Randall Knight

About Randall Knight

Financial Close, Reporting and Systems Administration.Experienced CPA / MPA, in Financial Reporting, Analysis and Accounting; primarily in Oil & Gas industry. Managed Financial Close and Change Control processes. Managed system support teams. Systems administrator, project and implementation experience in Hyperion, SAP and Oracle. Familiar with other ERP or cube technologies for the purpose of financial reporting and analysis.I know the software technology and always become the go to person for new reporting and analysis tools, and for developing changes to improve efficiency and accuracy of processes.I understand the deadlines involved in Financial Reporting, Analysis and Accounting. I am very dedicated and support my team to produce an accurate and timely set of financial statements.I look forward to speaking with you,Randy Knight

Experience

1. Financial Close, Reporting and Systems Administration

   Baker Hughes

   Dec 2018 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Managed and monitored team administering SOX compliant Hyperion Financial Management application, Planning, Essbase and FDM (Financial Data Mgmt.), DRM (Data Relationship Mgmt.).• Developed and administered change request process for Hyperion applications to deliver the maximum benefit for users. Reviewed all change requests related to metadata, mapping, rules, etc.• Monitored all stages of the financial close cycle related to all Hyperion applications and interfaces. Led team in developing and administering rapid analysis and communication of system close issues to executive and business customers. Owned the SAP/Hyperion Close Calendar. Reviewed all issues with the team to prevent recurrence.• Managed project to reduced system issues by improving ticket system, monitoring and analysis. • Managed projects in Clarity to rehost Hyperion instances to a new environment and implement Hyperion EPM Cloud. Involved in global project to assess and implement Hyperion Suite in the Cloud.• Led enhancement project in Planning to streamline hierarchies and code to improve performance and provide additional functionality in processes, webforms, reports, etc.• ODTUG Kscope 2019 in Seattle.

Education

• East Texas Baptist College

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management, General

  1978 — 1982

• University of Texas

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Accounting and Finance

  1985 — 1988

Skills

• Auditing
• Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Sap
• Due Diligence
• Financial Analysis
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Account Reconciliation
• Financial Reporting and Analysis, Systems and Software
• Analysis
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Variance Analysis
• Budgets
• Finance
• Financial Reporting