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RAYNARD GO Solution Architect / Project Manager / Senior S/4 HANA Consultant

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Phone: +63-915-***-****

SUMMARY

Raynard is a certified S/4 HANA 1809 Consultant. Having a mix of management, functional, and technical expertise, he is able to provide SAP end to end services for clients. Having done Consulting, Solution Architecture, Delivery Leadership, Program Leadership, Service Management, and Project Management roles, he makes sure business solutions are delivered on time within scope and with excellent quality. He has experience doing pre-sales, implementation, and support for several local and international clients with industries ranging from Agriculture, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Insurance, Media, Real Estate, Food, Pharmaceutical, Telecom, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Government, Utility, Banking, and Airline companies. With also an ITIL certification, he had successfully led more than 10 complex end to end projects. Through his passion in IT, he makes sure he is up to date with the important technologies/concepts like Hana, Big Data, Cloud, Mobile, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Internet of things (IoT).

PROFESSIONAL SAP EXPERIENCE

Consulting Firm (Singapore)

June 2019 up to Present

Big Multinational Agri Firm (Senior S/4 HANA 1809 FICO Consultant / Lead) A) Wave 1 Entities

• Greenfield Implementation: JDE (Non-SAP) System to S/4 HANA 1809 System

• Managed resources from Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, India, and Philippines

• Conducted Blueprint Workshop for 5 Philippines, 1 Singapore, and 1 Japan Entities

• Designed Functional Specifications for 40 WRICEF objects

• Designed Solution to handle Ecozones Reporting Requirements and Excise Taxes

• Designed solution to capture processes in company’s Box plant, Steel Plant, Paper Plant, Sticker Plant, Plant nursery, Plant Care, Grower Management businesses

• Led development of the interfaces, reports, workflow, forms, and Enhancements

• Led team to build S4 HANA Development system from scratch

• Designed integration with AGRI solution from Vistex

• Designed integration with SD, MM, PP, QM, AGRI, PM, BW, BI B) Wave 2 Entities

• Roll Out Project: Conducted fresh blueprint for 10 countries (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Dubai, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Taiwan, New Zealand, Korea, Thailand, China)

• Prepare, present, and implement solution based on local requirements using global template

• Conducted Trainings and workshops to the users and leaders of the different countries. Singapore Consulting Firm

February 2016 up to June 2019

Internal (Project Manager / Director)

• Provided effort estimates and accomplished PM documents as pre sales input for different revenue opportunities

• Responsible for project/program budgets and spending

• Accountable for successful product launches, on time within budget improving revenue and profitability

• Managed project and programs ensuring risks are properly communicated

• Developed recovery or mitigation plans as needed.

• Ensure team members are accountable for successful delivery of the projects/program

Senior S4 HANA Consultant (Medical Manufacturing Industry)

• Conducted Key Users Training for S4 HANA FI/CO/MM/SD/PP/WM modules

• Helped build a roadmap for proper implementation for Philippine, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Europe legal entities and plants

• Led team to successfully deliver the Greenfield implementation from non-SAP to S4 HANA system.

JG Summit (IS Flight and FICO Solution Architect)

• Presented to CIO and CFO on airline industry specific solutions

• Greenfield project to build Airlines specific solution using SAP ECC

• High proficiency and deep knowledge of the niche airline industry

• Created and executed the solution design for the Airline DOC. Through this solution, the company will save Millions of Dollars since they will no longer need to avail of SAP’s CDP package for airlines.

• Led the most critical areas of the project in terms of flight direct operating expenses, revenue, and route profitability generation and analysis

• Solution lead for both Finance modules and Logistics module

• Configuration of Airline industry solution Flight Schedule and Flight Order to capture the flight direct operating costs. Utilized techno-functional skills to discover configuration points of the IS solution

• Designed and developed using SAP BRF+ the complex formulas used to calculate airline operating expenses

• Completed ERP implementation with several external and mobile interface

• Designed flight interface from external systems to SAP enabling smooth and automatic recording of flights statistics and expenses/revenue in SAP

• Conducted several blueprinting workshops and trainings with top executives, key users, and airline consultants as audience

• Conducted blueprinting and solutioning effort for the SAP reconfiguration project in the company’s airline business

• Interviewed the business process owners of the company and proposed end to end process improvements to the company’s top executives

• Crafted the blueprints and solution that will be adapted for the conglomerate’s global template project. The output of this project will be used as reference for the future reconfiguration projects of the whole conglomerate.

• Solutioning and configuration in fresh installation of SAP using SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 8

• Configured system in preparation for the migration to SAP S/4 Simple Finance

• Developed and re-designed their SAP system architecture to enable company to generate granular route profitability reports near real time using CO-PA

• Designed Fuel Uplift Log mobile application based in Outsystem enabling SAP to capture real time fuel information from the flight

• Designed the interface between SAP and Pivotal (BW/BI system) to enable the airline to view granular reports with data taken from multiple systems. This also allowed the airline to develop what if scenarios enabling the company to influence the future rather than just understanding the past

• Highly knowledgeable on the company’s main businesses on Passenger, Cargo, and Catering.

Fujitsu Philippines (FPI)

March 2015 to Feb 2016

SAP FICO Lead Consultant

• Directly coordinated with CIO and CFO for the project and program discussions

• Managed and led project resources to implement MediaQuest’s CALI Project

• Designed and developed the SAP 3-year roadmap for MediaQuest

• Provided on-site implementation and support for MediaQuest while providing offsite support for several local clients

• Architect and implemented solution to help several local clients in achieving faster close, more efficient operations, and more accurate report generation.

• Used techno-functional skills in solving complex issues across different SAP modules

• Developed solution for Geoestate (NPRM) to track the daily and monthly collection from condominium sales. Resolved several issues in their real estate business.

• Crafted solution for Del Monte AR aging reports, validation, and financial statement reporting gaps

• Developed solution for Globe Telecom’s Project Snoopy 2 involving integration between SAP FICO, PP, PM modules

• Resolved complex SAP Funds Management (FM) and document numbering issues for Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC)

• Designed integration and COPA related issues for Splash Corporation.

• Developed SAP PS solutions for Maynilad

• Faciliated proper upload and validation of Master Data and Transaction Data for Zuellig

• Used techno-functional skills to finally resolve priority 1 HR standard program issue for ChinaBank. Issue was previously handled by the most senior HR, ABAP, and BASIS consultants in the company but they were not successful in finding the root cause of the issue. Freelance Consulting

Senior SAP Consultant / Remote Consultant

• Resolved long time balance carry forward issue for Hamlin. This was previously unresolved by their in-house consultants

• Resolved Costing settlement issue for Sysu Group of companies. This was a long time recurring issue for the company

• Resolved investment order issue for Lamsan Inc. This is a long time issue unresolved by other consultants

• Developed solution for creating LTNCD SAP treasury products in SAP by PDIC

• Provided presales effort to provide solution and estimates for Ayala and Del Monte enhancements

American International Group (AIG) Shared Services Aug 2013 to March 2015

AIG Financial Products (FP) US Onsite FICO Functional Manager

• Developed improvement strategies, KPIs, training, communication, and review cycles for continuous improvement initiatives

• US onsite FICO functional manager and consultant

• Implemented projects using agile methodology

• Led AIG Philippines Shared Services to provide offshoring work for US business units

• Served as client manager to the US counterparts for AIG’s investments tower

• Performed knowledge transfer to offshore Manila Team and other US SMEs

• Worked with business to clear out the audit issues for AIG FP

• Led the project activities in AIG FP SAP instance needed for the Harmony 3 Project

(Retirement of the RDM IBM tool)

• Led the project activities in FP SAP instance needed for the Financial Warehouse Project

(Consolidation of BW boxes across business units)

• Designed and re-engineered the cost center set-up for FP using segments in allocation cycles

• Created continuous improvements for FP to minimize incidents

• Proficient in using SAP for financial trading business

• Supported the complex set up of the SAP EC-CS module for FP

• Developed SAP report painter reports for CFO/CIO reporting

AIG Investments Application Manager / Senior FICO Consultant

• Developed improvement strategies, KPIs, training, communication, and review cycles for continuous improvement initiatives

• Led the team to grow rapidly in terms of business and headcount in just 1 year

• Served as project manager for the investments tower of AIG Manila

• Managed team to ensure excellent delivery for investments tower

• Project manager for the Skills Assessment tool (SATS) project which aims to measure the skills of the resources and map the gaps to a training plan

• Provided technical and behavioral interviews to new applicants

• Used ABAP reading and debugging skills to resolve both customized and standard SAP related issues

• Served as the last level of support for FICO issues which could not be resolved for AIG Asset Management Group (AMG) and Life and Retirement (L&R)

• Implemented several minor and major enhancements for L&R and AMG

• Experienced in both Classic and New GL systems

• Led Production Support for G/L, A/P, A/R, Bank Accounting, Special Ledgers, FA, CCA, CEA, PCA, SAP Treasury, Electronic Bank Statements, and other related issues

• Proficient in the business and technical setup in the insurance and investment business units of AIG

• Carried out technical / behavioral interviews for Functional / ABAP FICO resources

• Performed SAP Bootcamp training to non-SAP resources for wave 2 ramp-up

• Proficient in the use of Service now, Solman 7.0 and 7.1 Hewlett Packard

2009 to 2013

HP Delivery Lead / Project Manager / Client Manager for Procter & Gamble

• Main internal contact for program activities for EMEA Market

• Led program review sessions with customer to check cost, schedule, quality and technical performance.

• Developed reporting formats and content for constant communication to senior executives and working level teams both internal and external

• Technical and Delivery Lead for the Manila EMEA team

• Client Manager for HP UK and Procter & Gamble UK

• Level 2 Regional Duty Manager for production incidents

• SAP FICO Technical Lead & Resource for implementation projects

• Developed resource capacity planning, analysis and forecasting

• Led the program teams by providing establishing realistic deliverables

• Ensured the efficient and productive use of resources and conveys requirements to leadership.

• Constructed reporting, KPI, SLA to communicate project/program health.

• Served as mentor to senior and junior resources

• Recognized by Procter & Gamble business and technical teams for excellent performance

• Led resources in implementing the acquisition of Arbora & Ausonia for P&G in SAP. Several company codes and bank accounts were created. GL, Treasury, In-house Cash, Cost Accounting, Fixed Assets module were involved in this project.

• Led resources in implementing the Pringles divestiture project for P&G’s EMEA markets. Cutover was successful despite constantly changing business requirements.

• Led integration of the Santiga Ambipur business into P&G

• Led migration of the P&G’s CRM SAP box into P&G’s Supply Chain SAP box

• Led merger of two legal entities and two P&G Commissionaires

• Led P&G’s migration to a new data center

• Led merger of two of P&G’s largest regional entrepreneur

• Led new distribution channel of the Clearblue products

• Led joint business between P&G with TEVA pharmaceutical products

• Led migration of old payment maps to new payment maps

• Led team in implementing the tax changes in the project for the joining of Croatia in the European Union

• Experienced in the use of Service Manager

• Experienced in supporting Procter & Gamble’s complex solution EDUCATION:

College Institution Degree / Qualification

De La Salle University –

Manila BS Electronics & Communications Engineering (Licensed) CERTIFICATION AND TRAININGS

SAP Project Management Training

SAP Finance Certification (February 2013)

ITIL V3 Certified (November 2012)

Conducted SAP Bootcamp to non-SAP resources

Conducted Knowledge Transfer to offshore Manila resources and other US onsite SMEs with more than 10 yrs exp Conducted onsite SAP FICO trainings for the clients in United Kingdom Conducted SAP FICO trainings to fellow HP colleagues in Manila Conducted SAP IS Flight trainings (IS Logistics Solution for Airlines) to key users and fellow consultants Conducted training for BRF+ to key users and fellow consultants Attended in house trainings for SAP S/4 Simple Finance Attended ABAP, BW, BPC trainings in AIG

Attended Financial and Management Accounting Trainings and multiple ad hoc skills trainings Attended SAP MM, and PM trainings in JG Summit

Attended Flight Order Training conducted by SAP Singapore Resources Attended Airline industry training provided by 3 international airline expert consultants Attended BRF+ classroom training and hands-on training conducted by 2 international consultants SKILLS:

Main Skills:

SAP FICO

Project Management

Solution Architecture

Remote Consulting

Other SAP Skills:

SAP Vistex AGRI, SAP Flight Order, SAP BRF+, SAP MM, SAP PM, SAP IM, SAP PS, SAP HR, SAP ABAP, SAP BASIS, SAP SD, SAP Travel Management, SAP RE-Sales, SAP RE-FX, SAP CRM, SAP Security, SAP BW/BI/BOBJ, BPC, Solman 7.0, Solman 7.1, Workflow, ALE, SAP MDM/MDG, SAP PI/XI, Hana, VIM, Fiori, Personas, SAP Insurance (FS-CD), SAP Reinsurance (FS-RI), etc. Non-SAP Skills:

Concur, Ariba, Euhreka, Several Java based In-house systems, Several legacy systems, Runbook, Service Now, HP Service Manager, Xero, HP ALM 11.0, Sharepoint, E-room, Replicon, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visio, Other Microsoft products (e.g. Excel, Powerpoint, etc), Java, Visual C++, Onbase, NewSkies, Skyledger, AMOS, AIMS, SmartKargo, Outsystem, Pivotal, HTML, PHP, Solidity, JIRA etc

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