SAP Project Manager/ Senior Consultant SAP Financials

5/2023 – 5/2024

Implementierung SAP FSCM TR Exposure Management 2.0
Integration einer 3rd party software in das Exposure Management
Functional Specifications für die ABAP Entwicklung
Rollout

ABAP, Finnisch

6/2022 – offen

Rollout SAP AFC Advanced Financial Closing (Cloud-Tool)

Scope: World-wide implementation to the whole group (still ongoing); currently 20 countries integrated

Backend Customizing & Developments: Definition of Templates/ Tasks/ Userexits (Adapter Classes/ Validation Classes); Integration of Z-Programs etc.

AFC-Frontend: Definition of Templates, User-Authorisations, Continuous Improvements and Change (keeping up with the monthly changes by the Software Provider SAP)

1st step: Integration with SAP ERP system
2nd step: Migration to S/4 HANA (as of 2023)

SAP S/4HANA

11/2021 – offen

currently focussing on FI-AA/ RE-FX HANA upgrade
(FI-AA: from classical fixed assets to new fixed assets)
support data migration FI-AA/ RE-FX (IFRS16 contracts)

SAP FI-AA, SAP RE-FX

8/2021 – offen

Business/ IT consulting in for an existing SAP IFRS16 solution (RE-FX-LA, FI-AA)
- as-is analysis
- coaching of local IT consultants
- solve ticket backlog for the RE-FX solution
- harmonization/ optimization of the existing setup
- re-documentation of the existing solution
- upgrade with a new stack of OSS notes

SAP FI, SAP FI-AA, SAP RE-FX

5/2021 – 7/2021

Setup of Accrual Engine/ Monthly Processes

SAP FI

4/2021 – offen

support the business of CI2C (= order to cash), Treasury, Fixed Assets & General ledger accounting departments of the German entity in a carve out project
review migration strategy, migrated data
support creating test plans
support in testing
cutover planning

SAP FI, SAP FI-AA, SAP FI-AR, SAP FI-GL

2/2021 – 5/2021

Coordination of Migration of all Finance objects
FI all subledgers incl. Fixed Assets
TRM FX, Money Market, Hedges
RE-FX IFRS16 contracts

LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench), Projektmanagement (IT)

9/2020 – offen

Analysis of Usage, Data Quality Issues
Research issues of Post Processing Office (Business Partner)
Solve Root Causes of all Issues
Implement Validations etc. (using e.g. BADI/ BDT)

SAP BP, SAP FI-AP, Finnisch, SAP RE-BP

3/2020 – 3/2021

Optimization/ "Re-Standardization" Electronic Bank Statement Processing for Deutsche Wohnen Group
Implementation of new file processing according to business function FIN_BL_EB_1
Significantly improve the number of automated payments for the bank statement

Optimization of Payment Run Functionality (F110, F111) for FI, Treasury Transaction Manager and CML-Loans Management

SAP ABAP, SAP FI-BL, Finnisch

10/2019 – 6/2020

Creation Project Plan & Budget
RE-FX-LA Prototype + Business Blueprint
Customizing RE-FX + FI-AA
Functional Specs for BADI implementations
Data migration
Training Documentation + Training Execution
Go-live Support

Projektmanagement (IT), SAP FI-AA, SAP RE-FX

12/2018 – 10/2019

Coordination of all technical Consultants in the project (3 RE-FX consultants, 1 FICO, 1 developer, 1 SAP-FC)
Blueprint architect
FI-AA integration with RE-FX
BADI implementations (RE-FX, create functional specs)
Test design and support execution
End-user trainings

Projektmanagement (IT), SAP FI, SAP RE-FX

2/2018 – 10/2018

Lead Consultant for main 7 IT resources (SAP FI/CO, SD/MM, Salesforce. etc.)
FICO/ SD customizing, support of the Project Management

Worldwide optimization project of some order-to-cash processes
- Sundry Sales
- Samples processes
- Harmonization of all SD account determinations, the CO-PA integration, and the related Business Warehouse CO-PA reporting

The project included also the harmonization of an already existing Salesforce Database (Samples) and the creation of a Salesforce-to-SAP interface (using Cast Iron)

LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench), Projektmanagement (IT), SAP CO, SAP FI, SAP Sales und Distribution

8/2013 – 2/2017

- project preparation for a SAP integration/ template rollout in Germany/ UK, “day1” preparation, project management
- accounting interface for Gas invoicing, SAP-BW reporting on accounting-based COPA data, implementation SAP-FI payroll/ travelling cost integration, SAP FI-New General Ledger), interface to integrate SAP New General Ledger and group consolidation software SAP/FC

Projektmanagement (IT), LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench), SAP ABAP, SAP CO, SAP FI

11/2011 – 11/2018

- World-wide project of New General Ledger (FI) migration, harmonization of financial processes incl. harmonization of chart of account (25 countries, 52 companies)
- SAP FSCM Treasury: EMIR reporting of FX and interest derivative trades, Enhance FSCM interfaces for FX and Money Market with trading platform FXALL & FXALL Settlement Center
- Data Migration using LSMW of Finance Master and Transactional Data (Accounts Payable & Receivable, Fixed Assets, GL, Transaction Manager, etc.) for integration of different companies into a Corporate System
- GST Tax reporting in Malaysia
- SAP Rollout Singapore (incl. template extensions with regards to tax reporting; specification & testing of interfaces to SAP Finance)
- SAP Rollout Turkey
- SAP Rollout Brazil, functional specification of a complex SAP based application to facilitate the purchasing of Cocoa beans (using standard functionality of SAP QM, MM, FI, and Brazilian tax localization)
- Implementation SEPA XML bank communication (file exchange by FTP and software Isabel)
- Project management Rollout SAP Treasury (payments, bank statement, transaction manager)
- Project to optimize existing SAP system in Ivory Coast (SAP Financials/ BW)

Projektmanagement (IT), LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench), SAP CO, SAP FI, SAP TR

1/2008 – 11/2011

- Leading a team of 6 internal and ca. 8 external SAP-consultants
- Corporate Template Guardian for SAP Modules FI, CO, FSCM and BI solutions (Business Warehouse/ Business Objects)
- Main projects: Rollout Treasury/ Inhouse Cash Region Asia;
Full cycle SAP template rollouts to plants in US/ Canada/ Mexico/ The Netherlands/ Japan/ Singapore; Implementation of a new Template (Business Unit Cocoa) for BC Ivory Coast; SAP upgrade 4.5 to SAP ERP 2006
Pilot-Implementation of SAP Business Objects Reporting solution (XCelsius, Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence); SAP BW integration of various SAP R/3 data sources

Projektmanagement (IT), SAP BW, SAP CO, SAP FI, SAP TR, Finnisch, LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench), LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench)

8/2006 – 12/2007

- Technical sales/ Template lead
- Main projects: Rollout of SAP template to Sparkassen (small & medium sized banks, SAP modules FI, CO, MM), Implementation of SAP solution for the marketing and billing process of Sparkassen

Projektmanagement (IT), SAP FI, Vorverkauf

7/2002 – 7/2006

- Project management: Implementation of Software “Peregrine Assetcenter”; coordination of a team of 8 consultants; development of applications within Peregrine & interfaces to SAP (BAPI/ IDOC); database design
- Main SAP projects: Implementation of SAP module “Customer Service” (CS); SAP to SAP migrations
- Consulting, customizing, support of SAP FI, SD, CS modules

SAP CO, Sap Cs, SAP FI, SAP Sales und Distribution

7/2000 – 6/2002

- Leading the companies SAP team (3 internal SAP consultants); Coordination of external consultants/ SAP-Basis, Managing of SAP-related budgets
- Main projects: Full cycle implementations for 2 companies, SAP release upgrade to 4.6, domestic currency change to Euro, SAP archiving via FileNet
- Consulting, customizing, support of SAP modules FI, CO, MM, SD

Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Projektmanagement (IT), SAP ABAP, SAP CO, SAP FI, SAP Sales und Distribution, Sapscript

6/1996 – 6/2000

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06/1998 - 06/2000 [...] AG, Berlin, Germany
Teamlead, Consultant SAP Finance (Division Business Systems)
- Leading a team of 2 internal SAP-consultants
- Project management
- Main projects: SAP data/ document archiving, SAP release upgrade 3.1 to 4.6, template rollouts to approx. 30 companies/ plants
- Conceptual design & implementation of interfaces, proprietary developments
- Consulting, customizing, and support of SAP modules FI, CO

07/1996 - 06/1998 [...] AG, Berlin, Germany
Customer Coach Finance, Junior Consultant SAP Finance (Division Finance & Controlling)
- Main projects: full cycle SAP R/3 implementation (SAP module FI), conceptual design & implementation of a data warehouse solution (COGNOS), implementation of financial consolidation software PC-Konsol

SAP ABAP, SAP CO, SAP FI, SAP WF, Sapscript