Valerie Tolson

Sr Bi Business Analyst @Diebold Nixdorf

Green, OH, US

I am responsible for providing the overall project management and business analysis functions for all work within the financials business area. I work with business users to understand their business processes, gather business requirements, and design solutions. I work with the BI information architect and developers to create viable solutions, leveraging OBIEE and Oracle BI Analytics (OBIA) prebuilt applications.·Provide the overall project management function for all projects within Finance, Sales and Manufacturing·Create work breakdown structures, staffing profiles, schedules and budgets·Communicate status to the project team and project stakeholders·Work with business stakeholders and SMEs to obtain and document business and data requirements for projects and enhancement requests·Work with BI lead information architect, ETL developers and decision support developers to convert business requirements into functional and technical specifications·Develop dashboards and reports·Create dashboard and report prototypes as needed and conducts demonstrations with SMEs and end users to verify business requirements·Validate that the solution meets all documented and approved business requirements·Define and documents metadata; responsible for maintaining the integrity and completeness of the metadata repository·Work with SMEs and end users to create and execute test scripts·Coordinate testing·Ensure that solutions are delivered on time, on quality, on budget and on scope – escalate issues to management as needed Prior Diebold positions- Sr Manager, Resource Scheduling and Call Management - April 2014 - July 2016 - Sr Business Analyst - Professional and Managed Services - April 2010 - April 2014 - Business Analyst - Diebold North America Finance - Jan 2009 - April 2010 - Sr Financial Analyst - Diebold North America Finance - August 2004 - January 2009 - Tax Analyst - Diebold Corporate Tax - March 1996 - August 2004