Christopher Brooks Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

AUTOMATED GL & VENDOR RECONS IN SAPBEST is a SAP Partner that develops SAP Certified Modules with a specific focus on resolving gaps in standard SAP functionality within the Finance area.BEST VENDOR RECONS MODULE: The BEST Vendor Recons Module does away with spreadsheets, inefficient manual processing & integration to non SAP systems to automate supplier statement reconciliations in SAP. Reconcile your vendors quickly, easily & with pin-point accuracy allowing you more time for query resolution. BEST GL RECONS MODULE: Currently GL recons have to be done outside of SAP using Excel, paper or another non-SAP system. With the BEST GL Recons Module you can automate your general ledger reconciliations in SAP with approvals to reduce your month end close thereby performing it more accurately and efficiently.BEST GL CLEARING MODULE: Clearing open items in SAP can be a tedious & time-consuming process. With the BEST GL Clearing Module, open item clearing in SAP can now be done automatically with large volumes across multiple companies and account types. No posting of additional entries, mass changes to references or changes to any configuration. BEST REMIT MODULE: Use the BEST Remit Module for customer clearing in SAP & allocation of payments automatically to your customer accounts.I have been involved in the Development, Sales and Implementation of the BEST GL Modules.www.bestsapcbi.com

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I joined the MultiChoice SAP Centre of Excellence (COE) as the Finance Team Lead. The SAP COE existed within a MultiChoice business unit called CommerceZone (CZ) and the Finance team within the COE has consisted of anywhere between 10 and 13 consultants during my tenure as team lead. Whilst in my role as team lead, we were able to deliver on the following major projects:• Migration to S/4 HANA Finance 1605 in February 2017. This was one of the first migrations to take place locally and involved a proof of concept and numerous dry runs of the migration process. We were actively involved with SAP throughout the process, requiring several custom notes to be created for us to complete the migration. An additional complication was the limited down time window available, resulting in the migration needing to be done within a 17 hour window. • Implementation of MultiChoice Africa Corporate on the S/4 HANA 1605 instance. This was a full implementation from the legacy system (Great Plains) and involved the implementation of full FI functionality, including interfaces from an existing SAP instance used to manage their stock. • Implementation of Naspers Corporate on the S/4 HANA 1605 instance. Full implementation of the Naspers Corporate Group. This included the implementation of in excess of 30 Company codes spanning multiple currencies and countries. Specific European tax and statutory compliance catered for in the solution. Full FI functionality rolled out as part of the solution. In addition to the above major projects, our team was responsible for the roll out of several smaller projects for the group, as well as supporting the existing business units on our SAP instances. The business units supported include:• MultiChoice South Africa• MNET• SuperSport• DStv• Digital Media Sales• ShowMax• MWEB• MultiChoice Africa Limited – (including African countries on Stock and Distribution solution)• Naspers Corporate

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Assisted JD Group by running the rollout of their Fulcrum project. This was to change the existing interfaces to cater for the sale of the South African Financial Services debtor’s book. This was to change the interface from their loan management system into SAP to post to a separate legal entity from the date of the sale. In addition to the Fulcrum rollout, I assisted with the ongoing cluster consolidation process that JD were undertaking to consolidate brands and stores within SAP

Multichoice

Joined the MCAL project team to assist with the roll out of SAP for Stock and Distribution to the relevant African countries. The project entailed:• Work shopping the relevant Countries requirements and finalising the Blueprint document. • Configuration of solution using the following modules and functionality:o flexible general ledger, o accounts payable with extended withholding tax and letters of credit,o accounts receivable,o COPA - forecasting and reporting,• Finalisation and delivering of all relevant RICEFW items identified during Blueprint and implementations phases. • Testing of in Country solution using SPROXY and SOAPUI, as well as full integration testing with Point of Sale systems. • Upgrade of SAP system to Enhancement Pack 7. • System translation into foreign language (Portuguese). • Integration with real time Point of Sale system, as well as 3rd party Finance system. • Supporting the countries currently using SAP, from bug fixes, to new requirements, testing and training.

Jd Group

During the course of my tenure at the JD group, I have been part of JD achieving the following with SAP:• The implementation of the following Finance modules: GL (using flexible GL), AR, AP, AM, CM and RE for the entire group in multiple countries.• Implement SAP POS in over 1200 stores in multiple countries.• Convert to a new loan management system for financial services and integrate this with SAP POS and SAP ERP. • The implementation of SAP MM and full merchandise functionality to satisfy the entire group.• The centralisation of distribution.My involvement in certain areas is discussed in more detail below: • Implementation of the Bank and Cash solution for the Traditional Retail and the Hi Finance divisions. In excess of 1,200 bank accounts across 4 banking institutions catered for in solution. • Design and implementation of the Finance solution for Point of Sale (SAP POS) inbound transactions from Stores to SAP GL. • Design and implementation of GL interface for new Debtors and Loan Management system implemented for the group. • Involvement in Supply Chain Management solution for centralised Distribution Centres from design through to implementation.• Involvement in numerous interfaces using PI and Idocs. • Involved in numerous developments for customised processes from design, through testing to implementation• Use of Substitutions and user exits where required• Numerous legacy migrations and extensive use of LSMW’s• Training of users – all levels. Creation of training documentation and facilitation of training sessions and workshops• Knowledge transfer to fellow consultants and business owners• Onsite post Go-Live support for the Group.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

JD Group Pty Ltd - See previous position for detailed JD description. Metcash Pty LtdImplementation of SAP for Metcash Trading Africa and all subsidiaries. Go- live 28 June 2009. Modules implemented: Flex GL, AP, AR, AM, CO, Banking, and Real Estate. Involved from the Blueprint phase through to post go-live support. Detail of work performed in each area: General Ledger:• Flexible GL functionality and document splitting• New Flex GL reporting• Interfaces of GL information from Store point of sale and back office systems to SAP via XI and Idocs. Accounts Payable• Full procure to pay cycle configured• Interfaces from several store systems to SAP via XI and Idocs• Interface of LIV process (MIRO) from Stores into SAP• Processing of Store adjustments via interface to SAP• Cheque payment and printing set upAccounts Receivable• Configuration and design of receivable solution for distributed store model• Work performed on interface of store transactions via PosDM into SAP• Interface of the Debtors Age analysis and Credit limits from SAP to store system• Credit management solution used in SAP• Business partner functionality used for Store CustomersBanking• Configuration of banking solution for approximately 150 stores banking with one or more of the following banks: Nedbank, ABSA, FNB, Standard Bank, Standard Bank Lesotho, and Standard Bank Swaziland. • Automation of Nedbanks Nedacad file through XI into SAP to post multiple accounts and statements simultaneously upon execution of an event in SAP. • Auto-clearing functionality used to speed up reconciliation process. • User exits used in statement processing to facilitate this. Asset Management• Configuration of full Asset Module for numerous countries within numerous Charts of Depreciation. • IFRS requirements catered for in scrap values and depreciation keysReal Estate• Configuration of Real Estate Solution.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

SASOLBASF (Engelhard)Italtile Ceramics LtdCeramic Industries

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

SAPPI

London, United Kingdom

Product Controller

Durban Area, South Africa

Worked as an Audit Clerk at KPMG for 4 years culminating as an Audit Team Lead.

Fi/Co Certification, Sap Certification

Bcompt Degree, Accounting

Matric Exemption