Andrea Roxana Rigante

E-mail: ac2zrx@r.postjobfree.com

Skype andrea.rigante

Nationality: Italian – Argentinean

Summary :

PMP Certified

Results-oriented Information Technology Leader with 15+ years of progressive SAP experience ranging from Business analyst to Project Management.

Extensive experience in global SAP roll outs and technology strategy initiatives for several fortune 500 clients.

Customer facing - responsible for all communications and engagement with the customer .

Full Project responsibility from project initiation, to effective implementation / hypercare

Issues and Risks identification, mitigation and resolution

Manage the Change Control Process

Regular reporting both internally and to the client.

Production and maintenance of Project Plan and Budgets

Leading the team by example, with a hands-on approach if and when necessary

Noted leader able to leverage tactical background in technology and project management to deliver business goals. Twelve greenfield full life cycles SAP Implementations,

Proven ability in building relationships with stakeholders and leading multicultural teams across US, Europe, Asia & Latin America and worked locally in over 15 countries between North America, Latin America and Europe.

Strong experience on lead of teams abroad : India, Philipines etc

Main goal is making sure the project is delivered in budget, on schedule, and within scope.

Motivation of the team to achieve individual and team objectives .

Initiation, development and delivery of continuous improvement opportunities

Interaction with senior management and business stakeholders

Building an understanding of each client's business, organization and objectives.

Setting and managing client expectations.

Keeping up to date with emerging industry practices.

Areas of Expertise :

Project Management – Deployment Lead - Territory Manager - SAP FI CO MM Lead - PTP/OTC Lead,

QA/Test manager,

Technology Assessment

Requirements Gathering

Service Design

SAP Consulting

Technical Skills:

SAP MM/ SRM PTP Inventory Management WM Logistic Information System, EBP, ARIBA

SAP SD/OTC Pricing and Revenue Recognition

Strong Integration knowledge with FI/CO

SAP External Software Vertex, SABRIX (One Source Thomson Reuters)

MASTERSAF Nota Fiscal and Brazilian Reporting,, GBS, Simphony Nota Fiscal and Reporting

Opentext/Readsoft, Opentext Brainware Eyeware for invoice scanning proposes

IDOC customizing, Middleware

HPQC ALM

ARIS

PIRT Model

V Model

Current Position:

DHL Americas

Financial Shared Services

Role : Subject Matter Expert

Work Experience:

Client: Tecpetrol Mexico August 2016/ October 2016

Role : SAP FI AM / PS Consultant

Configuration of AA (FI-AA) under Mexican GAAPs, IFRS, Mexican Tax Areas and Inflation Adjustment

Deal with WBSs (asset under construction) to be settled partially and totally under IFRS componentization rules in definitive fixed assets as described in IAS 16.

Activate Asset Subnumber process to include enhancements under “CAPAS” concept according with Mexican GAAPs with new useful lives different than main assets.

Create Assets Classes and maintaining the prerequisites such as Chart of Depreciation, account determination, screen layouts, asset defining depreciation key separately for book depreciation and Tax depreciation, asset master record and sub numbers

Configuration of PS (CO -PS ).– Project Profile Settings . Organizational assignments in the project definition, WBS elements, network headers, network activities (and activity elements), and material components according with business requests. Status Management. Account Assignment.

Evaluate impact in new Mexican electronic accounting and electronic invoicing “Anexo 24”, UUID coding and statutory chart of account.

Perform UAT session through HPQC including main PS/Assets transactions such retirements, adquisition, impairment write off, donation, sale of assrts, technical revaluation etc

Create and execute LMSW for massive component conversion of Asset under Construction as definitive fixed assets at capitalization date in to various areas of SAP functionality

.Imparting Training to the End Users.

Hypercare.

Client: Casino Argentina SA March 2016/ July 2016

Role : Cut Over and Test Lead

Assist the Manager in all deployment-related tasks including work planning, scheduling, budgeting, metrics, training, pilots and resources. Develop Cutover Approach, Cutover Plan steps for managed functional area and link interdependencies. Develop and conduct cutover communication sessions with project team, business coordinators and application support team.Part of team to run cutover operations center to track status, report/resolve/escalate issue for managed functional área.

Test Lead supported by Quality Center, design Test Strategies and Cycles, set profiles and reports as QC Admin, scripting, defect management and follow up.

Readiness checks and GO/NO GO meeting

Client: COAT UK

Role : SAP LATAM VIM Readsoft Consultant October 2015/ March 2016

VIM Settings to deal with LATAM legal request (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile) for the sector accounts payable.

XML Integration (Electronic Invoice, Electronic Nota Fiscal DANFE) for VIM perspective. Maintenance function module associated with VIM. Creation of technical specifications for developments involved. –

Provide training on VIM Readsoft.

Design SAP Integration with Concur for Travel and Expenses

Client: Enercon Energy March 2015/ October 2015

Role : SAP LATAM SME

Work with German team to conduct LATAM workshops and do start up and settings of new company codes /plants in LATAM

Localize german template to new Bolivian start up activities with embebed taxation creating Pricing Procedure (SD) and Purchase Schema (MM) to deal with them, index currency UFV, reporting, inflation adjustment of general ledger accounts, assets, inventories with replacement cost.

Training, UAT, Hypercare.

Client: Boehringer Ingelheim March 2015/ August 2015

Role : SAP LATAM SME Mexico and Uruguay

(Argentina Uruguay Chile Colombia Ecuador Venezuela Peru Mexico)

Work with german team in workshops/playback sessions based in V Model, perform BPML Level 4 inventory for OTC, PTP, RTR processes including new localizaded processes.

On lead of localization for Uruguay/Mexico, mains logistic GAPs related with New legal fields at Vendor and Customer Master Data to deal with new A24 files, Imports/Exports Regime, Electronic Invoice through Invoice ware, Deferred Taxes, Withholdings, Scanning System, Electronic Accounting for Mexico (A24 files, Foreign Exchanges differences), Tax Mailbox and 3 related files Chart of Accounts with statutory mexican grouping code, Journal Entries, Balances and Journal Entries including RFC Numbers (tax id of customer and vendors) and UUID (CFDI = 36 characters code from Electronic Invoices).

Develop a prototype and get the sign off of the BPP from business stakeholders.

MSX

Client: Jaguar Land Rover June 2014 / March 2015

Role : Brazilian SAP Purchasing /WM SME

Work with Coventry (UK) based resources to identify legal request to open a plant in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), conduct workshops to localize main purchasing/taxes scenarios: vendor and material master creation, production procurement, consumables procurement, spare parts management, asset purchasing, imports and excise duties, lump sump, triangle deals, subcontracting integrated with global template at MM/SRM and developments as E Next or scanning softwares.

Integration with Concur for Travel and Expenses

Warehouse Structure Definion ; high rack storage, picking area, bulk storage etc, Storage Bins and quants

Hazardous Material Management. Define warehouse data in material master: migration strategy.

Stock Category . Unit of Measure. Batch Management . Expiration Date.

Warehouse Movements : Stock Transferences within a warehouse, picking, putaway, good receipts, good issues, scrap and their accounting postings

Interim Warehouse, Negative Stocks

Cross Docking One Step vs Two Steps

Physical Inventory Valuation and Adjustments

Adjust global scenarios to lead with INNOVA regime (Brazilian tax exemption system for automotive) PIS exemption.

Brazilian tax calculation PIS/COFINS/CSLL/ICMS/Tax Subst/ IPI impact in automatic master data creation, SAP field status and Import Data sheet (FCI). Nota Fiscal (Billing) Scenarios at SAP GRC Nota Fiscal.

Get local stakeholders BPPs sign off, Build and Test the solution and handle Change management concerns.

Logic UK

Client: Ralph Lauren Brazil September 2013/ March 2014

Role : Brazilian Start Up Lead

Giving assistance to Ralph Lauren IT European VP to start up activities in Brazil. Identify IT Landscape Arquitecture. Interfaces. GAPs. Resourcing and Providers.

Work with US based team in Transference Price and Retail Price for Apparel and Home items localizing the items with Brazilian domestic taxes, withholdings, taxes/customs and excise duties for Imports through CARISMA as trading Company. Scenario with tax credits. Cost Standard vs Cost Average. Margin Analysis. Price Variance and US GAAP Workshops in UK with Controle (3rd party local accounting providers) and FIDELIO MICROS as Point of Sales Software providers. ETF for Credit Cards Management and Reconcilation, identify GAPs with global procedure and ensure quality of their local process. Explanation of Taxes and main Brazilian statutory requests.

Set the main Milestones, Risk Matrix and follow up.

Abeam

Client: Burberry Brazil/Mexico April 2013 / August 2013

Role : SAP Retail AFS Team Lead for Brazil/Mexico

Replacing the former lead, enhance previous customizing for Taxes, Deferred VAT, Withholding and CIAP calculation. Redesign of Brazilian/Mexico scenarios. Chart of Accounts additions to lead with local adjustments. Exchange Rate Treatments. Global Sign Off. Perform UAT. Train User. Gathering and cleansing of master data. Conversion. Go live. Hypercare.

Accenture Denmark

Client: Maersk Oil Denmark/ Brazil April 2012/ March 2013

Role : SAP PTP Team Lead for Brazil

Responsibilities:

Workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Denmark to identify GAPs between global template (IFRS and DK GAAPs) and Brazilian GAAPs

Identify and provide solution to the main legal and process GAP as Inventory postings in Brazil /REPETRO and excise duties /Extended Withholding/MASTERSAF reporting/SPED files/ MASTERSAF interface /Alternative CoA etc

On lead of a team of 2 brazilian consultants based in Rio De Janeiro and a couple of developers in India.

Adjust Customer Master, Vendor Master data, and Material Master global LMSW conversion file to include all the Brazilian tax and withholding fields : CNPJ, CPF, State number, Municipal Number, extended withholding and treasury fields, material usage, on house production, IPI split etc

Update status field on SAP to deal with Brazilian specific fields

Functional Design and customizing of the automatic payments transference TEC, DOC (format FEBRABAN) and Boleto Eletronico according with HSBC Brazil format

Functional Design, customizing and test of Brazilian vendors withholdings at payment and postings IRRF, PIS, COFINS, CSLL, INSS, ISS and others.

Identify logistic scenarios as Future Delivery Notes, Vendor and Customer Returns, Good Movements between Plants and related Nota Fiscal and DANFE : Incoming Nota Fiscal, Outgoing Nota Fiscal, Nota Fiscal Conhecimento, Remessa etc and legal request due to the impact in taxes /legal reports and MASTERSAF mapping

TAXBRA settings to allow the automatic determination of SD and MM, identify and upload CFOP scenarios and NCM codes, customizing of IPI/NCM relations, IPI, PIS, COFINS, ISS, ICMS tax laws, ICMS rates, ICMS rates for freight. ICMS dinamic exception, Condition types and taxes sequences for TAXBRA. Imports and Excise duties.

Good Movements taxability: last price purchased activation to identify base amount of good movements

Adjustment of new pricing procedures to deal with taxes at withholding at billing for domestic customers and exports.

Purchase Schema and Condition Types for domestic purchases, future delivery sales, consignment and subcontracting and imports.

Opentext/Readsoft Scanning Invoice localization to scan and post Nota Fiscals

Issuing Incoming and Outgoing Electronic Nota Fiscal for Imports, Asset Purchases, Good Movements, domestic Sales and Exports in partnership with DATABRAS.

Document splitting rules for new document types for Brazilian proposes.

Customizing of Brazilian chart of depreciation according with IFRS and Brazilian GAAPs, including and special area for CIAP.

Reporting and electronic Interfaces settings, OSS and developments to trigger statutory reports and files from SAP : SPED Accounting, SPED Fiscal, SPED for PIS and COFINS, GIA file, IN86, CIAP etc.

Data cleansing, gathering and conversion of all the material data in Brazil

Support UAT in Brazil.

Training for key users in Brazil

Hypercare

Post go live enhancements

Absoft Scotland

Client: Dolphin Drilling Norway/ Brazil July 2011/ March 2012

Role : SAP Team Lead for Brazil

Responsibilities:

Start up of Dolphin Drilling in Brazil

Workshops in Macae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazill and Norway to adjust global template to deal with Brazilian GAAPs

Identify and provide solution to the main legal and process GAP as crossdocking, plants abroad etc

On lead of a team of 2 brazilian consultants based in Rio De Janeiro

Adjust Customer Master, Vendor Master data, and Material Master global LMSW conversion file to include all the Brazilian tax and withholding fields : CNPJ, CPF, State number, Municipal Number, extended withholding and treasury fields, material usage, on house production, IPI split etc

Update status field on SAP to deal with Brazilian specific fields

Functional Design and customizing of the automatic payments transference TEC, DOC (format FEBRABAN) and Boleto Eletronico according with HSBC Brazil format

Functional Design, customizing and test of Brazilian vendors withholdings at payment and postings IRRF, PIS, COFINS, CSLL, INSS, ISS and others. DIRF Certificate

Identify logistic scenarios as Consignment, Subcontrating, Future Delivery Notes, Vendor and Customer Returns, Good Movements between Plants and related Nota Fiscal and DANFE : Incoming Nota Fiscal, Outgoing Nota Fiscal, Nota Fiscal Conhecimento, Remessa, Imports Declaration and Excise Duties etc

TAXBRA settings to allow the automatic determination of SD and MM, identify and upload CFOP scenarios and NCM codes, customizing of IPI, ( Excise Duties )/NCM relations, PIS, COFINS, ISS, ICMS tax laws, ICMS rates, ICMS rates for freight. ICMS dinamic exception, Condition types and taxes sequences for TAXBRA.

Good Movements taxability: last price purchased activation to identify base amount of good movements

Adjustment of new pricing procedures to deal with taxes at withholding at billing for domestic customers and exports.

Purchase Schema and Condition Types for domestic purchases, future delivery sales, consignment and subcontracting and imports.

Eyeshare Scanning Invoice localization to scan and post Nota Fiscals

Issuing Incoming and Outgoing Electronic Nota Fiscal for Imports, Asset Purchases, Good Movements, domestic Sales and Exports in partnership with DATABRAS.

Document splitting rules for new document types for Brazilian proposes.

Customizing of Brazilian chart of depreciation according with IFRS and Brazilian GAAPs, including and special area for CIAP.

Reporting and electronic Interfaces settings, OSS and developments to trigger statutory reports and files from SAP : SPED Accounting, SPED Fiscal, SPED for PIS and COFINS, GIA file, IN86, CIAP etc.

Data cleansing, gathering and conversion of all the material data in Brazil

Support UAT in Brazil.

Training for key users in Brazil

Hypercare

Post go live enhancements

Accenture USA

Client: SUN CHEMICAL Ohio/Sao Paulo November 2010/June 2011

.Role : LATAM Subject Matter Expert (Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina)

Responsibilities:

Activation of Paralell ledger to deal with US GAAPs/ Local Gaaps

Workshop in Chile, Mexico ; Brazil and Argentina to identify statutory business requests

Identify GAPs Global Template and territory GAAPs.

Re Design Import Process to cost local duties at Purchase Order Generation and Taxes at MIRO (Despacho, Guia de Importacion and Pedimento)

Localize Intercompany and Price Transfer through IDOC adjustments

Customize all the taxes and withholding taxes on vendor and customer side.

Electronic Invoice and Official numbering.

Cash Management : define planning levels and re design planning groups. Planning date definition as value date for bank accounts and due date for customer and vendors open items.

Bank and subledger accounts a grouped in a grouping structure to be displayed at Cash Position/Liquidity Planner.

Reports to split the differences from previous period, valuation/ exchange rates .

Design Alternative solutions and get the sign off from CFO,

Functional Specifications, RICEF design and testing

Localization for Latin America of Open Text, Brainware

Mexico: Tax Treatment of Maquila Model in the Mexican border with US : IETU and VAT. Parallel Ledger to deal with Mexican GAAPs. Deferred Taxes Customizing, Special Depreciation Areas to book with Mexican useful lives and Inflation Adjustment. Material Ledger to post and report Moving average Cost. Electronic Invoice Scenarios and Numbering rules, Electronic Invoice Monthly Reports. Income and VAT Withholding on Vendors and Withholding Certificates/ Reports A1, A29 and others.Inflation adjustment. Automatic Payment and Collections including design of the payment file to be send to Mexican bank. Electronic Bank Statement. Cash Management.

IBM Ireland:

Client: PEPSI International Cork/Sao Paulo April 2010 to Oct 2010

Role : Lead for LATAM (Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela)

Responsibilities:

Customize all the taxes and Withholding Customer/ Vendors for Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico .

CO PC Material Ledger Settings

Activation of Paralell ledger to deal with US GAAPs/ Local Gaaps

Workshop in Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico to identify statutory business requests

Identify GAPs Global Template and territory GAAPs.

Design Alternative solutions and get the sign off from CFO,

Functional Specifications, RICEF design and testing

Mexico: Tax Treatment of Maquila Model in the Mexican border with US : IETU and VAT. Parallel Ledger to deal with Mexican GAAPs.

Special Depreciation Areas to book with Mexican useful lives and Inflation Adjustment. Material Ledger to post and report Moving average Cost.

Electronic Invoice Scenarios and Numbering rules, Electronic Invoice Monthly Reports. Income and VAT Withholding on Vendors and Withholding Certificates/ Reports A1, A29 and others.Inflation adjustment. . Automatic Payments and Collections (Direct debit), Functional design of Interfaces, Electronic Bank Statement. Cash Position and Liquidity Planner. Withholding and Exchange Rate Treatment

ADRIATIC LIQUEFIED NATIONAl GAS

Client: ALNG Milan Oct. 2009 to April 2010

Role : SAP 6.0 Migration New G/ L Consultant

Responsibilities:

BBP for Migration under Italian GAAPs/IFRS.

Re design of functional specifications and developments replacing the old tables for the new tables.

Identify and Customize Italian GAPs against IFRS:

Statutory Chart of Accounts. Italian numbering rules, Deferred Taxes, Domestic VAT : IVA Acquisiti and Venditi. VAT Half Non Deductible, Import VAT, Acquisition EC Taxes. Intrastat Report. Withholding Taxes over different base amounts, Report Model 770. Year Closing according Italian GAAPs, Assets

AKZO NOBEL Amsterdam June 2009 to Oct 2009

Role : SAP OTC Revenue Recognition Consultant

Immediate RR, the RR is posted at the time of billing to the customer

Event (e.g., Proof of Delivery) driven RR with and without transit day delays

In compliance and consistent with customer Accounting and Finance Manual (AFM) RR, SAB 104, GAAP, and IFR

Sap implementation consistent with standard sap RR functionality whenever possible

Integration with sap order creation, delivery, billing (order processing) as related to RR

Support local/legal requirements as related to RR and explicitly described in this document

- Revenue and Cost of Sales (COS) recognition for trade orders

- Revenue, COS, and Field Inventory processing for Order Management -In the Box- scenarios

- Revenue and Cost of Sales recognition for Returns

- Revenue and Cost of Sales recognition for Billing Adjustments (Debit and Credit Memos)

- Revenue and Cost of Sales recognition for demo and field inventory stock sales

AKZO NOBEL Amsterdam June 2008 to May 2009

Role : SAP Lead for LATAM

Responsibilities:

Customize all taxes and Withholding for Brazil, Argentina, Chile,

Create new condition types /formulas in SD Pricing to deal with tax at billing

CO PC CO PA Settings.

Identify GAPs Global Template and territory GAAPs.

Design Alternative solutions and get the sign off from Argentina, Chilean and BrazIl CFO.

Develop Requirements and Specifications, Define Project Scope for LATAM.

Build the solution

Perform UAT session

Go live strategy, adjust IDOC with new local fields at Vendor Master/Customer Master

IBM USA

Client: Thomson Reuters Minnesota Jan 2008 to Sept 2008 Role : PTP Regional Lead for LATAM

Responsibilities:

Customize all taxes and Withholding for Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia.

Workshopa to identify statutory business requests

Identify Gaps Global Template and territory GAAPs.

Design Alternative solutions and get the sign off from LATAM Controller. Develop Requirements and Specifications, Define Project Scope for LATAM.

MAM: Business Partner for MAM, Order, Contracts, Order Billing and Settlement.

Media Product Master: Media Family, Media issue, formats. From July 2008 to Sept 2008 giving support on remote way from Netherlands

IBM DENMARK

Client: MAERSK Copenhagen March 2007 to Jan 2008

Role: SAP Consultant for USA & Canada, Slovakia, Czech Rep, Switzerland and Austria

ACCENTURE UK

Client: Unilever Europe Rotterdam

Role: A/R – A/P Team Lead for Germany/France/Hungary May 2006 to October 2006

Role: User Acceptance Test Lead, France Paris Oct 2006 to Feb 2007

DELOITTE USA USA, Spain, Portugal Nov 2005 to May 2006

Client: Warner Brothers Entertainment

Role : Territory Implementation Manager Spain / Portugal

IBM USA USA, Brazil, Mexico May 2004 to Oct 2005

Client: Sony Pictures Corporation

Role : Territory Lead Brazil/Mexico,

Implement and Customize for Brazilian Proposes the following sub modules: SAP FI : G/L, A/R, A/P, AM. SAP Controlling : IO, PCA. PS (WBS). SAP MM: PUR and ARIBA, Inventory Management, and Media Product Master. SAP BW &SEM.

Deloitte USA USA Feb 2004 to April 2004

Client: Philip Morris USA, Richmond Virginia

Role : SAP FI Consultant

SAP ANDINA Y DEL CARIBE, Colombia Dec 2003 to Feb. 2004

Client: Camara de Comercio de Bogota

Role : SAP FI Loans Consultant

Client: ARAUCO WOOD PRODUCTS Chile ; USA November 2003

Role : SAP FI Consultant

SAP CHILE S.A. Chile Sept 2003 - Oct 2003

Client: SAP CHILE S.A.

Role : SAP Consultant for SAP All In One localization

VISION ONE CONSULTING Chile June 2003 - Sept 2003

Client: INDURA ECUADOR S.A.

Role : SAP MM Consultant

Client: BRITISH and AMERICAN TOBACCO Chile May 2003

Role : SAP FI Consultant

ATOS ORIGIN S.A. Argentina Jan 2003 - April 2003

Client: Hercules Argentina S.A. (General Electric Corp)

Role : SAP FI Consultant

ADDVISORY GROUP La Paz, Bolivia Sept 2002 - December 2002

Client: Aguas Del Illimani Bolivia (Ondeo Group France, ex Suez France)

Role : SAP FI Consultant

ACCENTURE Argentina June 2002 - August 2002.

Client: Techint Uruguay S.A. (Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale)

Role : SAP FI Consultant

Client: BASF Argentina Jan 2002 - May 2002.

Role : SAP FI Consultant

Client: Boston Scientific H.Q. Latin America March 2000 - Dec 2001.

Boston Scientific Argentina, Boston Scientific Chile, Boston Scientific Uruguay, Boston Scientific Mexico, and Boston Scientific Colombia.

Verizon Pcl. Argentina July 1998 - Feb 2000.

Client: CTI Movil Sur, CTI Movil Norte, GTE PCS, and CTI Long Distance.

Role : SAP FI Consultant

Education:

Graduate Studies: + Degree In Administration

Buenos Aires University

+ Certified Public Accountant

Buenos Aires University

+ System Analyst

National Technological University

Undergraduate Studies: + MBA - 1999.

Buenos Aires University

+ PMI Certificate - 2012

Languages:

Spanish (native), portuguese, english (CAE Certificate)

Basic knowledge of Italian and French.

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