Advisory S4 HANA Solution Architect for City of Cape Town ECC to S4 upgradeDesign and develop scope of work for S4 HANA migration across all modules including documenting the Bill of materials required to ensure the city achieves maximum return on investmentSupport across the entire innovation lifecycle by sharing unique combinations of business, industry, and SAP skills using a standardized approach and by using proven tools, accelerators, and methodologiesDefine the architecture and road map design as well as landscape strategy as well as review existing customisations in legacy systems to reduce and move towards SAP best practice landscapeDevelop ideal concepts to determine, benchmark, and improve the value for advanced business outcome through value design assessmentsDesign and implement archiving strategy for legacy and new S4 landscapeDefine data migration strategy to identity the best solution of the city to leverage S4 HANA and ensure minimal business disruption. Review Greenfield and Brownfield optionsDesign mSCOA chart of accounts for compliance and legal requirement for the National Treasury Define and document reporting and budgeting strategy improve and activate efficiencies within the business operationsLeverage SAP and integration technologies to assist client to identify growth areas, streamline operations, and ensure long-term sustainability

Central Finance (CFIN), Group Reporting and SAC . Southern Africa, Middle East and SwitzerlandProject Cutover ManagerCFINEnsure proper communication with the infrastructure group. Configuring the SAP LT Replication Server and define real time replication from the source system. Monitor and error handling activitiesCFIN implementation, customizing and operations including integration and architecture.Conduct working sessions with business users as required.Develop software systems, including configuration documentation and testing proceduresGroup ReportingHands on experience in configuring / defining the following in the S/4 HANA GroupReporting module: Master Data Maintenance, Financial Statement Item mapping, Breakdown Categories, Sub item & sub item categories,Hierarchy maintenance, Balance Carry forwards, Currency translation methods, Reclassifications/IC eliminations, Tasks/selections, Purchase /Equity methods of consolidation, Consolidation of Investments, NCI calculations,Analysis for Office reporting Ability to independently lead end to end implementation including conducting design workshops, configuring the solution, enabling team members to complete their tasks, driving UAT sessions, conducting user trainingsCreate presentation/workshop decks for Blueprint that need to be conveyed presented to the clientAnalytical thought process and demonstrate strong ability to communicate with business stakeholdersDeliver the solution and manage team members on a projectSACResponsible for design, development, go-live and support of SAP Analytics projects within an entire IT project lifecycleImplement comprehensive SAP Analytics backend/frontend solutions (incl. visualization of appealing reports and executive dashboards)Gather new reporting requirements and design functional and technical architecture solutions to solve business use casesAnalyze existing reporting solutions for improvements and help developing strategies

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Group Wide Implementation across Southern Africa and 5 International countriesUsing model company methodology provide expertise and solution design for Finance and cross functional system integration from Plant Maintenance, SD, MM, EWM and other legacy systems including Master Data Configuration for SAP Finance incl. FIORI, Controlling, SAP Analytics Cloud, IFP, (SAC Planning), BW, Group Reporting & Reporting and AnalyticsFinance lead for all relevant migration objects, sign off / changes to FMD’s / financial integrity for financial balancing of TB assets AR and AP trade and non-trade, mapping rules. Review and manage all Finance related data migration objects, transformation and enrichment rules and source to target field mapping including and validate migrated data as well as to develop Co Existence, to align to the SPAR Group’s flight plan to ensure seamless reporting and accurate representation of data during the Go Live phases of the program.Evaluating SPAR’s business needs and determining how IT can support those needs leveraging current system solutions and aligning IT strategy with business goals as well as bridging communication between IT and business operations to ensure alignment in developing and implementing technical solutions for business challenges or concerns.Facilitation business engagements for the Explore & realize phases of the program, confirm build is aligned to program requirement during the Unit and FIT testing, advise on functional solutions and provide best practice designs, review Functional Specs, work closely with Developers and business to ensure build and requirements are alignedCutover Manager for Central Services and Warehouse by designing and managing full business cutover activities for finance and procurement, ramp down and up as well as data migration timelines and milestonesDesign, build and configure Chart of accounts, Financial Statement versions, Profit and Cost centre hierarchies for the Group Template

Manage team of Functional and Business Analysts looking at Design specifications, migration validations, testing and test script review, system integrity, change requests and training material Design and maintain Data Life Cycle strategy, Data Retention Policy and schedule, decommissioning of legacy systems as well as data retention managementPlan and design Dress technical and functional cutover and dress rehearsals Develop Cutover Approach, Cutover Plan steps and link interdependencies, planning and execution of cutover activities as well as coordinating activities of team of SAP functional & technical expertsDevelop and conduct cutover communication sessions with project team, business cutover coordinators and application support teams through the ability to define and execute multiple detailed activity plans simultaneouslyProvide Cutover status reporting to project leadership and key stakeholders involved as well as track progress status, report/resolve/escalate issues during cutover execution maintaining an ability to articulate progress and status clearly to key stakeholdersDefine Validation Approach document for data migration as well as Audit approach for mid-year Go Live strategy to ensure solution integrity for Finance and Retail business processesManage end to end system landscape including 3rd party system interfaces and replication for GK POS, HYBRS and SAP CAR in and out of S4 HANA, BW and IQNLS. Ensure config for S4 HANA Retail and Finance is built to Blue Print specification and meets business requirementsManage UAT Cycle for data migration, replication and cross functional business process testing

FI and SAP Retail Landscape including Stock Management and Counts, SD, MM, BPC and BIDriving business, OCM and BA Lead alignment as well as training deployment, impact assessments as well as resolving user technology issueConducted Instructor lead training sessions using methodology that included Powerpoint presentations coupled with exercises utilizing an SAP training environmentDeveloped strong business relationships among cross functional teams to ensure project success for integrated solutionPerformed QA on training materials, manage pilot testing to ensure smooth Go-Live process, monitor and report effectiveness of all training conductedEnsured learning and performance objectives are appropriate to the audience, ensure that the materials meet the learning performance objectives, assist with course development as necessaryDeveloped curriculum, create schedule, test and certification, provided support the clients and training teamALE's, other SAP interfaces and IBLA accounting across the landscape including integration between the SAP FI and Retail boxesProviding visibility of work and delivery including trackers and status updates as well as providing alignment of and visibility of BA time requirements Sap Retail Application Material Average Costs relating to Full and Cyclical Stock takes, Distribution centre and Transport costings, and all attributable stock costings by articleProcurement, condition contracts and Rebates management, Import and Export of stock including Shipping and Landing Cost managementSSR and GRN alignment for ABS system implementation (3-way matching of payments) including value and quantity claim processDocument management between Distribution Centre, Stores and the Divisional Accounting OfficeSAP Error Management and investigation procedures

Management of 15 staff overseeing Workflow, Procurement/ ARIBA, General Ledger, MDG Integrity, Service Desk, System Integration and Error HandlingInterpret specifications to build SAP FICO systems solutions to support business processes, aligned with relevant internal and external governance. Design, develop and maintain automation and integration in SAP solutions in accordance with specific business requirements and IT drivers. Provide technical system support and liaise with system vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of escalated technical issues. Responsible for writing technical test cases and performing unit testing and Focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of businessManage the delivery of business change and readiness, working closely with the business to ensure the solution is delivered at a high quality including coordinating and testing, cutover activities, and post go-live support for SAP system. Enhancing business processes and identifying gaps in the systems environments Manage Bank Cluster relationship for Product system enhancements, rule management, ledger disclosure and reporting for Product team MIS requirements as well as Banking product system integration to general ledger managed through AB Initio rules engineReview of integration for subledgers, external feeds as well as Exchange rates and Currency translations including. Management of revaluation process, clearing accounts, tolerances levels and end to end system process flows and workflow configuration and maintenanceMaster data change control management including maintenance of custom tables and hierarchies, chart of accounts, Primary and secondary general ledger accounts as well as entity structures and attributes for MD, custom SAP tables used for bank specific reporting, management accounting and other external interfaces

Strategic Financial Management and Consolidations:Consolidation functions for budgeting forecasting and month end targets. Management and facilitation of annual and monthly financial timetables for external and internal timelines and deliverables including STS cycles. Management of all finance teams to ensure overall targets are met as well as monthly executive and operation pack and all other relevant reporting is provided to all relevant stakeholders. Executive management and other reporting and packs. Working with business areas to educate and influence stakeholders with decision making and business strategy as well as providing technical accounting and financial and non-financial information and improving on business processes. Project and market trends through benchmarking and market analysis including NPV and discounted cash flow calculations, benefit tracking and business case proposals to the board as well as transfer of budgets between Clusters. Head count Management including recruitment, vacancy and BEE reporting. Management, development and empowerment of staff including to provide a unique and innovative staff culture to achieve high standard of outputs Models and system building, testing and implementation experience:Cognos salary and Capex application rebuild to enhance end user experience, SAP and ACCPAC clean up and migration on to Open Series, MDA set up and process implementation, SAP PCM costing and recovery model, Capex affordability model utilising AJTP:Transfer pricing and costing, building profitability reporting, benchmarking and efficiency ratios and managing and developing PCM costing models, Benchmarking of portfolio to achieve efficiencies, Management of rate and volume analysis and on-going discussions with business heads to ensure services are cost effective. NPS and Customer experience department:Manage NPS score, customer response rates and service delivery levels, Building and implementing services catalogue

Stand in for Chief Financial Officer and Audit liaison Full Financial Management including actual, budget and variance analysisDrafting of business cases, business requirement and design documents, RACI Matrix, SDLC, Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall methodology, developing solutions to business problems with strategic approach to look for opportunities, reduce costs, realise benefits and enable changeConduct special studies to analyse complex financial actions including IFRS accounting including Accounting of Property Sales and Disposals as well as lay foundations for operational processes and systems of new projects Management of Property portfolio through effective Financial Management including project management of construction of Bank’s Campus building, business case design and cost tracking for R1bn operation costs as well as R400m Capital Expenditure project per annum