Ellein Conte

• Leads business and delivery project teams throughout the implementation project cycle of SAP GRP projects and roll outs in Allianz
• Developed project scope, including timeline and financials and ensuring technical feasibility
• Project governance, risk management, stakeholder communication, issue resolution, support change management and reporting
• Optimized resource allocation by closely monitoring project progress and adjusting team assignments as needed
• Oversee the financial data migration process, ensuring data integrity and optimizing performance during the transition from legacy systems to Simplifi S4 HANA platform of Allianz
• Key achievements: Successful deployment of Indonesia Syariah entity into the SAP GRP global template, Wave 0 Germany and Italy financial data migration into Simplifi S4 HANA

• Partners with Financial Transformation and Allianz Technology functional and technical teams in ensuring the target design aligns with the implementation standards and group reporting requirements
• Lead from front on workshops and interviews to analyze business process and reporting requirements of the OEs
• Understand SAP configuration and perform tests. Develop specifications for development of custom forms/ reports/ interfaces for the OE
• Key achievements: Successful deployment of China Life Health, China Holdings and Indonesia DPLK entities into the SAP GRP global template

• Manage a small team of Deployment Subject Matter Experts assigned to deploy and support Record to Report (RTR) and Invest to Divest (ITD) workstreams.
• Led cross-functional teams for successful project execution while maintaining strong collaboration among team members.
• Key achievements: Successful deployment of Europe entities into the eSAP Global Template

• Deployment subject matter expert & user support lead for Record to Report (RTR) work stream for the GM business units in the Asia Pacific & Middle East region from legacy SAP systems into the eSAP Global template
• Deployment subject matter expert for Consolidation Planning & Reporting (CPR) / S4 HANA for the Korea legacy system
• CPR Manual Journal Entries (MJE) project subject matter expert for the Asia Pacific & Middle East region (GMIO)
• Active participation through Blueprint, Design, Realization, Testing, Go Live and Hyper care activities
• Managed the delivery of business change and readiness
• Perform and lead data migration activities
• Mentored junior consultants, sharing industry knowledge and best practices to foster professional growth within the team
• Key achievements: Successful deployment of China, Korea, Israel, Philippines, Ireland company codes into the eSAP Global Template, Successful deployment of Korea company codes into the CPR/S4 HANA system

• Manage SAP FICO end user tickets and calls for issue resolution and new development (enhancements)
• Develop and deploy new processes and configuration to meet business needs
• Conduct end user training as needed to Finance & Accounting teams
• Key achievements: Deployed fixed assets lapsing report, closed out long outstanding SAP FICO user tickets

• Configured FI - Accounts Receivable and FI - Asset Accounting modules
• Completed the functional design document for AR aging analysis and Fixed Assets Lapsing report
• Mapped and transformed the old master data structure (GL, cost center, profit center) into SAP data standards
• Utilized LSMW to load FI master data
• Conducted user trainings
• Resolved testing errors and defects
• Key achievements: Successful deployment of the client's (Energy industry) SAP ERP system

• Financial Reporting and Consolidation (SAP BPC 10.0 MS)
• End to end project implementation
• Key achievements: Successful deployment the client's (Healthcare industry) SAP BPC system

• Fixed Assets Improvement Project . Process streamlining, documentation, user training and creation of Fixed Asset count database in preparation for accounting system migration
• Project Polaris. Update and improvement on the company's Finance and Accounting standards and procedures

CORE Operations:

• Affiliate accounting expert for the following P&G legal entities: Markets Handled: Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, HongKong, Taiwan, Philippines, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Saudi, Pakistan, Turkey, Nigeria
• Manage the recording, payment, reporting, and reconciliation of intercompany transactions between P&G legal entities.
• Receive invoices from cross border logistics/warehouse contacts, manage the posting of these invoices against POs, and process intercompany settlements.
• Responsible for Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt management/analysis.
• Single-point-of contact (SPOC) for the following

(a) My Cross Charge global tool

(b) Asia markets Business Support Specialist (BSS)

(c) Asia SRD Goods-in-Transit Year-End reversal process

(d) Western Europe and America service center AR/AP resolution coordinator

(e) Locally Identified Issues (LII) SPOC for the Supply Chain Group

Non-CORE Operations:

• Ad-hoc report expert for Asia (local FS audits, tax audits, transfer pricing audit and other local government reports)
• Handling of various projects for Affiliates (Wella Integration, SAP upgrades and others)

Key achievements:

• Power of You Silver Awardee . Singapore Regional Entrepreneur and India over-aged items clean-up
• The BAR Awardee . Team player award
• Mumbai INDIA business trip to meet and greet local contacts, resolve long outstanding issues, study process gaps and develop a plan to streamline these processes
• Operational Excellence Awardee . Centralized Closing Project
• Successful closure of KOREA local and national tax audit for 5 fiscal years
• Successful closure of INDONESIA Project Fortress. Project Fortress is an initiative to ensure that current process design is compliant with the banking rules and regulations of the country
• Process and Productivity Improvement. Major contributor in the redesign of the Affiliate's team BSR process, including the development of a macro tool
• Handled critical P&G markets . Includes Vietnam, Korea, India and Singapore regional entrepreneur, Turkey, Pakistan and Nigeria

Asset Management functions:

• Posting of all asset management transactions (addition; transfer; retirement; depreciation)
• Preparation of various Asset Management reports
• Computation & preparation of quarterly remittance return of Fringe Benefit Tax

Expenses / Disbursements processing functions:

• Review the propriety of supporting documents
• Prepare accounting entries and ensure proper account classification; correct Profit/Cost Center Code (PCCC); and correct GL/SL code based on existing chart of accounts
• Compute the applicable withholding taxes & prepare withholding tax certificate
• Posting of entries to GL front-end (GLFE) system of the bank
• Update & educate customers on release of payments, budget check requirement, document deficiencies, authorized approvals & related disbursement policies