EDUCATION:
1981-1985: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1984: Licence in Economics
1985: Master of Arts in Public Economics
1985-1986: Post-Universitair Centrum Diepenbeek
1986: Master in Business Administration (MBA)
Certified accountant since 1992
Experience J.D.Edwards ERP & EIS software: 18 years project management for Pan-European finance & distribution implementations of J.D.Edwards
1990 started as J.D.E. consultant finance for Belgian business partner
Cim Hardi as employee: Projects JDE financials & distribution in France and Belgium
First 6 months on-going support going to customers with experienced
consultants.
Certified Consultant J.D.Edwards Finance for new implementations and on- going support “live”-customers since 1991.
As from 1996 working as business partner for J.D.Edwards and
other J.D.Edwards customers for completion of JDE Finance &
Distribution projects.
Languages:
Dutch: Mothertongue
French: Perfect (Home language)
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Basic understandings
Annex :Job description J.D.Edwards Consultant
1. Full responsibility for new implementations:
Full implementations J.D.Edwards Finance modules (also with distribution and manufacturing)
Do kick off meetings: Agree on teams, responsibilities, timeschedule, goals ...
Give full key-user training: G/L, A/B, A/P, A/R, F/A, Job Cost, Manuf. acctng.
- Organise key-user training session to explain links from other modules (AAIs)
- Organise Conference room pilot: Build model company with trained users
Use this company to process most complex accounting processes and update it.
- Organise end-user training, help key-users establish simple training material
- Prepare and follow up on data conversion (G/L balances, A/R and A/P open items) mostly from SAP to JDE or vice versa
Go-live support on-site
After go-live support: Set up for user-security by task/department, set up of personalized menus by user-profile/functional task/department. Function segregation set up for S.O.Compliance
These were projects like Busak and Shamban (2 years, ALL JDE modules,420 users), Rhone-Poulenc (6 months and then each month 2 days), Smithkline Beecham (6 months), American Home Products (2 years for Belgium and Netherlands sites) and Deutsche Carbone A.G. full implementation of all J.D.Edwards modules finance and logistics.
These projects where pan-European. (Set up at corporate and then roll out to affiliates.)
This includes project management work like weekly Status Reports for management
so they are informed what is done, planned and sometimes Items for management attention.
2. On-going support Live customers:
Duties included:
Check and solve integrity issues (A/R-G/L, A/P- G/L, Inventory reconciliation)
Set up legal journals for local requirements (Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy)
Set up necessary VAT reports for local requirements (All countries)
Create or change financial reports
Guide customers through external audits
One project was to change to a new Chart of accounts, all modules involved
Produce user documentation on complicated things in JDE
Assist customers with software upgrades
Hotline support for EMEA in 4 perfect languages (Budget-rent-a-car EMEA)
Bug checking, JDE Knowledge garden search or Response line JDE U.K. and Denver, organize for necessary fixes
At 3 customers the accounting knowledge was so low users asked me how to book something (No issue since I am certified accountant)
Create guides for global or European roll out projects
Update data in corrupted files
Set up interfaces like automatic payment set up, Hyperion upload for reporting
Organise and perform Euro-conversions on World and One-World software
New J.D.Edwards Finance & Distribution implementations 1991-2009:
OPM Advantage Oracle Partner: April 2009-present
Set up Belgian demo company financials & distribution & manufacturing accounting on v. 8.12 Peoplesoft Enterprise 1 including Belgian, French, Italian & Spanish localizations
Using Accelerator solution from Oracle.
Bureau Veritas Paris: July 2008-December 2008
Data migration World 7.3 software to EnterpriseOne 8.12 finance & distribution modules
Helpdesk support JDE World 7.3 cum 12 for financial queries from 130 countries live on the system
Veolia Water Systems Paris: May 2008-July 2008
Workshops Finance & Distribution E1 V8.12 for new finance & job cost implementation UK affiliate
Linpac Plastics Provence: January 2008-March 2008
Data migration World software to EnterpriseOne 8.12 (Mapping, UAT etc.)
Clean up for integrity issues in accounting coming from distribution (SOP)
On JDE World 7.3 cum 12 before upgrade project to EnterpriseOne 8.12
Nebus BV Netherlands: January 2007-October 2007:
Preparation of go live all financial & distribution modules JDE with 8 companies across Europe
and 5 affiliates. Key-user training, systemset up etc. JDE Peoplesoft E1 v. 8.12
Norgren PLC: August 2006-December 2006:
Roll out of JDE Financials & Distribution in Benelux, France and Spain
JDE Peoplesoft E1 v. 8.12
Ridge Tool Europe: March 2006-July 2006:
Set up business unit structure and chart of accounts for European Coordination Center
JDE Peoplesoft Enterprise 1 version 8.11
Cargill January 2006
Set up chart of accounts for model group company
Danone Waters Deutschland: November 2005-Januari 2006:
Go-live support finance and distribution on JDE World A7.3 for new
warehouse set up and new EDI transactions
Paragon Group Uk Ltd: September 2005-November 2005:
On-going support for live affiliates on JDE World A7.3 (Solving integrity issues, user training, set up of additional functionalities like account reconciliation.)
New implementation of JDE financials for new acquired company
Oxford Instruments PLC: April 2005-July 2005
End user training Peoplesoft Enterprise One Financials and Accounts consolidation configuration project (See also Reference letter attached)
Bard Medical, Crawley U.K.: July 2004-March 2005
Preparation and European training roll out of all Peoplesoft Enterprise One Financial & Warehousing modules (Distribution modules)
Preparation and UAT workshops for data migration project
Société Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône (SAPRR), Dijon: Feb 2004-June2004
On-going user support finance/job cost, fixed assets and purchasing OneWorld XE
JOHNSON & JOHNSON Pharmaceuticals, Paris: Nov 2003-Jan 2004
On-going user support with year-end-close for finance/distribution/manufacturing OneWorld XE
NINTENDO Benelux: May 2003-Sep 2003: Go-live support for Belgian and Netherlands affiliates
Localisations (VAT reporting, legal journals, statutory chart of accounts)
OneWorld XE software
Deutsche Carbone A.G. Frankfurt: April 2002-May 2003: Full implementation J.D.E. Finance + Logistics + Manufacturing (5 companies in Germany and 1 holding company) World software and OneWorld XE sites, all including data conversions SAP – JDE + VAT Set up for German entities
Other J.D.Edwards Finance implementations 1991-2002:
PIZZA HUT Belgium (Incl. Conversions SAP – JDE)
PIZZA HUT Netherlands (Incl. Conversions SAP – JDE)
POLYPLASTIQUE France
Blagden Industries (8 cies)
Alusuisse Belgium
Alusuisse Netherlands
Pfizer Belgium (Incl. Conversions SAP – JDE)
Tupperware Germany
Smithkline Beecham Animal health Belgium and France
Smithkline Beecham Biologicals Belgium (Data Conversion JDE to SAP)
Pharmacia Netherlands
ACE-group Belgium+Germany World A7.3 + Aldon ACMS tools
Rhone-Poulenc Pharma Belgium
Rhone-Poulenc Pharma Netherlands
General Electric - Fanuc European implementation (incl. France)
Estee Lauder Belgium
Computer Task Group Belgium
Bernard Matthews Food France
Aramark Belgium
Lexmark France (Orléans)
Busak & Shamban Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Sweden (VAT Set up for Germany) World 7.3
Tudapetrol Germany: VAT Reconciliation World 7.3
Hansen & Rosenthal Germany Set up VAT reconciliation for German entities
S.R.S. Raffinerie Germany VAT Reconciliation World 7.3
Budget-rent-a-car EMEA : OneWorld XE: On-going support German and French affiliates.
In all of these projects I had full responsability for the implementation of Finance
modules (G/L, A/R and A/P, Fixed assets, Job cost, Equipment planning etc.)
During this experience I had the opportunity to set up the complete
distribution modules (SOP, INV, PUR, ECS etc)
I was also involved in project management duties to garantee smooth go-live
with ALL J.D.Edwards modules.
On-going support customers 1991-2006:
Norgren UK August 2006-December 2006:
Support with Go-live all financial modules for Benelux, France and Spanish affiliates.
Ridge Tool Europe April 2006-July 2006:
Design and implementation European Chart of accounts and Business Unit structure
for all European affiliates.
Paragon Group Uk Ltd: September 2005-December 2005:
On-going support for live affiliates on JDE World A7.3 (Solving integrity issues, user training, set up of additional functionalities like account reconciliation.
New implementation of JDE financials for new acquired company
Oxford Instruments PLC: April 2005-July 2005
End user training EnterpriseOne Financials and Accounts consolidation configuration project (See also Reference letter attached)
Bard Medical, Crawley U.K.: July 2004-March 2005
Preparation and European training roll out of all Peoplesoft Enterprise One Financial & Warehousing modules
Société Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône (SAPRR), Dijon: Feb 2004-June2004
On-going user support finance/job cost, fixed assets and purchasing OneWorld XE
JOHNSON & JOHNSON Pharmaceuticals, Paris: Nov 2003-Jan 2004
On-going user support finance/distribution/manufacturing OneWorld XE
NINTENDO Benelux: May 2003-Sep 2003: Go-live support for Belgian and Netherlands
Localisations (VAT reporting, legal journals, statutory chart of accounts)
OneWorld XE software
Deutsche Carbone A.G. Frankfurt: April 2002-May 2003: Full implementation J.D.E. Finance + Logistics + Manufacturing (5 companies in Germany and 1 holding company) World software and OneWorld XE sites, all including data conversions SAP – JDE + VAT Set up for German entities World 7.3 cum 12
Other On-going support customers 1991-2002 includes:
OCE Belgium and Netherlands
Holiday Inn EMEA JDE A7.3
B.F.Goodrich
Ethyl
Lexmark France
Tupperware Germany
Alcon Couvreur Belgium
Baxter Belgium
Cabot Plastics Belgium
Duracel Belgium
Duracel Europe
European Safety Glass
D.H.L.-Belgium
Leroy Somer France
Life technologies
Matthews Bernard France
Pegasus
Total Benelux
Scansped Belgium: JDE 7.3
Baxter Germany + Austria: Euro-conversion E9 (Oct. 2000-Jan. 2001) (World 7.3 & One world XE)
Plysu Plc UK (Woburn Sands): World 7.3 cum 11
Solving integrity issues A/R-G/L, A/P-G/L, Inventory-G/L, upgrade
A7.3 Cum9 to A7.3 Cum 12, prepare Euro-conversion E9 for affiliates in Spain, Belgium, Netherlands (Feb. 2001-May 2001)
Budget-rent-a-car: One world: solving integrity issues, upgrade to XE, and Euroconversion (01/05/01-30/11/01), on-going support for German, French and Spanish affiliates, from EMEA headquarters in U.K. (Hemel Hempstead)
Some of these interventions where troubleshooting and first line support,
others most often set up for local legal requirements like statutory chart of
accounts, VAT-reporting, transaction journals, automated payments
for country-specific bank file layout etc.
Professional experience:
1986-1987: Economist-trainee at Electrabel, logistic system implemented using SAS technology
1987-1989: Financial Controller at Krebes Intl. + sistercompanies in Belgium and France
1989-1990: Finance Manager Rhone-Poulenc Plant Belgium
1990-1996: J.D.Edwards Finance consultant for Cim Hardi (Belgian J.D.Edwards
Business Partner)
1996-2008: J.D.Edwards Finance & Distribution consultant independent
