Erwin De Bie

Global Finance Stewardship Lead, Digital Transformation Global Program, SAP S/4 HANA, Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Geel, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

- More than 25 years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Procurement and Compliance - General IT curiosity and interest, setup of new systems/tools, play with data, analysis: Oracle, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Signavio, Beacon, Axapta (Microsoft Dynamics), Ariba, TM1, VeevaVault, Alteryx,… - Flexible, accurate, compliant, continuous process improvement - Strong team player, loves networking/connecting, develop/provide training - Looking at challenges with positive mindset

Experience

  • Global Finance Stewardship Lead, Digital Transformation Global Program, SAP S/4 HANA at Johnson & Johnson MedTech
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    - S/4 HANA Power User/SME to help drive adoption and provide post go-live support - Lead the post go-live support activities - Support the design and governance of financial master data - Support the design of General Ledger reporting processes - Partner with base business finance teams to lead master data Profiling, Cleansing, and Harmonization activities - Communicate project impacts on data standards to the finance data steward organization to ensure compliance and unlock broad data interpretation - Lead various testing cycles - Provide input on business process scenarios, user stories, product features, and acceptance criteria - Partner with IT and 3rd party consultants to develop testing scripts - Partner with 3rd party consultants to lead change management

  • The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Beerse, Belgium)
    • Senior Financial Analyst R&D Global Governmental Grant Office (G3O)
      Jan 2019 - Jan 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      - Member of global Center of Excellence, established to help secure and maximize external funding and resource opportunities for J&J - Ensure consistency and compliance in contracts and grants across the global organization - Support the submission of new potential governmental (or NGO) grants and associated contracts - BARDA, NIH, DOD, H2020, Horizon Europe, EIT, VLAIO, IMI, IHI, MSCA, ... - Secure full alignment with project teams and finance partners

    • Senior Financial Analyst, Pharma EMEA TM1 deployment project
      Oct 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

      - Owns ERP-FDW-TM1 data mappings & validations - Owns SIT & UAT testing accuracy & completeness - Partners with designated country data & testing SME’s - Provides other analytical support - Member of international, virtual team - Accountable to the Regional Finance Lead - Organizes yearly Finance Day for +300 internal finance professionals

    • Senior Financial Analyst COGS
      Apr 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      - Member of Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) & Inventory team - Calculate product cost for Geel plant and Beerse Sourcing products - Take ownership of the month-end closing process and perform variance analyses - Liaise with Janssen Supply Chain Finance on all COGS related issues - Maintain material master data in ERP2 (SAP MM and CO) - Provide assistance for internal / external audits - Project support - Organize yearly Finance Day for +300 internal finance professionals

  • Chief Accountant at Coek Engineering NV
    Nov 2006 - Jan 2011 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    - Implementation of Microsoft Axapta (Accounting module) - General Ledger (payroll, accruals, ...) - Accounts Receivable (international, incl use of Letter of Credits) - Fixed Asset Management - Bank statements - Financial close and reporting to CEO - External audit guidance

  • Financial Analyst at Nike
    Dec 1995 - Oct 2006 · 10 yrs 11 mos

    - Full accounting package Employee Store - Budget / Forecast - Reporting to Financial Director - Inventory Control - Projects: Y2K, switch from Oracle to SAP, ...

  • Customer Service Representative at Blockbuster
    Jul 1995 - Sep 1995 · 3 mos

    International exchange program