Experience

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  Bhp

  Nov 1994 - Nov 2000

  Management accountant/fiancancial accountant/accounts payable accountant

  Performed User Acceptance Testing for Financial Accounting from Version 2.2E to Version 3.1H• Performed Users Acceptance Testing for Controlling from 3.1H to Version 4.5B • Team Lead for the successful take-on of R5.2b Assets onto SAP R/3 Roles included a reconciliation of assets in the legacy system prior to SAP R/3 take-on; prepared asset master data for SAP R/3 take-on; configuration of the Asset Accounting System. • Performed departmental management reporting and variance analysis. • Developed management presentation on monthly results. • Performed month-end closing and preparation of month-end reporting pack. • Completion of the year-end pack and related schedules. • Co-ordinate month-end closure with various departments • Performed month-end closing and general ledger reconciliations. • Executed VAT report and reconciled differences. • Analysed GR-IR Account and provided a detailed report explaining the balance • Cleared open line items on GR-IR account with respective buyers • Authorized Accounts Payable & SAP Payroll Payment Run. • Authorized EFT funds transfer for Accounts Payable and Payroll payments. • Reviewed and provided improvements to Accounts Payable Reconciliations. • Performed the role of Asset Management Accountant on SAP R/3, mainly, depreciation runs, asset acquisition, asset disposals, and reconciliation of physical assets to Asset Master List. • Conducted vendor assessments prior to contract negotiations with the vendor • Reconciled supplier statements to creditor’s ledger on SAP R/3 Accounts Payable. • Dealt with vendor queries. • Performed Accounts Payable Payment run. Show less

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  Standard bank group

  Dec 2000 - Aug 2002

  Sap financial accounting consultant

  Scope of Solutions: Focus Areas – Accounts Payable, understand ‘as-is’ process, and design best practices.• Configuration of Accounts Payable to enable ‘To-be’ business processes • Testing of functional components, conversions, and interfaces • Training end users • Post-go-live support

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  Tss business services

  Sept 2002 - Feb 2004

  Sap financial accounting consultant

  South African Airways, Johannesburg• FI – Consultant – SAP R/3 Business Consolidation• Financial Consolidations Design & Configuration• Lead the consolidation process, accessing the current situation, reviewing the consolidation business process• Integrated with Basis and Finance Team• Revised project plan and deliverables• Updated blueprint document • Configuration, including updating configuration document • Test results• Training, including delivery of training document• Post-go-live support• The project had stalled and was in jeopardy of being canceled due to a lack of progress. I brought the project back on track under very pressurized, difficult, and tense circumstances.Gauteng Legislature, Johannesburg • SAP R/3 Authorisation Consultant • Complete analysis of the Authorisation system • Interview and facilitation of workshops with senior management • Identify business roles in accordance with the Organisational structure and review these roles taking into account best Control and Financial business practices such as segregation of duties • Identify risk areas and alternative solutions • Review SAP Authorisation profiles and compare them to the revised business roles • Re-design and configure SAP Authorisation roles • Create an Operating manual for ongoing management and maintenance of the Authorisations solution • All audit findings by the Auditor General were cleared Show less

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  Sap

  Mar 2004 - Apr 2007

  Sap financial accounting consultant

  1. Standard Bank - Team Lead - Contract Accounting2. Anglo Platinum - Quality Assurance Consultant. Check the infrastructure if it is up to the SAP Standard.3. Goal Fields - Presales GRC and SAP FI Consultant. Implementation of GRC4. Telkom - SAP FI Consultant. Implementation of SOX (Management of Internal Controls)5. Courier & Freight Group - SAP FI Consultant/Functional Support - Creditors Stabilisation. Re-design business processes. Training of creditors clerks. Review and provide improvements to creditors' reconciliation process. Complete analysis of authorization profiles. Mentoring and developing staff6. Telkom - SAP FI Consultant - 4.7 Upgrade Show less

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  Sap

  Sept 2010 - Jun 2023

  Sap fico trainer

  • Deliver classroom training to Application Consultants, Project Managers, IT Support, Super/Key/Power, and End Users for SAP South Africa. • Conduct instructor-led training sessions using a methodology that includes PowerPoint presentations coupled with exercises in an SAP training environment. • Train the FI & CO Academy in a simulated environment of an SAP S/4 HANA Implementation Project, starting from configuration of all FI & CO modules to end product, producing Financial Statements and CO reporting.• Identify and resolve errors encountered by students by troubleshooting in SAP Customizing and SAP Easy Access/Fiori. • Provide solutions to problems experienced by students in their work environment relevant to the training being delivered. Show less

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  Sasol

  Jun 2022 - Apr 2023

  Fico senior consultant

  Retail Stock on Consignment Project • FICO Senior Consultant • Creation of Business Blueprint document • Configuration • Unit Testing and Integration Testing • User Acceptance Testing • Test Lead • Define and Test Cutover Process • Change Management • Training, including delivery of training documents (Upstream & Downstream) • Project Systems - DEVOPS

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  Bmw it hub south africa

  Jun 2023 - now

  Information technology

  • Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and getting sign-off from users for Business Blueprint document• ABAP debugging beneficial (Workbench related knowledge of new development/enhancements)• Preparation of testing documents and performing internal testing• Preparation of Master Data templates • Integration testing with other modules • Understand interfaces, IDOC and RFC's processing• Preparing the cut over strategy • Preparing User manuals and conducting training to business process owners• Go-live preparation and post Go-live support• Interaction with clients through meetings, calls and emails• Handling Tickets and Tasks with the responsibility for closing the same within defined SLA’s (Service Level Agreements)• Responsible for troubleshooting issues for the system and providing support • Executing the required changes through configuration • Executing the analysis and resolution of Production Support calls • Raising Change Requests (CR’s) and writing Functional Specifications for them • Preparing test data for testing of CR’s (Change Requests)• Testing CR’s (Change Requests) and preparing test results• Carrying out regression testing• Interact with consultants of other modules• User interface transactional solutions Show less