Richard Huber-SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA
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Experience
SAP ERP Migration to S/4HANA
- Concept design and assessment in finance, analyzing customer-specific developments and replacing them with SAP standard.
- Error analysis of the Migration Cockpit.
Workflow Settings Analysis
GASAG
- Analysis of the workflow settings for the classic loan workflow, focusing on agent determination, substitute rules, authorizations, use of exits and BAdIs.
Functional Lead for Controlling Processes
ECE Group
- 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.
Support and Further Development of Finance and MM in S/4HANA
City of Munich
- 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.
Migration to New G/L (New General Ledger)
SLM
- 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.
Adjustment of the investment process
Magna GmbH
- Redesign of the investment process (Project System, Investment Management, Materials Management with purchasing and logistic invoice verification, as well as Asset Accounting).
Pre-project for migration of SAP ERP to S/4HANA
MEWA
- 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.
Migration of SAP ERP to S/4HANA
Volkswagen AG
- 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.
Adjustment of optical invoice processing (GFT)
SOLUM
- Adjustment of user assignment in the SAP workflow during invoice handover.
Enhancement of the RE-FX application
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Adjustments for the 2020 tax cut
Kreissparkasse Köln / SOLUM / Proservice
- 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.
Implementation of purchase approval workflow
SOLUM
- 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).
Program redesigns for various clients
Finanz Informatik
- Redesigned programs (migrated from batch input to BAPI processing and from procedural to object-oriented programming).
- Applied hash encryption to SEPA files.
Redesign of the electronic bank statement
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Custom development for asset accounting FI-AA ERP 6.0 EHP 7
Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband
- Conducted a feasibility analysis.
- Met the requirements using standard exits without modifications and created additional correction documents.
Customizing Real Estate Accounting (RE-FX) and Financial Accounting (FI/CO)
Unicredit
- 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.
Implementation of electricity trading
SOLUM
- 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.
Option rate determination for adjustment objects in RE-FX
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Integration of optical invoice processing (condecco)
Sparkasse Holstein
- 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.
Integration of optical incoming invoice processing (gft)
Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband
- 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.
Support and implementation of custom functions in accounting
Goethe-Institut
- 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).
Concept for determining the option rate of correction objects
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Implementation of a Business Intelligence platform (BO BI)
SOLUM
- 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.
Implementation of budget management (PSM-FM)
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
EHP7 upgrade for the accounting modules
Kreissparkasse Köln
- Carried out the EHP7 upgrade for the accounting and logistics modules.
Implementation of cost center accounting
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Implementation of the SEPA procedure
Kreissparkasse Köln
- Replacement of national direct debit and transfer procedures with the single European SEPA procedure in the FI module for Kreissparkasse Köln.
Support and further development of accounting functions
Gottschalk Logistic Systems GmbH
- 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.
EHP5/EHP6 upgrade for the financial accounting modules
Kreissparkasse Köln
- Execution of EHP5 and EHP6 upgrades in the financial accounting and logistics modules.
Development of a detailed concept for time recording in CA-TS
Goethe-Institut
- 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.
Support and enhancement of the RE-FX application
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Implementation of input tax correction according to §15a UStG and §44 UStDV
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Restructuring of the SAP system
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Integration of the marketing department into SAP
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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).
Implementation of FI, CO, and PS
SRE GmbH & Co. Immobilien Bonn KG
- 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.
Workflow Implementation
Kreissparkasse Köln / Proservice
- 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).
Integration of optical invoice processing (gft)
Proservice
- Customizing ArchiveLink settings.
- Adapting and extending customer-specific functions (workflows, function modules and programs).
- User support (ongoing).
Input Tax Optimization (§15a UStG) for Expenses and Movable Assets (Asset Accounting)
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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).
VAT Implementation
Kreissparkasse Köln / SOLUM
- Implemented VAT (input and output tax) in the FI, MM and SD modules.
IFRS Accounting Standard Implementation
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Takeover of asset accounting (FI-AA)
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Implementation of FI and CO
Kreditserviceagentur Rheinland
- Design of the FI and CO implementation.
- Implementation and customization.
- Quality assurance.
- Go-live.
Release upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
Enhancement and customization of CO and PS accounting functions
SOLUM
- 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).
Conversion of chart of accounts in SAP
Kreissparkasse Köln
- 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.
SAP FI, CO, PS, and IM implementation
Proservice
- 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.
Release upgrade to 4.6C
Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG
- 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.
R/3 support and business process improvement
Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG
- 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).
Implementation of transfer prices and profit center valuation
Siemens Gebäudesicherheit GmbH & Co. OHG
- 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.
Implementation of a global PM solution
Infineon AG
- 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).
R/3 Support and Business Process Improvement
Infineon AG
- 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.
CO-PA Production Go-Live for Profitability and Market Segment Reporting
Thyssen AG
- Customized settings for settling projects and customer orders in profitability and market segment reporting.
- Defined value and characteristic fields.
- Created reports.
R/3 Implementation and Roll-out
Deutz AG
- 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.
R/3 Implementation and Roll-out
Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG
- 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.
R/3 Migration and Support
Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG
- 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.
Involvement in SAP projects in various roles (project and subproject management or project staff)
- Involved in SAP projects in various roles (project and subproject management or project staff), as described in the project history.
SAP Implementation
Siemens Nixdorf AG
- 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.
Team member in the sales and commercial department, Information Systems division
Siemens Nixdorf AG
- Worked in the sales and commercial department of Siemens Nixdorf AG, Information Systems division.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Real Estate, and Transportation.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, Procurement, and Logistics.
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
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Education
Siemens AG
Industrial Clerk
Gymnasium Gars/Inn
Secondary school certificate · Gars, Germany
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