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Emel Betül  Özdemir

Emel Betül Özdemir

Senior SAP FICO Consultant
Berlin,BE

Summary

Accomplished SAP FI/CO expert with a proven track record at Zalando Payments GmbH, enhancing team performance and fostering innovation. Skilled in SAP FI/CO & SAP FI/CA, and demonstrating successful teamwork and collaboration. Achieved significant improvements with using other tools like DWC, SAC, RPA, etc. in operations management and problem-solving, contributing to streamlined processes and elevated customer satisfaction. Improved monitoring and team performance with dashboards on Jira and ServiceNow.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Team Lead, SAP FI Key Users

Zalando Payments GmbH
09.2022 - Current
  • Managing and leading team of SAP FI Key Users, providing guidance and support to ensure the smooth operation of SAP FI modules
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to define project scope, develop project plans and allocate resources for SAP FI related initiatives
  • Providing SAP S4HANA FICO and FICA support following brownfield transition and contributing to newly initiated SAP Fiori project
  • Supported Finance Operations and Customer Experience teams with SAP FICA related issues and enhancements.
  • Acted as a senior manager - key user in projects like SAP Archiving (SAP FICO and SAP FICA)
  • Collaborated with SAP BI team in SAC and DWC to prepare views and dashboards.
  • Defining user roles and communication effectively with SAP Basis team to ensure seamless operation of SAP FI and sub modules
  • Building strong, transparent relationships with team members, stakeholders and customers to ensure successful project outcomes and excellent communication within the work environment

SAP FI/CO Executive

Tuborg Pazarlama A.Ş.
02.2019 - 07.2022
  • Conducted regular meetings with team to discuss issues, concerns and updates.
  • Developed innovative solutions to complex problems, resulting in improved organizational performance.
  • Mentored junior staff members for accelerated career growth, developing future leaders within the organization.
  • Collaborated with back-office team members to facilitate seamless business execution.
  • SAP support on the following topics:

* General Ledger (FI-GL)

* Account Payables (FI-AP)

* Account Receivables (FI-AR)

* Bank Accounting (FI-BL)

* Asset Accounting (FI-AA)

* Cooperating with SAP PO consultants about bank communication management and electronic bank statements

* Cooperating with SAP BI/BW consultants about FI reporting (Designing the global reporting infrastructure utilising Business Objects on customer support and financial systems)

* SAP Imports Module (FI Support)

* SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) Module (FI Support)

* Implementation of a new e-invoice System

* Support SAP e-ledger system

* Controlling (CO) Configure and maintain standard costing Configure and maintain actual costing Monitor recording of business transactions, period end closing activities Material Ledger Cost centers configuration and maintenance of cost centers

* Preparing and delivering training to end users

* SAP Migration Project

* SAP ABC Project

* Electronic Signature project in SAP and non-SAP bank orders

* Monitoring of systems with SAP Basis consultants

  • Apart from SAP, actively participated in the RPA processes in the automatization project, and the eligible SAP FI processes were transferred to robot users by working with UiPath after process mining.

Senior SAP FI/CO Application Consultant

BMC Automotive Sanayi Ve Tic. A.Ş
03.2018 - 01.2019
  • Led training sessions for end-users to ensure a smooth transition to new applications and systems.
  • Optimized existing applications by conducting thorough assessments and recommending necessary improvements.
  • SAP support on the following areas:

* General Ledger (FI-GL)

* Account Payables (FI-AP)

* Account Receivables (FI-AR)

* Bank Accounting (FI-BL)

* Asset Accounting (FI-AA)

* Controlling (CO) Configure and maintain standard costing Configure and maintain actual costing Monitor recording of business transactions, period end closing activities, Material Ledger

* SAP Project Management (PS) support

* Adaptation of legislative changes to SAP

* Digital (electronic) transformation; e-invoice, e-ledger etc.

* Cooperating with external consultants / developers

* Application support and training of end users

* Functional testing and Integration testing on SAP

Senior SAP FI/CO Application Consultant

ASTRON-Yaşar Bilgi İşlem Danış. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş
03.2015 - 01.2018
  • SAP FICO support for external companies or within holding companies on the following areas:

* General Ledger (GL)

* Cost and Profit Center Accounting (COPA) and Internal Orders

* Material Ledger

* Annual budget preparation

* Customization of legislative changes to SAP

* Digital (electronic) transformation; e-invoice, e-ledger etc.

* Cooperating with consultants from other modules such as MM, PM, PP and PS

* Application support and training of end users

* Functional testing and Integration testing on SAP

Senior ERP Application Consultant

IAS Bilgi İşlem Danış. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş
10.2008 - 02.2015
  • Create ERP Team or including in a team for new ERP project
  • Make task assignments in ERP team
  • Prepare the project plan with company's decision making powers
  • Customization of ERP module (Finance, Payroll, Budget, Fixed Asset, Sales, Purchasing, Production, CRM, MRP)
  • Modules training with key users,
  • If necessary, do company-specific customization
  • Follow-up these customizations
  • Track the project steps and time-line
  • In addition to these; participate in our company training, research and study for improving the program, test of new features which are newly added.

Education

Master of Science, Management Information System

Yaşar University
Izmir, Turkey

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Dokuz Eylül University
Izmir, Turkey
09.2004 - 06.2008

High School Diploma -

Bursa Anatolian High School
Bursa, Turkey
09.2001 - 07.2004

Skills

Operations Management

Languages

Turkish
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
German
Intermediate
B1

Timeline

Team Lead, SAP FI Key Users

Zalando Payments GmbH
09.2022 - Current

SAP FI/CO Executive

Tuborg Pazarlama A.Ş.
02.2019 - 07.2022

Senior SAP FI/CO Application Consultant

BMC Automotive Sanayi Ve Tic. A.Ş
03.2018 - 01.2019

Senior SAP FI/CO Application Consultant

ASTRON-Yaşar Bilgi İşlem Danış. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş
03.2015 - 01.2018

Senior ERP Application Consultant

IAS Bilgi İşlem Danış. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş
10.2008 - 02.2015

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Dokuz Eylül University
09.2004 - 06.2008

High School Diploma -

Bursa Anatolian High School
09.2001 - 07.2004

Master of Science, Management Information System

Yaşar University
Emel Betül ÖzdemirSenior SAP FICO Consultant