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Nicolas Lassen

Lasne
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Last update: 18.10.2023

Senior project manager (agile & classic). Business analytics expert. Business architect.

Graduation: Bachelor in Business and Administration (BBA) (4 years) - Top 5% in class
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: Danish (Native or Bilingual) | German (Full Professional) | English (Native or Bilingual) | French (Native or Bilingual) | Dutch (Full Professional)

Keywords

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Nicolas Lassen resume - 20200329.docx
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Skills

Hands-on Senior project and team manager with strong Analytics skills (EPM, BI, Analytics).
Full-cycle solution implementations skills (15 years +).
Very strong focus on efficient and pragmatic services delivery to maximize future benefits and optimize implementation and maintenance effort of the chosen solution.
Good facilitation, presentation and communication skills.

Key experience
- Leadership, program / project management (15+ successful programs & large projects with global reach)
- Project management maturity audits, project management process improvement and coaching.
- Agile, PMI (PMBoK), Prince 2 & ASAP methodologies. Currently cross-training to SAP Activate.
- Excellent communication and moderation capabilities.
- Requirements analysis & design, supervision and configuration of large-scale international software implementation initiatives with CxO visibility (mainly SAP / Business Analytics).
- Successfully delivered all aspects and phases of projects from pre-study / requirements analysis through design, configuration / implementation, tests, documentation, trainings, roll-out, post go-live support.
- Strong stakeholder management and project metrics follow-up.
- Leveraged off / near-shore capabilities.
- Customer change management & coaching for new solutions.
- Multiple hands-on configurations of SAP Business Analytics solutions (management, financial and operational reporting, forecasting and planning – driver and allocation based).
- Internal team leadership (15+ people).
- Main project locations: Belgium, Luxembourg, USA, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland,...
- SAP Top Talent

Key functional skills
  • Program / project management
  • Architect – Business Analytics
    • Excellent requirements analysis and design skills
      • Functional (financial and production) process review, analysis and design
      • Matrix (dimensional) data analysis & Data logic
    • Enterprise Performance Management
      • Group reporting
      • Management reporting
      • Budgeting & Forecasting
      • Consolidation
    • Business intelligence
      • Multidimensional financial and operational data visualization design
        • KPI analysis & definition
        • Dashboarding (financial & operational)
        • Data model design
    • Analysis and design of efficient and value adding solutions
  • SAP
  • Communication, presentation, facilitation and documentation
  • Customer Management
  • People Management
Keywords:
Project manager, Program manager (Agile, PMI framework, Prince 2), Team Leader.
Finance processes, Financial reporting, Operational reporting, Reporting processes.
SAP Analytics, Group reporting, EPM, BI, S/4 HANA, SAP FC (BFC / BOFC).
KPI, Dashboard, Data structure, Data analysis, Attributes and Measures, Data visualization, Big data, Data consistency.
SAP Global portfolio vision.
SAP Financial consolidation (SAP FC BOFC), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Group Reporting (GR), SAP Intercompany, SAP BPC, SAP BI,
MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office suite.

Project history

05/2021 - Present
Client Delivery Manager - SAP RISE Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS)
SAP (Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)
10/2018 - Present
Amplify Resources Group - Partner - Head of EMEA
Amplify Resources Group
  • Initiating the setup of a Business Analytics (Enterprise Performance Management & Business Intelligence) practice in Europe from scratch (long-term 5-year plan).
  • Objective: Bring value to clients through the efficient implementation of IT solutions for internal and external reporting in Finance, Controlling, Accounting and Operations (SAP: SAC, GR, BFC, S/4 HANA,…).
  • Individual project management and implementation activities.
  • SAP licenses and services Partner.
01/1994 - Present
Founder - Management / Invoicing company
Obel Energy
Management / invoicing company
02/2020 - 08/2020
Roche (contract) - Senior Project / Program manager SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) launch program
Roche (Pharmaceuticals and medical technology, >10.000 employees)

Senior Project manager – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Launch Program.

  • Implementation of the SAC program governance structures to enable future scaling of the platform throughout the Roche organization.  Target: >10.000 users.
  • Advanced BI, analytics, predictive and planning initiatives.  SAP BW(/4), HANA based.
  • Definition and implementation of governance structure, platform processes, sub-project tracking (PoCs and projects), skill sharing and training, marketing, self-service principles, …
  • Link between IT, business (and SAP) for the efficient adoption of the strategic analytics platform.
    • Alignment of business requirements and IT teams.
  • Monitoring of individual initiatives (PoCs & Projects).
10/2017 - 06/2018
KPMG - Director
KPMG Advisory
  • Provided guidance and shared knowledge with team members focusing on complex, specialized topics.
  • Worked with KPMG teams to plan engagement objectives and RFP responses.
  • Led relationships with software vendors for Business Analytics solutions.
07/2015 - 09/2017
Prime Reporting Group - Partner – EPM (& BI) services
Prime Reporting Group
  • Successfully led and implemented Business Analytics initiatives for clients:  Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI).
    • IT solutions for internal and external reporting in Finance, Controlling, Accounting and Operational topics.
  • Provided guidance and change management best practices for clients during strategic implementations of solutions.
  • Led Business Development activities in client acquisition and services sales.
  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark.
11/2013 - 06/2015
EY - Director – Business Advisory Services
EY Belgium
  • Delivered Program Management services (hands-on program management & audits) for large IT programs.
  • Led multiple engagement teams within the practice.
  • Drove and guided team members whilst developing their knowledge with a focus on complex, specialized topics.
  • Worked with EY team and client to plan engagement objectives and the strategy to comply with professional standards and address risks inherent in the engagements.
07/2007 - 10/2013
Client Engagement Manager & Business Analytics Practice Lead
SAP BeLux
  • Developed and managed client engagements for the implementation of SAP core ERP solutions.
  • Developed and managed client engagements for the implementation of the SAP Business Analytics suite of applications (EPM – BFC/IC/DM/BPC, BI, HANA).
  • Program & Project management duties (hands-on & coach).
  • Configured SAP Business Analytics solutions (EPM – BFC/IC/BPC, BI).
  • Trained, coached and mentored all members of the Business Analytics practice team on solutions, program management (PMI, Agile and ASAP frameworks) and best practices.
  • Engaged customers in Global escalations to deliver solutions for the identified issues.
05/2001 - 06/2007
Cartesis BeLux, Services Leader - Enterprise Performance Management
Cartesis
  • Developed and managed client engagement for the implementation of Cartesis solutions for group reporting.
  • Head Program / Project manager - Led and managed projects from inception to post go-live support (PMI framework).
  • Led customer change management initiatives (training development and roll-outs)
  • Configured solutions for multiple customers (Cartesis Magnitude – now SAP FC, Cartesis Planning).
  • Trained, coached and mentored all members of the consulting practice team on functional and program management best practices.
01/1998 - 04/2001
Senior consultant – Change Management / Business Process Reengineering
TMA Group (Lux)
  • Analyzed business processes and proposed improvement scenarios.
  • Hand in hand coaching of customers on introduction and follow-up of new processes.
  • Implemented formal measurement of improvements by creation of KPIs and Dashboard based reporting.

Local Availability

Only available for the countries Belgium
Fully flexible - EMEA.
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