Paul Kiarie
SAP SAP S/4HANA FICO Functional Support Consultant at The Birchman Group- Claim this Profile
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Karen Essex
Paul is an amazing consultant. He is always calm and collected even when things are going crazy around him. This project roll timeframes were small - 3 months for each one and was over 2000 people and 7 sites in a year in AME. Paul kept his calm throughout and if I asked him to complete a task, I never had to ask twice. The business were also very impressed with him and the work that he produced. One of the best consultants I have worked with and would highly recommend him.
Duncan Chege
Paul is a diligent to details person in his area of expertise. I have worked with him on several SAP projects and he is a resourceful to go to person. I have consulted him widely on the SAP FICO areas whenever I have had challenges. He gives critical and practical solutions ... and a very seamless person to work with. I would highly recommend him in the areas of SAP FICO and S4Hana.
Victor Ong'udi
I know Paul Kiarie as a hardworking and very serious team player. Paul is a well-connected & highly skilled SAP professional that always takes his time to support anyone in his network. I recommend him as an expert to connect with and consider for anything appropriate.
Karen Essex
Paul is an amazing consultant. He is always calm and collected even when things are going crazy around him. This project roll timeframes were small - 3 months for each one and was over 2000 people and 7 sites in a year in AME. Paul kept his calm throughout and if I asked him to complete a task, I never had to ask twice. The business were also very impressed with him and the work that he produced. One of the best consultants I have worked with and would highly recommend him.
Duncan Chege
Paul is a diligent to details person in his area of expertise. I have worked with him on several SAP projects and he is a resourceful to go to person. I have consulted him widely on the SAP FICO areas whenever I have had challenges. He gives critical and practical solutions ... and a very seamless person to work with. I would highly recommend him in the areas of SAP FICO and S4Hana.
Victor Ong'udi
I know Paul Kiarie as a hardworking and very serious team player. Paul is a well-connected & highly skilled SAP professional that always takes his time to support anyone in his network. I recommend him as an expert to connect with and consider for anything appropriate.
Karen Essex
Paul is an amazing consultant. He is always calm and collected even when things are going crazy around him. This project roll timeframes were small - 3 months for each one and was over 2000 people and 7 sites in a year in AME. Paul kept his calm throughout and if I asked him to complete a task, I never had to ask twice. The business were also very impressed with him and the work that he produced. One of the best consultants I have worked with and would highly recommend him.
Duncan Chege
Paul is a diligent to details person in his area of expertise. I have worked with him on several SAP projects and he is a resourceful to go to person. I have consulted him widely on the SAP FICO areas whenever I have had challenges. He gives critical and practical solutions ... and a very seamless person to work with. I would highly recommend him in the areas of SAP FICO and S4Hana.
Victor Ong'udi
I know Paul Kiarie as a hardworking and very serious team player. Paul is a well-connected & highly skilled SAP professional that always takes his time to support anyone in his network. I recommend him as an expert to connect with and consider for anything appropriate.
Karen Essex
Paul is an amazing consultant. He is always calm and collected even when things are going crazy around him. This project roll timeframes were small - 3 months for each one and was over 2000 people and 7 sites in a year in AME. Paul kept his calm throughout and if I asked him to complete a task, I never had to ask twice. The business were also very impressed with him and the work that he produced. One of the best consultants I have worked with and would highly recommend him.
Duncan Chege
Paul is a diligent to details person in his area of expertise. I have worked with him on several SAP projects and he is a resourceful to go to person. I have consulted him widely on the SAP FICO areas whenever I have had challenges. He gives critical and practical solutions ... and a very seamless person to work with. I would highly recommend him in the areas of SAP FICO and S4Hana.
Victor Ong'udi
I know Paul Kiarie as a hardworking and very serious team player. Paul is a well-connected & highly skilled SAP professional that always takes his time to support anyone in his network. I recommend him as an expert to connect with and consider for anything appropriate.
Credentials
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Accounting Fundamentals
Corporate Finance InstituteJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Professional Ethics
Corporate Finance InstituteJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
SAP Certified Associate - SAP Activate Project Manager
SAPApr, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates (SAP S/4HANA 1909)
SAPDec, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Business One Release 10.0
SAPOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and AgileSep, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
SAP Support Knowledge 2020 - Support and Success Essentials for SAP Cloud Solutions
SAPJul, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
SAP Enable Now Framework
SAPOct, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
System Conversion to S/4HANA
SAPOct, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAPSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Financial Accounting with ERP 6.0 EhP6
SAPNov, 2014- Nov, 2024
Experience
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The Birchman Group
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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SAP SAP S/4HANA FICO Functional Support Consultant
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Jun 2022 - Present
• Backfill for daily on-Call/ticket support for SAP S/4HANA FICO functional related areas for various clients based on the SLA (Service Level Agreement).• SAP configuration, implementation and support in an ECC 6.0 environment.• Assist with testing and documentation of results for fixes or changes for clients across vertical industries.• Provide generalized/broad knowledge across many functions of Finance and controlling.• Act as liaison with client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyse, and solve SAP S/4HANA FICO problems.• Perform detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and provide appropriate system solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document customer requirements.• Liaise with SAP technical consultants to support custom developments and troubleshoot system bugs in SAP S/4HANA FICO
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SAP BI/SAC – SAP S/4HANA Finance Functional Support Consultant
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Jul 2022 - Present
• Lead Finance Reporting checkpoint calls.• Initial high-level assessment and gathering of reporting business requirements.• Liaise with BPLs on report development prioritization.• Provide BPLs with necessary inputs to make decisions on reporting requirements.• Document and validate reporting requirements.• Create and share report functional specifications to the BI/SAC report developers.• Engage with developers and provide clarifications on business requirements when required.• Undertake functional tests for developed reports.• Document test results.• Facilitate the sign-off of reports by business users.• Organize and facilitate report training sessions.• Track delivered report usage.
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SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant
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Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Key Responsibilities• Develop, record, conduct implementation and training workshops using SAP EnableNow• Develop and implement SAP S/4HANA FICO/PS training curriculum. • Provide expert advice on SAP S/4HANA Finance functionality.• Design and configure SAP FICO/PS/PSM-FM and SAP S/4HANA Finance to meet client business requirements.• Carry out business process re-engineering to cater for the agile nature of business processes.• Collect, analyze and document customer requirements on:-Existing business processes-Assist in data transfer mapping on migration templates.-Determining reporting requirements• Carry out information system process design.• Carry out S/4HANA Finance Migration and Conversion activities.• Carry out data migration from client’s legacy systems using LTMC, the S4/HANA Migration Tool.• Determine printed forms requirements.• Provide guidance on end-user documentation and test plans.• Conduct and document unit tests-UATs- based on customer defined and re-engineered business scenarios.• Coordinate with other module SAP Consultants for integration requirements.• Design system integration and interface specification.• Configure for system integration within SAP and between SAP and other non-SAP systems.• Provide functional specifications to the technical team for any customized developments.• Design and map out customer workflow requirements.• Conduct and document Super User and End User Training using SAP Enable Now.• Maintain a healthy stakeholder and client relationship• Post-implementation system support after Go-Live.
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Simlogic Solutions Ltd I SAP Partner
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Nairobi, Kenya
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SAP Project Manager | SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant
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Dec 2019 - Apr 2021
Key Responsibilities • Leading SAP projects, prioritizing work and overseeing multiple projects in parallel. • Manage all aspects of Project life cycle to facilitate successful delivery to executive team. • Oversee SAP projects to provide metrics for reporting to executive team on business case ROI. • Ensures that all SAP project goals are accomplished according to specifications and business objectives. • Provide Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) on selected business processes to assemble input into business case. • Develop and oversee detailed project plans. • Identify, analyze and recommend business systems solutions to management having broad business impact. • Establish detailed project plans and metrics, work plans, schedules, resource plans and status reports. • Identity project risks and develop risk mitigation plans. • Provide project leadership, work direction and feedback. • Motivate work of others outside of direct authority to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met. • Convey and report status to executives, and all other key stakeholders. • Present formal presentations and executive summaries to senior management to provide recommendations and status updates.
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SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant | SAP Business Analyst
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Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
Key Responsibilities • Provide expert advice on SAP functionality • Collect and analyse customer requirements on: -Existing business processes - Carry out business process re-engineering -Assist in data transfer mapping on migration templates. -Determining reporting requirements • Carry out information system process design. • Carry out S4/HANA Finance Migration activities. • Carry out system conversion from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA • Carry out data migration from client's legacy systems using LTMC, the S4/HANA Migration Tool. • Determine printed forms requirements. • Conduct implementation and training workshops. • Provide guidance on end-user documentation. • Provide guidance on the test plan. • Conduct unit tests based on customer defined scenarios. • Coordinate with other SAP module consultants for integration requirements. • Provide Functional Specifications to the Technical team for any Customized developments. • Maintain healthy stakeholder and client relationships. • Super-User and End-User training. • System support after Go Live. • System audit
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TTCS Global
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Zimbabwe
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant | SAP Business Analyst
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Jul 2015 - Jul 2019
Key Responsibilities • Provide expert advice on SAP functionality• Collect and analyse customer requirements on: -Existing business processes - Carry out business process re-engineering -Assist in data transfer mapping on migration templates. -Determining reporting requirements• Carry out information system process design.• Carry out S4/HANA Finance Migration activities.• Carry out system conversion from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA• Carry out data migration from client's legacy systems using LTMC, the S4/HANA Migration Tool.• Determine printed forms requirements.• Conduct implementation and training workshops.• Provide guidance on end-user documentation.• Provide guidance on the test plan.• Conduct unit tests based on customer defined scenarios.• Coordinate with other SAP module consultants for integration requirements.• Provide Functional Specifications to the Technical team for any Customized developments.• Maintain healthy stakeholder and client relationships.• Super-User and End-User training.• System support after Go Live.• System auditKey Areas• New General Ledger Accounting• New Asset Accounting• Accounts Payables• Accounts Receivables• Cash Management• Loans Management• Travel ManagementSystem Integrations• Controlling(CO)• Funds Management(FM)• Materials Management(MM)• Plant Maintenance(PM)• FICA (Contract Accounts Payables and Receivables)• Human Capital Management(HCM)• Customer Relationship Management(CRM)• Third Party systems(Non-SAP systems)SAP Projects• Premier Service Medical Aid Society(PSMAS), Zimbabwe• Electoral Commission of Zambia(ECZ), Zambia• Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund-STEM, Zimbabwe• Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe• National Social Security Authority, Zimbabwe
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SAP S/4HANA FICO Team Lead | Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS)
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Jun 2017 - Dec 2018
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SAP Financial Accounting (FI) Support Consultant | National Social Security Authority (NSSA)
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Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
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SAP FICO Support & Audit Consultant | Air Zimbabwe
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Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
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SAP FICO Support & Audit Consultant | Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA)
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Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
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SAP FICO Team Lead | Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ)
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Jul 2016 - Feb 2017
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SAP FICO Team Lead | Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF)
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Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
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PwC
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Professional Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Data Consultant - Advisory
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May 2015 - Jun 2015
Key Responsibilities • Conduct stakeholder interviews in the counties/commissions. • Carry out Job Analysis. • Develop Job Descriptions. • Validate Job Descriptions. Key Responsibilities • Conduct stakeholder interviews in the counties/commissions. • Carry out Job Analysis. • Develop Job Descriptions. • Validate Job Descriptions.
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SAP
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Germany
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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SAP FICO Trainee
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Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
SAP Financial Accounting with ERP 7.0 EhP6 SAP Financial Accounting with ERP 7.0 EhP6
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Basco Products (Kenya) Ltd.
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Nairobi
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Operations and Logistics Officer
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Feb 2013 - Jun 2014
Key Responsibilities • Compiled relevant reports and analyzed them on a weekly and monthly basis and submitted them to the relevant persons for decision making. • Analysed fuel, mileage and vehicle maintenance report from all depots countrywide and took necessary actions • Graphical presentation vehicles performance to capture depots’ performance vis-à-vis set targets month to date and year to date and forward them for decision making. • Coordinated Headquarters and depot transport operations. • Collected, analyzed, and evaluated accounting the information in order to improve the performance of current system. • Handled the petty cash relating to the transport department. • Assisted with reviews of operational and administrative matters of the transport department. • Monitored vehicles on the tracking system and generated necessary reports.
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Finken Education Centre
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Nairobi
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Head of Department (Business Studies, Computer Studies and History)
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Jan 2011 - Nov 2012
Key Responsibilities • Knowledge transfer to students in areas related to Business Studies, Computer Studies and History. • Preparation of training materials and lessons plans. • Administration of the class attendance schedules. • Administer, test, evaluate and grade students' performance. Key Responsibilities • Knowledge transfer to students in areas related to Business Studies, Computer Studies and History. • Preparation of training materials and lessons plans. • Administration of the class attendance schedules. • Administer, test, evaluate and grade students' performance.
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Pamhill Academy
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Nakuru
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Computer Tutor
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Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
Instilling basic computer skills to the students Instilling basic computer skills to the students
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Education
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SAP Academy
SAP Certification, SAP ERP 7.0 EhP 6 in Financial Accounting -
Egerton University
Bachelor's Degree, Banking and Finance -
Nyahururu Highway Senior Academy
High School, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education