[Mr.] Merzi Mody

Australian Citizen   |   UK Working Visa Holder

 

Education & Qualifications

Professional

SAP (ERP) Certified Consultant, SAP-CO [Controlling]
Completed in 2000 together with SAP-FI [Financials] tuition at the SAP Academy, Chadds Ford PA, USA

SAP Academy AC505 Product Cost Planning [2003]

SAP Academy AC510 Cost Object Controlling [2003]

Postgraduate

Master of Info Sys & Technology Management [MIS]
Achieved June 2004: Distinction Average
University of Melbourne & Macquarie University, Sydney

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Commerce [Finance and Info Systems]
University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia

 

Professional Overview

Overview

7 Years Functional SAP FICO Experience

5 End-to-End Implementations

3 Major International Organisations

Project Experience in 9 countries

 

Key SAP Skills

FI – AA         Asset Management

FI – CM         Cash Management

FI – Tax        Taxation, Extended Withholding Tax

FI – GL         General Ledger

FI – AP         Accounts Payable

FI – AR         Accounts Receivable

CO – CCA      Cost Centre Accounting

CO – IO        Internal Orders

CO-PCA         Profit Centre Accounting

CO-PC           Product Costing

SAP Query

SAP CATT

BW Query Builder

Country Version implementations in Thailand and CIN India

 

General

Team Lead and Project Management Roles for Small Projects

Governance: SOX [Sarbanes-Oxley], CFI [Corporate Financial Instruction] Compliance

 

Consulting, Permanent and Contract Roles

Good Experience of Successful and Failed Implementations

Full Project Lifecycle Involvement and Experience

Prepared and Extremely Willing to Travel


Professional Experience

(Currently Employed by Kimberly Clark Asia Pacific, Sydney as an SAP FI-CO Consultant)

 

SAP Expertise (Kimberly Clark Asia Pacific – Sydney)

SENIOR ANALYST of 5 years [Aug 2002 – Present]

PROJECT(S)                       KC SADEC (India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)
KC SafeSkin S Thailand, Malaysia;
KC Taiwan Rollout;
KC South Korea (‘Yuhan-Kimberly’) Rollout;
KC Singapore Rollout;
KC Australia;

ROLES                                              Functional, SAP-FICO Consultant, specialising in
FI – Asset Management, Inbound Treasury, General Controlling, Reporting
Good exposure in CO-Product Costing & BW

ACHIEVEMENTS              - Lead configuration and training consultant for Asset Management, Cash Management and Taxation
- Major overhaul of the Local GAAP asset aaccounting system
- Activation of CO-PC BW Standard Businesss Content with the activation of 5 cubes with corresponding queries (cubes C01, C08 – C11)
- Major overhaul and replacement of sales reporting interfaces with BW Reporting
- Transitioning business units through reggulatory frameworks: internal, external and statutory (E.G. CFIs, Sabane Oxley, etc)
- Asset systems overhaul and transition too ‘Major Systems’
- Developed solution for KCC Local GAAP Addjustments for FI-AA
- Implementation of Country Version/Add-Onn for Thailand, India

SAP Expertise (GE Healthcare, Amersham London)

FICO Consultant 3 Month Contract [July 2006 – Sept 2006]

PROJECT(S)                       GE Healthcare European SAP Rollout

ROLES                                              Functional, SAP-FICO Consultant, specialising in
AP, AR, Inbound Treasury, General Controlling, Reporting and Regional Training

ACHIEVEMENTS              – Completion of AP, AR and Cash Management configuration
– Testing of AP, AR, Special Ledger and Cash Management Transactions
– Regional training of AP, AR, Special Ledger and Cash Management
– General consulting within FI CO and Asset Management


SAP Expertise (Deloitte Consulting, Sydney)

2½ Years [Jan 2000 – Aug 2002]

 

PROJECT(S)                       Integrated Systems Implementation [ISI],
National Australia Bank, Melbourne, Victoria

ROLES                                              Functional SAP-CO Consultant

TEAM                                                   Cost Centre Accounting (CO-CCA)
Activity Based Costing (CO-ABC)

ACHIEVEMENTS              - End-to-End solution for cost centre accounting
- Handling internal cost allocations and aactivity allocations for revenue and non-revenue generating business units
- Cross-module configuration, integration and integration testing
- Report design
- Client sign-off presentations for designn issues in ABC and CCA
- Generation of end-user training and refeerence documentation
- Extensive ABC, CCA master data collectioon and data standardisation work
- Assisted in ABC design and data collectiion for client business units.

 

PROJECT(S)                       SAFARI, Deloitte Finance, Sydney

ROLES                                              Functional SAP-FI/CO Consultant

TEAM                                                   FICO Configuration Team

ACHIEVEMENTS              - Full cycle project involvement: analysis, design, configuration, development and operation of the Finance Project
- Design and implementation of multiple baank interfaces including full payment system configuration and inbound bank statement mappings
- General ledger mapping and master data ccollection
- Billing legacy-system mapping and integrration
- Maintenance and design of internal orderr (cost collection) structure
- Conducted and oversaw cross module integgration testing
- Conducted end user training and developeed end user documentation
- Ongoing support of the system post go-liive


Other Professional Experience

Cumulative:  5 Years + [1995 – 2000]

COMPANY                               National Australia Bank, Sydney

ROLE                                                   Part Time Customer Service Officer;
Casual Branch Relief; Cashier

ACHIEVEMENTS              - Gained relevant, financial services work experience whilst at university full-time
- Externally-focused client interaction exxperience with responsibility and accuracy required for large amounts of cash/valuables
- Engaged in a high level of team interacttion in a geographically mobile position involving new team environments in every role

 

COMPANY                               Link Telecommunications, Sydney

ROLE                                                   Customer Service Officer, Call Centre

ACHIEVEMENTS              - Managed a very high call volume and a very diverse range of external and internal client interaction
- Good team interaction due to large call centre environment.

 

Other Skills and Goals

v                        Consistently impressive performance reviews on all projects

v                        Willingness to learn with a superior ability to execute and adapt to changing environments

v                        Productive and social, team player with a strong ability to use initiative and work independently when required

v                        Focused on achieving an effective work life balance

v                        Prepared and extremely willing to travel

v                        Aimed at becoming an expert in my field

v                        Able to converse in basic Gujerati (Indian state language)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Details

 

Address

Telephone

Electronic

27 Moncrieff Drive

North Ryde NSW 2113

Australia

Cell:      +61 (0) 403 306 240

Home:   +61 (0) 2 9888 6239

Fax:      +61 (0) 2 9888 6446

Primary:       [email protected]
Secondary:   [email protected]

Web:            www.merzimody.com

 

 

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