Process

& Controls

Checks & Balances
Data Load controls
Bridge file controls
Out of Balance Dashboards
Triggered cross departmental communications & actions

Business Analysis

& Requirements

Understand Executive goals
Outline what is needed
Align with business stakeholders
Translate into technical specs
Data Architecture Proof of Concepts
Document & chart out processes & systems

Chart of

Accounts

Govern & filter COA requests
Ensure proper transparency & balance within General Ledger
Control impacts to External & Internal reporting
Implement across General Ledger, related Sub-systems & reporting processes

Reporting Transformation

& Standardization

Eliminate silo approaches
Clean up data & create consistent reporting structures
Show what's possible
Establish "One version of the truth"
Drive change towards future state
Govern hierarchy/report structures

Data Engineering /

Analytics Engineering

Build Data Pipelines & Dashboards
Streamline Data Availability & Empower Convergence
Standardize KPIs
Enable Self Service Reporting
Faster Analysis to Impact Outcomes
Surface Valuable Insights

Lead Data

Administration Teams

Oversight of Critical system feeds
Metadata Management
General Ledger Loads
Data flows, loads & versioning
System Maintenance & Security
Communicating procedural schedules

Lead Developers

& Project Teams

Leadership over Programming requests
Database Design
Code reviews & outlines
Change control migration
Testing & Upgrades
Planning for projects & weekly workstreams

Global Support

& Training

Training plans & classes
Support for Technical User Questions
User application installs, setup & system access

About Me

Being a technologist in Finance for most of my career has allowed me to implement Systems, Process & Analytics solutions that are insightful, dynamic, scalable, and easily maintained. Using a blend of strong technical & business knowledge along with what those who know me call my passion, I’ve been able to deliver not only what is wanted, but what is truly needed.

Personal

For me, meaning of life is #Family #God #Music #Data #Sushi #WalkingDead #NCIS Everything else is just filler. #RockOnMyFriendsV #OneMinuteAtATime

I am an avid live music fan having attended over 290 concerts and counting. Let me know if you're going to a rock concert within the NY/NJ/PA area. There's a good chance I may be there too. Look for me near the stage 🤘

Contacting Me

Want to catch up? Talk TM1? Power BI? Discuss best practices for Financial Performance Systems & Operations? Or hear about a bleeding edge journey to TM1 / IBM Planning Analytics on the Cloud partnership with IBM? Feel free to reach out to me. Knowledge sharing only makes use stronger.

✉ vstackhouse@iCloud.com

☎ 609-819-9050

Professional History

20+ years of success leading innovation, implementing financial reporting transformations, and providing comprehensive solutions for high-growth organizations.

Dynamic, versatile, detail-focused financial analytics & operations executive with extensive experience implementing strategies and new standards to align reporting processes with big-picture executive objectives. Repeated success in guiding cross-functional financial teams through the implementation of leading-edge business solutions in financial services, database consulting, market research, and other industries. Expert presenter, collaborator, and businessperson; able to forge solid relationships with partners and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.