Tony Hall

Experience

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  Queensland Government

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1998

  Senior Project Manager / Systems Group Coordinator

  Acting Assistant Director:Provided leadership and direction to the Business Systems Support Division, ensuring that services are provided in accordance with established client service agreements, and to provide high level professional advice on SAP-related matters. Liaison of work with senior departmental officers, line management, government agencies, and external organizations.Senior Project Manager:Fully responsible to achieve objectives set to implement SAP R/3 (ver. 3.0f) within the structure of Public Works and Housing through project planning and activities. Directed the activities of up to 90 staff involved through work groups, functional groups, and the assisting consulting partner. SAP Project Officer / Team Leader:Provided business process analysis work to contribute to the creation of the Queensland Treasury “Standard System Model”. Integration work to allow the coordination of technical requirements and business needs during the configuration of an SAP R/3 (ver. 3.0d) system. Completed an extensive range of SAP training courses through SAPIENT College to ensure wide familiarity with SAP business processes, functions, and features.Systems Group Coordinator / Systems Development Officer:Managed the government computerized financial management system (QGFMS) for a variety of Queensland Government Departments including one department using ten Business Units in an accrual accounting environment. Show less

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  SAP Australia

  Feb 1998 - Aug 1998

  SAP Resource Coordinator / Project Engineer

  Met client expectations of service provision through the co-ordination and management of SAP consulting staff. Liaison activities performed to document needs and match appropriate resources to tasks. Maintained contacts with third-party organizations to provide resources at short notice and as required. Updated resource schedules & plans and communicated changing circumstances to internal and external staff.Provided project management assistance to the SAP Project Manager in the fulfilment of daily project management responsibilities on the Queensland Government HRIC sHaRp Project. This involved the development of a “Common System” using SAP R/3 (ver. 3.1h) Human Resource and Payroll system to meet the needs of Consortium Agencies. Show less

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  AST Consulting

  Sept 1998 - Aug 1999

  Finance Team Leader

  Jointly responsible for a finance team of 14 university and consulting staff. Directed, managed and created high level organizational finance structures in a complex environment of over 300 individual Departments. Assisted with the resolution of conversion and interfacing issues from a financial perspective. Developed a perspective of SAP R/3 from a higher education point of view, in addition to a detailed hands-on configuration of the SAP version 4.0b as an integrated financial system.

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  BHP Information Technology

  Sept 1999 - Sept 2000

  Senior SAP Consultant

  Originally employed by BHP IT, which was then acquired by CSC Australia. Duties as per CSC Australia work.

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  CSC Australia

  Oct 2000 - Sept 2005

  Senior SAP Consultant

  Provided both configuration and advice on business process solutions for over 20 clients of CSC Australia (and BHP IT). These included the integration and upgrade of two SAP R/3 systems for a global manufacturing entity, a variety of SAP enhancements tasks for many Federal Government Departments in Canberra, and the determination of solutions for a Queensland Government agency based on the use of the SAP Industry Solution module PS-CD.

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  Fujitsu Australia

  Sept 2005 - Apr 2010

  Practice Lead / Principal Consultant

  Employed as a hands-on functional consultant recently working on the configuration and implementation of an SAP Best Practices ECC6 system in a global resource consulting firm and a manufacturing company. Other consulting work was provided to 9 Fujitsu clients for a wide variety of SAP-related activities including a review of 3rd-party Blueprint documentation, implementation of Blueprinted SAP ECC6 in a greenfield site, responses to tenders, and design and document scoping studies for SAP system improvements. Show less

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  Advantage BI Consulting

  May 2010 - Dec 2010

  Senior SAP Consultant

  Contracted to work on an SAP 4.6c to ECC6 upgrade project for a Higher Education facility in Melbourne, VIC.

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  NTT DATA Business Solutions

  Dec 2010 - May 2021

  Senior SAP Consultant

  Overall role: Senior Finance consultant activities to support the implementation of SAP S/4HANA and ECC6 systems.IT company• Fiscal Year Change in ECC6 (7 implementations of FYC to-date)Australian mining company #2:• S/4 HANA implementation – On Premise - responsible for configuration of financial components and integration with logistics, plant maintenance, procurement, etc.International Food group:• Fiscal Year change project to align Australian entity with Netherlands group entity.Philippines food group: • S/4 HANA implementation – based on Philippines SAP Best Practices RDSAustralasian mining services company #3:• Assist with implementation of new ECC6 ERP system for mining company with a focus on finance / banking requirements.Australasian mining services company #2:• ECC6 Joint Venture Project requiring configuration of new SAP Company Code structure, finance structures, and bank accounts to enable an Australian/PNG joint venture operation.Insurance company: • Worked for Australian branch to support the roll-out of globally run ECC6 implementation.Australian mining company #1:• Responsible for configuration of financial components of an SAP ECC6 implementation in a mining company Australasian mining services company #1:• Responsible for key financial components of SAP ECC6 implementation in a mining services companyFederal government department:• Support the technical activities of the implementation of a HANA Live pilot project from a FI/CO functional perspective• Asist in the training of departmental staff in Analysis for Office (AFO) and Lumira software accessing ERP data on HANA Live Views. Show less

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  EPI-USE Australia

  Jul 2021 - Mar 2024

  Senior SAP Consultant (Finance)

  Recent project:Responsible for the finance component build in the implementation of the Temporary Employee Workforce project for the Australian Electoral Commission.Worked in the GovERP Program for Services Australia - the implementation of an S/4HANA ERP solution to address Australian Public Service business needs. My role was to work on the design and development of the General Ledger component of this solution including a specific GovERP Chart of Accounts. My further work involved the use of Signavio, FocusBuild, and Fiori testing - both Process Integration Testing (PIT) and Systems Integration Testing (SIT). Planning was begun to facilitate the onboarding of government agencies. Show less

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  Blu Pantera

  Nov 2023 - now

  Senior S/4HANA Finance Consultant

  Provide finance and technical assistance to support the production system of a mining resources company.