Peter Lenz

Trumbull, CT 06611 | 203-583-2456 | Peter.Lenz01@gmail.com

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/peterlenz1

Financial Planning, Analysis, Reporting & Systems

Financial reporting systems, analysis, and planning expert supporting global organization with continually improved
services and insights used to fuel company profitability and growth. Sharp analytical, critical thinking, problem
solving and decision making skills routinely relied upon to move organization forward. A proven team builder,
leveraging demonstrated leadership skills to maximize productivity of team while developing talented individuals to
do more. Friendly, approachable and motivated to achieve excellence in a collaborative, supportive environment.

Core Professional Skills

Data Warehousing & Reporting

Financial Reporting
Budgeting & Consolidations
Financial Planning & Modeling
Variance Analysis

Business Intelligence
System Administration
System Upgrades
Presentation Skills
Team Leadership

Prioritizing & Planning

Organization & Management
Analytical Abilities
Problem Solving
Decision Making

Technology Proficiencies
Oracle Essbase Administration Services v11.1.1.3; Oracle Hyperion Enterprise v6.4.1; Oracle Hyperion Enterprise
Reporting v6.4.1; Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting Studio; Fusion Edition v11.1.1.3; Oracle Hyperion Web
Analysis Studio v11.1.1.3; Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Workspace, Fusion Edition
v11.1.1.3; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Word; MicroStrategy v9.2.1; SAP
Continually seeking new ways to allow professionals to work more efficiently and effectively through technology
enhancements, increased functionality, automation, improved communication and aggressive problem solving.

Professional Experiences & Accomplishments

Warnaco | Milford, CT
2004 2014
$2.5 billion apparel manufacturer, with operations and 6,000 employees in the US, Europe and Asia.
Director, Data Warehouse Reporting (2012 2014) & Senior Manager, Data Warehouse Reporting (2011 2012)
Supervising team of three Systems Analyst, Senior Programmer and Senior Developer and reporting to Senior
Director, Business Intelligence, provide day-to-day production support for wholesale and retail reporting solutions
along with requirements gathering and translation into technical specifications for development. Support 400-member
user community. Coordinate with architecture team to deploy system enhancements and implement initiatives.
Collaborate with global Business Intelligence leaders and teams to develop new MicroStrategy-based reports.
Receive, interpret, clarify and prioritize requests, leading to definition, assignment and execution of new projects.
Promoted to Director position in recognition of business acumen, proven ability to collaborate at all levels and
with global teams, and leadership skills demonstrated developing new critical reporting tools and processes.
Developed new Retail Sales Packages over two months in close coordination with regional teams around the
world. New reporting gave daily actionable insights into net sales, gross profit, units and dollars by transaction
for all brands and stores in all countries where Warnaco products are sold.
Created new Best Seller reporting, identifying top 10 items by region, country, store type and product. Granular
report quantified units sold, margin, average selling price and disparities identified for field investigation.
Worked with SVP of Retail Sales to create and implement processes to support comparable (mature) store sales
reports, incorporating special events, promotions and holidays to account for aberrations in data.
Managed eight-member team through six-month DW and OLAP design and conversion of Asian business unit
from Stealth Wholesale System to ACS Wholesale System and integration into companys data warehouse.
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Professional Experiences & Accomplishments (Continued)

Delivered significant time and resource-saving improvements to Narrowcast report service; large routine reports
distributed through shared folders with automated notifications to avoid email file-size limits and traffic issues.
Engaged in key role of managing consultants in months-long migration of IT assets servers, domain and data
warehousing to new platform.
Deployed to offices in Hong Kong, Italy and domestic locations to provide expert training and support on
technologies including Essbase, Gelco T&E, FDM, Enterprise and other systems as needed.

Senior Manager, Business Intelligence (2007 2011) & Manager, Financial Reporting Systems (2004 2007)
Developed, administered and maintained Hyperion Essbase systems consisting of ASO & BSO technologies for
North America and worldwide corporate entities for balance sheet, income statement and statistical data. Supervised
team of three along with coordinating with regional teams to ensure Essbase applications were meeting expectations.
Liaison between global Finance / Operations teams and Business Intelligence group to assess, market, develop and
implement reporting and analytical solutions. Developed and maintained reports using Hyperion Reports, Web
Analyzer, and Excel add-in reporting tools.
Promoted from BI to Data Warehouse Reporting after successful project to move data from financial accounting
systems to Essbase, facilitating faster and accurate financial closings and reports to investment community.
Reduced time and manual effort of six-hour multi-platform daily reporting process to automated 15 minutes
production and 10 AM daily availability of important Daily Order & Shipment Analysis.
Led successful effort to elevate previously unused Essbase platform to critical business intelligence system to
enhance corporate decision making, sales and profitability.
Created documentation and end-user training material to support global implementation of Essbase reporting.
Diageo | Stamford, CT
Manager, Financial Planning & Reporting Systems
2002 2004
Led conversion of North Americas Hyperion OLAP Financial Planning and Reporting System to Essbase;
streamlined reporting and reduced market roll-ups from 35 to 2 and brand roll-ups from 50 to 4.
Identified need for and implemented new communication process to reduce resubmissions from 75% to 10% and
load times from 5 days to 1, significantly improving service to user community.
Created and executed new internal control check between accounting and finance to eliminate errors and ensure
timely reporting.
Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation | Shelton, CT
Manager, Financial Systems

2001 2002

Philips Medical Systems North America | Shelton, CT

Manager, Forecasting, Planning & Reporting

2000 2001

Diageo | Stamford, CT
Senior Financial, Planning & Reporting Analyst
Financial Analyst

1997 2000
1995 1997

Professional Development
Advanced Leadership Training: Coaching for Improved Performance | 2013

Education
Master of Business Administration, International Business | Sacred Heart University | Fairfield, CT
Bachelor of Science, Accounting | Sacred Heart University | Fairfield, CT