Profile Arnould has received an education in corporate finance within an international context. He has been working for the past twenty four years in the field of finance in different countries . He held different type of position such as financial analyst and financial controller. For the past twenty years he has been working with the SAP package software. He specialized in the FI and CO module.
Key Skills Functional Competencies
Expert in the finance field (16 years of international project in UK, USA, KSA, China, India, EU countries)
Technical Competencies on SAP R/3 and S/4 HANA
Finance to Management – FI et CO (25 projects, 19 years of SAP)
Implementation SAP R/3 (15 projects)
Roll out (6 strategies, 4 set up)
Set up of support structure (4 years of experiences)
SAP coaching for competency center
Methods and associated tools
• Project management
• Team management
• Evaluation and project launch
• Pre sales manager
• Asap Methodology & Solman
Key Courses and Training Professional Training
04/2009 : Training on FM module
02/2007 : Training on Virsa GRC
06/2003 : University SAP BW/SEM
01/1998 : University SAP Finance
Professional Certification
SAP ASAP , 2000
SAP Finances (FI & CO) , 1998
Career History 01/2018 - To date IBM Global Services, Switzerland
Senior Managing Consultant
Pre-sales on S/4 Hana on Swiss Romande area.
Delivery of the first S4 Swiss Customer. Acting as integration manager.
09/2011 - 12/2017 ACZ Conseil, Switzerland
Partner
Freelance consultant on SAP for all module of the domain Finance and controlling
09/2000 - 08/2011 Capgemini, France
Managing Consultant
Participation to eight international project:
Ball corporation, Eurocopter, Schneider Automation, Sanifrance Rhodia, Nestlé Waters, Iter and Occitane .
Responsible for several pre-sales project, coordination of consulting team and proposal realization. Role of business developer.
Practice leader of the Finance consulting (SAP & BI)
In charge of SEM/BW (2003) and GRC (2006) offer for Capgemini France. Recruiting and coordination of activities for the SAP team.
11/1997 - 07/2000 Deloitte Consulting (INEUM), France
Senior Consultant
Participation to six main core system project:
AgrEvo, Elf, RVI SA, Mack Trucks, Kohler and Aventis. Certified FI/CO in March 1998. Certified ASAP in September 1999
02/1996 - 11/1997 Dassault Systèmes, France
Financial Controller
In charge of the group consolidation and its four subsidiaries. Punctual analysis for the executive committee. Participation to the company IPO in June 1996, to the acquisition of a subsidiary in June 1997 and to a SPO in September 1997. Implementation of FI/CO/SD module of SAP.
06/1995 - 02/1996 Barclays Bank, France
Financial Analyst
Work for the credit department: financial statements/ ratio analysis and risk evaluation for European clients.
10/1994 - 04/1995 Ditco, Saudi Arabia
Financial Controller
Controlling and reporting of minor and major investments in Europe and Asia.
Assignment History 03/2018 - 11/2018
9 months
Louis Dreyfus Company
Bold Project
Project Description: Construction of a template for roll out for LDC based on two pilots countries (FR & DE). Replacing the existing legacy with the new 1610 S4 Hana solution in the following area : Finance, Controlling, Procurement (S4& Ariba) , Production and BI. Usage of Solman as a repository tools for documentation + transports.
Position: Integration Manager
Contribution: I was in charge of leading functional and technical team. I had to manage the project from going Out and In of the different phase from Detailed Design to Hyper-care.
Prior Experience 01/2016 - 12/2017
24 months Nestlè
******** Project
Project Description: Implementation of the Nestlé Legacy system ( GLOBE) onto the Nespresso headquarter.
Contribution: ECC 6.0 ( S4/Hana and SFin) & Solman
Managing a team of 5 people. Strong participation to the design with a role of integration with the other SAP modules. Delivery of more than 60 users test scenarios. Training of keys users and SME. Cut over preparation and support post Go Live. Integration with module (SD,CS,MM,QM) & TM 9.1 and APO 7.0
01/2015 - 12/2015 12 months Nespresso
Phenix Project
Project Description: Implementation of an Omni Channel Solution onto the German Nespresso Affiliate
Contribution: ECC 6.0 EHP 4.0 scope: SAP Retail / SAP CRM / BW Hana
In charge of providing solution for template and roll out.
Design and realization of health checks for the German market.
Usage of FICA module for managing B2C consumers.
11/2014 - 01/2015 3 months AIP Aerospace
Navigo Project
Project Description: Carving out the project management activities from Areva onto an American company.
Contribution: ECC 6.0 EHP 4.0 scope: FI/CO/SD/MM
In charge of the carving out of Areva activity on behalf of AIP Aerospace in order to create a new French company from scratch : Ascent Integration SAS. From blueprint to go live, performed all the tasks for customizing, testing, and training. Very strong involvement in the data validation.
03/2014 - 10/2014 8 months SRTechnics
GMOS Project
Project Description: Replacing the existing SAP brownfield with a greenfield implementation
Contribution: ECC 6.0 EHP 7.0 & Solman scope: FI/CO/MM/SD/PM/WM
In charge of the team of 10 IBM consultants (on site + offshore). Complete end to end implementation in five countries( CH, MY,SG,AU and UK) . Active participation to the integration of all the MRO process . Finance module in scope on FI (New GL /AP/AR/New AA) and CO (OM-CCA/ OM-OPA, PS, PA ). Integration with the module (SD,CS,MM,PM,QM)
07/2013 - 12/2013 6 months TOURING CLUB SUISSE
SynAPs Project
Project Description: Design phase for the replacement of the SAP Legacy with newer SAP module
Contribution: ECC 6.0 scope: FI/CO/MM/SD
In charge of the Functional & Technical specification, provide support for the validation of the conception phase by challenging the integrator on its recommendation for the improvement of the existing process for the finance and controlling domains. Resolution of the incident maintenance on FI (New GL /AP/AR/AA) and CO (OM-CCA/ OM-OIA, PS, PA ) and EC-PCA
01/2010 - 06/2013 42 months L’Occitane en Provence
Harvest Project
Project Description: Implementation of the cosmetic SAP vertical pre-configured solution
Contribution: ECC 6.0 scope: FI/CO/MM/SD
Coaching and advising the Finance team (customer and integrator) on their choice of their future SAP solution around the Financial and Cost Accounting
Validation of the customizing made by the integrator for the finance module FI (New GL,AR,AP, AA) et CO (OIA, CCA, PA) .
Acting as the BPO and IT/Functional internal resources
(France, Great Britain, Switzerland, Benelux, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong, United States)
03/2009 - 12/2009 10 months Iter
Diams Project
Project Description: Historical data conversion from Legacy onto SAP
Contribution: ECC 6.0 scope:FI/CO/FM/MM/PS
In charge of the project around SAP/Cobra/BW/Primavera
Help in the customizing choice for FI (New GL,AR,AP, AA) CO (OIA, CCA, PS) and FM
01/2009 - 06/2009 6 months TF1
Sigma Project
Project Description: Implementation of SAP
Contribution: ECC 6.0 scope: FI/CO
Definition of the controlling model for SAP implementation and recommendation on New GL (choice for the customizing)
11/2008 - 02/2009 4 months INSIDE CONTACTLESS
SAP at INSIDE
Project Description: SAP implementation on a small business.
Contribution: ECC 6.0 scope:FI/CO/SD/MM
In a middle size company setting SAP finance in less than 4,5 months (New GL,AP,AR, AA, CCA ,OIA)
03/2008 - 02/2009 12 months AEROPORT MARSEILLE PROVENCE
Sigest Project
Project Description: SAP Implementation
Contribution: ECC 6.0 scope: SD/MM/FI/CO
Setting up the SAP solution in a public environment, especially in term of budget and commitment
Set up of CO (OIA, CCA) and EC-PCA
08/2007 - 06/2008 11 months CAPGEMINI & SAP
COTER
Project Description: Designing and building a pre-configured solution for public sector
Contribution: ECC 6.0 scope: FI/CO/FM/MM
Construction of the Best Practice for local public community. Management of several team:
- Capgemini South
- SAP Paris, Walldorf and Shangai
Set up of FM and New GL ,FI-AA,FI-AP,CO-PS and CO-CCA
12/2006 - 06/2007 7 months NESTLE WATERS FRANCE
Pivot Project
Project Description: Roll out of the SAP existing solution onto the Belgium Nestlé Waters affiliate
Contribution: SAP R/3 4.5 b scope:MM/SD/FI/CO
Roll out of CO-OM, CO-PC ,CO-PA and EC-PCA with an integration with the following module: FI, PP,MM and SD in the Belgian subsidiary to prepare the roll out of GLOBE (Core system of NESTLE)
06/2006 - 11/2006 6 months UGAP
SAP at UGAP
Project Description: COPA module implementation
Contribution: SAP R/3 4.7 scope: Public Sector IS
Set up of the CO-PA with an integration to the following system: FI,FM,CO,MM and SD
06/2005 - 06/2006 13 months EUROCOPTER
Coach Project
Project Description: Implementation of the SAP controlling module
Contribution: SAP R/3 46c scope : all modules
Set up of the CO SAP system into the global Eurocopter
- Module implemented: CO-PC, CO-PC-ACT, CO-PA, CO-OM and EC-PCA
- Integration with the existing (7) and on going ( 2) SAP project
01/2004 - 02/2005 14 months RHODIA
RCS Project
Project Description: SAP implementation for all modules
Contribution: SAP R/3 46c scope: SD/HR/AA/PS/PM/WM/PP/MM/FI/CO
On the project, in charge of the CO implementation.
- Module implemented: COPC, COOM,COPA and ECPCA
- Integration with PP/PS/MM/SD/FI
- World wide roll out (Europe, Asia and America)
05/2003 - 01/2004 9 months EUROCOPTER
Aero Project
Project Description: SAP implementation in the four manufacturing center
Contribution: SAP R/3 46c scope: PP/MM/FI/CO
In charge of presale quotation for SEM
On the project, in charge of ...