Derek Haas Haas
Technical Project Manager/Senior Consultant
Summary
Accomplished Project Manager offering 6 years of experience working in Microsoft Finance. Successful when leading high-performing teams to sustain product vision, roadmap and business goals. Exceptional technical expertise, leadership and talent for driving stellar, on-target results.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Technical Project Manager
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Consumer FD&E
12.2020 - Current
- Serve as technical liaison, supporting DPS Finance, engineering, and other stakeholders.
- Update customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Operate a full scrum model, allowing me to properly allocate work during out sprint grooming sessions and lock on the work required over the next sprint (two-week cycle).
- Support and execute simultaneous delivery of various projects such as; Power BI financial reporting; data importing for Cube development; Power Apps Tools for simplifying finance restatement processes.
Analytics Manager
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Finance
06.2020 - Current
- Led a team for our Microsoft project, which equated to over $500,000 revenue per year.
- Operated a full scrum model, allowing me to properly allocate work during our sprint grooming sessions and lock on the work required over the next sprint (two-week cycle).
- Created a handoff system between onshore and offshore analysts to allow full 24x6 coverage.
- Tasked with being the “Career Manager” for several analysts, where I am responsible for finding growth opportunities through additional education and assisting with furthering their careers within the company.
- Lead annual performance review meetings with my direct reports, where we cover current achievements, future goals, and discuss compensation adjustments.
Senior Consultant
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Commercial FD&E
12.2017 - 12.2021
- Work closely with clients of the Profit and Loss finance group at Microsoft to develop analytics that track financial KPIs.
- Teamed with a diverse group of seven analysts across three different segments of the portfolio (Revenue, P&L, MCAPS - Core) and consistently provided new and innovative processes throughout the entire Finance department.
- Piloted new framework immediately after release. Mastered the necessary skills that ensured full knowledge prior to implementation and training.
- Led multiple meetings and recordings which trained the entire team on new framework in addition to several individual 1:1 training sessions.
- Develop and release new Excel and Power Bi reports, which extract data from various sources and cube environments.
- Managed ownership of the Image Factory tool during Plan Deck. Trained team members on Image Factory configuration and overall knowledge of tool.
- Interfaced with clients to gain knowledge of MSX Insights tool. Collaborated with clients to create slide collections and ensured the proper setup and configuration for Month Close and Quarter Close reporting.
Data Analyst
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Finance
07.2016 - 12.2017
- Consolidated 1200+ manually generated reports and condensed them into two automated reports, saving over 640 hours per month of development.
- Utilized SCRUM protocol to prioritize backlog items and planned weekly sprint cycles.
- Developed two reports that outlined selling opportunities and identified resellers. It provided the capability for MS partners to target sales campaigns that aligned with worldwide promotions.
- Identified and documented detailed business rules and use cases based on requirements analysis.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computation And Applied Mathematics
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 05.2016 - 05.2016
Associate of Arts - Business Administration
University of Idaho
Moscow, IDSkills
Advanced Microsoft Excel (Cube Functions, Pivot Tables, VBA, Power Pivot, Power Query)
Certification
Scrum Master
Timeline
Technical Project Manager
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Consumer FD&E
12.2020 - Current
Analytics Manager
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Finance
06.2020 - Current
Senior Consultant
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Commercial FD&E
12.2017 - 12.2021
Data Analyst
Launch Consulting - Microsoft Finance
07.2016 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Computation And Applied Mathematics
University of Idaho
05.2016 - 05.2016
Associate of Arts - Business Administration
University of Idaho
Scrum Master
Scrum Product Owner
Power BI
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