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Rosemead, Ca, Us

Responsible to manage a +15M Million annual budget for the planning and delivering of strategic technology initiatives across these SCE’s Business Org units: Operational Services, SS&BR & CybersecurityPartners with various business and IT cross functional groups, including PMO, change management, Information governance, IT Operations, audit services throughout the product lifecycle.Recent achievements associated to strategic programs/projects: • Program: Customer Service Re-platform Program – largest CIS transformation project in North America during COVID pandemic: a) Successfully collaborated with SCE Cybersecurity leadership and managed a large team during the design and deployment of the Cybersecurity and SAP Security strategies for the entire CSRP program, achieving a successful on-schedule deployment of SAP/IGAM roles an entitlements for 5,000 business and IT users in all four CSRP platforms prior to Go live, and ensuring that all major Cyber risks and threats identified during the program design and testing phases were successfully tested and mitigations implemented during “dress rehearsals” and final Cutover phases. b) Partnered with the Data Migration team on the successful design and implementation of strategies to “monitor” and “mask” millions of critical customer PII data records migrated during dress rehearsals and actual cutover phases.c) Managed updates to various executive Risk and Compliance groups and Boards.d) Oversight to the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) strategy, from design to implementation, for the entire program, achieving the enablement of a citizenship development and self-service model for the CS organization. Program: Environmental, Health & Safety Program – Corporate program to implement a “best-in-class” digital platform to address Corporate Safety and Environmental goals:a) Responsible to manage program strategy from solution design to implementation, engaging with two separate business organizations.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

1) Responsible for the definition, creation, thought leadership and provisioning of Finance application solution designs to drive business value and support operations across Sasol North America.2) Provides global system solutions for business requirements in the functional SAP domain and ensures technical alignment to the functional operating model.3) Oversees, and ultimately accountable, for the day-to- day operations and service delivery of service providers, to enable a stable Sasol IT environment.4) Monitor on-going compliance to quality management and governance.5) Design and build SAP FI and CO solutions.6) Recommend operational continuous improvement opportunities, service efficiency initiatives and business process improvement to better serve business needs.Achievements associated to specific programs/projects with high impact to Business OUs: a) Global Lake Charles Chemical Project expansion ( $11Billion Polymer Plant expansion in Louisiana): Achievements: a) Successfully partnered with Finance and Treasury Senior management team for the program implementation of SAP Hedge management. b) SAP General ledger global currency conversion – “Special project” to setup a global GL consolidation process in SAP. Achievements: a) Managed the response plan to address audit findings during a large-scale project implemented for Corporate Finance, to introduce a new currency in the SAP Consolidation Ledger. c) Global Finance “Data Lake” program - Achievements: a) Coordinated strategy between Finance North America and South Africa for the implementation of a “Data Lake” cloud solution that served as the core component to support the revamping of an Enterprise Data Analytics project. B) Influenced the creation of a data Governance & Center of Excellence group within Enterprise Finance, to support the transition to a Citizen development model.

Glendora, Ca, Us

1) Responsible for managing overall strategy to identify and implement technology-driven improvements in SAP in response to inefficient business processes for the Finance Department. 2) Coordinated companywide data analytics strategy program. Project resulted in the delivery of SAP financial reports: CAPEX spending, Financial planning, depreciation schedules, production planning and capacities, Credit Management reports, Accounts Payable. 3) Managed communication and status update to senior executives, CFO and Financial Planning Director for all projects and initiatives in Finance.4) Provided mentoring and guidance to junior IT analysts and promoted acquisition of technical and analytical skills in activities related to the daily support of financial applications.Achievements associated to specific programs/projects with high impact to Business OUs:a) SAP Ariba project - Managed a team during company-wide implementation of SAP Ariba cloud supplier's invoice solution in partnership with Wells Fargo. Implementation of this project resulted in a reduction of 47% in the costs of processing per invoice and reduction in 70% in number of invoices with late or missed payments.b) New Business units Mergers - Coordinated full SAP finance data implementation and data migration/conversion during the acquisition and merger of six new plants in a span of 4 years.c) Cloud Financial Planning Application rollout - Managed Implementation of a Cloud-hosted financial planning and analytics Solution and full integration with SAP Finance and Controlling modules, resulting in a reduction of 25% in the number of days required to complete year-end financial planning.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx

1) Managed global SAP template, improving standardization and response time to new requirements received from the different regions and countries.2) Participate in company initiatives/projects that require business application support while keeping in line with overall IT roadmap.3) Responsible for Introducing Best Practice and process improvement ideas in Procure-to-Pay business processes.2) Participated in the 2011 CEMEX Business Management summit held in Germany with Steering Committee, organized to define and implement standardized and streamlined best practices in SAP. 3) Effectively managed the global definition of SAP security master roles and ensured defect-free release of improvements to VIRSA security definitions by exhaustive QA testing that allowed a SOX-compliant finance operation.4) Active collaboration during SAP roll outs in Spain ( January 2011) and Mexico ( May 2011).5) Coordinated and designed the construction and deployment of complex SAP solutions integrated with non-SAP technologies.

Miami, Fl, Us

1) Managed key SAP finance implementation projects for strategic clients in Mexico, North America and Europe, with strong focus on developing and maintaining robust client relationships by understanding business needs and delivering superior customer service.2) Championed a strategy to improve and streamline the delivery of SAP Finance solutions following an agile MVP model, that allowed to deliver prepackaged solutions to clients in specific industries in an accelerated timeline, creating an additional revenue stream for the organization.3) Managed four complex engagements across various industries, including cement manufacturing, building materials, automotive, and mining: Achievements associated to specific programs/projects with high impact to Business OUs:a) Project: Global SAP implementation. Client: CEMEX (Cement & Building Materials) - Managed a group of ten onsite technology consultants during the deployment of a $350M SAP implementation with rollouts in Germany, UK, France and Hungary. Responsible to lead the finance and accounts payable workstream. Collaborated with the SAP co-innovation group to develop various industry-specific solutions and deploy two shared-Service Centers in Budapest and Mexico to centralize finance Operation.b) Project: SAP “greenfield” implementation. Client: Group KUO (Automotive) - Managed a $5 Million end-to-end SAP implementation, including solution design, Infrastructure, architecture design and deployment. Assumed responsibility of this project as a "recovery" mission and prevented the loss of the account. Also, coordinated engagement of stakeholders and performed periodic reviews with Steering Committee about project status, mitigation of risks and resolution of issues.c) Project: SAP Center of Excellence. Client: AMD, Advantech, CEMEX, Goldcorp - Successfully managed a large cross-functional team responsible for providing MSP services to six strategic clients with operations in Mexico and USA.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx

1) Coordinated GAP analysis for financial modules with power users.2) Coordinated preparation of AS- IS, To – BE Process documents (Business Process Mapping), Functional requirement specification for financial modules.3) Collaborated in the integration of components FIAP and FIAR with module Campus Management (SAP Industry solution oriented to education)4) Managed project plan and status tracking of FI modules overall implementation.5) Imparted onsite training to end-users in SAP FI, MM transactions and integration aspects of FI and CO, distributed in locations along the country.6) Responsible for local and remote support on R/3 financials after Go Live

Master'S Degree, E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering