Sonja L.-Senior/Lead SAP Finance Consultant
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SAP S/4 Hana CO-PS Lead Consultant
Metro AG
SAP global S/4 HANA implementation
SAP Consultant for an SAP S/4 HANA implementation project (SAP ECC to S/4 HANA) for Controlling and integration with non-SAP systems. Supporting rollouts to S/4 HANA.
S/4 Hana Consultant
Confidential client (NDA)
SAP S/4 HANA audit
Comprehensive audit of an SAP S/4 HANA system.
Sr. Solution Integration Analyst / Solution Lead for SAP Finance
Cargill Food & Bio
SAP global S/4 HANA Transformation
Solution Lead and Sr. Solution Integrity Analyst for an SAP S/4 HANA transformation project (SAP ECC to S/4 Hana brownfield), conducting investigation, preparation, planning and workshops. Integrating customers/vendors into Business Partner. Supporting Cargill Food & Bio’s current SAP system for R2R in areas such as Treasury, Tax reporting and Vistex, corporate reporting, General Ledger and integration. Upgrading CO PS and FI-AA through the introduction of new functionalities and fine-tuning.
FICO Consultant & Finance Business Analyst
Janssen Pharmaceutical
SAP global S/4 HANA Central finance
SAP Business Analyst for Finance at the Pharma EMEA sourcing and manufacturing companies in a global S/4 HANA Central Finance project. Focused on Finance and integration with AR/AR and FI-AA.
Lead FICO Consultant & Business Analyst
Philips
SAP global template in S/4 HANA
Creating an SAP S/4 HANA global template solution and rolling it out to various countries: Northern, Western and Eastern Europe, North America, South America and Asian countries. Deployment lead for Northern and Western European countries. Focused on setting up the global template and global and local Finance processes: R2R, CO PS and FI AA, including RE-FX. Gathering business requirements, modelling and setting up SAP processes such as Finance and Finance reporting, CO-PA, Treasury, Tax, etc. across all project phases. Mapping processes, functionalities and data from SAP R/3 and ECC to S/4 HANA. Providing data migration support.
Project Manager & FICO Consultant
General Electric Grid
SAP Multi-currency Account Project
Preparing the project plan, impact analysis, functional design, and implementation of multi-currency accounting and currency conversion in the SAP system for all company subsidiaries (around 106 companies worldwide).
FICO Consultant
Nidera BV
SAP global template and end to end implementation
Creating an SAP global template solution and implementing SAP end to end for the Netherlands headquarters. Responsible for Controlling (Overhead management, PCA, CO-PA), FI, Asset Accounting, Treasury (including BCM), and Risk Management in all project phases.
Implementing SAP changes for VAT and Withholding tax, including the relevant interfaces (analysing business requirements, doing configuration, and testing).
FICO Consultant
Nidera Agrocomercial S.A.
SAP post go-live support
Assessing and reviewing the final working solution. Doing “fine tuning” (various configuration adjustments) of the existing SAP FI solution, Treasury, and in/out SAP interfaces.
Implementing legal Spain VAT and WH tax reports and doing fine tuning.
IT Consultant
SanCom
Enhancing effectiveness of the integrity system
Analysing existing SW solutions to enhance the effectiveness of the integrity system in the Macedonian public administration.
IT Consultant
SanCom
Design of ITC solution for E-services
Analysing business requirements and preparing a business case for e-services based on web hosting private cloud for all municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia, with CAPEX and OPEX projections. Preparing a high-level design of the ICT solution. Giving presentations to the main key stakeholders.
FICO Consultant
Inet DOO
SAP greenfield implementation
SAP greenfield project implementation. Role - Responsible for FI (R2R processes, newGL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Tax and Treasury) and various parts of CO in all project phases. Mapping business processes to global template, adding local processes, configuring, testing, training, data migration and post go-live support.
FICO Consultant
Johnson Matthey Catalysts
SAP roll-out implementation
SAP roll-out project implementation. Role - Responsible for FI (R2R processes, newGL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Tax and Treasury) and various parts of CO in all project phases. Mapping business processes to global template, adding local processes, configuring, testing, training, data migration and post go-live support.
Head of Billing and Revenue Assurance
T-Home Macedonia
Revenue Assurance project: I, II and III phase
Management of revenue assurance projects. Role – Project Manager & expert. Data quality and process upgrading that improve profits, revenues and cash flows in SAP, Network systems and Geneva billing system.
Manager for sales channels (Marketing area)
T – Home Macedonia
Planning and controlling the volume and revenue of company’s main segments and sales channels. Performing activities in case of deviations from the business plan.
SAP Project Manager & Team Lead
T-Home Macedonia
SAP implementation PS and IM
SAP CO PS and CO IM modules implementation. Role - SAP Project manager & team lead . Participate in all project phases and doing necessary configuration/ adjustments of SAP live modules – Finance Accounting, Controlling, Material Management and Asset Accounting.
SAP implementation SD and WM
SAP Sales & Distribution and Warehouse Management modules implementation. Role- SAP Project manager & team lead. Participate in all project phases and doing necessary configuration/ adjustments of SAP live modules – Finance Accounting, Controlling, Material Management and Asset Accounting.
SAP greenfield implementation
SAP greenfield implementation Finance Accounting, Controlling, Material Management and Asset Accounting. Role – SAP Project manager & team lead (participate in all project phases) and Mater data manager.
Implementation of ITIL processes for SAP (release, incident, problem and change management, service delivering, SLA, KPIs, etc.);
SAP team lead (IT directorate)
T – Home Macedonia
Planning and organizing team activities. Providing SAP FICO support. Managing projects for system implementations. Managing SAP change management. Planning and controlling all IT operating costs for the company.
Senior IT Specialist (IT directorate)
T – Home Macedonia
SAP FI specialist, planning and programming SW implementation**.** Project management**,** analysis, programming, maintenance, coordinating IT systems & tools.
IT Specialist (IT directorate)
Post, Telephone and Telegraph company “Makedonija”
Analysis, programming, maintenance of IT systems & tools.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Telecommunication, Transportation, Healthcare, Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Finance, Project Management, Accounting, Marketing, and Sales.
Summary
Lead/Senior SAP FICO Consultant/Business Analyst with 20+ years’ experience. Multiple full life-cycle implementations of S/4 Hana, CFIN and ECC across industries such as pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, automotive, wholesale, trading, telecommunications and IT. Experience creating global templates and delivering greenfield, brownfield and rollout projects. Successful at working with and understanding both the business and technical sides of a project. Experienced in business process modelling and re-engineering, and translating business requirements into IT solutions. Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Skills
- Senior Sap Fico Functional Consultant And Business Analyst (As Team Lead And Project Manager / Team Member) With More Than 20 Years’ Experience, Including Multiple Full Life-Cycle Projects, Designing Global Sap Templates, Greenfield Implementations And Numerous Rollouts;
- Strong Fi Functional And Configuration Skills, Including: S/4 Hana, Central Finance (Cfin), New Gl, Asset Accounting & Re-Fx, Multicurrency Accounting, Multi-Ledger Architecture, Intercompany Processes, Tax, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury And Cash Management, Financial Closing. Expert Experience In Finance Processes Such As R2r.
- Strong Co Functional And Configuration Skills, Including: Overhead Cost Controlling, Profit Centre Accounting, Co-Pa, Investment Management And Project System (Im & Ps), And Related Processes Such As Project-Related Capex, Opex And Mto.
- Extensive Experience Analyzing Business Requirements. Business Process Modelling And Re-Engineering (As-Is To To-Be Processes), And Translating Business Requirements Into It Solutions;
- Excellent Knowledge Of Finance And Controlling Business Processes And Financial Reporting (Global And Local);
- Extensive Experience With Mm And Sd Integration With Fico;
- Experience With Fscm, Acm, Pm, Product Costing;
- Project Management Experience;
- Training And Testing Experience;
- Experience With Complex Data Migrations From Legacy Systems;
- Experience Designing Interfaces Between Sap And Other Systems;
- Prepare And Oversee The Execution Of Slas For It & Sap Consulting Services, Including Itil;
- Ict Consultant For Ict Strategy, Ict Systems And Technologies In The Business And Government Sectors;
- Ability To Identify And Implement Solutions That Deliver Business Value. Conducting Workshops And Presentations For Business Users And Key Stakeholders;
- Experience In Sap Support Roles As Team Leader And Is Specialist;
- Strong Cost Management Skills (Creating Business Cases, Calculating Roi);
- Experience Writing System Documentation, Policies, Procedures And Work Instructions; Iso 9001 Project Experience And Sox Process And Controls Experience.
Languages
Education
The University Institute Kurt Bosch
MBA · MBA - general route · Switzerland
Electrotechnical faculty at “St. Cyril and Methodius” University of Skopje
Computer Science Engineer · Computer Science Engineer, Informatics and Automatics Department · Skopje, North Macedonia
Certifications & licenses
Agile Project Methodology
Intercultural Communication Training
SAP Agricultural Contract Management
SAP Treasury And Risk Management
Business Process Modeling
Sales Techniques And Skill For Consultants
SAP Consultant Controlling Training
Revenue Assurance
Performance Management
Management Training
SAP General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable Basic Configuration; SAP Periodic Processing In Accounts Receivable And Accounts Payable; SAP Special Purpose General Ledger
SAP Workflow For Capex And Opex
MS Project
PRINCE 2- Project Management Method
SAP ABAP Programming Language
SAP Financial Accounting; SAP Financial Closing; SAP Controlling Module; SAP Investment Management Module; SAP Project System Module
ORACLE SQL, ORACLE PL SQL, ORACLE Developer, ORACLE Advanced Developer, ORACLE Designer; ORACLE System Modeling And Server Design
C++
Visual Basic
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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Sonja is based in Skopje, North Macedonia and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Sonja speaks the following languages: Macedonian (Native), Dutch (Advanced), German (Elementary), English (Elementary).
Sonja has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Sonja has worked in at least 14 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 8 months. Note that Sonja may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Sonja would be well-suited for roles such as: SAP S/4 Hana CO-PS Lead Consultant, S/4 Hana Consultant, Sr. Solution Integration Analyst / Solution Lead for SAP Finance.
Sonja's most recent position is SAP S/4 Hana CO-PS Lead Consultant at Metro AG.
In recent years, Sonja has worked for Metro AG, Confidential client (NDA), Cargill Food & Bio, and Janssen Pharmaceutical.
Sonja is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Transportation, and Healthcare. Sonja also has some experience in Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical.
Sonja is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Finance, and Project Management. Sonja also has some experience in Accounting, Marketing, and Sales.
Sonja has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, and Food and Beverage.
Sonja has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Finance, and Accounting.
Sonja holds a Master in MBA - general route from The University Institute Kurt Bosch and a Master in Computer Science Engineer, Informatics and Automatics Department from Electrotechnical faculty at “St. Cyril and Methodius” University of Skopje.
Sonja has 20 certificates. Among them, these include: Agile Project Methodology, Intercultural Communication Training, and SAP Agricultural Contract Management.
Sonja is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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