Keywords
SAP Applications
Finance
Financial Management
Problem Solving
Offshore Work
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Business Process Improvement
Business Reporting
Change Management
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
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
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)
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)