Detailed tasks / work packages
Reporting to EP IT division, is responsible for coordinating the design of Financial and Procurement Processes for finalization of Blueprints, taking into account Corporate Governance (IPSAS rules, segregation of duties), integration aspects within SAP (FM/FI/CO/MM), analyse the systems landscape for integration of all existing legacy applications (WebContract, Fluid, HR, Assets, Vendors dissemination, etc.…); In charge of assisting the Project Manager for project management and project organization duties such as resource planning, workshop planning as well as the overall project planning and key milestones;
Strength/Key skills
Expert and in-depth knowledge of SAP Financial modules (Financial, Cost and Fund accounting), reconciliation expertise within all financial areas, strong management/organization skills as well as strong problem solving, excellent communication, result driven approach, excellent understanding of business processes and ability to translate them into appropriate SAP functionalities, Public Sector expertise, IFRS and IPSAS knowledge
SAP Financials Expert and Process Analyst for the Financial Accounting Division & Cost Accounting Section
Environment SAP ECC 6.0 EHP4-5 Greenfield implementation (FI/NGL/AA/FM/CO/PS/BK/TR/SRM/MM/HR/CATS/PPM/BI), Public Sector Solution; Aris Business Process tool;Finance Stream lead (6 persons under responsibility) for financial accounting (FI), budgeting (FM), cost accounting (CO) and project system (PS) streams
Environment SAP ECC 6.0 EHP2-3 Greenfield implementationProject coordinator/ Stream lead FICO/PS for financial accounting, cost accounting and project system (Planning, Costing, Result Analysis, Resource Related Billing)
Environment SAP v4.6 Rollout/ optimization project (FI/AA/CO/MM/PS/SD/CATS/WM/HUM/LOADS/DMS/Hyperion) Detailed tasks / work packagesStream lead COPS / IM (8 persons under responsibility) in cost accounting, investment management and project system
Environment SAP R/3 v4.7 Greenfield implementation project (FI/AA/CO/MM/PM/PS/SD/IM/HR)SAP Greenfield implementations (8), support (4) and Roll-out projects (3) for different big accounts in various industries with excellent knowledge and expertise in Financial, Managerial and Cost Accounting (FI/CO), Project System (PS), Project Portfolio Management (PPM, c-projects, RPM/WFM), Funds Management (FM) and Investment Management (IM). He has expertise in SAP Public Sector Solution (PSM), SAP Fund Accounting, Budgetary Ledger, knowledge and experience in the implementation of EU Financial Regulations/ Implementing Rules/ IPSAS/ IAS-IFRS. He has expertise in SAP EEC6.0, SAP New General Ledger, Segment Reporting, New PCA, experience in Project Portfolio Management (PPM/WFM). He has over 20 years of experience in SAP implementations, roll-outs, support, business process improvement & re-engineering projects, specialized in all financial areas for private and public sector stakeholders.
20 years of experience and expertise in SAP Financials as Senior Consultant
Expertise areas are: SAP FICO, FM, TR, PS, AA, PPM, IM, SEM, TAS, BP & CONSOLIDATION
Project Management experience
Team Leader experience
Collaborated with major actors in consultancy:
KPMG
PWC
DELOITTE
ACCENTURE
CSC
IBM / HP / ATOS
Local & International backgrounds
SAP Portfolio Projects
Reporting to the Head of the Financial Accounting division, was responsible for the definition and design of Cost Management Processes as well for Financial Accounting Processes and Fund Management Accounting (Fit-Gap Analysis/ Blueprint), carrying out the specific duties such as the definition and design of cost accounting business processes and associated reporting functionalities; responsible for the technical monitoring and acceptance of the implementation of cost accounting; responsible for the integration of cost accounting with ESA financial (FI) and Budget applications (FM/FMDERIVE table); implementation of CATS Timesheet solution, New Cost Model 2013, Project and Programme Planning & Reporting, ESA Reorganisation 2012 (with SAP SLO) and 2013; implementing specific financial reporting for traceability and audit trail for Business Unit Controllers and Project Controllers; delivering financial statements for Member States (Geo Return (CO)/ Segment (FI)/ Fund and Fund Centre structure (FM)); responsible vis-à-vis end users for the corrective and evolving maintenance of cost accounting/fund accounting; training and support to end-users; contributed to the analysis and implementation of future evolution of the cost management processes and system; In charge of assisting the Cost Accounting Section for month-end/ year-end closure activities for fiscal years 2010-2014; master data review and cleansing in FI/CO/FM/PS; reconciliation activities such as periodical balancing of accounts between financial outturns and budget outturns; system stabilization; Reporting in ECC and BI; Assisting the Financial Accounting Division for analysing the values to transfer to assets; Participating in DCBs; Advising the Budget Accounting Division on the functionalities to use (Fund Management module), taking into account Corporate Governance (IPSAS rules) and integration aspects (FM/FICO/MM/CATS/HR areas), use of LSMW for data migration and periodical uploads;
accounting, Cost accounting, Fund and Budget ledger accounting), reconciliation expertise within all financial areas, management skills as well as strong problem solving, excellent communication, result driven approach, excellent understanding of business processes and ability to translate them into functionalities, Public Sector expertise, IFRS and IPSAS knowledge
(FI/NGL/AA/FM/CO/PS/BK/SD/CS/MM/HR/CATS/BI/DMS); Public Sector Solution; Solution Manager; Aris Business Process tool;
Detailed tasks / work packages
Fit-Gap Analysis; design of business processes; Delivered business blueprint for Finance streams; Realization phase: defined and designed scenarios and customizing of FI (New GL/AP/AR/AA/BK/TR), CO (OM/PC/IO/PS), PSM (FM) and PS, taking into account IPSAS rules and EU financial regulations, integration aspects with MM/SD/PS/PSM/CS/HR/CATS; UAT; IAT; VAT; Training materials and assistance in the definition of working instructions; Interfaces with Legacy systems; Authorizations designs and definitions of profiles; Workflow validation; Data cleansing & migration from legacy systems to SAP; Go-Live support.
Support activities following SAP ECC 6.0 Go-Live: Finance Stream lead (3 persons under responsibility) for financial accounting, budgeting, cost accounting and project system streams; business improvement processes; handling daily issues; Year-end closing activities for carry-forward in budgeting, financial and cost management reconciliation, delivering BPR improvements, system stabilization.
Fit-Gap Analysis of business processes for finance (France localization), controlling, project & programme system and LOADS (Logistics Organization And Distribution System (HUM)); designed and delivered business blueprints, customizing of FI (GL/AP/AR/AA/CoS), CO (OM/PC/IO) and PS; UAT and functional tests; integration with MM/SD/LOADS; interfaces with Hyperion Financial for Group reporting purposes (IFRS standards) and Primavera for Project Portfolio Management; data migration (use of LSMW for data uploads); definition and implementation of roles and responsibilities and Authorizations profiles; Training materials preparation/giving; Go-live support