The document provides a summary of Annie Lostlen's experience in business and financial analysis including over 18 years of experience managing budgets and forecasts. She has strong skills with SQL Server and business intelligence tools and has experience consolidating and analyzing large amounts of data to support senior management decisions.

1. ANNIE LOSTLEN
Bellevue, WA 98006
 (425) 401-1565
annielostlen@comcast.net
SUMMARY
Over 18 years experience in Business and Financial Analysis. 7 years of managing the yearly
operating budget and quarterly forecasts for $4 billion in sales. Experience manipulating various
data sources to support Senior Management decisions utilizing SQL Server 2005 and Business
Intelligence tools. Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate with outside
vendors, peers, field support and senior management. Proven effectiveness in consolidating and
translating large amounts of data for senior management.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/annielostlen
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Technologies:
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, SQL Server 2005
Reporting Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Performance Point
Server, Microsoft Visio, MS Office
Other: Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion
FDM, Hyperion Smartview, Business Objects Designer and Reports, Crystal Reports
Databases:
MS SQL Server 2005, Essbase 9.0
Software:
SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio
Query Languages:
T-SQL, MDX
SetFocus, LLC. Bellevue, WA Aug/09 - Oct/09
Business Intelligence Master’s Program
• Implemented a Labor Analysis Business Intelligence solution for a fictitious national
construction company.
• Existing data from diverse data sources were consolidated into a uniform SQL Server
2005 database. ETL capabilities of SQL Server Integration Services were used to
define imports of the data, build scheduling packages, to define integration flow, log
data error exceptions and orphaned data and to define Database Maintenance Plans
and send emails.
• Created a number of cubes, dimensions and business critical KPIs using SQL Server
Analysis Services representing aggregations in several different ways - hierarchically
and using custom groupings that the company will use to analyze performance.
Created several MDX queries according to business requirements.
• Developed several detail and summary reports including line and pie charts, trend
analysis reports and sub-reports according to business requirements using SQL
Server Reporting Services.
• Implemented business intelligence dashboards using MOSS 2007 Report Center and
Excel Services producing different summary results based on user view and role
membership.
• Created score cards with executive summary dashboards using MS Office
Performance Point Server 2007 Dashboard Designer that display performance

2. monitoring measures for sales, sales trends, and book return rates for a fictitious
book publisher deriving data from a SQL Server 2005 OLAP data source and
deployed them to SharePoint sites . The dashboards also contain drill-down
capabilities to view book sales by book category and customer, through summary
reports and sales trend charts.
• Created score cards with advanced set of dashboards using MS Office Performance
Point Server 2007 Dashboard Designer that feature executive summary measures for
revenue, overhead costs, material purchases, labor and profitability trends for a
fictitious construction company extracting data from a SQL Server 2005 OLAP data
source and deployed them to SharePoint sites. The dashboards also contain pages to
view performance by employee, by region, and by quarter enabling end-users to
make filter selections.
• Key product areas utilized also include data modeling, SSRS report subscriptions and
data driven subscriptions, SSAS analysis services processing tasks, cube processing
options and roles
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Univar USA Redmond, WA 9/97 - 1/09
Sr. Strategic Planning Analyst
• Implemented budget application with Hyperion System 9 Planning that included
development of two databases in Essbase, ETL with Weblink, multiple reports in
Hyperion Reports and Smartview, training, and documentation.
• Managed annual operating budget process and quarterly forecasts.
• Administration of the company profit sharing plan that included target setting,
monitoring of funding, and final payout.
• Prepared various financial analysis, reports and charts, and provided accounting
support.
IT Analyst II
• Designed and implemented universes, reports and queries in Business Objects.
• Monitored extract processes where source data originated in Mainframe, AS400 and
Lawson Financials and was integrated into Oracle tables on Unix.
Business Analyst
• Developed Sales Compensation database in MS Access to calculate quarterly payouts
and distribute various reports.
• System Application Administrator for Hyperion Enterprise, financial consolidation
application used for financial management reporting and transmission of financials to
parent in Netherlands.
Western Wireless Bellevue, WA 9/96 - 9/97
Business Analyst, Contractor
• Subject matter expert for automated commission payment project. Prepared
requirements, gap analysis, cost benefit and user documentation.
Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA 3/96 - 6/96
Budget Analyst, Contractor

3. • Developed MS Access database to handle hospital department statistics used for
budgeting and measuring efficiencies. Redesigned monthly report to MS Excel from
various other legacy applications.
US West Newvector Bellevue, WA 4/88 - 10/95
Business Operations Analyst
• Coordinated budget and forecast process for Marketing and Sales to include field
sales. Prepared variance analysis of budget/forecasts to actuals.
Sales Compensation Program Coordinator
• Administered quarterly sales commission payment process.
• Key interface for development of Sales Commission payment project.
Accountant
• Monthly analysis, reconciliation and journal entries of revenue related accounts.
EDUCATION
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Bachelors of Science, Quantitative Methods-Business Computer Methods