Brussels Metropolitan Area
I am a Senior Finance/IT professional with many achievements in finance and logistics related Business Transformations (SAP enabled) and end-to-end Process Transformations, including deployment of BI Dashboards and KPI Tools, Process Mining, RPA and Machine Learning Root Cause Analytics. Highly motivated by business transformation and with strong analytical and strategic skills, I help CFOs, IT Directors and Finance Controllers to translate Business Strategies into actionable IT projects. My key talents are to bring structure where there is chaos, analyse and simplify complex processes and challenge the status quo. I am a pivotal link between technical and business teams using technical know-how, diplomacy and persuasion. Having worked for 8 different multinationals of various sizes, I have become extremely adaptable, perseverant and patient. Recent Achievements: - Full scale SAP Supply Chain and Finance/Controlling deployments in 3 Plants in Eastern Europe and 3 distribution centers. - Deployment of a BI Tool (SAP BW, Azure, Qliksense) from scratch for Procure To Pay Processes - Setup of an Innovative P2P Process Mining Tool including Machine Learning Text Mining within Qliksense - Deployment of SAP and RPA Tools for Automation of Invoice Posting and Ariba - SAP Workflow Integration - Finance P2P Automation Projects (Korea e-Invoicing, Germany ZugFerd XML) - Post GoLive Opentext VIM improvements on Invoice Straight Thru Processing reaching 80% for a Japanese Industrial Group
Part of Finance Corporate Department as Business Process owner - liaison with SAP IT experts leading projects along Finance Automation, Finance Dashboards (BI, Qliksense) and Procure To Pay Automation Main responsilities: Lead project improvements on P2P Workflow in Europe, China and Korea, including OCR and RPA projects. Integration of Transport Logistics Solution to main SAP FI/CO Template including OCR, IDOC/XML Provide Process Mining KPI Analytics from SAP Logtables with Qliksense - Design of a Datamodel with delivery of 6 KPI's and drill-down reporting capability till the Invoice Object Text Mining (AI Generated - Text2Vec, Azure/Qlik)) delivered as one of the drill-down dimensions RPA projects for Invoice Automation Mass postings and Mass Retrieval Ariba cXML to IDOC integration for Invoice Posting and Tax Automation
Lead Harmonization of FI/CO processes across 5 sites in EAME and Turkey Work with Business Process Owners from Finance, P2P and OTC to deliver improvements Lead PostGolive & Process optimization of P2P Solution Opentext VIM + increase of Straight Thru processing / Automation from 30% to 70-80% Lead P2P KPI project related to Invoice Mgmt with Qlikview dashboards SAP FI/CO and P2P deployment in Nissho Hungary Plant (30 work centers) SAP FI and basic P2P deployment in Nitto Switzerland (Swiss GAAP / reporting) Support on projects and closing on FI/CO, CO Material Ledger, CO/PA and Opentext VIM for UK, Czech, Turkey, Hungary. Deployments of MXP T&E Solution in UK, Czech, Turkey, Hungary Extend MXP solution to Travel and comparison with Concur Initiate and Lead Pilot Phase of RPA Projects in FI/CO and OTC processes (3 processes delivered with UI Path)
- Deployment of SAP MM+PP and CO-PC (Product Costing) in a highly Robotized Factory in Slovakia - Material Master Integration for ACV Group - Improve CO/PA and BW Finance & Sales Reporting - Lead SPRINT Projects to improve Supply Chain Integration across ACV Group - SAP Post Golive support (FI/SD/BW) + Process Improvement projects. - Lead Process Integration (Material Master Model, Product Lifcycle mgmt, Finance Integration with Order To Cash) - Led a CRM selection RFQ + Cost & Risk analysis and integration with SAP ERP (Salesforce to SAP) - Written SAP Hands On Documentation on SAP FI/COPA/SD/BW (Finance, Reporting, Reconciliations GL Accounting to Analytical Accounting in BW) - Document Order To Cash processes and Warehouse Mgmt / MRP Processes for Inventory Mgmt - Change Mgmt / Overall Increase of Process and SAP knowledge within ACV Group. - Prepare next SAP Deployments in ACV Affiliates in UK, Poland, Spain, Slovakia Production, USA Pennsylvania
- Working with Supply Chain teams as the "Finance representative" to ensure OPACC value is generated with each Business Transformation Project. - Prepare the team to migrate as an Internal Consulting service to sell process improvement projects generating financial value (OPACC) to our internal customers in Europe. Eg: Inventory Turns improvement, Forecast Accuracy Improvements, Lead Time improvements, Total Cost of Ownership (Procurement & Supply Chain). - Refocus knowledge on Finance / Costing Models by following the CMA Certification (Certified Management Accountant) - Develop Balance Scorecard with Causal Chain of KPI's (Input/Output Indicators affecting OPACC) - Assist in Process Design Work (SIPOC, KPI)
Proxy Process Owner Worldwide for the Integrated Business Transformation Methodology (IBT). Development of a Toolkit comprising a Readiness Checklist, Process Improvement checklists and SAP Deployment template. The IBt Toolkit was provided with a Standard Project Plan with 300 activities and 20 integrated sub-projects in Oracle Primavera P6 Project database. The IBT Methodology and Project Plan Facilitation was performed in more than 50+ Facilities worldwide. It was possible to analyze the Critical Path and Near Critical Path on every of 50+ projects. After around 1 year, we were able to start a Portfolio view of all Projects and start a Resource Load across projects. Key aspect of the IBT was to integrate activities between Leadership & Organization, Data Management, People Change Management, IT, Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Sales processes, Supply Chain and Finance in one single project plan with one Critical Path to be reported on. The IBT Methodology was provided with 6 Sigma Gate Review and Cat University/Lamarsh Chicago Change Management Methodology. IBT was a great succes worldwide and transitioned to US responsibility in the first half of 2013.
Member of the European Global Mach 1 Business Transformation Project at Caterpillar, as part of the Core Team for the Business Transformation Preparation and subsequent SAP Deployments. The Mach 1 Business Transformation program will drive simplified, standardised and automated processes enabling Vision 2020, Caterpillar Production System and Global Finance Transformation as well as overall process Simplification and end-to-end process integration (mainly in Product and Manufacturing Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Purchasing and Sales Distribution) Key business processes within Product and Mfg Engineering, Order-to-Delivery and Finance areas, Supply Chain and Order Management, will be aligned to maximize consistency and enterprise value. The Project is supported by Caterpillar 6 Sigma Methodology, Caterpillar Change Management Model and by Duration-Based Project Planning and Execution in an Oracle Primavera P6 Project database. Between 2008 and 2012, I performed several roles: - Account Mgr/Project Lead : Prepare and Perform Executive Presentation to drive Change Management at Leadership level, Coordinate Data Cleansing, Lead and Train on Project Management Facilitation, Planning, Analysis and Scheduling, Lead Change Management workshops with Plant Management, - Assist on Migration to Standard Costing for Facilities in Europe - Lead Process Training - Coach Deployment Champions to the Preparation to SAP Deployment for 3 Facilities in Europe (Germany, France and Belgium) The project spans from 2007-2015+ for 60+ Facilities Worldwide in 6 process groups including : - Engineer To Release (SAP VC) - Plan to Produce (SAP PP, MM, SAP SCM-APO) - Order To Cash (SAP SD, FI-AR, PP) - Procure To Pay (SAP MM, FI-AP) - Project Accounting and Design-To-Order (SAP PS) - Record To Report (SAP FI/CO and BCS + BI Datawarehouse).
Projects (Typically 1-3 years) are related to SAP enabled Business Transformation, more specifically in the SAP FI and SAP CO areas. I worked on 2 Projects: 1°) Setup of standard reporting structure for Euler Hermes Kreditversicherung (Allianz Group) in Hamburg. My task is to define a common "Charts Of Accounts" for 10 Business Units across Europe to prepare global reporting in SAP B/W, SEM-BCS. 2°) NMBS/SNCB Belgian railways, part of the SAP CO team. Prepare BIT testing/documentation on Cost center Accounting, Allocation Cycles, Profit Center accounting, Product Costing. www.lodestonemc.com Lodestone Management Consultants AG (Lodestone) is a global business consulting firm focusing on SAP enabled Business Transformation. Deep industry, business processes and systems/technology expertise. Creative problem solving skills, energy and client orientation of our people Integration of “best fit” offshore delivery into the SAP Total Cost of Ownership Model Continuous development of new solutions and methods that innovate best practice