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Very senior English, French and German-speaking SAP® Financials Expert Consultant with an accounting, auditing, finance and business background of many years. Available as expert witness in legal disputes about IT and SAP® matters (German: Gutachter, French: Expert Indépendant).Looking for my next challenge @ FI Expert Consultant @ Working on Business improvements and managing a rollout of FI...

Very senior English, French and German-speaking SAP® Financials Expert Consultant with an accounting, auditing, finance and business background of many years. Available as expert witness in legal disputes about IT and SAP® matters (German: Gutachter, French: Expert Indépendant).Looking for my next challenge @ FI Expert Consultant @ Working on Business improvements and managing a rollout of FI to their 5 French subsidiaries. From July 2013 to November 2013 (5 months) SAP FI-CO Localisation expert @ Responsible for localisation in a worldwide rollout, VAT, payment methods incl. SEPA, FSV, eBilanz, German alternative Chart of Accounts, training local staff, etc. From November 2012 to March 2013 (5 months) SAP FI-CO Manager @ Responsible for rollout to Italy. From September 2012 to November 2012 (3 months) SAP FI-CO Expert @ High level support to an SAP ECC 6 EHP5 worldwide system, liaison with Competence Centre. From December 2011 to April 2012 (5 months) Scoping. Blueprinting and Global Template Design for a worldwide SAP® project, via Modis Intl. @ As a freelancer, I worked on Business Process Re-engineering for Sartorius, a major manufacturer client of IBM, drawing up a template for a worldwide greenfield rollout of SAP® ECC6, together with an estimate of effort and resources needed for the project.. This is the sort of challenge I love. From February 2011 to June 2011 (5 months) News @ We (my partner and I) are going Microsoft-free! Since 1st July 2010 we have been assembling a portfolio of first-class open source products to enable us to offer one-stop shop solutions for all the needs of small to medium-sized businesses, from office programs such as word processors and spreadsheets, up to full ERP and BI suites. These programs are all tried and tested, safe and reliable and all run on an open source operating system on our own bespoke, fast and reliable hardware, and will include security and backup solutions, desktop publishing, CRM (customer relationship management) programs and any other software the client requires together with a full maintenance and support service, consulting and customizing, all tailor-made to the client's needs, and all at a fraction of the cost of comparable solutions from Microsoft and Co. We intend to make a real impact as an independent systems house serving the SME market. Watch this space for further details. From July 2005 to December 2010 (5 years 6 months) Freelance SAP Consultant and Director @ I have been in SAP consulting since January 1996 and have worked for many large companies. Founded SPS Ltd in 2005 for other projects and we can supply hardware and bespoke software, manage IT projects and install SAP Business One and Q4bis BI software. We can also design and implement websites and even arrange hosting. See examples of what we can do at my web addresses. My background is accounting, finance and business consulting and I have over 40 years experience in those fields. From 1996 to December 2010 (14 years) Managing Helpdesk and Troubleshooting a live SAP® system @ From the beginning of June 2010, managing an SAP Helpdesk and troubleshooting an SAP® ECC 6.0 system for this major software house in Brno, Czech Republic, with 3 staff. In April 2010 reviewing a blueprint for Siegenia-Aubi, a German manufacturer of window and door hardware, for their rollout of SAP® ECC 6.0 to their British subsidiary, in south Germany. At the beginning of 2010, working from home on various remote consulting and helpdesk assignments. From June 2010 to November 2010 (6 months) Community Leader @ I am one of the "gurus" on the sap-acct (FI-CO) forum and on the sap-career forum. From 2003 to 2010 (7 years) SAP FI-CO Consultant @ I have carried out a number of projects under the banner of Modis International, a great agency with which I have a very good relationship. From 1996 to 2010 (14 years) Senior SAP Financials Consultant @ I helped to build a European competency centre and also carried out special projects, assisting with a rollout to Bulgaria and mentoring junior consultants. From February 2008 to October 2008 (9 months) SAP FI Consultant @ I worked for Neoris on the takeover by CEMEX of RMC in the UK. From 2006 to 2006 (less than a year) SAP FI Consultant @ I worked on the ESAP project, in Hamburg, in Port Sunlight, in Paris, and mostly in Milano. From 2001 to 2002 (1 year) FI-CO Consultant @ Localisation at French and German subsidiaries. From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) SAP FI-CO Consultant @ I worked all over Europe on the Reichhold rollout, from Barcelona to Helsinki and back again (12 countries in total). I was Mr FI-CO Europe on this project, which was very enjoyable and challenging. I also helped to build their Shared Services Centre, the European Helpdesk and the Super User Group. From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) SAP® FI-CO Consultant at a subsidiary in Hamburg, Germany @ Assisted with the implementation of SAP®, and also worked as Controller and managed the IT Department. From January 1996 to March 1998 (2 years 3 months) A Levels @ Central Grammar School From 1957 to 1965 Roy Brookes is skilled in: SAP, ERP, FI/CO, Process Engineering, SAP R/3, SAP ERP, Data Migration, SD, SAP BW, SAP HR, SAP Netweaver, SAP Implementation, SAP SRM, ABAP, Business Process