Brett Parkin

Experience

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  Catto, Young & Lester Inc.

  Jan 1996 - Dec 2000

  Articled Clerk

  I served articles, as prescribed by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, where I gained the experience in Auditing and Accounting that would prove to be essential in my future career.

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  CQS Technology Holdings

  Jan 2001 - Sept 2004

  Program Manager

  In my role as Program Manager I bore overall responsibility for the CaseWare Working Papers product as distributed into the South African market.A key achievement at CQS was my rapid growth from a Support Consultant when I joined, to Product Specialist and ultimately Program Manager. I attribute this growth, in part, to a strong knowledge and understanding of the user’s requirements, together with the ability to communicate these requirements effectively to CQS’s development team.

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  ALK Systems Integrators

  Sept 2004 - Sept 2005

  Consultant

  At ALK I consulted on ERP and Accounting Systems including exposure to Sage Line 500 and Pastel Evolution.

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  IS Partners

  Oct 2005 - Oct 2007

  Consultant

  As a consultant I was responsible for the planning, analysis, and development of Extract, Transform & Load processes, Data Warehouses and OLAP cubes on the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack.

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  Sage Pastel Accounting

  Nov 2007 - Jul 2011

  Business Analyst

  I was responsible for providing the specifications for all changes and enhancements to Pastel’s small & medium enterprise accounting product ranges.A key achievement in this role was defining the accounting processing rules in Pastel’s small business online accounting product (now branded Sage One Accounting), which allowed an easy, user-friendly interface for the layman to manage his business accounting.

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  Karabina

  Aug 2011 - May 2017

  Principal / Senior Consultant

  My primary objective was the roll out of “Rapid BI Deployment” projects, involving implementation and customisation of complete BI systems in timespans as short as a week.Accomplishments include over twenty successfully completed implementation projects over five years. Data sources for these projects included: Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP & NAV; Microsoft Dynamics CRM; Sage Evolution & X3; and Syspro. In over 80% of these projects, I was involved throughout the engagement and carried overall responsibility for the planning and delivery of the project.Further, I remained involved in on-going Support and Maintenance on all of the above implementations, as well as on ad hoc cases for other clients, ensuring agreed Service Levels are met.Internally, I enjoyed mentoring, training and acting as an escalation point to junior consultants. Show less

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  Theta (NZ)

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2019

  Senior Consultant

  As a cross functional consultant, I worked across both the Business Analyst role and the Developer role.My responsibilities included:Gathering and analysis of complex data and user requirements in order to produce concise, accurate documentation for Analytics projects.Building and implementing end-to-end Analytics solutions using the Microsoft BI stack, including Power BI.Managing operational aspects of BI implementations, including acting as an escalation point to the Service Desk; Source Code management; and solution deployment. Show less

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  Datacom

  Oct 2019 - May 2021

  Group Data Warehouse Technical Lead

  Primary focus is on the accuracy, availability, and reliability of the group Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), ensuring that it provides a single source of truth, to support business decision making.Responsibilities include extending the design and architecture of the EDW, including the enhancement or refactoring of existing components. This is achieved by implementing technical best practices, designing reliable controls over development and deployment processes, and following established policies and guidelines.I also engage with users across the business to support their use of the EDW, understand their requirements for new features, and plan delivery of those features within agreed timelines. Show less

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  Qrious Limited

  Jun 2021 - Mar 2023

  Senior Business Intelligence Consultant

  As a Senior Data Consultant I work across the Data Analyst and Data Engineer roles, gathering business requirements, preparing requirements documentation, and building Analytics solutions using a range of tools.

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  Business Insights

  Mar 2023 - now

  Senior Consultant