Maria - Consultant fonctionnel SAP BPC
Ref : 171030G001-
Domicile
51465 LEVERKUSEN (Allemagne)
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Profil
Consultant fonctionnel (48 ans)
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StatutFreelance
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consultant FICO/BPC
INIT SOLUTIONS KOELN working for client BAYER CHEMICAL SAP2014 - aujourd'huiimplementation of new moduls and customization, delivering different SAP planning and consolidation projects
-Providing solution design and gap analysis
-Defining SAP BPC functionality for project blueprint.
-Gather technical/functional configuration requirements.
-Participation in all build activities.
-Updating (new realease)
-Experience delivering lifecycle BPC
-Strong functional experience in finance
-Strong functional experience in consolidation
-Balance of functional and technical experience in SAP BPC Design, Configuration and Reporting areas. -
BAYER CHEMICAL GROUP
Internation Controller and Reporting Manager EMEA and North AmericaJan 2008 - 2014Canada-(Barcelona) //Consolidation package (Berlín and Leverkusen office):
Specific group consolidation´s tasks:
-Prepare and post consolidation entries, such as eliminations intercompanies, equitity/minority interests, Joint ventures, non-controlling interest, capitalized interest, data input, data transfers, conversions (currencies/Foreign exchange calculations, allocations and top side adjustments, processings, out put journals and purchase accounting. Footnotes and disclosure preparation.
-Financial Reporting adjustments.
-GAAP calculations and adjustments.
-Cash flow and other statement preparation.
-Interface with auditors to manage quarter and year end audit and SOX control
requests.
- SOX controls owner for all Consolidation processes.
-Support the external reporting group by preparing source financial statements and footnote disclosures for the 10Q /K filings. •
-Responsible for the preparation of the quarterly press tables that accompany the Company's quarterly earnings release. •
-Responsible for the global financial consolidation process and the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual US GAAP-basis financial statements. •
-Key Finance contact and direct liaison with international controllers for accounting and reporting issues •
-Solve systems incidences with Informatic team, about SAP or about companies recently adquired, that have another Software or are still in migration process.
-Oversee all intercompany processes and reconciliations including resolution of intercompany imbalances. •
-Compliance and other reports.
-Produce and distribute quarterly financial reports to internal management leaders and the board of directors. •
• Lead the month-end and quarter-end closing process for Bayer Chemical operations;
• Coordinate, prepare and publish commentaries on manufacturing variances and other expenses v. plan to HQ and to business partners. •
• Prepare, review, analyze and publish monthly result son operating performance, overhead spending, capital and inventory to business partners and to HQ Finance. •
• Support Finance Controller with preparation of operating budget, finance projections and quarterly business reviews.
• Responsible for EMEA budget schedules; prepare and input budget schedules
• Prepare and provide monthly financial score cards
• Assist with the preparation of product costs and cost estimates.
• Coordinate and input legal entity balance sheet budget in Hyperion;
• Manage internal / external audit.
• Manage inventory, inventory obsolescence and capital budget; coordinate and conduct quarterly inventory obsolescence reserve with cross functional teams: oversee annual physical inventory verification and periodic fixed asset verification process
• Manage all aspects of fixed assets including CIP analysis, project closures, tagging, capital reporting, etc.
• Provide strategic and business support and partnership to Facilities & Eng and Supply Chain organizations; assist with preparation of departmental budget.
• Manage the regional SOX Framework
• Test, review and suggest improvement to the regional SOX procedures
• Liaise closely with Accounting / Auditing to ensure SOX is implemented thoroughly and accurately within the groups processes and procedures
• Review changes in the SOX framework and ensure they are applied across the region
• Ensure the group is SOX complaint within the EMEA region
• Co-work to define Information Technology control objectives and monitor compliance efforts.
• Evaluation of review and analyze data pertaining to information systems functions relative to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Review test findings within the Internal/External Audit Team, facilitates the remediation of control gaps, and escalates possible critical issues to senior management of the Bank. -
Internation Controller and Reporting Manager EMEA and North America-Canada-(Barcelona) //Consolidation package (Berlín and Leverkusen office):
BAYER CHEMICAL GROUPJan 2008 - 2014Specific group consolidation´s tasks:
-Prepare and post consolidation entries, such as eliminations intercompanies, equitity/minority interests, Joint ventures, non-controlling interest, capitalized interest, data input, data transfers, conversions (currencies/Foreign exchange calculations, allocations and top side adjustments, processings, out put journals and purchase accounting. Footnotes and disclosure preparation.
-Financial Reporting adjustments.
-GAAP calculations and adjustments.
-Cash flow and other statement preparation.
-Interface with auditors to manage quarter and year end audit and SOX control
requests.
- SOX controls owner for all Consolidation processes.
-Support the external reporting group by preparing source financial statements and footnote disclosures for the 10Q /K filings. •
-Responsible for the preparation of the quarterly press tables that accompany the Company's quarterly earnings release. •
-Responsible for the global financial consolidation process and the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual US GAAP-basis financial statements. •
-Key Finance contact and direct liaison with international controllers for accounting and reporting issues •
-Solve systems incidences with Informatic team, about SAP or about companies recently adquired, that have another Software or are still in migration process.
-Oversee all intercompany processes and reconciliations including resolution of intercompany imbalances. •
-Compliance and other reports.
-Produce and distribute quarterly financial reports to internal management leaders and the board of directors. •
• Lead the month-end and quarter-end closing process for Bayer Chemical operations;
• Coordinate, prepare and publish commentaries on manufacturing variances and other expenses v. plan to HQ and to business partners. •
• Prepare, review, analyze and publish monthly result son operating performance, overhead spending, capital and inventory to business partners and to HQ Finance. •
• Support Finance Controller with preparation of operating budget, finance projections and quarterly business reviews.
• Responsible for EMEA budget schedules; prepare and input budget schedules
• Prepare and provide monthly financial score cards
• Assist with the preparation of product costs and cost estimates.
• Coordinate and input legal entity balance sheet budget in Hyperion;
• Manage internal / external audit.
• Manage inventory, inventory obsolescence and capital budget; coordinate and conduct quarterly inventory obsolescence reserve with cross functional teams: oversee annual physical inventory verification and periodic fixed asset verification process
• Manage all aspects of fixed assets including CIP analysis, project closures, tagging, capital reporting, etc.
• Provide strategic and business support and partnership to Facilities & Eng and Supply Chain organizations; assist with preparation of departmental budget.
• Manage the regional SOX Framework
• Test, review and suggest improvement to the regional SOX procedures
• Liaise closely with Accounting / Auditing to ensure SOX is implemented thoroughly and accurately within the groups processes and procedures
• Review changes in the SOX framework and ensure they are applied across the region
• Ensure the group is SOX complaint within the EMEA region
• Co-work to define Information Technology control objectives and monitor compliance efforts.
• Evaluation of review and analyze data pertaining to information systems functions relative to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Review test findings within the Internal/External Audit Team, facilitates the remediation of control gaps, and escalates possible critical issues to senior management of the Bank.
• Identification of areas of potential improvement for key processes and procedures and supports the management of the related processes and procedures.
• Development of Information Technology program for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, that includes the testing and documentation of General Computer Controls, Application Level Controls, User Access, etc.
• Development of Data analytics and Data Quality to highlight key information to support decision-making; this includes detecting fraud and finding data errors.
• Evaluation of technology and automated business related controls.
• Working in improving and educate process owners the importance of an effective IT control environment and work with them on internal control findings and action plans.
• Development of IT Internal Control standards and procedures including risk assessment practices. -
Regional Financial Controller - Regional Controller IBERIA –España/ Portugal/Italy
NAVTEQ PhilipsJan 2003 - Jan 2005SOX Management tasks
Implementation of Sox procedures
• involvement in representing the design of the SOX framework each year, performing monthly assessment on all new or changed Risk issues, co-ordination of SOX 404 deliverables from the various IB functional ORM's (operational risk managers), and preparing the quarter SOX 404 reports; GBSOV : Owner of the process and toolset with which we get a monthly certification from a Finance Owner for each account/centre of the balance sheet. Analysis of the results and preparation of the global monthly report that is issued to Internal Audtiting Dep.; Provision and reconciliation of the loss events booked to the designated range of accounts in the general ledger, to the Group Operational Risk Loss Events toolset. Co-ordination of the Finance write-ups for any Finance operation risk events; Month end close co-ordination : Communication of the Group month end close requirements, monitoring and facilitating the close daily through the closing period and reporting the results.
• Keep up with SOX audit requirements, latest issues, future changes proposed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") by participating appropriate trainings and conference calls.
• Support personnel in providing audit documentation assistance, work paper review and challenge the test result and conclusions.
• Ensure the quality of SOX audit is acceptable for External Auditors.
• Ensure SOX risks and controls are properly reflected in the Risk Control Self Assessment program.
• Coordinate with Business Lines the review of relevant Policies, identify gaps, coordinate the implementation of action plans
• Assist on the quarterly Self Certification Program for assigned processes and policies to assess compliance/performance and obtain signoff from all Business Unit Executives.
• Assist in the identification of the high risk business lines and continue to help build their risk inventories. Train the business units to identify, assess and mitigate their own risks.
• Ensure that quarterly testing, control assessments and risk assessments are completed within required timescales.
Other tasks: -
Budget:preparation and analyse deviation
Other reports requested by Director
Communication with Headquarter (European Controller or CFO)
Communication with internal auditors and external
Human Resources tasks//coordination
• Supervise the implementation and check all salary changes and bonus payments for processing through payroll via outsourced payroll administration. Reconcile output payroll administration and make journal entries in the ERP system PeopleSoft
• Make sure that GL is up to date and all account values are supported by either sub administrations or by authorized documents
• Supervise, administer and co-ordinate completion of all monthly, quarterly and annual statutory tax returns like VAT and corporate tax
• Prepare monthly cash flow forecast for outstanding accounts payables and future payments
• Completion of monthly review of all cost centers and Balance Sheet; make necessary accruals or adjustments in general ledger
• -Completion of monthly reconciliations of all Balance Sheet accounts – -
Interim Financial Controller (Reporting)-Switzerland
NOVARTIS2002 - 2003 -
BPA Business Planning Controller –Buenos Aires
UNILEVER Best Food1996 - 2001Commercial controlling: analyses:by brand, by product, by line, by customer
Buenos Aires
Comercial Controller
Business analyses
KPMG- Trainee – during University Period
Profile :
-Strong communicative skills and pro-active person
-Strong analytical and problem solving skills
-Ability to work independently
-Relevant experience only in multinational context
-Analytical skills
-Resolutive attitude
-direct relation with Headquarter
-relation with external auditing
-real references -
Experience delivering lifecycle BPCaujourd'hui
-Strong functional experience in finance
-Strong functional experience in consolidation
-Balance of functional and technical experience in SAP BPC Design, Configuration and Reporting areas. -
CITIGROUP-Reportingaujourd'hui
• Highes Reporting package Responsible for EMEA
• Responsible for preparing and implementing a risk based audit framework for Asia to assess the integrity of financial reporting
• Develop and Improve financial and operational processes
• Identify and communicate best practice
• Provide an effective and adequate system of internal control
• Supervise each Country technical team for SOX, preparing work plan and deadlines
• Lead and assist in developing, maintaining and coordinating the company’s Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance efforts
• Implement audits as per the annual audit plan and prepare draft reports to communicate recommendations in accordance with statutory requirements, company standards, policies and procedures
• Involve in compliance and fraud investigations, to develop and recommend preventative programs which proactively ensure that the company’s assets are safeguarded
• Fraud Analysis
• Ensure that resources are appropriate, sufficient and effectively deployed to maintain the audit framework and achieve the audit plan
• Lead multiple projects concurrently, identify key issues, recommend appropriate solutions and navigate difficult/confrontational situations
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Master: Finance, Koeln Universitaet,
Germany –(in English-)1998 -
MBA
_Berkeley University1995 -
Degree in Business Management,Universidad de Buenos Aires
1994 -
Master: Managing companies in crisis context
USA U.S. Gaap, U.S.A
SOX Procedures (internal/Navteq)
Marketing for BPA`s, Berkley, U.S.A. (Unilever)
Trainee: Unilever U.S.A. and Germany
English bilingual, French, german basic
ERP:Office, SAP. Oracle, BPCs, Fidelio, Amadeus, Navision, JDEdwards, People-Soft., AS 400
Solid knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, SOX legislation and COSO framework