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Walldorf, Bw, De

Advisor in the Intellgent Spend Business Network Procurement Global COE.Providing Source to Settle business process expertise, industry relevancy, thought leadership and executive engagement to accelerate deal closure and achieve revenue goals. The ISBN Procurement Global COE is responsible for facilitating the release of new innovations and solutions and ensure field readiness.

Providing high quality Finance & P2P Value Realization and Process Optimization, using a data driven approach to provide actual, real, measurable insights & actions for Business Transformation with focus on efficiency, compliance, cash savings and positive P&L impact. ► Hands-on detailed approach for SAP ERP covering General Ledger (incl. PCA), Accounts Payable, Procurement/Spend reporting, data cleansing and ledger reconciliation activities► FI-CO and MM configuration analysis & improvements, system and process re-design► SAP and Accounting education, training & knowledge transfer with delivery of appropriate consumable documentation.

London, Gb

► Practice & General Management for NA Region. Achieved 50% overall growth in revenue & headcount, maintaining gross profit margins and accelerating billing milestones for improved cashflow. Doubled size from 2017 to mid-2020.► Secured 20 new US client logos incl. closing largest US contract of $4M and first 2 Canadian customers. SAP Pinnacle Award 2019 global partner of year for global SAP-Ariba license sales.► Responsible for P&L, FP&A, business planning/forecasting & budgeting.► Engaged on 30+ customer relationships, accounts ranging from contract value $40k - $4M, with roles delivering executive sponsorship, program management, solution architecting, management consulting.► Redevised Implementation delivery by harmonizing approach for processes/templates and packaged an Agile approach to reduce implementation costs by 60% and timelines to a third. ► Instigated Customer Success Team with KPI’s, attained 80% retention, 40% upsell incl. new application & consulting support. Obtained threefold increase in customer refs. and stories.► Lead proposals, presales, SOW & contract creation/negotiation. Reduced closing cycles by 50%, averaging 5 to 10 active bids/RFP’s per month. Creating optimized, templated bid management. ► Alliance & Partner management of ecosystem with SAP sales network of 80+ Account Executives for 60% of revenue incl. resale of SAP licensed software. Achieved $450k annual recurring SAAS and first global sales of new SAP products & channel offerings & innovative Apps.► Launched go to market for 4 App extensions as Product Owner, securing first 5 licenses.► Increased pipeline to 8x via restructured sales management, improved demand & lead generation by doubling input on marketing campaign design/execution incl. newsletter creation.► Active in event speaking (Sapphire, ASUG, ACCA)

London, Gb

► Operational head of US start-up, grew to $2.4M revenue & team of 11 FTE’s. covering finance & admin, payroll/HR, Procurement & AP, AR, Billing & Collections, strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting, contract/insurance administration, infrastructure and office management, led rapid 5 week setup of internal SAP ERP system plus ongoing maintenance & configuration. ► Ongoing operational, finance & systems training comprising global shared services function. Devised and provided input to processes and procedures for global business model. Performed financial control functions including GL Mgt., reconciliations and management reporting.► Thought leader, Solution Architect, Project Manager on 15+ projects with SAP solutions/processes for SAP ERP (S/4, ECC) and cloud offerings incl. Ariba, Fieldglass, Concur, OpenText Vendor Invoice Mgt and Coupa P2P.► Product owner for finance applications incl. Accruals, AP Automation, Master Data Mgt.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

► Lead roles providing trusted advice & expertise for best-in-class SAP processes and solutions for key clients; managing programs of $5m - $10m, project planning, consulting, presales.► Managed 60+ people teams of IBM, client and 3rd party vendor resources & teams onshore and offshore on portfolio of projects: o Finance & Procurement transformation project in excess of $10m in Financial Services o Finance Integration Architect and Source to Pay Lead on $25m account at well-known CPG, enabling separation of businesses and large SAP ERP into 2 new global trading entities/systems. Managed execution of dozens of complex cutover processes for P2P and RTR, leading 3 cycles of intensive testing, mock cutovers/go-lives, re-design and optimization of 100’s of processes & approx. 10 separate solutions emphasizing planning and scheduling & knowledge transfer.

► Expanded US operation of start-up to 30 strong team with additional offshore team resources. ► Led delivery of business consulting and finance solutions for projects of $200k to $1m, incl. SAP ECC and certified SAP add-on solutions with a focus on P2P and finance optimization. Overall Finance and SAP advisor & thought leader for best business practice expertise across entity of 85 people.► Led 100% of US business development sales and pre-sales (incl. RFP’s, planning, pricing, demonstrations and presentations), account management, product innovation and overall consulting/service delivery excellence to 40 customers in NA, Europe and Australia. ► Additional growth by leading successful acquisition of $10M rival product company, covering $50k - $100k business consulting projects for process optimization and relevant SAP solutions for $500m+ shared services & BPO operations. ► Owner/architect of solution portfolio of 6 products, generating $1.1m recurring revenue involving design, development, release management, prototyping, testing through to formal release of latest versions, delivery & deployment. Portfolio included SAP Certified add-ons in P2P incl. Invoice Management + Supplier Portal, P-Cards & Payments, Master Data, Finance closing.

► Led and successfully delivered SAP ERP and business-related projects in Finance/Solution Architect and Integration roles on $500m to $10bn clients across the world. ► Responsibilities over entire project life cycle incl. project management, configuration, testing and training to deliver business solutions for user bases of 50 to 1000.

► Advisory, Project Mgt, Solution Lead & Architect on Delivery of SAP ERP & add-on solutions► Training delivery and Training program creation for SAP Modules. ► Delivered Public SAP Finance & Integration Training Courses for SAP up to 20 to 25 trainees. ► Product management of add-on solutions incl. full SDLC with Agile methodology► Advisory roles on business & process optimizations for SAP Implementations at 30+ orgs.

Us

► Management Consulting, Solution Architecting, Advisory roles & various business & process optimizations specifically for SAP Implementations at approx. 20 organizations in EMEA and NA.

Walldorf, Bw, De

► Led Finance and Integration Implementation and Delivery for SAP clients.► Extensive design and configuration of Finance Modules in SAP R/3.

London, Gb

► SAP R/3 Implementation projects for UK and European clients.

► Managed team of 30 for monthly, quarterly and annual financial accounting and tax reporting of Operating unit before and in readiness for privatization ► Designed & formulation of cash flow forecasting and tax planning initiatives for unit ► Lead business role in implementation of SAP R/3 2.1 and subsequent upgrade to 2.2► SME for FI-CO and managed key role of systems accountant

Bonn, De

► Managed a team of up to 20 for consolidated company results incl. US GAAP.► SME for Oracle Financials.

Newbury, Berkshire, Gb

► Trainee Chartered Accountant working on audits and other assignments

Acca - Chartered Association Of Certified Accountants, Accounting And Finance

Chartered Association Of Certified Accountants, Accounting And Finance