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Stanley Ngaira

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Last update: 07.09.2015

Business Analyst/Project Analyst

Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Limited professional)

Keywords

SAP Applications Finance Financial Management Problem Solving Offshore Work Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Business Process Improvement Business Reporting Change Management + 14 more keywords

Attachments

cv-stanley_ngaira_wishaminya.doc

Skills

       1. Employer: Nestle Equatorial Africa Region
           Location: Nairobi - Kenya
           Dates employed: February 2010 - Ongoing
           Position: Project Stream Lead – FICO

       2. Employer Nestle Globe Center Europe
           Location Frankfurt, Germany
           Dates employed   May 2008 – Jan 2010
           Position SAP Business Solutions Analyst Finance & Control

       3  Company employed by Edge Consulting
           Location Cape Town, South Africa
           Dates employed June 2007 - 2008
           Position SAP FI/CO Support Consultant

       4  Company employed by Software Colors Pty Ltd
           Location Cape Town, South Africa
           Dates employed April 2003 – April 2007
           Position Business Analyst for Finance/Controlling/Authorizations




Experience
  • Strengthen process knowledge and underlying discipline – monitoring using Health checks, updating the process SOP’s.
  • Identify knowledge gaps, and deliver training to market key users, Super users and participates in business process improvement projects.
  • Collaborates with BE Managers on timely implementation of business solutions to our improvement initiatives.
  • Support & advice Business Project Managers in documenting, implementing, and tracking to ensure flawless execution.
  • Plan, develop and provide test scripts & data for testing scenario changes for Market.
  • Develop the service culture mindset 
  • Coach SUs in proper documentation of issues, and keep SUs informed on the progress of the resolution
  • Provide ‘work-around’ for issues requiring extended resolution time. Data cleansing activities in preparation for loading, vendor master, customer, master, material master, bank master, cost centers, profit centers, projects and personnel master records.
  • Preparation for the deployment of Nestle SAP GLOBE template for the Equatorial Africa Region.
  • Design and conception of changes and enhancements in finance management for the local markets in readiness for the SAP implementation.
  • Design, documentation and implementation of Nestle Finance Best Practices in the Equatorial African zone.
  • Project plan preparation for the implementation of the SAP system for the Equatorial Africa Region.
  • Change management implementation.
  • Legacy systems support.
  • International support for the live European market in the SAP modules of FI-General Ledger, FI-Accounts Receivables, FI-Accounts Payables, and integration into other SAP modules and systems in the Nestle application landscape.
  • Design and conception of changes and enhancements for finance management in close cooperation with the European SAP project organization and the local markets.
  • Configuration of the system in my areas of responsibility.
  • Prepare, perform and manage the necessary testing for process areas.
  • Error handling, debugging & testing
  • Implementation of system changes (FI/CO troubleshooting and configuration.) required as a part of problem resolution, or as requested functionality changes or additions
  • Improve knowledge of users in Europe by providing  newsletters, articles and documentation
  • Reduce complexity of the Globe FICO template by categorizing issues and resolving root causes of incidence patterns
  • Closely work with Local organisations and Offshore Configuration Factory to monitor backlog, volume & SLO of tickets resolved by them; Address any issue patterns reported , put scorecards in place to benchmark performance.
  • Implementation of system changes (FI/CO troubleshooting and configuration.) required as a part of problem resolution, or as requested functionality changes or additions.
  • Management of deliverables by the Offshore Configuration Factory for the FI area.
  • Preparation of weekly management reports on sustain activities and providing expert advice on areas of improvement.

Project history

Joshua Onguja
GLOBE IS/IT Service Delivery Specialist
Nestle Equatorial Africa Region Ltd
Mob:   +254 736 440 365
Nairobi - Kenya
Email :  Joshua.onguja@ke.nestle.com
 
Vinayak Srinivasa                                                 
SAP Business Solutions Analyst F&C   
Nestle Globe Center Europe
Frankfurt
Tel: +49 69 6671 7690       
Email : vinayak.srinivasa@eur.nestle.com
 
Arno Seidl
Senior Consultant
Akanti Services APS
Copenhagen – Denmark
Tel: +45 29 45 03
Email: arno.seidl@akanti.com

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Kenya
Flexible

Other

COURSES ATTENDED
 August  2014 :  Project Management Professional Course (ComputerPride – KENYA)   
Sept 2014   : Train the Trainer Course (Training Solutions Limited – KENYA)       
February 2001:  SAP SA, South Africa, SAP TR Money Markets and TR Loans
July 1999:  Soluziona Training College - Puente Nuevo –SPAIN
Consultancy skills training (Obtained certificate)
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