Skip to main content
Top expert badge
Recommended expert
Profile header background

Richard Huber-SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA

Richard Huber - SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA - profile avatar
Profile header overlay
Taufkirchen (Vils), Germany

Check rate

Experience

Mar 2025 - Present

SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA

Position Summary
SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
  • Concept design and assessment in finance, analyzing customer-specific developments and replacing them with SAP standard.
  • Error analysis of the Migration Cockpit.
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025

Workflow Settings Analysis

GASAG

Position Summary
Workflow Settings Analysis at GASAG
Industries
Utilities
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Analysis of the workflow settings for the classic loan workflow, focusing on agent determination, substitute rules, authorizations, use of exits and BAdIs.
Jul 2024 - Present

Functional Lead for Controlling Processes

ECE Group

Position Summary
Functional Lead for Controlling Processes at ECE Group
Industries
Real Estate
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
  • Functional lead for controlling processes.
  • Coordinating and clarifying incidents and change requests with stakeholders, especially regarding new HANA features, e.g., managing obligation data in ACDOCA or budgeting at account level via Fiori apps.
  • Designing change requests to replace HANA CDS views with ABAP CDS views.
  • Support and testing during an upgrade.
  • Designing a bidirectional interface for creating and maintaining projects in SAP.
Nov 2023 - Present
Munich, Germany

Support and Further Development of Finance and MM in S/4HANA

City of Munich

Position Summary
Support and Further Development of Finance and MM in S/4HANA at City of Munich
Industries
Government and Administration
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Procurement
  • Supporting and enhancing finance and the related MM module in an S/4HANA system.
  • Creating and structuring month-end closing activities in the Financial Closing Cockpit (FCC), and coordinating with departments.
  • Developing programs, e.g. for posting goods receipts referencing a purchase order from an Excel list (BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE) using ABAP OO.
  • Troubleshooting VIM.
  • Implementing flexible workflows for vendor invoices.
  • Creating a high-level concept for the investment process and spare parts inventory handling.
Nov 2023 - Jul 2024

Migration to New G/L (New General Ledger)

SLM

Position Summary
Migration to New G/L (New General Ledger) at SLM
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Migrating the classic general ledger to the new G/L from both business and technical perspectives using scenario 2.
  • Designing and coordinating with the business department.
  • Scheduling.
  • Customizing the new G/L and adjusting processes.
  • Operating and customizing the Migration Cockpit.
  • Executing the migration.
  • Documentation.
Jul 2023 - Nov 2023

Adjustment of the investment process

Magna GmbH

Position Summary
Adjustment of the investment process at Magna GmbH
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Finance
Logistics
Procurement
  • Redesign of the investment process (Project System, Investment Management, Materials Management with purchasing and logistic invoice verification, as well as Asset Accounting).
Jun 2023 - Dec 2024

Pre-project for migration of SAP ERP to S/4HANA

MEWA

Position Summary
Pre-project for migration of SAP ERP to S/4HANA at MEWA
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
Logistics
  • Concept and inventory in financial accounting in a pre-project for the migration, including defining the chart of accounts.
  • Definition of tax codes, especially regarding the logistics modules and custom developments.
  • Creation of a prototype for VAT refund.
  • Implementation of the valuation area for insured values in Asset Accounting for S/4HANA compatibility, including developing custom programs to open the valuation area and transfer historical acquisition values.
Feb 2022 - Nov 2023

Migration of SAP ERP to S/4HANA

Volkswagen AG

Position Summary
Migration of SAP ERP to S/4HANA at Volkswagen AG
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Design, redesign, and implementation of the investment process (Project System, Investment Management, and Asset Accounting).
  • Business process consulting.
  • Creation of Functional Specification (FSP) and Functional Solution Whitepaper (FSW), as well as customizing.
  • Feasibility analysis to replace modifications and custom functionalities with standard solutions.
  • Designing interfaces with the MuleSoft middleware.
  • Coordinating developments and settings with colleagues offshore in India.
  • Quality assurance, test support, and documentation.
  • Agile approach in the project and use of the Scrum board.
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020

Adjustment of optical invoice processing (GFT)

SOLUM

Position Summary
Adjustment of optical invoice processing (GFT) at SOLUM
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
  • Adjustment of user assignment in the SAP workflow during invoice handover.
Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
Cologne, Germany

Enhancement of the RE-FX application

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Enhancement of the RE-FX application at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Real Estate
Business Areas
Information Technology
Logistics
Procurement
  • Further development of the RE-FX application.
  • Implementation of correspondence for rental contract master data and recurring rental invoices.
  • Creation of a custom tenant account statement (two ALV lists in one output screen).
  • Preparation of training materials and conducting online training for property management (maintaining creditor and debtor rental contracts, creating business partners, maintaining SEPA mandates, handling internal rental contracts).
  • Integration of logistics into real estate management (RE-FX) by designing and implementing the procurement process (purchasing and logistic invoice verification) for chargeable ancillary costs in real estate accounting.
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

Adjustments for the 2020 tax cut

Kreissparkasse Köln / SOLUM / Proservice

Position Summary
Adjustments for the 2020 tax cut at Kreissparkasse Köln / SOLUM / Proservice
Industries
Banking and Finance
Real Estate
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Quality Assurance
  • Changed tax codes in financial accounting and real estate management (RE-FX) as part of the VAT reduction (Corona stimulus package).
  • Adjusted the service charge billing by implementing and integration-testing the receivables split due to the mid-year VAT change.
Jan 2020 - May 2020

Implementation of purchase approval workflow

SOLUM

Position Summary
Implementation of purchase approval workflow at SOLUM
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Procurement
  • Designed and implemented a purchase approval process using an SAP workflow to replace manual approval by the manager.
  • Used customer-specific tables to determine authorization groups and thresholds for buyers.
  • Modified purchase order and invoice forms (replacing the old templates).
May 2019 - Dec 2019

Program redesigns for various clients

Finanz Informatik

Position Summary
Program redesigns for various clients at Finanz Informatik
Industries
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Redesigned programs (migrated from batch input to BAPI processing and from procedural to object-oriented programming).
  • Applied hash encryption to SEPA files.
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Cologne, Germany

Redesign of the electronic bank statement

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Redesign of the electronic bank statement at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
  • Implemented FEB_BSPROC.
  • Adjusted posting rules and revised the mapping of external transaction codes.
  • Created a custom table to store real estate objects (e.g., billing units) for posting them in the bank statement document.
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018

Custom development for asset accounting FI-AA ERP 6.0 EHP 7

Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband

Position Summary
Custom development for asset accounting FI-AA ERP 6.0 EHP 7 at Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
  • Conducted a feasibility analysis.
  • Met the requirements using standard exits without modifications and created additional correction documents.
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019

Customizing Real Estate Accounting (RE-FX) and Financial Accounting (FI/CO)

Unicredit

Position Summary
Customizing Real Estate Accounting (RE-FX) and Financial Accounting (FI/CO) at Unicredit
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
  • Adaptation in real estate accounting (RE-FX) and financial accounting (FI and CO).
  • Implementation of adjustment objects.
  • Design and implementation of a customer-specific option rate determination for adjustment objects.
  • Creation of custom reports for input tax allocation, determining and displaying deductible amounts for the affiliated companies.
  • Implementation of customer-specific fields in the controlling master data.
  • Programming of BAdIs in financial accounting, e.g. extending the VAT advance return (RFUMS0V00) with custom fields and creating validations.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Implementation of electricity trading

SOLUM

Position Summary
Implementation of electricity trading at SOLUM
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
  • Creation of a concept, analysis of the value flow and its impact on the ancillary cost billing.
  • Transfer of option rates and master data of billing units from the source client to SOLUM's client.
  • Implementation of a customer-specific input tax allocation for electricity invoices based on the transferred information.
  • Evaluation of the input tax allocation in an ALV list and transferring the messages into the Business Application Log.
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Cologne, Germany

Option rate determination for adjustment objects in RE-FX

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Option rate determination for adjustment objects in RE-FX at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Implementation of option rate determination for adjustment objects when partial areas change in RE-FX (concept design in fiscal years 2015 and 2016).
  • Extension of the adjustment object with a custom tab containing the partial areas of the properties in an ALV list.
  • Proposing the areas in the custom tab when the valuations change.
  • Modifying the proposals via a maintainable ALV list with input validation and cell highlighting.
  • Customer-specific option rate determination.
  • Validation and substitution of lease and adjustment objects.
Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

Integration of optical invoice processing (condecco)

Sparkasse Holstein

Position Summary
Integration of optical invoice processing (condecco) at Sparkasse Holstein
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Conceptual design and project planning.
  • Customizing of the ArchiveLink settings.
  • Import of incoming invoices from condecco into SAP.
  • Creation of accounting documents via BAPI and linking them to the image.
  • Implementation of a customer-specific functionality, the status monitor, for user-side error handling.
Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

Integration of optical incoming invoice processing (gft)

Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband

Position Summary
Integration of optical incoming invoice processing (gft) at Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Conceptual design and project planning.
  • Customizing of the ArchiveLink settings.
  • Import of values from gft into SAP.
  • Creation of accounting documents via BAPI and linking them to the image.
  • Creation of a customer-specific functionality, the status monitor, for user-side error handling.
Jan 2015 - Apr 2017

Support and implementation of custom functions in accounting

Goethe-Institut

Position Summary
Support and implementation of custom functions in accounting at Goethe-Institut
Industries
Education
Business Areas
Accounting
  • Created a custom bank statement to display expected payments in local and foreign currency.
  • Automatically cleared open items during the final invoice (special ledger entries).
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
Cologne, Germany

Concept for determining the option rate of correction objects

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Concept for determining the option rate of correction objects at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Created a concept for changing partial areas in RE-FX and built a prototype.
  • Defined a correction object to monitor a construction project over 10 years, including mapping the affected areas throughout the entire period.
  • Designed a concept to account for changes in the use of sub-areas linked to the original correction object during the 10-year period when calculating the option rate.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

Implementation of a Business Intelligence platform (BO BI)

SOLUM

Position Summary
Implementation of a Business Intelligence platform (BO BI) at SOLUM
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Project Management
  • Implemented a Business Intelligence platform (BO BI) from SAP BusinessObjects.
  • Concept design and project planning.
  • Generated universes using the Information Design Tool (IDT).
  • Created reports with Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Cologne, Germany

Implementation of budget management (PSM-FM)

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Implementation of budget management (PSM-FM) at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
  • Managed budgets for financial positions and financial units.
  • Implemented the BCS budget management system with availability checks to prevent overspending.
  • Defined budget versions and different types of budgets.
  • Created the derivation strategy using FMDERIVE (requirements implemented via a custom exit).
  • Implemented custom fields and validations for financial positions.
  • Provided budget reports on the intranet (Web Dynpro) for budget managers.
  • Built interactive reports where web users can enter planned and budget values.
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014
Cologne, Germany

EHP7 upgrade for the accounting modules

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
EHP7 upgrade for the accounting modules at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Logistics
  • Carried out the EHP7 upgrade for the accounting and logistics modules.
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
Cologne, Germany

Implementation of cost center accounting

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Implementation of cost center accounting at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
  • Introduction of cost center accounting with a focus on integrating real estate management (RE-FX).
  • Presentation of internal use in cost center accounting based on internal lease contracts.
  • Posting of periodic vacancy costs to the cost center.
  • Transfer of costs from lease contracts to cost center accounting using customer-specific distribution rules.
Jun 2013 - Dec 2013
Cologne, Germany

Implementation of the SEPA procedure

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Implementation of the SEPA procedure at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
  • Replacement of national direct debit and transfer procedures with the single European SEPA procedure in the FI module for Kreissparkasse Köln.
Feb 2013 - Dec 2016

Support and further development of accounting functions

Gottschalk Logistic Systems GmbH

Position Summary
Support and further development of accounting functions at Gottschalk Logistic Systems GmbH
Industries
Transportation
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
  • Handling tasks related to the annual financial statements in collaboration with tax consultants and auditors.
  • Customizing in the accounting area, e.g. implementing the dunning process or the electronic VAT pre-reporting.
  • Implementation of an alternative chart of accounts (Stotax) in coordination with the responsible auditor.
  • Replacement of national direct debit and transfer procedures with the single European SEPA procedure in the FI module.
Jan 2013 - Mar 2013
Cologne, Germany

EHP5/EHP6 upgrade for the financial accounting modules

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
EHP5/EHP6 upgrade for the financial accounting modules at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Logistics
  • Execution of EHP5 and EHP6 upgrades in the financial accounting and logistics modules.
Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

Development of a detailed concept for time recording in CA-TS

Goethe-Institut

Position Summary
Development of a detailed concept for time recording in CA-TS at Goethe-Institut
Industries
Education
Business Areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
  • Detailed concept for managing internal and external personnel in HR and CATS (time recording).
  • Analysis and redesign of business processes as part of a new implementation in coordination with users and project team members.
  • Concept for carrying out time recording in CATS for internal and external employees with different units (45 and 60 minutes, person days and flat rates) and description of the impact in the materials management, controlling and human resources modules.
  • Representation of the teaching staff's qualifications (e.g. roles, skill levels and course or seminar types) in customer-specific infotypes.
  • Creation of a customer-specific infotype for customer-specific definitions of absences and presence to perform availability checks.
  • Design of an interface to transfer the hours worked by teaching staff from Student Lifecycle Management (SLCM) to CATS.
Jan 2011 - Dec 2019
Cologne, Germany

Support and enhancement of the RE-FX application

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Support and enhancement of the RE-FX application at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
  • Support and enhancement of the RE-FX application.
  • Creation of process documentation for real estate management with account determination and business transactions (2018/2019).
  • Preparation of training materials and conducting training via GoToMeeting as part of a reorganization (2017).
  • Implementation of an approval workflow for contract changes affecting the financial flow (internal control system under four-eyes principle) (2017).
  • Implementation of a payment release workflow for vendor invoices (2017).
  • Determination of option rates and input tax allocation considering the Kreissparkasse Köln bank key (customer-specific calculation of option rates using a BAdI).
  • Design of input tax treatment and coordination with the "Accounting and Tax" department.
  • Customizing and implementation of enhancements (master data, validations and substitutions, conditions, area types, contracts including terminations, business partners, periodic postings).
  • Development of a program to transfer RE-FX posting data to OSPlus via interface.
  • Adjustment of ancillary cost statement forms with Smart Forms.
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
Cologne, Germany

Implementation of input tax correction according to §15a UStG and §44 UStDV

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Implementation of input tax correction according to §15a UStG and §44 UStDV at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
  • Implementation of input tax correction according to §15a UStG and §44 UStDV (SAP standard with RE-FX and ECC 6.0) in close coordination with the tax experts at Kreissparkasse Köln.
  • Assignment of documents to correction objects.
  • Determination of option rates and input tax allocation for real estate objects considering the customer-specific bank key.
  • Execution of input tax correction and preparation of the VAT advance return.
May 2010 - Dec 2010
Cologne, Germany

Restructuring of the SAP system

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Restructuring of the SAP system at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Restructuring of the SAP system by migrating the savings bank, its subsidiaries, and external institutions (e.g., Sparkasse Leverkusen) from a single client to multiple clients as part of a redesign project.
  • Development of the migration and test concept.
  • Design and preparation of guidelines for data separation and coordination with SAP.
  • Support of the migration to the clients within the framework of SLO (System Landscape Optimization).
  • Creation of the authorization concept and generation of roles and profiles in coordination with the business units and internal audit.
  • Implementation of ALE to distribute centrally maintained master data (vendors, customers, and materials) to the respective clients.
Jun 2009 - Dec 2009
Cologne, Germany

Integration of the marketing department into SAP

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Integration of the marketing department into SAP at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Marketing
  • Adoption of the Kreissparkasse Köln marketing department's business processes.
  • Implementation of the Project System (PS) and Investment Management (IM).
  • Intranet reporting using web reports (Business Server Pages).
Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

Implementation of FI, CO, and PS

SRE GmbH & Co. Immobilien Bonn KG

Position Summary
Implementation of FI, CO, and PS at SRE GmbH & Co. Immobilien Bonn KG
Industries
Real Estate
Business Areas
Accounting
Project Management
  • Implementation and go-live of FI with general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and asset accounting.
  • Implementation and go-live of CO with cost center accounting and the Project System.
  • Focus on dual reporting under HGB and IFRS.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008

Workflow Implementation

Kreissparkasse Köln / Proservice

Position Summary
Workflow Implementation at Kreissparkasse Köln / Proservice
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
  • Introduced the Workflow module and created custom workflows at Kreissparkasse Köln and Proservice Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH.
  • Implemented workflows for preposting and approval of documents (four-eyes principle) in invoice verification.
  • Developed a workflow for payment approval of accounting documents.
  • Approval of purchase orders and purchase requisitions.
  • Review and approval of credit memo requests in the SD module.
  • Approval of bank details for vendor and customer masters.
  • Administration and error handling (ongoing).
Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

Integration of optical invoice processing (gft)

Proservice

Position Summary
Integration of optical invoice processing (gft) at Proservice
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
  • Customizing ArchiveLink settings.
  • Adapting and extending customer-specific functions (workflows, function modules and programs).
  • User support (ongoing).
Oct 2006 - Jul 2008
Cologne, Germany

Input Tax Optimization (§15a UStG) for Expenses and Movable Assets (Asset Accounting)

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Input Tax Optimization (§15a UStG) for Expenses and Movable Assets (Asset Accounting) at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
  • Designed and implemented a solution for input tax optimization for expenses and movable assets under §15a UStG.
  • Added customer-specific tables for G/L accounts, cost centers and projects with their deduction rates.
  • Captured the tax scenario as a posting object and determined default values for entering the tax scenario during invoice entry.
  • Calculated the customer-specific input tax amount at line-item level based on the tax scenario.
  • Created reports to display tax scenarios and input tax amounts.
  • Developed a custom function to correct last year's input tax based on actual values.
  • Extended the asset master data with customer-specific fields like tax scenario, adjustment start and adjustment end.
  • Reported adjustment balances (each asset is an adjustment object).
Jan 2006 - Mar 2006

VAT Implementation

Kreissparkasse Köln / SOLUM

Position Summary
VAT Implementation at Kreissparkasse Köln / SOLUM
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
  • Implemented VAT (input and output tax) in the FI, MM and SD modules.
Oct 2005 - Jan 2007
Cologne, Germany

IFRS Accounting Standard Implementation

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
IFRS Accounting Standard Implementation at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
  • Separated existing accounts and implemented additional accounts according to HGB and IFRS.
  • Automated rebooking of balances from old accounts to newly created ones (account solution).
  • Customizing and programming in the FI, CO and PS modules.
  • Restructured asset classes in real estate (e.g. investment properties or rescue acquisitions) and implemented a focus on leasing (finance lease and operating lease for moveable and immovable assets).
  • Expanded the OSPlus interface to transfer IFRS data from SAP to OSPlus.
  • Supported users in transitioning assets for the IFRS valuation area.
  • Conducted tests and prepared documentation.
Aug 2005 - Dec 2005
Cologne, Germany

Takeover of asset accounting (FI-AA)

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Takeover of asset accounting (FI-AA) at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
  • Migration of asset accounting from Kreissparkasse Siegburg to the SAP system of Kreissparkasse Köln.
  • Design of SAP FI-AA data migration.
  • Harmonization of business processes in asset accounting (FI-AA).
  • Training of new users.
  • Go-live support.
Apr 2005 - Jul 2005

Implementation of FI and CO

Kreditserviceagentur Rheinland

Position Summary
Implementation of FI and CO at Kreditserviceagentur Rheinland
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Design of the FI and CO implementation.
  • Implementation and customization.
  • Quality assurance.
  • Go-live.
Jan 2005 - Jun 2005
Cologne, Germany

Release upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Release upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0 at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Planning and coordination of the release upgrade.
  • Handling of SPAU and SPDD.
  • Test support.
  • Delta customizing in SAP FI, CO, PS.
  • Performing program changes in the SAP FI, CO, PS environment.
  • Documentation and support during acceptance.
Apr 2004 - Dec 2005

Enhancement and customization of CO and PS accounting functions

SOLUM

Position Summary
Enhancement and customization of CO and PS accounting functions at SOLUM
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
  • Enhancement and customization of cost center accounting.
  • Enhancement and customization of internal orders.
  • Set up the CO-PA (profitability analysis), including defining characteristic and value fields, creating reports, and reconciling values between CO-PA, FI, CO, and PS.
  • Further development of the project system (master data, result determination, settlement).
  • Reports for tax authorities and audits via the Data Retention Tool (DART).
Apr 2004 - Dec 2004
Cologne, Germany

Conversion of chart of accounts in SAP

Kreissparkasse Köln

Position Summary
Conversion of chart of accounts in SAP at Kreissparkasse Köln
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Project Management
  • Converted general ledger accounts to new account numbers due to the chart of accounts change in OSPlus.
  • Performed the conversion in FI, CO, IM, and PS modules with custom-developed programs.
Apr 2004 - Dec 2004

SAP FI, CO, PS, and IM implementation

Proservice

Position Summary
SAP FI, CO, PS, and IM implementation at Proservice
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Implementation and go-live of FI with general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and asset accounting.
  • Implementation of CO with cost center accounting and project system.
  • Implementation of Investment Management (IM).
  • Design, realization, and customizing.
  • Quality assurance.
  • Go-live.
Oct 2003 - Apr 2004

Release upgrade to 4.6C

Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG

Position Summary
Release upgrade to 4.6C at Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
  • Customizing, integration testing, and documentation of the R/3-CO (CO-OM, CO-PC, CO-PA) and R/3-PS (controlling and logistics) modules.
  • Reintegration of custom developments into the standard, e.g., for revenue-based profit calculation and profit center valuation.
  • Implementation of the Project Builder.
  • Development of programs and user exits.
Jan 2003 - Sep 2003

R/3 support and business process improvement

Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG

Position Summary
R/3 support and business process improvement at Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Support for monthly and year-end closing (cost accounting and financial accounting profit calculation, profit center accounting, transfer pricing, and special ledger for profit reporting using the cost-of-sales method).
  • Support for product cost planning and calculation (CO-PC-PCP).
  • Customer order controlling support with assembly orders (make-to-order production).
  • Optimization of the PS module (controlling and logistics) with project reporting under US GAAP and HGB, profit determination by percentage of completion (PoC) and on a revenue-proportional basis.
  • Implementation of substitution and validation, as well as use of network planning functionalities with creation of purchase or production orders (project-based manufacturing).
  • Hotline and helpdesk.
  • Development of programs, e.g., daily updated profit center-based reporting or calculation of internal revenue per profit center.
  • Development of programs (batch input, ALV, and user exits).
Jan 2002 - Dec 2002

Implementation of transfer prices and profit center valuation

Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG

Position Summary
Implementation of transfer prices and profit center valuation at Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
  • Implementation of transfer prices and profit center valuation for separate valuation of intercompany transactions.
  • Consulting, design, customizing, testing, and go-live of profit center accounting (EC-PCA) and the related transfer pricing (EC-PCA-TP) functionalities.
  • Implementation of the Material Ledger (CO-PC-ACT) to support parallel valuation (profit center valuation).
  • Profit center-based reporting to present key financial metrics such as EBIT and ROI.
  • Project reporting under US GAAP and HGB to show parallel valuations.
Oct 2000 - Dec 2001

Implementation of a global PM solution

Infineon AG

Position Summary
Implementation of a global PM solution at Infineon AG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Implementation of a global PM solution as part of a large project with 350 employees and a 500 million euro budget.
  • As-is analysis of individual decentralized PM solutions worldwide with different configurations and release levels through interviews and site visits.
  • Design of a global R/3 PM solution as part of centralizing and harmonizing the process landscape (SAP systems and legacy systems).
  • Development of a prototype based on the blueprint (project stopped after the design phase).
Jun 1999 - Sep 2000

R/3 Support and Business Process Improvement

Infineon AG

Position Summary
R/3 Support and Business Process Improvement at Infineon AG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Finance
Information Technology
Logistics
  • Introduction of the 4-4-5 rule (calendar month end is not necessarily the period end): adjusted the fiscal year variant in FI and analyzed the impact on logistics and controlling in SAP and on the corresponding system landscape.
  • Data setup using SAP-CATT in various accounting and logistics modules.
  • Participation in the R/3 Y2K project: design, implementation, contingency planning, conducting the R/3 Safety Check 2000, developing test cases and creating documentation.
Jun 1999 - Jun 1999

CO-PA Production Go-Live for Profitability and Market Segment Reporting

Thyssen AG

Position Summary
CO-PA Production Go-Live for Profitability and Market Segment Reporting at Thyssen AG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Customized settings for settling projects and customer orders in profitability and market segment reporting.
  • Defined value and characteristic fields.
  • Created reports.
Oct 1998 - May 1999

R/3 Implementation and Roll-out

Deutz AG

Position Summary
R/3 Implementation and Roll-out at Deutz AG
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Accounting
Finance
Information Technology
  • Consulting, design, implementation, testing and commissioning of the R/3-CO modules with overhead cost controlling, cost object controlling and profitability analysis.
  • Implementation of R/3-EC-PCA (profit center accounting).
  • Implementation of R/3-FI with general ledger, accounts receivable and accounts payable.
  • Carried out activities in coordination with project management as part of a rollout for about 100 employees at the headquarters in Cologne and the branch in Paris.
Jun 1997 - Sep 1998

R/3 Implementation and Roll-out

Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG

Position Summary
R/3 Implementation and Roll-out at Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG
Industries
Information Technology
Professional Services
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Analyzed and redesigned business processes.
  • Developed a prototype and configured the system in close coordination with key users in the R/3-CO and R/3-PS modules.
  • Designed, implemented and rolled out R/3-CO functionality for international sites and business areas in the Middle East and North Africa.
  • Designed, implemented and rolled out R/3-CO and R/3-PS functionality for the large projects division of Siemens Business Services.
Jun 1996 - May 1997

R/3 Migration and Support

Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG

Position Summary
R/3 Migration and Support at Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Accounting
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Migrated, supported and enhanced various R/3-CO and R/3-PS applications for about 1500 users across six production systems.
  • Subproject lead for the migration from V2.2 to V3.0F.
  • Managed month-end and year-end closings for six production systems.
  • Hotline and helpdesk support.
  • Improved and further developed existing business processes.
Apr 1994 - Present

Involvement in SAP projects in various roles (project and subproject management or project staff)

Position Summary
Involvement in SAP projects in various roles (project and subproject management or project staff)
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Involved in SAP projects in various roles (project and subproject management or project staff), as described in the project history.
Apr 1994 - May 1996

SAP Implementation

Siemens Nixdorf AG

Position Summary
SAP Implementation at Siemens Nixdorf AG
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Sales
  • Rollout of SAP as part of an implementation project for 500 employees.
  • Member of the R/3 SD core team (Sales).
  • Design, development, and customizing.
  • Go-live.
Apr 1993 - Mar 1994

Team member in the sales and commercial department, Information Systems division

Siemens Nixdorf AG

Position Summary
Team member in the sales and commercial department, Information Systems division at Siemens Nixdorf AG
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Sales
  • Worked in the sales and commercial department of Siemens Nixdorf AG, Information Systems division.

Industry Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time.

Experienced in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Real Estate, and Transportation.

Information Technology
Banking and Finance
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Real Estate
Transportation
Profile match chart

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, Procurement, and Logistics.

Information Technology
Project Management
Accounting
Finance
Procurement
Logistics
Profile match chart

Skills

  • Sap Re-Fx: Expert Knowledge In Real Estate Accounting

  • Sap Fi: Expert Knowledge In General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting And New G/L; Expert Knowledge In Migrating The New G/L (Migration Cockpit)

  • Sap Co: Expert Knowledge In Cost Element, Cost Center And Cost Object Accounting; Internal Orders; Profit And Market Segment Accounting

  • Sap Ps: Expert Knowledge In The Project System

  • Sap Im: Expert Knowledge In Investment Management

  • S/4hana: Migration Of Sap Erp To S/4hana In A Transformation Project; Building Fi/Co Business Processes On A Training System Since 08/2020 To Present; Attended Management Accounting And Financial Accounting By Sap Hana Courses (2018)

  • Programming: Expert Knowledge In Software Development (Abap Oo); Skills In Creating Amdp Procedures, Amdp Functions And Cds Views Via Eclipse (Adt); And Sqlscript For Sap Hana

  • Workflow: Expert Knowledge In Workflow Customizing And Implementing Standard Workflows, As Well As Customer-Specific Workflows

  • Sap Enhancements: Expert Knowledge In User Exits, Business Add-Ins (Badis), Open Fi (Btes) And The Enhancement Framework

  • Sap Psm-Fm: Expert Knowledge In Budget Management

  • Sap Sd: Very Good Knowledge Of The Sd Sub-Modules: Master Data, Sales And Billing

  • Sap Mm: Very Good Knowledge Of The Sub-Modules: Material Master, Purchasing And Logistics Invoice Verification

  • Reporting: Very Good Skills In The Report Painter And Alv Functionalities

  • Forms: Very Good Skills In Sapscript And Smartforms

  • Sap Ec: Solid Knowledge In Profit Center Accounting, Transfer Pricing And The Material Ledger

  • Sap Bo Bi: Solid Knowledge In Web Intelligence And Crystal Reports

  • Sap Basis: Basic Knowledge In Sap Basis

  • Project Management, Sub-Project Management

  • Conceptual Work (Developing, Discussing And Coordinating Even Extensive Detailed Concepts)

  • Coaching Users In Accounting To Map Even Complex Scenarios In Sap

  • Support In Preparing Year-End Financial Statements; Independently Handling Partial Or Full Statements In Collaboration With Tax Consultants And Auditors; Ad-Hoc Measures Even Under Critical Conditions

  • Training Key Users And End Users

  • Implementation, Programming And Customizing

Languages

German
Native

Education

Sep 1989 - Aug 1992

Siemens AG

Industrial Clerk

Gymnasium Gars/Inn

Secondary school certificate · Gars, Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 58
Experience in Information Technology 33 y
Avg length 1 y 8 m
Longest experience 32 y 1 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA, Workflow Settings Analysis, Functional Lead for Controlling Processes
Main industries Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Accounting

Qualifications

Profile

Created
Last Update

Frequently asked questions

Have questions? Find more information here.

Richard is based in Taufkirchen (Vils), Germany.
Richard speaks the following languages: German (Native).
Richard has at least 33 years of experience. During this time, Richard has worked in at least 57 different roles and for 27 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months. Note that Richard may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Richard would be well-suited for roles such as: SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA, Workflow Settings Analysis, Functional Lead for Controlling Processes.
Richard's most recent position is SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA.
In recent years, Richard has worked for GASAG, ECE Group, City of Munich, SLM, and Magna GmbH.
Richard is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Manufacturing. Richard also has some experience in Professional Services, Real Estate, and Transportation.
Richard is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Accounting. Richard also has some experience in Finance, Procurement, and Logistics.
Richard has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Real Estate, and Government and Administration.
Richard has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Procurement.
Richard attended Siemens AG for Industrial Clerk.
Richard is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.
Richard's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.
To hire Richard, click the Meet button on the profile to request a meeting and discuss your project needs.

Average rates for similar positions

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

1200
900
600
300
Rate comparison chart
Market avg: 976-1136 €
The rates shown represent the typical market range for freelancers in this position based on recent contracts on our platform.
Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.