ANETT DERMANOVIC, M.S.E, M.B.A, PMP

**** ***** ***** ** *******, TX 77069

(832) 858 - 5555 act8my@r.postjobfree.com

Citizen of USA and Sweden

Professional Summary:

Sr. SAP FI/CO high energy lead professional with several years of functional and technical experience, served domestic and international companies attain savings translating into $100,000.00s per year through business process improvements and enabling SAP automation resulting in efficiency. Thriving on challenges and work is performed in methodical and logic way while paying great attention to details. Strong communication and people skill (incl. C levels) together with positive attitude supports the success of the delivery of projects on time and within budget. PMP certified.

SAP Skills:

20 Years total SAP experience, where of 13 years as a consultant:

18 Years “hands on” functional SAP FI/CO configuration, implementation, upgrades and support.

2 Years developing ABAP, writing code for diverse programs, reports and files. Incl. LSMW.

Project Manager (PMP), Project Lead and Team Lead assignments of SAP implementations, migration, upgrades and support; incl. multiple life cycle and multicultural environments (global and domestic).

Strong implementation knowledge of SAP finance and controlling modules. FI: General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Fixed Assets (FA), Special Ledger (SPL) and Treasury (TR). Month- & Year-End close. CO: Cost Center Accounting (CCA) & Profit Center Accounting (PCA).

Support of GL, AP, AR, FA, SPL, CCA, PCA which also incl. some knowledge in Joint Venture (JV), Project System (PS), Human Resource (HR), Sales and Distribution (SD), Material Management (MM), TR, Consolidation (ECCS), and Workflow. Actively worked with Security and assigned to the implementation projects GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) and Charm (SAP transport system). Provided auditors guidance on what they were looking for and needed information for them to audit.

Work with the ABAP developers, writing detailed technical program specifications, testing and debugging programs. Creating test data. Creating Report Painter/Writer reports and Validation/Substitution.

Researching and applying OSS notes and worked with SAP Inc. when production error couldn’t be re-produced

Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager and other managing systems. Set up of periodic schedules.

Replaced electronic business approval forms with new ADOBE/ MDG (SAP Master Data Governance) forms.

Trained users and created documentation, including business process procedures (BPPs).

Technical Skills:

ERP: SAP R/2 and R/3: 3.1, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0

Software: Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Word

Methodologies: SAP ASAP and Enterprise Effectiveness (EE)

Programming Languages: ABAP, Assembler, C, C++, Fortran, Pascal and UNIX

Work Experience:

Hess, Houston TX (Industry: Oil & Gas) Mar 2012 – Present

Role: Senior FI/CO consultant converted to employee

Provided LEAN solution to a two year outstanding Electronic Funds Transfer problem that was said it couldn’t be done within SAP. Found a solution and it was implemented within 2 months and over 500 man hours will be saved per year. Additionally, reduced the number of business related funds transfers, executed outside SAP, will significantly reduce risk of error (e.g. potential duplicate payments) and potential fraud.

Worked close with Cash Management with support of bank configuration for a conversion project.

Managed a team of 5 people onshore to direct support the finance department located in Houston TX using SAP. Worked close with the offshore support team, which services were provided by two of the big Four consulting firms. Hired onshore consultants to provide SAP support.

Hold Weekly team meetings, Bi-weekly One-on-One, Mid-year and Year-end reviews for direct reports, advised on how to be more efficient on their projects to ensure to meet the dead lines.

Project Manager for the China implementation which includes hands-on configuration, testing, writing documentation and trained users when implementing the Alternative Chart of Accounts (needed for country specific reporting in Chinese). Served the security team on how to assign the objects in the business role to secure that the users of China government only could view specific data. Provided auditors with supported information regarding production postings and configuration (where transports couldn’t be used).

Organized and ran the IT intern summer program for 11 interns. Work incl. match managers to interview the interns. Assign hired interns a mentor and ensure they had a working relationship. Scheduled activities, midsummer and end of summer review, planned the exit presentation for the interns to represent in front of senior managers and executives, including an exit survey.

Assigned to the HR transformation project as the IT lead for the conversion from SAP to SuccessFactor (SFSF), IT lead for Testing and IT lead for Data Governance. Worked with the assigned consulting firm and Hess team, provided guidance on what needed to be done by what date. Hands-On created the first mini data conversion, so we could show the final users about the new system (SFSF) in the first workshop.

Assigned to Hess new re-implementation of SAP. Converted the G/L accounts and reassigned the Cost Center Hierarchy, created report painter reports, assisted with fixed assets . Provided the business assistance with intercompany postings and creating master data directly in production, documented in details what had been done according to the auditors’ rules.

Tested the newly upgraded Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) module and assisted with problem solving. Reported problems to SAP and worked with coworkers to test the solution. Made some configuration for go-live and assisted with the training scheduled for the users.

Tested AR for the ECC 6.0 enhancement package 5 upgrade and assisted with problem solving in different areas: FA, Cash Management, PRA, Joint Venture and researched if OSS Notes had been applied.

Attended training in Joint Venture module and provided some support for the same.

Configured foreign currency revaluation for month end close and assisted user with assessment allocation.

Thorough testing in SAP how newly created profit centers would need to be changed in already created cost objects. Configured part of the new profit center hierarchy, to visualize the idea of the end result.

Wrote technical specifications for programs that needed to be created to enable the profit center changes in the cost objects, including a program change for a foreign exchange report. Made test data.

Attended workshops regarding how to split up one company code into many other company codes, so Hess would be able to take advantage of tax benefits and provided the customized solution for the Revenue and Operation Expense income statements.

Researched the effort it would take to have the functional area turned on for Hess. Played around with the configuration and testing. Reviewed and debugged the substitution and validation rules Hess has in place.

SWWC, Sugar Land TX (Industry: Utility) Feb 2011 – Mar 2012

Role: Senior FI/CO Team Lead

FI/CO team lead for this utility implementation (incl. FI, CO, PS, ECCS, HR, SD, MM, FICA, SM and BI).

Helped project manager to manage the project. Hold meetings for management and stake holders.

Scoped, implemented, tested and go live – month end – year end support

Hands on successfully implemented fixed asset, banking, reporting, A/P, A/R and G/L (New).

Tested, trained and made sure that time lines were met. Trained in SAP Workflow module.

Created auditing documentation: implementation strategies; test & go-live upload of legacy data.

Helped to address security issues, hand held and suggested configuration. Tested the new roles.

Created LSMW to upload legacy data and wrote specifications for ABAP developers.

Bethyl Laboratories, Montgomery TX (Industry: Antibody manufacture) Oct 2010 – Feb 2011

Role: Senior FI/CO consultant

Providing part time senior FI/CO after go live support, primary GL, AP, AR, FA and CCA.

Writing detailed specifications for the ABAP developer for program changes. Test changes.

Ingles Markets, Black Mountain NC (Industry: Grocery Retail) May 2010 – Sep 2010

Role: Project Manager and Senior FI/CO consultant

Project Manager and Sr. SAP FI/CO functional consultant for this upgrade project from SAP R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0. Created project plan. Hold weekly status meetings for team members, managers & stakeholders.

Solved the client’s problems in current system (Report Painter/Writer) before the actual upgrade and the problems that appeared during the upgrade.

Analyzed current system configuration, interviewed the users, viewed customized reports (Report Painter/Writer) and interfaces (ABAP) to ensure they all got converted to fit ECC 6.0 and Unicode.

Created Cost/Profit center Validations to support the financial statements (Report Painter/Writer).

South Carolina Retirement Systems, Columbia SC (Industry: Government) Jan 2010 – Apr 2010

Role: Project Lead and Senior FI consultant

Finance Project Lead and Sr. FI functional consultant for this upgrade project from SAP R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0 (Unicode). Hold project status meetings for team members, management and stakeholders.

Solved the client’s long time problems in current system before the actual upgrade.

Analyzed current system: configuration, customized reports (Report Painter/Writer) and ABAP interfaces.

Created milestones, tracked and drove new issues to be resolved, created cut over plan, hands on configuration of SAP, wrote detailed specifications to the developer, troubleshot problems.

Documented the current and new Business Processes Procedures (BPPs).

Baker Hughes, Houston TX (Industry: Oil and Gas service) Mar 2009 – Jul 2009

Role: Team Lead and Senior FI/CO consultant

Finance Team Lead and Sr. SAP FI/CO functional consultant to go to Azerbaijan (AZ) and implement the legacy systems used in AZ, Georgia and Turkmenistan onto already existing SAP ECC 6.0 located in US.

Scoped the Finance management part (incl. Customer relationship management) in AZ. Presented the findings for team members, management and stakeholders.

Trained the finance process specialists in Aberdeen UK. Participated in material management training.

Assisted the project manager with time lines for the finance implementation in AZ, including updating the data coordinator what each file included that needed to be uploaded into SAP.

Served the business management with suggestions on how to change bank.

Created “As-Is” finance flow charts for all six divisions in each country.

Performed quality check of SAP finance configuration to ensure proper functionality, where I identified changes that were necessary and communicated them to the configuration team.

US Zinc, Houston TX (Industry: Zinc manufacture) Sep 2008 – Mar 2009

Role: Project Lead and Senior FI/CO consultant

Project Lead and Sr. SAP FI/CO hands on consultant to complete the design and configuration for this new US implementation on an already existing SAP R/3 4.7 environment, based in Brazil.

Supported Month-End-Close and successfully led the company through their first Year-End-Close.

Uploaded the legacy assets into SAP, via already created LSMWs (Legacy System Work Bench). Changed already depreciated assets in SAP to fit the International Finance Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Provided day-to-day issues support for primary GL, AP, AR & FA also incl. Cost center, Profit center and Product Costing. Assisted with trouble shooting in other integrated modules. Trained the users.

Automated the company’s payment process. Made needed configuration for the payment program with multiple payment methods (check, ACH & wire). Wrote detailed specifications (incl. Positive Pay) to the ABAP developers in Brazil. Debugged the programs, found the cause of problems and advised resolution.

Identified incorrect currency within company code and communicated risk to management. This benefited the company by eliminating days of troubleshooting and rework.

Implemented and configured Lockbox. Trained the user and created documentation.

Assisted with uploading the budget into SAP.

Hoerbiger, Houston TX (Industry: Valves, Control and Sealing systems) Apr 2008 – Jul 2008

Role: Senior FI/CO consultant

Provided senior FI/CO (some SD/MM) after go live support and added project work for this global company based in Austria. Supported also day-to-day issues for US and Canada.

Held FI (GL, AP & AR) training sessions for business management and users. Created documentation.

Set up Month-End-Close to run on schedules, to enable faster closing. Created variants and worked with ABAP developer to use variables from TVARV table.

Analyzed AR aging report and made configuration changes, incl. writing detailed specifications for the ABAP developer to make the customized report work more efficient.

Made a few changes to the Logistic Invoice Verification to prevent double invoicing.

Made configuration for Credit Management and train the users on Customers’ credit limits.

Set up validation rules for cost centers and substitutions rules for profit center.

Rexam, Toledo OH (Industry: Beverage cans & consumer pack manufacture) Jan 2008 – Apr 2008

Role: Senior FI/CO consultant

Sr. functional finance consultant. The project was to add a newly bought US company on to already existing SAP R/3 4.7 environment based in France.

Held meetings/workshops with the customer and Bank of America for the implementation of ACH (US and CA), Checks, Lockbox and Procurement card (US). Made needed configuration.

Held workshops to transfer legacy Customer data, Vendor data and General ledger balances into templates to be uploaded via LSMWs into SAP.

Responsible for 1st phase unit test and 2nd phase integration test. Created new test script and test cases where there were missing.

Used Solution Manager to store blue print, configuration and meeting notes.

CenterPoint Energy, Houston TX (Industry: Energy utility) Nov 2006 – Oct 2007

Role: Project Lead and Senior FI/CO consultant

Project lead for this migration project, where the Entegrate (3rd party custom developed Energy Trading System) needed to feed/receive information to/from SAP R/3 4.6 and ECC 6.0 (after upgrade).

Communicated with executive stakeholders, managers and project members from both Business and IT departments. Held meetings and reported weekly project status. Created milestones, tracked and drove new issues to be resolved and created cut over plan.

Gathered data from the business and reviewed current configuration in the SAP system to create the gap analysis. Made needed configuration in SAP (GL, AP & AR). Created detailed program specifications for the programmer. Created test data and analyzed “to be” result, documented the process and trained the user.

Involved in the valuation of interface Dun and Bradstreet with SAP (limits the company’s risk exposure).

Worked with the treasury department to implement payment wires from SAP. Made needed configuration and mapped the SAP IDOC segments fields into the SeeBeyond file.

Champions Technologies, Houston TX (Industry: Chemical prod manufacture) Sep 2005 – Oct 2006

Role: Senior FI/CO consultant

Functional/technical FI consultant for this new implementation of Canada and add on implementation for US, in existing SAP R/3 4.7 system located in US. Support of go live and after go live.

Developed LSMWs to upload financial legacy data GL, AP, AR and other monthly global trial balances.

Gathered the requirements for Canada’s new check standards. Wrote detailed specifications to the developer regarding exact design of the check, to be printed out of SAP. Made needed configuration.

Implemented EDI 820 (customer payments file) for US. Made required configuration to enable automatic upload into SAP. Mapped the EDI820 file’s data into the IDOC segments fields.

Troubleshot already implemented US Lockbox, made configuration changes to make the lockbox more efficient. Trained the user.

Involved with the implementation of Taxware (3rd party calculating tax system) for US and CA.

Marathon Oil, Houston TX (Industry: Oil and Gas) May 2005 – Sep 2005

Role: Senior FI/CO consultant

Provided domestic day-to-day support and some project work for this large international oil company.

Created/changed cost centers and profit centers, including their hierarchies.

Changed finance reports created with Report painter and Report writer, incl. some SAP script changes.

Analyzed current foreign currency valuation and made recommendations.

Added Ireland to Marathon’s SAP customized payment program. Made needed configuration. Wrote detailed specifications for the ABAP developer. Created test data, multiple payment runs and validated that an email, fax or mail was sent to correct paid vendor.

Northwest Pipe, Portland OR (Industry: Steel pipe and tube manufacture) Jan 2005 – Apr 2005

Role: Senior FI/CO consultant

Responsible for the FI module (incl. GL, AR & AP) on this SAP upgrade project from R/3 3.1 to ECC 5.0.

Hewlett Packard, Houston TX (Industry: Computer) Jan 2001 – Nov 2004

Role: Senior Business Analyst

Global day-to-day support of FI module, primarily GL and SPL (R/3 3.1, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7), incl. working with remotely located ABAP developers.

Team lead to implement new company codes for different countries, made needed configuration. Team member of a new implementation of Europe on SAP 4.6 (from SAP 3.1), project based in Germany.

The HP/Compaq merge gave the opportunity to work with challenging tasks on a tight deadline. Worked with the accounting and treasury departments to gathering needed data to enable treasury’s hedging of currency. Wrote detailed specifications for the ABAP programmer.

Team Lead for the world wide roll out of the “Issue Tracking” system Quest, later responsible to do the same for the real time system Kintana.

Hold knowledge transferring sessions to pears and management. Quality checked some more junior co-workers’ configuration before the transports moved into production.

Responsible for Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Valuation, led the project to automatically upload the rates from Reuter into SAP.

Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Tulsa OK Sep 2000 – Jan 2001

Role: Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant

Industry: Oil and Gas

Client: British Petroleum, Tulsa OK

Cap Gemini, Houston TX Mar 1999 – Oct 1999

Role: Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant

Industry: Manufacture: Respiratory equipment and Aircraft parts

Client: Respironics, Pittsburgh PA and Sextant Avionique, Miami FL

The Bouvet, Cary NC May 1998 – Mar 1999

Role: Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant

Industry: Telecommunication, Manufacture: CAD Software and Contacts for glasses

Client: Telinor, Monterey Mexico and Bentley Systems, Exton PA and Sola Optical, Petaluma CA

EDS, Stockholm Sweden May 1996 – Apr 1998

Role: Systems Engineer, FI/CO Consultant, FI/CO Team Lead

Industry: Grocery retail and Distribution of metal for construction and manufacturing purposes

Client: ThyssenKrupp Materials and KF Grocery Retail

RESCO, Stockholm Sweden Aug 1994 – Apr 1996

Role: SAP Consultant (Programmer)

Industry: Consumer Products, Components for Automotive & Household Appl. and Medical Devices.

Client: Procter& Gamble, Robert Bosch and Siemens

Other Information Technology and Industry Experience

TIMBERJACK PARTS, Stockholm, Sweden Feb 1994 – Jul 1994

Logistic planner

Joined in the startup phase of a new business that distributed parts to wood machines, where I evaluated, developed and made recommendations for business routines to simplify the workflow. Responsibilities included all facets of material forecasting, planning, purchasing and contacting vendors. I supplied CEO and managers with status data.

DOTCOM Data and Telecommunication, Stockholm, Jun 1993 – Feb 1994

Sales representative

I competed on the Swedish market by selling telephone exchanges Alcatel (made in France), to private and public companies. Achieved sales targets by 133% and received “Best Sales Representative” award for outstanding sales performance. Experience includes: telemarketing, initial meetings, sales presentations, quotations, demonstrations, negotiation skills and closing sales techniques.

STOCKHOLMS HANBOLLSFORBUND, Stockholm, Sweden 1983 - 1998

Referee

Loved my sport, team handball, and worked part time as a referee for the Swedish Team Handball Association. I refereed the last two years before ending my career, on the highest elite level.

Education:

Project Management Institute, Houston TX

Project Management Professional (PMP), 2015

University of Phoenix, Houston TX Campus

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A), 2004, Major: E – Business

Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Master of Science in Engineering (M.S.E), 1993, Major: Chemical & Mechanical Engineering

Languages: Fluent: English, Swedish and Norwegian. Intermediate: German

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