Lead the business transformation journey through a comprehensive and complex SAP S/4HANA implementation, driving process optimization and minimizing operational disruption. Create strategic roadmaps for IT modernization, integrating SAP modules and products across finance and enterprise systems to align technology with business objectives. Spearheaded and managed negotiations for SAP contracts, including On-Prem, HEC, and RISE, ensuring cost-effective solutions that support long-term scalability. Coach teams leveraging S/4HANA’s advanced features to enhance data-driven decision-making and operational agility. I promote end-user adoption of SAP capabilities through tailored training programs, ensuring maximum system utilization, fostering collaboration between IT and business units to align efforts with enterprise objectives, reducing costs for a faster ROI.

Project Highlight: "Delivered a highly successful integration and transformation project, 100% REMOTE, demonstrating that when teams work cohesively, business agility and efficiency are greatly enhanced regardless of whether all parties are ONSITE or Remote."Orchestrated the initial planning stages of business transformation strategy during the transition from SAP ECC to S/4HANA, partnering with Accenture as the SI partner and Deloitte. Providing guidance and expertise in process innovation and scalability with S4 HANA. Directed the seamless integration of newly acquired entities (M&A) using SAP Central Finance, optimizing financial operations globally while having a global template in Central Finance. Actively coached finance stakeholders and end users on utilizing S/4HANA’s functionalities to streamline reporting and improve decision-making capabilities using S4HANA. Partnered with key business leaders to drive the strategic alignment of technology and operational goals, unlocking new opportunities for automation, accelerating adoption, and growth while reducing costs for a faster ROI.

Project Highlight: "This project was delivered on time and under budget, showcasing the power of aligning IT with business objectives to drive rapid transformation."- Spearheaded the deployment of a complete finance transformation project for INGLES Supermarkets with a greenfield implementation of SAP S4 HANA.- Made recommendations to senior executives on the value of SAP investment by introducing process automation, best business practices, and opportunities for business restructuring. - Partnered with finance executives and IT leadership to identify and drive areas of opportunity to standardize/centralize, reduce risk/cost, and automate activities to drive efficiency to build scalable business processes across the finance organization to obtain a fast ROI of ERP investment and new technology. - Support process owners' in-process quality activities by educating and coaching them with new process improvements, tools, and applications.

Project Highlight: "This transformation proved how aligning strategic roadmaps and coaching users on advanced technologies can deliver exceptional business results and a faster ROI."• Directed a post-S/4HANA finance transformation, achieving a 40% personnel reduction in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, and Payroll through process optimization and automation.• Saved over $5M annually in disputes by accelerating collections and settling disputes within 30 days using SAP FSCM functionality.• Led re-engineering of critical financial processes, redefining user roles from data entry to analytical roles by partnering with Human Resources, creating a solid team of SAP champions for the business for process improvement and innovation continuation throughout the organization. Coaching and mentoring senior and executive stakeholders to embrace change for operational enhancements and optimization of business processes by maximizing the features of S4 HANA FIORI apps. Empowering end users to adopt real-time reporting analytics and dashboards. Fostering greater operational transparency, business collaboration, and strategic agility across shared services.

Project Highlight: "This project exemplifies how strategic IT alignment with business objectives can deliver innovative solutions and faster business results."Directed a company-wide finance transformation, aligning IT strategy with business goals by implementing SAP S/4HANA, Concur, OpenText, and FIORI. That included decommissioning several decentralized accounting systems, such as INFOR, and outdated homegrown systems in partnership with Deloitte. Established and coached a high-performance production support team of onsite SAP developers, Functional, Basis, and Security teams, including creating a 24/7 AMS offshore team partnering with Capgemini. Optimizing system performance and fostering deep end-user adoption of SAP tools. Introduced real-time analytics and FIORI dashboards, helping business teams make informed decisions. Guided business stakeholders through the transition, ensuring efficient utilization of S/4HANA capabilities and reducing costs for faster ROI. It resulted in a speedier month-end close, centralization of business processes in Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, eliminating more than 70% of manual processes, and a single place for data collaboration and availability to all users. This SAP S4 HANA implementation is one of my most successful SAP projects and best business case. Everyone wins when top leadership, business, and IT work together towards the same vision and goal.

Hired as an SAP and business OTC expert to partner with the business stakeholders to guide the business during the implementation by introducing new ways of working and SAP S/4 HANA best business practices. At the same time, protecting the company's interest with Deloitte as the SI partner. Ensured standard functionality was followed in SAP and helped the business make fast decisions during critical times, as well as UAT testing to achieve project milestones.

Project Highlight: "Delivered multiple and simultaneously SAP successful projects in different countries, and 75% remote, proving that alignment across teams, a best-in-class SI partner such as E&Y France, and a strong leadership can achieve significant operational and financial benefits no matter if you are remote, hybrid, or onsite."We led the full-scale business transformation and SAP implementation across global markets, Brazil, Berlin, Canada, and the USA, aligning the finance function with SAP best practices and for M&A by introducing GE's global template, processes, systems, and tools while adhering to SOX Controls partnering with E&Y France as out SI partner, TCS as our SAP SD expert, and Capgemini as our development team. • Responsible for creating, reviewing, and approving business blueprints, functional designs, technical designs, and business process maps to ensure compliance with SOX and corporate standards• Serve as solution delivery expert for the design and implementation of billing, A/R, A/P, and required finance interfaces, including configuration• Drive and take responsibility for the operational excellence of the assigned program, including reviews, feasibility, cost-benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, execution,n and closure for all project work related to the program.• Lead the analysis, business requirements, design, and implementation of small to medium finance solutions for business processes• Manage the data cleansing for A/R and A/P open items and customer master data during the data migration period and adhering to local and government policies

Project Highlight: "This transformation demonstrated the value of streamlining processes and empowering end users to drive real business value and operational efficiency."• Managed all projects related to SAP enhancements, systems integrations, configuration, and upgrades, including user access maintenance to ensure segregation of duties and compliance with SOX. Optimized SAP systems to reduce the financial closing cycle by over 50%, utilizing SAP standard functionality in automation, auto clearing, daily alerts of unreconciled accounts, and introducing a month-end soft close process. Implemented cost-saving solutions for fixed asset management. Led cross-functional teams in SAP enhancements, driving continuous system improvements and operational efficiencies.• Liaison between departmental end-users and programming personnel in the analysis, design, configuration, testing, and maintenance of SAP FI, CO, MM, and SD.• Assisted in configuring Material Management, Sales and Distribution, and Investment Management modules.• Interface with business owners to identify, define, and document operational needs, objectives, and solutions to problems.• Provided technical assistance in training, mentoring, and coaching professional and technical staff on matters related to assigned areas within SAP.• Successfully implemented a system and automated the audit of leased fixed assets; this reduced the leasing costs by 30% by automatically tracking the expiration date of leases.• Assist finance during audits, month-end, budget, year-end closes, and account reconciliations.*Project Highlights*This SAP implementation was a successful project delivered on time and under budget. Most importantly, I used over 80% standard SAP functionality. It resulted in faster upgrades, minimum downtime, and testing.

Project Highlight: "Delivered the project successfully, proving that careful planning, a robust testing plan, and user training are key to successful SAP implementations."• Managed finance detail testing plan during SAP implementation throughout Canada.• Reviewed and analyzed complex master test plans, and related documents, test cases, test schedules & test scripts.• Interfaced with business stakeholders to ensure test plans and related documents properly addressed business needs and business scenarios.• Provided functional and technical training, and provided information necessary to meet integration testing deadlines.

Project Highlight: "This successful transformation showcased how process optimization and end-user training can deliver sustainable cost savings and enhanced operational performance."Selected as the subject matter expert (SME) in OTC during an SAP implementation. • Managed and implemented business policies and procedures to govern the company's billing, A/R process, and activities.• Successfully reduced billing staff by 50% after SAP implementation.• Responsible for creating and developing accounts receivable, collections, and billing departments for three entities across the U.S.A. during acquisition, including interview, hiring, and training of staff.• Successfully integrated and migrated accounts receivables and billing into the SAP financial system.• Participated in projects with a strong focus on business processes and improvement.• Business lead and subject matter expert for fully implementing SAP FI-CO & SD. • Provided technical and end-user training and created documentation and training materials.• Prepared and distributed financial analytics and key operating metrics to executive management.• Assisted in transitions and modifications of systems and software to ensure data integrity, internal control, and financial accuracy.

• Managed company’s general ledger, A/P, A/R, billing and collections department.• Developed and implemented accounting controls, business processes and procedures increasing productivity through automation of various management reports.• Implemented new financial system; reduced overhead expenses, this included a complete integration of general ledger, billing, accounts receivables, and collections.• Responsible for month end, prepared monthly reports such as consolidation of P&L, accruals, sports rights, budget versus actual and DSO reporting.

• Managed customer’s accounts portfolio based in Europe, USA, Asia, and Latin America• Supervised the collections department for WFS subsidiaries.• Worked closely with senior management during acquisitions and mergers throughout the U.S.A and Latin America to standardize and reengineer billing, A/R and collections department.