Sherri Ross

Senior Financial Analyst @Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Plano, TX, US

2003 - Current Senior Financial/Business Analyst, Software Project Owner Responsible for planning and directing operational and systematic developmental software tool projects through agile processes, including change requests, and enhancements to support sales and finance organizations.• Serve as the “Voice of the Customer” when designing new functionality and screens that are intuitive and easy to use for the end user • Lead the implementation and automation of Solutioning configuration tools (Compass and SPI) into financial costing and pricing tools, resulting in an average savings of 80 hours during contract pursuits• Analyze business and user needs, document requirements and translate into proper system requirements and specifications for IT to code• Provide thorough and timely communication of software changes and recommendations to all levels of the organization, from peers to senior management• Manage, prioritize, and record all defects, while working with IT on the timeliness of fixing the defects through Quality Center• Continuously prioritize, and assess user suggestions for improvements to the software by enhancing the design, usability, and speed of the report generation through a web based application and online surveysRecent Accomplishments Implemented an automated interface for users to import solution cost and price data into the software to allow users to spend more time on analysis and decrease the overall sales cycle by 70% Traveled extensively as the lead corporate trainer providing face-to-face training for the costing and pricing software tool to 1,800 global users over the last 18 months Led and wrote documentation for the User Guide, including online training modules, recorded training presentations on each software module, FAQs, and onscreen help19••••02 New Business Analysis, Costing and Pricing for New Contract Pursuits, • Automated and built financial models to support new contracts