Experience

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  Beyond Technologies

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Principal Consultant

    • Apr 2021 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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  UCS Solutions (PTY) Ltd.

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant

    • Feb 2013 - Apr 2021
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Industry: Retail, FMCG- Identified, interpreted, validated and documented customer requirements.- Business process optimization and standardization- Developed functional and technical specification for the business requirements- Interfaced between the business and IT- Validated new processes with the business process owners- Researched possible solutions in order to support management decision- Analysed, designed, customized, tested, maintained and supported FI/CO system- Provided user support- Knowledge transfer (User training, documentation and change management)

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  Universal Music GmbH

  • Berlin Area, Germany

  • SAP Solution Architect FI/CO

    • Oct 2010 - Dec 2012
    • Berlin Area, Germany

    - Assessed and documented business needs and business processes- Mapped business requirements to the processes in SAP- Technical expert for FI/CO design and configuration- Proposed new or improved processes- Ensured integrity of global template in roll-out implementations- Analysed of change requests- Solution design review- Management and coordination of local team and core team- Assisted in configuration of SAP application to meet the business requirements- Facilitated issue resolution during testing process- Rollout Germany, Switzerland, Austria - Identified gaps and provided gap solutions- Designed interface solution

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  HSH Nordbank AG

  • Kiel Area, Germany

  • Senior SAP FI/CO/PS/MM/DM Specialist

    • Jul 2008 - Sep 2010
    • Kiel Area, Germany

    - Responsible FI, CO, PS, MM and DM modules- Team lead SAP projects and roll-outs- Identified and proposed business process and system enhancements- Documented SAP designs and functional design specifications- Change the bank and run the bank activities- System configuration and testing- Managed off-shore implementation partner- Liaise with business at various levels- Mentoring junior consultants- Identified gaps and provided gap solutions- Designed interface solutions

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  itelligence AG,

  • Hamburg Area, Germany

  • SAP Project Manager/Senior Consultant

    • Apr 2001 - Jun 2008
    • Hamburg Area, Germany

    2 projects as project manager, 10 full life cycle implementations as SAP FI/CO team lead including 6 global implementations with roll-out template conceptProject Management: - Project proposals, oral presentations, timeline determination, budget estimation and resource planning - Led project from planning phase to define Blueprint through to go-live support- Provide project oversight to deliver high quality blueprint that streamlined business processes and leverage maximum SAP standard functionality- Responsible to stakeholders - Responsible for the project controlling SAP-Consulting:- Business process design, conception and implementation- Gap analysis- Design Global-Templates- Presales activities- Team lead and module responsible- User support and training- Interface design- Data migration

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  DD Synergy esolutions GmbH

  • Hamburg Area, Germany

  • SAP-Consultant

    • Mar 1999 - Apr 2001
    • Hamburg Area, Germany

    - FI/CO team lead- 2 full life cycle implementations - Gap analysis and business process design and optimization- User training- Archiving

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  Nedlloyd Lines Deutschland GmbH

  • Hamburg Area, Germany

  • Financial Accounting Manager

    • Jun 1995 - Dec 1996
    • Hamburg Area, Germany

    - Responsible for a team of 8 employees- Improved management reporting and transparency - Accountable for year-end closing process- Performed controlling activities- Implemented new asset accounting software

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  Dichtelemente Hallite GmbH

  • Hamburg Area, Germany

  • Accounting Manager

    • Mar 1994 - Apr 1995
    • Hamburg Area, Germany

    - Managed a team of 3 employees- Designed a new computer based reporting system- Modernised and reorganised reporting to head office- Completed budgeting and forecasting reporting - Responsible for statutory reporting- Co-ordinated successful audit