SAP FI Experts in Switzerland

• Project Management Office: analysis and setup, master plan, standardized project planning (generic work breakdown structure according to HERMES), earned value management, milestone trend analysis.

• Finance management at portfolio, program and project level.

• Resource management and single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).

• Process management.

• Implementation of a program management tool for unified program and project management.

• Program controlling: finance management, earned value management, milestone trend analysis, consolidation of project budgets, actual costs and forecasts at the program level.

• Variance analyses at program level.

• Transition from total cost view to commitment credit view (federal administration terminology).

• Calculation of available reserves (rolling), forecasts and scenarios.

• Monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual reports, preparation of annual planning at program level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.

• Project controlling: support for project managers in project planning, earned value management, milestone trend analysis.

• Review of projects for budget compliance, adherence to phases and schedules, deliverables, resource planning and deployment.

• Variance analyses at project level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.

• Resource management: resource planning based on program and project plans, review of timesheets.

• Supply chain (until April 2022): single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).

• Change management: involvement in change management for cost-relevant changes (change requests), tracking of service contract price for contract-related changes, participation in change control boards / decision boards at management level.

• Establishment of controlling structures in a new Swiss federal agency (becoming a federal office as of January 1, 2024) since April 2022.

• Credit monitoring with validation of actual costs and commitment values.

• Resource management: cross-project resource planning (HRP).

• Earned value analysis and milestone trend analysis for key ICT projects of the federal government.

• Participation in the introduction of the JIRA Tempo module.

• Tools & methods: HERMES 5.1 / Agile HERMES, Sciforma 7, JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, Signavio, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Prof., Excel-VBA.

(Project Assignment via consulting company HighPerfPeople)

• Lead the Workday Optimization Board, defining and presenting the Workday enhancement roadmap; drive prioritization based on stakeholder input, system analysis, and identified capability gaps.
• Challenge business requirements and proposed solutions to ensure alignment with long-term architecture principles, platform strategy and operational sustainability.
• Own the complete lifecycle of Workday enhancements from business discovery and solution design through implementation governance, testing strategy, deployment and stabilization.
• Act as functional/technical lead for key product areas including Peakon, Workday Learning, and Talent/Performance processes (e.g., year-end cycle, goal setting).
• Define and implement Workday branding and communication standards (templates, notification design, messaging structure) to improve consistency and employee experience.
• Build and enhance manager- and HR-facing tools (reports, dashboards, guidance/Journeys, process support assets) to reduce manual effort and improve decision-making.
• Translate complex system behavior, security/privacy constraints, and process implications into clear options for business stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with HR process owners, IT/security, and vendors to resolve issues and enable scalable solutions.
• Strong focus on adoption: ensure changes are usable, understandable, and actionable for employees, managers, and HR teams.

• Designed and implemented WordPress websites using the Divi theme, translating client visions into engaging, user-friendly digital experiences.
• Managed front-end and functional design, ensuring seamless navigation and optimized performance.

• Development, industrialization and production of helicopter seats (military)
• Responsible for an innovative seating system: weight < 15 kg, 100% crash safety according to EASA, side-facing, from concept to SOP
• Complete recovery of a project two years overdue: concept approval and prototype testing in 4 weeks, certification testing in 8 weeks, 100% EASA certification
• Management of global BCC development resources (> 60% share) and optimization of development cycles including FEM
• Streamlining the supply chain, on-time EASA and series approval, compliance with the NRE budget, timely delivery including FAI

• Project management: Implementation of SAP & EBX integration for master and reference data management and led development of AI supported services for data management and privacy-oriented solutions
• Business analysis: Executed in-depth requirement gathering and data analyzes for MDM implementation, supported service integration using REST APIs to enhance service interoperability, led the requirement gathering, analysis, and implementation of agent-based AI services
• Technologies: SAP BP & FICO & MM, Tibco EBX, n8n, custom AI development in Java, Python, RDBMS, cloud

• Managed and optimized discount campaigns to boost sales
• Planned 2025 discount strategies to align with business goals
• Coordinated with key stakeholders, including category management, for campaign success
• Enhanced efficiency and profitability of discount campaigns at Migros Foods

• Project lead for a global organization improvement project impacting tax model, global organization, Order 2 Cash (O2C), Procure 2 Pay (P2) processes, supply chain, finance, tax, assets, HR and IT systems including ERP
• Implemented new way of working, including process changes, documentation of work instructions and updates to IT systems including ERP and HR systems
• Success: new operating model implemented and delivering expected benefits

• Compliance with IFRS 16 for all group companies
• Achieve efficiency gains through a centralized and standardized process and save time thanks to a single source of information
• Automatic calculation and posting of IFRS 16 and other relevant journals
• Simulations / planning of positions regarding rent/leasing (vehicles, equipment, real estate, etc.)
• Coordination of service fees, benchmarking, scheduling, etc.

• Establishment of a licensing model
• Preparation of investor documents (business plan, cash flow forecast, ROI, etc.)
• Marketing simulation of market development, market potential assessment, etc.
• Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market entry
• Setting up project planning, project controlling, and business processes

• Preparing annual financial statements for several animal clinics in Switzerland (MARS Group)
• Leading the audit of the Swiss entities with PwC
• Supporting and enhancing the ongoing accounting

• Participating in a strategic enterprise project to introduce a centralized customer data platform ("Single Source of Truth") to eliminate redundant data storage and accelerate digital services

• Analyzing and documenting business and system requirements for migrating large, heterogeneous data sets (ETL) and for continuous data synchronization between core systems and the new platform

• Close collaboration with business units, data engineers and architects to gather and validate requirements, and to ensure data quality, consistency and regulatory compliance

• Defining the migration strategy, specifying ETL processes and synchronization mechanisms, and documenting technical interfaces

• Developing and executing test cases for migration and synchronization processes, and performing defect analysis to ensure data integrity and system stability

• Technologies: SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Confluence, UML, RESTful Services, Swagger, Postman

• Migration from ECC to S/4 Hana Public Cloud
• Migration of FI/MM/PS/LO/EWM from ECC SP7 to S/4 Hana On-Prem via Migration Cockpit and ADM Syniti
• Conducted data cleansing and business partner restructuring workshops
• Aligned activities with cutover and transport management
• Data- and process-related incident triage and resolution in Solution ManagerFB
• Execution of regression testing via Tricentis TOSCA
• Financial reconciliation activities

• Cover the role of Global Process Owner of the Business Intelligence area and contribute to designing the Data Strategy
• Responsible for the global BI platform based on SAP BW4/HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, Datasphere, Analysis for Office and Power BI
• Collaborate with the FICO team due to acquired skills in this area
• Work closely with the business worldwide to build dashboards, data models and reports to provide useful insights
• Coordinate international analytics teams as project manager and report project progress to the Board
• Participated in the two-year S/4 implementation project with SAP Switzerland, coordinating the SAP implementation team in Portugal and ensuring go-live with all dashboards and reports working and data matched S/4
• Managed BI projects in Sales, Finance, Global KPIs, Manufacturing and Purchasing as project manager; developed and coded when necessary
• Led the migration of reports from BusinessObjects and Lumira to Analysis for Office and BW4/HANA
• Developed Spend Analytics data models and dashboards to analyze purchasing across 30+ entities, achieving 8% savings on purchasing volume and increased group profitability
• Defined data strategy for the group
• Created the global Business Intelligence site on Viva Engage, published stories and built the BI website containing links to training, BI directive list of reports and dashboards
• Created success stories as business use cases, published on Viva Engage
• Led the Business Intelligence function globally, coordinating BI development teams in Switzerland and abroad
• Personally developed data models, reports and dashboards
• Involved in privacy and security topics to guarantee correct compliance of data management
• Coded using different programming languages
• Managed more than 15 BI projects over 5 years using agile methodology, delivered on time, on budget and on quality
• Wrote the BI directive on correct usage of BI tools in the company

• Recruited for hard-to-fill roles at Implenia with 9000 employees at its Opfikon headquarters. Managed all stakeholders (hiring managers, candidates, coordinators, agencies, talent sourcing, contract drafting, onboarding)
• Optimized the TA process by conducting talent sourcing kick-offs with hiring managers for hard-to-fill positions in corporate functions (IT, Legal, MarCom, Finance, etc.)