Joan Dent

Experience

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  MultiChoice

  Dec 1988 - Jun 1998

  Payroll Manager

  I was responsible for the full payroll function at MultiChoice for the following companies : MultiChoice, M-Net, Orbicom, IGN Sportsbook, IGN Gaming Network, Computicket, M-Cell, MIH, M-Web Interactive, M-Web Connect, SuperSport, Oracle and Irdeto. In addition to the above companies, who were paid in South Africa, I controlled the payments to expatriate staff situated throughout Africa, the Far East, Middle East and Australia.I managed 8 staff members who assisted in the administration of the different payrolls, being both monthly and fortnightly payrolls.One of my major achievements was to computerise various systems, which were used in the administration of the various payrolls. Amongst these was a Reconciliation programme for annual leave and sick leave, a cheque requisition programme and a programme which enabled users to input details of salaries and calculate the Total Cost of employment together with the net pay of the employee. I was also involved in writing a Salary Review Programme to be used as a tool by Managers during the Salary Review Process. I trained Managers and Supervisors in this programme. Once they had completed their review using the programme, the resultant files were sent to me and details were extracted in order to issue increase letters using Microsoft Word. I kept the MATCH system, a programme used to benchmark staff against the market, updated. Show less

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  Combined Design Engineers (CDE)

  Jun 1998 - Jul 2001

  SAP HR Payroll Consultant

  Consulting on SAP HR at various companies:Toyota SA (August 1988 – February 1999)- Configuration testing - Organisational Management, Time Recording, Personnel Development, Training and Events, Recruitment & Career and Succession Planning. - End-user training - Time Recording.Armstrong Hydraulics (March 1999 – December 1999)- Mapping customer requirements in SAP - System Configuration - Personnel Administration & Payroll SA (monthly & weekly)- End User Training - Personnel Administration & Payroll SA- End User Support - Personnel Administration, Payroll SA, Organisational Management, Time Recording & Time Evaluation- Data Migration- Parallel Payroll runs- Reporting- Configuration of system changesTenneco Automotive (January 2000 – October 2000)- Mapping customer requirements in SAP - System Configuration - Personnel Administration & Payroll SA (monthly & weekly)- End User Training - Personnel Administration & Payroll SA- End User Support - Personnel Administration, Payroll SA, Organisational Management, Time Recording & Time Evaluation- Data Migration- Parallel Payroll runs- Reporting- Configuration of system changesTransHex Mining (October 2000 – November 2000)- Configuration of the SAP Remuneration statement SA Eagle (October 2000 – December 2000)- Led workshops to obtain process configuration details for blueprint and project scope determination for Personnel Administration & Payroll modules.- Blueprint documentation- Wage Type Master file mapping to SAP Wage Type requirements Show less

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  SABMiller

  Jul 2001 - Oct 2005

  Applications Analyst

  - Parallel Payroll runs- SAP HR system support- Configuration of system changes- Setting up of Wage types in Infotype 0008, 0011, 0014 & 0015- Configuration testing- End-User support - Reporting, Personnel Administration , Organisational Management, Payroll processing, Remuneration statements and Posting to FI.- Functional Design documentation - Assisting with Annual Salary Review process- Reconciling Financial Master Data changes- Successfully configured Adhoc query for flexible reports. - Developed Wage Type Reporter variants and layout variants according to Business requirements- Integration configuration to FI/CO through wage type mapping to symbolic accounts and G/L accounts. - Reviewed deliverable contents including unit testing and integration test scenarios.- Handled Data migration from legacy system to SAP Personnel Administration and Payroll infotypes. - Go live support - Knowledge transfer to super users. - Altering the structure of the standard infotypes to user specific designs. - Configuration of Personnel administration module including setting of Action types and configuration of dynamic actions. - Conceptualising pay structure, pay grades and levels - Configuring various wage types to suit the client requirement - Development of compensation packages for the organisation. - Prepared specifications for User Exits and ABAP developments.- Tested development of User Exits and Reports - Configured Action menus and Infotype menus. - Configuration of payment wage types including processing classes, evaluation classes and attributes.- Schema & rule configuration - Supported Line Managers on the Compensation Management module during annual salary reviews Show less

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  Epi-Use Africa (Pty) Ltd

  Nov 2005 - Jun 2008

  Senior HR Consultant

  SAP HR Payroll Consultant - consulting work at different companies.Projects worked on:- Absa- De Beers Marine- Dubai Aluminium- Lonmin- Sasol & Oryx GTL – Qatar - Kumba Resources- De Beers

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  ORYX GTL

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  SAP Consultant

  SAP HCM Payroll - Support & Maintenance

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  DUBAL

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  SAP Consultant

  SAP HCM Payroll - Support & Maintenance

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  Absa

  Jul 2008 - Nov 2013

  Product Specialist: SAP HR (Payroll)

  - Config of Absa requirements on Barclays Global SAP system - SAP HR PY system support- Configuration of system changes- Configuration of wage types including processing classes, evaluation classes and attributes.- Schema & rule configuration - Setting up of Wage types in Infotype 0008, 0011, 0014, 0015, 0151 & 2010. Configuring various wage types to suit the client requirement.- Configuration testing including unit testing and integration testing scenarios. Creating test scripts for user acceptance testing.- Functional Design documentation. Preparing specifications for User Exits and ABAP developments.- Testing of ABAP developments relating to Payroll.- Integration configuration to FI/CO through wage type mapping to symbolic accounts and G/L accounts.- Configuration & Testing of customized Payround reports, tables and letters.- Processing of monthly interfaces between vendors and SAP. Show less

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  Britehouse

  Nov 2013 - Jan 2020

  SAP HCM Payroll Consultant

  SAP HCM Payroll - Support & Maintenance

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  BCX

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2023

  Senior Specialist: SAP
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  AECI Limited

  Jul 2023 - now

  Human Capital Applications Specialist