Greater Reading Area
Businesses are challenged by lack of agility and transparency in their planning and reporting processes. Their processes and systems are often not aligned or capable of helping them close the loop between planning and action. The good news is that with a little understanding of what is possible, everyone can develop a planning and reporting capability appropriate for their needs. I help by providing insight into what makes good processes and help you translate that into the practical steps you can take in your own business to reduce manual effort, improve agility through more accurate and timely information and allow everyone in your team to make better decisions earlier. My customers say that I am able to engage with them in a way that is comfortable for them, but also draws out issues, helping them gain clarity in both what they want to achieve and how to achieve it. Historically leading the Opal Wave team focussed on SAP BPC and the latest SAP products (SAC and SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting as well as leading EPM solutions from OneStream, now independent at Si BCS able to support organisations on their journey to the new generation of technologies as appropriate to them. At Si BCS our aim is to empower our customers with better enterprise performance management with reduced effort in a shorter time and as a result create more profitable and sustainable businesses backed by confidence in their own intelligence and their supporting AI.
Business Focussed leader supporting businesses address their EPM needs. • Historically have led numerous successful solution deployments of technologies such as SAP BPC, SAC, Hyperion, and OneStream, connecting to complex IT landscapes. • Specialised in planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, analytics, data modelling, and business case development. • Supported technology roadmap understanding and built frameworks for Financial, Enterprise Planning and AI-supported EPM processes.
Helping any business achieve the best that it can using the SAP EPM solution suite including SAP BPC, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP HANA and Azure Public Cloud for SAP including all of the supporting technologies and best practice processes. Supported organisations with an SAP focussed technology strategy to deploy solutions including SAP BPC, SAC and Group Reporting and over most recent times supported many conversations on SAP BPC end of life roadmap and options for specific needs. Provided key leadership in development of innovative solution extensions with IFRS 16 disclosure management solution and templated planning processes for mid market businesses empowering them with enterprise class capabilities in a fraction of the time and budget than has traditionally been required. Led Opal Wave up to and beyond exit involving sale to VC fund providing vision and direction to their SAP growth strategy.
Supporting organisations in: - Understanding their BPM/EPM business needs - Selecting appropriate technologies - Supporting deployment and realisation of EPM solutions