Nita Stephens

• Responsible for driving and delivering SAP programs
• Currently overseeing Google cloud migration, SAP Data Tiring and Archiving, Transition of Cloud Managed Services and Application Managed services to new service provider and lead transition change manager and Contract Manager
• Continue to influence and empower team to peak by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Work closely with organizational leadership on presenting business case and recommendations for Annual Operating Plan for IT Project Roadmap and own and execute all SAP initiative for all brands globally.

• Responsible for driving and delivering program and project management support across Finance Shared Services Delivery
• Transitioned to support organization with automation and optimization of accounting functions processes following an implementation of SAP
• Lead the global financial shared service BPO function including overall performance, global governance and engagement, contract compliance, SLA compliance, and ensuring internal team is receiving the services per contract
• Lead continuous improvement in accounting functions including Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and Record-to-Report processes globally
• Collaborate with senior leaders and department heads to drive process optimization initiatives
• Identify process improvements, intelligent automation including the RPA, cost-reduction, and service enhancement opportunities across all business lines including AP, AR, Payments, Fixed Assets, Inventory Control, Lease Accounting, Month End Close journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Manage all aspect of program and project management including strategy, execution, reporting and communicating on project status and ROI, and ensuring compliance of SOX controls
• Active involvement with Procurement team in RFP, business case development, contract structuring, vendor management and project governance, and audit preparation
• Managed Concur Detect (Expense Fraud Automation) tool to automate manual tasks using rule-based method, uncover valuable data and trends and providing analytics report to leadership that overall improved efficiency and provided trend to ultimately change employee behavior
• Highly motivated to improve teams work life balance
• Nominated for Culture Champion for Tapestry brand to support new ways of working globally
• Acting member of Collaboration and Work Life Balance committee for the Global Control Team and Pillar Lead for Women’s group EmpowHer that launched globally in October 2023.

• Hired to optimize results of outsourced accounting and finance activities, promoted to expanded role within 16 months of hire and report to VP of Shared Services.
• Stabilized outsourced accounting services within a year of hire, turning around consecutive months of non-compliance.
• Led teams in implementation of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Transition to steady state globally in a fast paced environment and stood up the governance models globally across the Tapestry Inc brands
• Mentored Team on best practices and methodologies used within special projects, fostering professional growth and development to make data- driven decisions and to ensure projects were completed within budgets, timelines, and resources constraints.
• Global training and change management lead for BPO team in system utilization as part of a 3-year SAP S4 HANA implementation with an emphasis on change management to improve technology adoption and streamline the processes. Championed process improvements by conducting thorough analyses of existing procedures and recommending changes where necessary and highlighting positive ROI
• Apply operational performance data to characterize ongoing improvement opportunities
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• Promoted within 3 months of hire to lead a team of eight in execution of pricing promotions, improve business process, and expedite buy cycle
• Reported to V.P
• Of Process, Systems, and Analytics
• Drove systematic change management during implementation of SAP Pricing
• Optimized user training and engagement in new systems, processes, and procedures prior to go-live
• Directed a 1-year project to customize and implement web-based Assortment Planning Tool (APT)
• Collaborated with Accenture and Deloitte to develop staff training and automating reporting
• Engaged 75+ users in system benefits: synced sourcing cost, timely and precise buying, tighter inventory, and increased profitability
• Led internal team and consultants in multiple projects to developed enhanced, automated pre-season and in season analytical reports using MS-Excel and VBA
• Reengineered the Basics Planning Tool for APT application by improving process time by 80%
• Saved $700K in software licensing by creating an efficient, user-friendly internal application for price markdown processes
• Nominated by Chief Transformation Officer to lead an employee engagement initiative in 2013 & 2014 creating onboarding support, retail math and systems training classes, leadership training, and department-side monthly social events to build collaboration and relationships among a Merchandise Planning and Allocation group of 100.

• Promoted to serve as liaison to IT and BI team during SAP implementation
• Reported to VP of Merchandise Planning
• Led a Reporting Analyst and team of eight SAP BI Consultants in multiple SAP projects, including design of analytical tools, creation of automated reporting tools, consolidation of reports, and development of training manuals
• Facilitated staff training on new systems and processes
• Earned numerous bonuses for key contributions in reporting development in the final 18 months of a 3-year project.

• Created, enhanced, produced, and distributed a number of analytical planning templates and tools, and reports used to support executive decision-making across a complex, multi-million-dollar organization
• Reported to the Director of BI & Strategies and VP of Merchandise & Planning; backfilled Director’s role for more than a year following restructuring
• Provided assistance and direction to system base issues
• Key contributor to staff systems training
• Rapidly gained expertise in Hyperion Essbase, MicroStrategy, and ProClarity
• Delivered 98.8% accurate reporting to support Merchandising, Store Planning, and Merchandise Planning
• Saved end users >400 hours in 2010 by integrating VBA macro in tools.

• Collaborated with Sr
• Director and Asia team to create and execute effective PO creation strategies
• Worked with global production team to resolve issues such as size scale and size breakdown discrepancies
• Assisted in development of new reporting formats and rapidly improved PO issuing process and expedited product deliveries.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process improvement and increased efficiency.