Project Manager Sap
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RESUME FOR PETER CHIKATI
Position SAP Financials and Controlling consultant Contact Details
+278*-***-**** South Africa
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Skype ID: pchikati
Candidate Information Peter Chikati
125 CARLSWALD CREEK
NINTH ROAD
SUMMERSET X 21
MIDRAND Date of Birth
26 September 1980
Professional Qualifications
• BSc Honors in Economics (2002)
• Advanced Level Customs Procedures & Taxation (2004)
• SAP FI Certification
Present Employment Name of Employer
Freelance / contractor
Permit/Visa
South Africa quota work permit
Job Title
SAP Financials & Controlling Consultant Years of Experience
Total work experience: 10 Years
SAP Experience: 10
Summarized Experience.
Financials solution design
Full cycle SAP implementation projects
Expert knowledge of the following modules FI,CO,COPA and FM
Intercompany transactions set up and handling
Foreign currency transactions
SAP Project Full cycles from the analysis & design of business blueprint, full configurations of systems, creating test plans &testing the system, training and knowledge transfer, to go live and after go live support in multiple projects.
Producing documentation for all stages of the project. I have produced blueprints, configuration guide, training plan and manual, test plan and scripts, issues log and end user manuals.
VAT and withholding tax functionality
Leading financials stream
Experienced user of the transport management system
Analyzing issues, and resolving support issues that arise from support clients
Data upload/migration- master data and balances take on – good with LSMW
Creation of reports using report painter
SAP support using solution manager and HP quality center
Mentoring junior consultants and/or interns
Summarized Professional Experience
Duration From: Jan 2013 To: Current
Client Department of water affairs, South Africa
Project ECC 6.00 Upgrade (Re-implimentation)
SAP Role SAP Financials stream lead
SAP Solution ECC6.00
Main Tasks:
Leading the financials stream for the upgrade implementation project from 4.7 to ecc6.00:
• Enterprise structure design
• Design the finance solution – best practice public sector
• Integration management with project portfolio management, Industrial solution for utilities, real estate, supply chain management and human capital management
• Develop stream plan and guide team to meeting milestones
• Liaise with stream lead from business and make business process decisions
• System configuration
• Testing
• Training end users and interns
Tools:
• Solution manager
Duration From: March 2012 To: December 2012
Client City of Tshwane, South Africa
Project FICO Support
SAP Role SAP FI Consultant
SAP Solution ECC6.00
Main Tasks:
• Building and maintaining the company's SAP Finance function
• Assist with period end closing processes
• Providing first line support to end users
• Provide training both formal and informal to new and existing end users for their identified SAP roles.
• Help build the SAP Finance practice based on GRAAP principles
• Responsible for maintaining all end-user training documentation.
• Acts as the liaison with Finance and IT teams
• Identify process improvement opportunities.
• Develop functional specifications for Finance reports requested by Finance users on SAP
• Handling the inter-module integration issues.
• Mentoring junior consultants and interns.
• Initiatives – developing a funds management system for the client
Tools:
• Solution manager
• HP quality center
Duration From: Jan 2012 To: Feb 2012
Client EOH, South Africa
Project London Mining Company, Sierra Leonne
SAP Role SAP FI Consultant
SAP Solution SAP Implementation for a mine
I joined the project to complete the final preparation stage and to handle the FI cutover activities and handle the post go live support
Main Tasks:
• Final Configuration
• Data migration and reconciliation
Project stages completed:
• Preparation of user guides
• Data migration and reconciliations
• Post go live support
• Creating reports – report painter
Duration From: June 2011 To: December 2011
Client Deloitte Consulting, South Africa
Project African Minerals Limited, Sierra Leonne
SAP Role SAP FI-CO Consultant
SAP Solution Rapid implementation of a solution for a mine
This was a rapid implementation solution for a giant mining client with seven company codes in four different countries.
Main Tasks:
• Cost center accounting
• Cost Element accounting
• Profit center accounting
• Internal orders
• CO production orders
Project stages completed:
• Blue print validation
• Configuration – FI & CO
• Unit testing & integration testing
• Training – super user and end user training
• Data migration and reconciliations
• Post go live support and supporting the support team
• Creating reports – report painter
• Documentation for all phases
Duration From: January 2011 To: May 2011
Employer Twenty Third Century Systems
Client Sakunda Energy (pvt) limited; Zimbabwe
SAP Role SAP Financials Senior Consultant
SAP Version ECC 6.00 – Rapid implementation
Implementing the FI module for a client in the petroleum fuels business:
• General Ledger
• Accounts receivables
• Accounts payables
• Asset accounting
• Bank Accounting
Project stages completed:
• Blue print phase
• Configuration and
• Unit testing & integration testing
• Training – super user and end user training
• Data migration and reconciliations
• Post go live support
• Documentation for all phases
Duration From: October 2010 To: December 2010
Employer Twenty Third Century Systems
Client Powertel Communications ; Zimbabwe
Role Financials Consultant (Final Preparation,Data migration and support)
SAP Version ECC6.00, Best practices implementation
Responsible for take on balances uploads and post go live support. Uploaded balances and master data for the following:
• Banks
• Balance sheet accounts
• Assets
• Debtors and staff debtors
• Vendors
• Revenue accounts
• Expenses accounts
Main activities for which documentation was produced are:
• Preparing LSMW upload programmes
• Creating a data take on templates
• Actual up loading and reconciliations
• End user training and support
Duration From: March 2010 To: September 2010
Employer Twenty Third Century Systems
Client National Railways of Zimbabwe
SAP Role SAP FICO Consultant
SAP Version ECC 6.00 – Rapid implementation
Responsibilities I was one of the two FICO consultants who worked on five companies all at once and completed the full cycle of the project in a period of five months.
• Cost Element Accounting
• Cost center accounting
• Profit center accounting
• Internal orders
Phases completed
• Business Blueprint
• System Configuration
• Unit testing & integration testing
• End user training
• Cut over activities
• Post go live support
• Producing documentation for all phases
Duration From: January 2010 To: February 2010
Employer Twenty Third Century Systems
Client Air Zimbabwe
SAP Role SAP FICO Support Consultant
SAP Version ECC 6.00 – FI Support
End user support and hand holding end users:
• General ledger, accounts receivables, payables, bank accounting and fixed assets
Duration From: April 2009 To: December 2009
Employer Twenty Third Century Systems
Client Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority; Zimbabwe
SAP Role SAP FI Consultant
SAP Version ECC 6.00 – full cycle implementation
FI Consultant for implementing the following SAP ECC 6.00 FI sub-modules:
• General Ledger
• Accounts receivables
• Accounts payables
• Asset accounting
• Bank accounting
Project stages completed:
• Blueprinting phase
• Configuration
• Training (super user) and user acceptance testing
• Training
• Data upload
• Post go live support
Duration From: October 2008 To: March 2009
Employer Glens Removals Holdings
Job Title Imports Manager
• Managing the imports section
• Controlling expenditure
• Training subordinates
• Budgeting and planning
• Interface with clients and problem resolutions
Duration From: January 2006 To: September 2008
Employer Zimbabwe Revenue Authority
Job Title Business Analyst
SAP Role SAP Business Analyst FI and TRM (tax and revenue management)
• Develop requirements specifications on SAP
• Develop impact and preliminary analyses, and participate actively in their implementation
• Participate in development projects as advisor in the area of business and systems use
• Support tax officers and clients in their decision-making by carrying out research, analyses and recommendations
• Track business needs during development phases
• Observe the standards and procedures established by the project office
• Develop testing strategies and verification scenarios
• Take part in implementing changes due to legal landscape changes
Duration From: January 2005 To: December 2005
Employer Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA)
Job Title SAP Super User/Trainer FI /TRM (tax & revenue management)
SAP Role SAP FI/TRM Super User
• Putting requests of blueprint addendums
• Preparation of user manuals and training manuals
• Training end users
• Providing first line of support for users.
• Trouble shooting
January December
2003 2004 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA)
Job Title Revenue Specialist/ SAP TRM end user
Revenue specialist and SAP end user from 2004 for the tax and revenue management module.
• Administering statutory taxation and customs requirements including VAT, PAYE, Income tax,
• Training subordinates
• Industrial relations
August December
2002 2002 Beverly College
Job Title College Tutor – financial accounting
Attained 90% pas rate for two classes; advanced level students and institute of chartered secretaries professionals
Key duties were preparation, teaching and evaluating student performances
REFERENCES
Reference 1 Theobald Deda
FI Expert
South Africa,
Mobile: +27-74-191-****
Email: ************@*****.***
Project manager : ZESA and
Team lead: National Railways of Zimbabwe pension fund project.
Reference 2 Alois Hurune
FICO Team Lead
South Africa
Mobile: +278********
Email: *****.******@*****.***
Team lead : City of Tshwane
Reference 3 Mr. Lucas Mothupi
Director
Satreno
South Africa
Email: ********@*******.***
Project manager :African Minerals, Sierra Leonne
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