Her Story
About Holly
Holly Rankin is an accounting and ERP transformation professional with 11 years of experience. She started her career at the City of Rock Hill, where she handled monthly and annual reporting under the controller while also managing payroll processing and benefits administration over a period of three to four years. She then joined Kayenta Software as an application consultant, traveling to implement ERP systems across financial and HCM scopes before transitioning to a support analyst role under her mentor Kelly, where she focused on customer relationships and work quality for nine years. Rankin now works full time at Vulcan Materials on the accounting function of the company's Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion transformation, where she has quickly developed tools using Power Query to help subject matter experts validate large data sets. She holds a degree in business administration with a focus in accounting from Winthrop University, following earlier studies in business administration at the College of Charleston. Rankin attributes her drive to providing a good life for her children while striving to balance her roles as a mother and professional, guided by her mentor's advice to lead with the customer's best interest alongside company interests. She values accuracy and quality above all, refusing to release work that falls below her standards regardless of timelines or external pressures.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Holly
01What do you attribute your success to?
My kids. Wanting a good life for them. I've really tried to hold on to my role as a mom too.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
From my mentor Kelly: balance being a mother and being a professional and not let either one of those take over the other. Lead with the customer's best interest while also maintaining your company's interests.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Find a mentor. Never get comfortable because everything's always changing. The learning never stops so you have to be okay with that. Build a relationship with the people that you're creating solutions for because that gives your work a purpose.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
AI is both the opportunity and the challenge. If you use it you can learn so much more and save so much time. The challenge is it might reduce availability of jobs.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I want it to be right and correct and accurate. There's no influence or timeline that can get in the way of that. I'm not going to release something that's below quality.
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