Project Oracle Global Finance System and Roll Out, 2007 - 2010
Martin´s responsibility was to roll out the
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i for Austria and the global
Procure-to-Pay process design in Release 12 including Oracle modules such as General Ledger, Financial Statement Generator
(FSG), Payables, Receivables, Assets, Cash Management, Human Resources,
Inventory, Purchasing, iProcurement, iSupplier, Approval Management Engine
(AME) und Internet Expenses.
The main achievements during Martin´s
assignment in the project consisted of:
·Implementation
of Austria.
·Business
Requirements, Gap Analysis, Configuration, User Acceptance und go live.
·Developed
over 20 different functional specifications for customized features, legal,
statutory and management reporting.
·Conversion,
Migration and Testing in Oracle.
·Defined
the Global Procure to Pay process on Oracle Release 12.
·Derived
the Procurement Strategy for Central Europe.
·Outsourcing
and Transition into the Shared Services Centre to Poland and Germany.
·User
Training and Support.
·Lead
the Oracle part of the classified demerger project.
Successfully converted the Oracle data into a legacy system.
·Transition
of the remaining parts into the European Shared Services Centre.
·Reversed
Oracle Migration into Winline.
·Reconciliation
and Year End Close.
·Business
Process Improvement.
Martin
has been recognized as an Oracle Expert in the Oracle Financials and Supply
Chain area. He has a brought and solid know how and implemented the new Oracle
Global Finance System in time and in high quality. Martin always used his
expertise in a hands-on approach and simplified the procurement process. This
process was then taken as the global Procure to Pay process. He organized and
achieved the Purchase Order / Payables invoice matching ratio from 3% to 86% within
3 months. He also solved multiple tasks such as closing open issues, ongoing
and post live support while managing and motivating the staff. Furthermore, he
improved the processes, reliability, performance and ease of Oracle´s
E-Business Suite System.
We
would also like to point out the excellent cross cultural teamwork with the
subsidiaries in Germany, Poland, USA,
Ireland and United Kingdom.
Also the collaboration with the external auditors regarding year end close and
legal and statutory requirements and localizations was always outstanding. We
were satisfied with the extraordinary performance of Martin and extended his
contract in the area of new projects several times.
Over
the whole duration of the assignment with us, Martin was well regarded and
respected by the management and the team members across different departments. After
the sale of the major part of the company to another company and the related
restructuring, several parts have been outsourced to the Shared Services Centre
in Poland and Germany. For
that reason, Martin´s assignment ended.
We extremely
regret the departure and would like to thank for the trustful and productive
collaboration. We wish Martin all the best and success in the future.
Project Business Process Management, 2004 - 2007 Reference from Manager Financial Systems and Head of Controlling "Martin worked on a number of strategic change programs where he contributed to the successful implementation of these programs. These included: System Integration: Martin integrated Host,
Oracle Data Warehouse and Oracle Financial Systems by modeling, changing,
testing, executing, controlling and monitoring the business process, reports
and functionalities. Business Intelligence: Martin improved decision
making process by integrating data and reporting tools based on complete,
accurate and timely information across the enterprise. He built up reporting
skills for finance & accounting team, such as Oracle FSG, Oracle ADI and Oracle
Discoverer. Reconciliation: Martin eliminated differences between Host, Oracle Data Mart
and Oracle Financial Systems. He improved Oracle Data Mart mapping rules, which
includes over 7'000 rules. He also improved the reconciliation process by
defining new or enhanced the existing reports, automated reports, balance and
P&L reconciliation. Organizational Change: Martin improved change requests and issue
resolution between business and IT by defining new deliverables, roles, responsibilities
and processes, liaise with IT development, testing and deployment. He defined,
agreed and implemented new methods, processes, structures, roles and
responsibilities with the client. He ensured that the new procedures are
adapted by the new business team. Testing: Martin introduced a new testing concept. He improved the testing
quality, speed and accuracy by defining test standards and procedures for
projects related to the project management office (PMO) and all Host, IFD and
Oracle related Change Requests and Trouble Tickets. He also enabled the monitoring. Martin worked on a number
of strategic new product introductions where he played a vital role in the
Finance Testing. As a result, the standardized testing
process and structures ensured consensus of all stakeholders and enabled a
smooth transfer when changes have been deployed in Production.
Martin enabled sustainability of the
improved process and organizational changes and worked well with Business,
Finance and IT teams. Martin is an excellent consultant and we recommend him
for future positions and can provide any further details or information."
Project Global Transformation, 2004
Reference from Finance Director, Mattel, from 22-NOV-2004
"The consultant has a profound know how in Oracle's E-Business Suite
11i and excellent skills in the Oracle Financials, Customer Relationship
Management, Procurement and Projects Suite. He conducted the Eastern
European wave including Business Requirements, Future State Designs
and Application Set ups and ensured that the global footprint is in
line with the Eastern European legal and statutory requirements. The
applications he developed are accurate and he met all deadlines within
the tight project plan. Amongst his functional qualifications we
appreciated his commitment and dedication towards our global teamwork.
We would like to thank him and recommend the consultant for future
positions to other clients."
Project Oracle Project Accounting, 2003 - 2004
Reference from Program Manager, Sun Microsystems GmbH, from 16-AUG-2004
"The consultant has a rare blend of top consulting, analytical, and
interpersonal skills. We were impressed by his commitment and ability to
complete all work assigned to him on time. He presented his findings,
conclusions and recommendations at several international meetings and
contributed significantly to the success of the business change element
of the OPA Gold project. We are pleased to say that the consultant is a
team player, and a kind and cooperative individual. With his skills, he
is an outstanding consultant and we highly recommend him for whatever
position he may decide to take up next. We can provide any further
details or information as required."
Project Oracle Business Analyst EMEA, 2002 - 2003
Reference from worldwide internet infrastructures provider (42,000 employees) from 17-OCT-2003
"The consultant showed an excellent attention to detail and communicated and
worked well with the Pan-EMEA virtual team (both Business and IT) and project
stakeholders. He met, and in some cases exceeded, all deadlines. He also showed
a high level of commitment and enthusiasm to his work and the team. I am very
happy to recommend the consultant for future positions and can provide any
further details or information."
Projekt Oracle Applications und SAP EBP, 1998 – 2003
Referenz durch TDC Switzerland AG vom 24-OCT-2003
"Wir verdanken dem Consultant die erfolgreiche Umsetzung der neuen Strategie
im Bereich Supply Management und Internal Services. Er erfüllte alle ihm
übertragenen Aufgaben zu unserer vollsten Zufriedenheit."
