Anabela P.

Experience

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  Sojornal, SA (Jornal O Expresso)

  Sept 1992 - Jan 1999

  Office Administrator

  • Coordination of the implementation of an HR system• Office Admin in the HR department, processing payroll and freelancers’ fees• Office Admin in the Accounting department (from 1998-1999)

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  LCAC

  Mar 1995 - Mar 2006

  ERP Consultant and Product Manager

  • Responsible for the entry of HansaWorld products into the Portuguese market: market research, product interface translation and localisation, including tax and accounting requirements.• Build and support a partner network in Portugal for HansaWorld products.• Conducted sales presentations.• Held a part-time position as a bookkeeper from 1995 to 2000

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  Hikma Farmacêutica (Portugal), S.A.

  Feb 1999 - Jun 2001

  Financial Manager

  • Budgeting and budget control, reporting to HQ, statutory and tax reporting• Project Management of the implementation of an MRP system• Implementation of the system in the warehouse, purchasing areas and finance

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  HansaWorld

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2018

  During my tenure at HansaWorld, I fulfilled various simultaneous roles over the years. From product management, business consulting and accounting to managing the Portuguese subsidiary, these experiences greatly contributed to my career.• Localised the HansaWorld products for the Portuguese market.• Certified the ERP software products with the Portuguese tax authorities, including SAFT and e-transportation documents, for 11 products.• Localised the software to comply with the US local Sales Tax System, including integration with Avalara tax compliance software.• Localised the software to comply with the tax localisations for various countries, such as Kenya, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Brazil • Conducted a SaaS Pilot Project in the Portuguese market to transition 400 standard ERP customers to a cloud-based, subscription system. After the three-month period required to conclude the process in Portugal, it was then deployed to all countries within the HansaWorld group • Embedded marketplace for HansaWorld products, facilitating subscriptions with automatic payments (credit card and PayPal), thereby streamlining the invoicing process, reducing non-paying customers, and enhancing customer satisfaction.• Proposal of new functionalities aimed at improving software usability, testing, documentation, and implementation.• Delived internal and partner training on different products.• Mentored new Product Managers. Show less Concentrate on serving customers in emerging markets, exploring new industries, and addressing specific modules crucial to product development. These efforts significantly influence the overall product development.• Implement worldwide new large and medium ERP and CRM solutions, including project management for remote projects.• Conducted health checks and updates for customer ERP solutions.• Customised customer implementations, spanning analysis, solution definition, specification writing, and customisation implementation in collaboration with customers and the development department.• Onboarded consultants in new HansaWorld offices leading to their independence in implementing the solutions, namely in Portugal, South Africa, and Australia.• Delivered sales presentations to both new and existing customers. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Apr 2006 - Jun 2018

  • International Consultant

    Apr 2006 - Jun 2018

  • Operations Manager

    Apr 2006 - Jun 2018
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  Unit4

  Aug 2018 - now

  • Product Owner for ERPx products for specific industries: Professional Services Organisations, Nonprofit, Public Sector, Consulting Organisations• Manage country-specific accounting and legal requirements backlog for multiple countries including France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.• Optimized tools for better backlog management and roadmap transparency for stakeholders. • Establish and lead a cross-functional team: recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and onboarding, for independent product development and testing.• Recruit and onboard a new team for Quality Management.• Continuously improve agile scrum methodologies.• Reduced the release cycle period by 2/3 to gain faster feedback from stakeholders. Show less • Change the project development method from waterfall to agile (scrum): implemented supporting tools for backlog management, develop the team knowledge and mindset to scrum adoption• Mentored one of the team members to become the team scrum master• Conducted regular performance meetings, including mid-year and year-end reviews, and collaborated with each team member on their Professional Development plans.• As Product Owner, obtained requirements from the Industry Solution Managers and other stakeholders; ensuring the product backlog was organised, prioritised and clear for the team to develop; ensuring that sufficient documentation is produced; collaborating with the Program Manager on release planning. Show less • Managed projects to develop solutions for Nonprofits (NP) and Professional Services Organizations (PSO) using Unit4 Business World.• Collaborated on defining solutions for PSO and NP with the Center of Excellence, sponsors, and other stakeholders.• Ensured quality assurance and alignment across various software modules.• Conducted training and enabled international teams on the Unit4 Delivery Methodology.• Implemented continuous improvements in the implementation tools used for software configuration, testing and deployment • Oversaw budgeting, budget control, and conducted reporting analysis for the department. Show less

  • Product Manager Industry Models & Localisations

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Manager Industry Models

    May 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Team Leader & Product Owner

    Oct 2019 - Jun 2022

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2018 - Sept 2019