SAP CO Experts in Dusseldorf

• SAP ERP/ECC, SAP S/4 HANA
• Analysis and documentation of customizing for SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSCD
• Analysis, consulting, and documentation of S/4 HANA apps for defining and executing statutory reports
• Clarification of prerequisites for using the S/4 HANA apps to define and execute statutory reports
• Analysis and documentation of customizing for in-house developments
• Consulting on integration of SAP FI/CO as well as PSM, PSM-FM (budget management), contract accounts receivable and payable (PSCD)
• Consulting and documentation of customizing adjustments in SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSM-FM, PSCD for the introduction of new company codes and other organizational structures
• Consulting and documentation of necessary process adjustments

Founded in 1968, MLD today employs over 350 people at various locations in and around Düsseldorf. The academic team, made up of 17 specialists, colleagues from biology, chemistry, pharmacy, drinking water hygiene, and medical training assistants, supports more than 1,500 office-based doctors and more than 30 hospitals with more than 5,000 beds in the Düsseldorf, Cologne and Lower Rhine regions as a reliable partner in laboratory medicine. It is a subsidiary of the Sonic Healthcare Group based in Sydney, Australia. Group: 37,000 employees, direct reporting line: Managing Director

Responsibilities:

• Disciplinary and technical management responsibility for 16 employees, sub-ledgers, general ledger, controlling, IT, purchasing, HR
• monthly reporting according to IFRS, consolidation of several domestic subsidiaries
• preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements of the companies according to IFRS and annual financial statements according to HGB of several companies, as well as preparation and support of the annual audits
• budgeting, forecasting
• accounting-related execution of incorporations, liquidations and transformations of the companies
• main contact person for auditors, tax advisors and tax authorities.

• Support and consulting for the integration of SAP ECC into an SAP S/4HANA system, retirement of legacy systems, implementation, and process optimization in the new harmonized system
• Project implementation of S/4HANA Cloud Private & Public Sales & Services with SAP SCM/OTC/MM/LE/CS/PS, S/4HANA Cloud, CPI, BTP, EDI, IDOC, ABAP, User-Exit, SolMan, ITIL, SAP Cloud AL
• Customizing and optimization in OTC and MM, including condition maintenance, document type and item category extensions, integration with FI/CO, scheduling agreement configuration, material master and purchasing info record maintenance, release procedures, message control, and master data quality
• Ensuring integration of PTP with FI/CO, SD, and WM, process analysis, and efficiency improvement for the S/4HANA environment
• Process modeling in Signavio, workshops, and trainings
• 2nd & 3rd level support in OTC, MM, CS, PS, C4C Sales & Services, GTS, and MDG: incident and change tickets, feasibility analyses, service management, embedded analytics, customizing, tests, documentation, training, debugging, IDOC/EDI monitoring
• SAP S/4HANA migration: data migration, system harmonization, global rollouts, and template development
• ABAP development and optimization: reports, dialog programs, user exits, IDOC/EDI monitoring

• Process optimization, process design
• Business partnering, target vision
• Teambuilding
• Workflow design
• Budget, MEC
• SAP S4/Hana, Board

• Responsibility for group-wide financial management with a focus on management, PE, and lender reporting.
• Focus on an integrated financial model (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow), robust liquidity and covenant management, and preparation of decision-ready materials for financiers, auditors, and rating stakeholders.
• Establishment of reporting standards, data logic, and closing routines for high-frequency scalability.
• Further development of an integrated financial model (P&L/BS/CF), including scenario capabilities, sensitivities, and driver-based forecasting logic.
• Design and management of a rolling liquidity plan (short-/mid-term), including working capital mechanisms and financing instruments.
• Preparation and quality assurance of lender reporting, including covenant calculations, bridge analyses, and variance explanations.
• Support for the CFO agenda in financier and stakeholder communication (Q&A, documentation logic, key messages, data consistency).
• Coordination and content input for rating- and financing-related deliverables (e.g., presentations, data rooms, management commentary).
• Management of IFRS/accounting topics (e.g., IFRS 16 lease logic, accrual and reconciliation concepts) to ensure reporting and audit readiness.
• Standardization of reporting structures, templates, and KPI definitions across entities to increase transparency, comparability, and speed.

• Introduction of giro card with Visa Debit card payment function (Combocard) for Commerzbank
• Support for the Card Processing Team (card processing; Clearing & Settlement incl. Dispute Management teams) in project work
• Creation of requirements for the Clearing & Settlement team, Authorization team (AZ) and Card Production team (KP) as part of a requirements catalog
• Requirements engineering (requirements management) with business contact person
• Participation in workstream meetings between VISA Inc., SRC Security Research & Consulting GmbH, Commerzbank AG and consulting firms (PwC and Senacor Technologies AG)
• Sprint planning with Jira tickets of type Task and use of Confluence
• Creation and presentation of weekly status reports for the Clearing & Settlement, Dispute Management and Reporting & GUI workstreams
• Coordination with network and file transfer teams for connection tests of new interfaces, e.g. setup of host keys, use of VPN or sipnet connections
• Coordination of the delivery of test files, e.g. exchange rates (FX rates; TC 56 of VISA rates), VISA Debit and Credit transactions (format Base II) and EANSS/ISS Base II clearing files to the Debit Clearing System (DCS)
• Conducting coordination meetings on the use of Visanet Settlement Service (VSS) and PSD2 reports and payment traffic statistics (ZVS)
• Organizing workshops with FiServ (First Data) on Dispute Management and complaint handling
• Setup and maintenance of Open Point List (OPL) in Confluence
• Technologies/methods: Jira, Confluence, giro card, VISA Debit card, payments, Kanban board, BIN, routing, CIQ, VPAY, ScalaTest, Dispute Management

• Carve-out of HR, SuccessFactors, PeopleHub, Concur, RLP and interface systems to an external international service provider

• Structuring and handling identified high-risk topics for the executive board.
• Handling various ad-hoc topics as part of the company-wide restructuring, especially in the finance, controlling, and procurement departments.
• Developing strategic concepts to increase the level of digitization in central controlling, finance, procurement, and logistics functions.
• Stakeholder management (supervisory board, works council, city of Düsseldorf).
• Coordinating and conducting due diligence as well as subsequent purchase price negotiations related to the land acquisition for a new depot (volume >80 million EUR).
• Participation as a permanent member in various steering committees.

• CRM process and feature consulting
• AI infusion workshops to introduce AI apps for critical business processes
• Prototyping – Vibe coding with Lovable
• Development of several apps for global bid management in the CPQ, Salesforce, and SAP S/4HANA environment
• Requirements and process management
• Introduction of a new data governance model
• AI infusion – supporting apps and business processes with AI applications
• Portfolio management of AI ideas: identifying and selecting AI projects in bid management
• Prototyping AI projects with Lovable.dev
• Building an AI data foundation in Snowflake
• Blueprint for different business units and global rollout
• An agile prototype-first approach with design thinking and vibe coding to prototype all applications
• Presentation at a global conference on using AI in business and validating ideas with design thinking & vibe coding
• AI infusion workshops at global conferences for prototyping ideas with business stakeholders

• Led the design, implementation, and optimisation of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) dashboards, stories, and reports for business users.
• Worked closely with business stakeholders to gather and analyse reporting requirements, translating them into technical designs.
• Integrated SAC with SAP BW/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA Views, and external data sources.
• Developed SAC Planning models and supported planning processes, including input forms, allocations, forecasts, and simulations.
• Configured live and import connections to SAP and non-SAP data sources.
• Conducted performance tuning, security setup, and ensured data accuracy in SAC environments.
• Provided training, documentation, and best practices for SAC adoption across the organization.
• Led incident management, change requests, and enhancements in SAC landscapes.

• Manual for the new cost center structure in SAP and the new posting procedures
• Plant controlling, operating cost sheets, and inventory valuation
• Rate determination in Excel for SAP
• Preparation of product calculations

• Supported and guided several startup companies in the online services area
• Created business plans and required documents for company organization and marketing activities to obtain public funding
• Reviewed business models for plausibility, validity, marketability, and viability

• Managing tickets (SAP Solution Manager, SAP ECC, EHP and S4/HANA systems)

• Member of the leadership team of the SAP Delivery Excellence domain
• Founded and built the department as part of the leadership team
• Set up and led the Value Stream "Customer Success"
• Consulting, coaching, training and advisory for large-scale SAP projects