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André da Silva

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Last update: 06.09.2022

SAP IS-U Senior Consultant

Graduation: Computer Engineer
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Full Professional) | Portuguese (Native or Bilingual) | Spanish (Elementary)

Attachments

IS-U_Andre_Amorim_CV_EN.pdf

Skills

• SAP Certified Associate - Utilities with SAP ERP 6.0
• More than 10 years of consulting experience in Utilities industry, with SAP IS-Utilities solution (SAP IS-U) on 2 different segments (electricity and water).
• Strong working knowledge in project for SAP IS-U, practices and tools for SAP Utilities Billing and Invoicing (BI&IN); also Financials-Contract Accounting (FICA) and Device Management (DM) knowledge.
• International experience from projects in following countries: Brazil, Portugal.
• ABAP development experience
• Project and support experience

SAP Experience – Summary:

- SAP IS-U Solution Architecture (project planning, project estimations, define solution architecture, test case design, support of implementation, interfaces with external systems, integration points within SAP IS-U, technical focus, recoding projects for performance)
- SAP IS-U overview knowledge (Master Data, Basic Functions, Unbundling and deregulation, IS-U integration and external interfaces, main IS-U tables)
- SAP IS-U Billing and Invoicing (Billing Master Data, Rates, Rate Categories, Price, Billing Schema, Billing, Invoicing, Custom Variant Programs, Real Time Pricing, smartform, Billing reports, Billing outsorting, Billing and Invoicing mass process, main tables)
- SAP Customer Service (Move-in, Move-out processes)
- SAP IS-U Print Workbench (Application Forms)
- SAP IS-U Exits (Billing User Exits, FICA User Exits, DM User Exits)
- SAP IS-U Events (Billing Events, FI-CA Events, DM Events)
- SAP IS-U FI-CA (FI-CA basic processes, FI-CA Billing Integration, FI-CA Events, FICA outsorting, FICA dunning, Installment plan, Open Item Management - Clearing Control)
- SAP ABAP (ABAP debugging, ABAP development)
- Experience in deregulated markets (Portugal)
- Team leading
- Support and project leading
- Effort Estimation for IS-U Billing and Invoicing, FICA and DM projects

Project history

01/2018 - Present
SAP IS-U Senior Consultant
SMAS Almada; Novabase / Axians PT (Energy, water and environment, 500-1000 employees)

Industry Utilities
Project Description SAP ISU Projects
Role SAP IS-U Senior Consultant
Responsibilities/Deliverables - Analyze requirements, design and develop functional
specifications for processes, reports, enhancement and
customer exists
- Design and implement process for Billing & Invoicing, FICA
and DM
- Custom Billing Variant Program
- Configuration of Rates and Billing schema, Billing and
Invoicing Process
- Design test cases, select data for each test, schedule
testing and validations sessions
- Unit testing / integration testing / mass Billing, FICA and DM
testing
- Support users during user acceptance tests
- Prepare training materials for end users
- Go live and support
- Price key and tax maintain
- Quality assurance of solution
- Support IS-U by fixing incidents
- Responsible for batch jobs maintain
- Played an active role in project planning and scope
management
- Trainer of 2 new consultants on SAP IS-U
- Technical specification
- ABAP development

02/2017 - 12/2017
SAP IS-U Billing Senior Consultant
CGI (Logica) (Energy, water and environment, 500-1000 employees)

Industry Utilities
Project Description SAP ISU Projects
Role SAP IS-U Billing Senior Consultant
Responsibilities/Deliverables - Quality assurance of solution for Billing and Invoicing
processes, and FICA processes
- Analyze requirements, design and develop functional
specifications for processes, reports, enhancement and
customer exists for Billing and Invoicing, and FICA
processes
- Design and implement process for Billing & Invoicing, and
FICA
- Project reports for the PMO
- ABAP code review
- Unit testing / integration testing / mass Billing testing
- Support users during user acceptance tests
- Go live and support
- Design test cases, select data for each test, schedule
testing and validations sessions
- Price key and tax maintain
- Prepare training materials for end users
- Support IS-U by fixing incidents
- Responsible for batch jobs maintain
- For 2 times, trainer of new consultants on Billing and
Invoicing (IUT230)

01/2010 - 01/2017
SAP IS-U Billing Senior Consultant
CSC - Computer Science Corporation (Energy, water and environment, 250-500 employees)

Industry Utilities
Project Description SAP ISU Projects
SAP ISU Support
Role SAP IS-U Billing Senior Consultant
Responsibilities/Deliverables - Design and implement Billing process for Micro and Mini
energy production
- Custom Billing Variant Program
- Quality assurance of solution for Billing and Invoicing new
processes
- Played an active role in project planning and scope
management
- Acting as project lead for a mix of up to five functional and
technical consultants
- Blueprint design
- Analyze requirements, design and develop functional
specifications for Billing and Invoicing processes, reports,
enhancement and customer exists
- Project reports for the clients (stakeholders)
- Configuration of rates and Billing schema, Billing and
Invoicing process
- ABAP Code review
- Unit testing / integration testing / mass Billing testing
- Support users during user acceptance tests
- Prepare training materials for end users for Billing and
Invoicing processes and deliver the training
- Go live and support
- ISU system review in Billing and Invoicing processes - for
performance (design test cases, select data for each test,
schedule testing and validations sessions, create
performance test reports)
- Trainer of 3 new consultants on Billing and Invoicing
- Preparation of RFP (Request For Proposal)
- Support the IS-U Billing module by fixing incidents related to
existing processes and rate structure, Billing schema, Billing
Exits, Invoicing Exits, Invoicing Events, customized process
and reports
- Price key and tax maintain
- SAP Query
- Responsible for batch jobs maintain
- Support roll-out project - responsible for testing and
validating the batch jobs and the impact of new incorporated
companies

01/2009 - 12/2009
System Analyst and software developer
AmBev (a Interbrew Company); AmBev (Industry and mechanical engineering, 500-1000 employees)

Industry Beverage industry
Project Description PHP Development - Support and Project
Role System Analyst and software developer
Responsibilities/ Deliverables - Requirements analysis
- Scope project definition
- Analysis, design and implementation of in-house solution
- Web developing
- Unit test and integration test
- Training of key users
- Solution support

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Portugal
- Flexibility to travel to all Europe if necessary.
- Remote work preference.

Other

My name is André Amorim, I am a professional with solid experience in the SAP IS-U area, proven by more than 10 years of experience during which I have always tried to improve and develop my knowledge, expanding my skills and competences.
During my career I developed several projects in "Billing & Invoicing" and "FICA", for big companies in Brazil and Portugal, always reaching the quality requirements, overcoming all the challenges proposed, as well as proposing relevance innovations to the client.
I have bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, and I am certified in SAP Utilities by SAP Portugal. Add to this the various SAP courses I have taken over the years.
I believe I can contribute with my work and experience to your great SAP IS-U team.
I'm living in Lisbon (Portugal), if you consider remote work with some travels (on-site work), please consider me as an option.
Thank you in advance for your attention and your time.

Best regards,
André Amorim
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