Phil Tapper

Senior SAP Real Estate Consultant, Solution Architect

·      Qualifications               Bachelor of Economics - University of Sydney                                                  Grad. Dip. in Accounting - Victoria College

·      SAP Australia             Employee (K6): January 1996 – February 2004.

·      Atos Origin ME        Contractor: Feb 2004 – July 2006

·      SAP Korea                Contractor: Jul 2006 – July 2007

·      SAP Australia             Contractor: Sept 2007 – current

·      Contact                          phillip.tapper@internode.on.net

                  +61 755 263 263 (H)

                  +61 413 554 495 (M) 

·     SAP Product Expertise

RE       Real Estate

                                                RE                   Classic Real Estate

                                                RE-FX             Flexible Real Estate

            Solution Manager

SEM   Strategic Enterprise Management

SEM-CPM      Corporate Performance Monitor (Balanced Scorecard and Management Cockpit)

            FI        Financial Accounting

FI-GL              General Ledger Inc ECC 6.0 New GL

FI-AP              Accounts Payable

FI-AR              Accounts Receivable

FI-BL              Bank Accounting

FI-AM             Fixed Assets

FI-FM             Funds Management

FI-SL               Special Ledger

CA       Cross Applications

                        CA-JVA          Joint Venture Accounting

IM       Investment Management

            CO      Controlling

CO-OM          Cost Centre Accounting and Internal Orders

CO-PC            Product Costing

                                                CO-ABC         Activity Based Costing

                                                CO-PCA         Profit Centre Accounting

BC       Basis Components

                                    Application Archiving

General

Very good knowledge/understanding of functionality, configuration and integration of most SAP modules and tools particularly in relation to Real Estate incl PM, PS and DMS

SAP Releases

ECC 6.0 (two years) and prior.

·     SAP Business Skills Summary

·        During my employment with SAP Australia I performed the Product Manager role for Real Estate (Asia/Pacific) including marketing, presales, consulting, training, product requirement analysis, roll-in/rollout, partner support activities, business development, proposals, bids, project management

·        Experience in SAP Implementations in large organisations including Government and private sector  - consulting manager, team member, team lead, integration manager

·        Design and Realization Reviews of implementations undertaken by Partners and Clients within Government Departments and private sector organisations;

·        Conduct ValueSAP reviews for customers.

·        Conduct RE SAP training courses for SAP Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, USA, New Zealand

·        Conduct internal workshops for clients;

·        SAPPHIRE Presentations;

·        New Release Product Testing for SAP-AG including 4.7 and Enterprise Extensions incl RE-FX

·        General SAP consulting experience across Public and Private Sectors.

·     SAP Implementation/Consulting Experience:

          (In Chronological Order)

SAP Australia: Sept 2007- Current

Ad hoc consulting assignments for SAP Australia on Public Sector; conducted RE-FX training SAP New Zealand customers; and remote RE-FX consulting for SAP Philippines, SAP MENA, Wipro

Samsung SDS   July 2006-July 2007

SAP Korea: July 2006- July 2007

Samsung SDS   July 2006-July 2007

(SDS is a Samsung Group subsidiary and is the largest System Implementation/Integrator company in Korea. Samsung SDS implement SAP and other products for Samsung and external companies. SDS decided to implement the SAP Solution for Professional Services and adopt Best Practices by engaging SAP Korea and Global Consultants to assist them with the implementation and knowledge transfer of Professional Services and SAP products, methodologies and tools).

Consultant Leader – managing project activities of 70+ man project team for Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go live Phases. Project manage all activities related to consultants (excl. Change Management and Training, Hardware procurement) using ASAP Methodology and extensive use of Solution Manager.

SAP Version: ECC 6.0 (ERP 2005), CRM, BI and Solution Manager

Atos-Origin Middle East

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) Aug 2005 – July 2006

(SEC is Saudi Arabia’s primary Electricity Company with 26000 employees providing electricity generation, transmission and distribution services to the whole country)

FICO/Real Estate Team Lead – managing project activities of 8 man FICO-RE team and personal responsibility for FI module including New General Ledger in ECC 6.0 and implementation of Real Estate (FX). Project Activities include Blueprint, Realization, Go live preparation and Support.

SAP Version: ECC 6.0 (ERP 2005)

SABIC (Saudi Arabia) 2004-July 2005

(SABIC is Saudi Arabia’s Govt funded industry development group focussing on Petrochemical industries with 17 industrial companies manufacturing various products and numerous local and overseas subsidiaries providing marketing ,sales and support services. A 3 year project that involves rolling out SAP and Shared Services functions to all companies

1.      Site Rollout Coordinator – role as ‘project manager’ for rollout of the project to one of the companies

2.      FICO Team Lead – managing project activities of 17-man FICO team and responsibility for Joint Venture Accounting and Special Ledger.

SAP Australia Project Experience

These represent the major RE projects I was involved in while employed by SAP Australia and vary in length of involvement depending on project requirements ranging from Project Team Training, Design Workshop sessions, Project Reviews and general consulting. It does not include Marketing, PreSales and other non-project activities

Real Estate

Water Corporation of Western Australia 2003

Project Management and Implementation of SAP Real Estate. Utilities industry property management.

Filinvest (Philippines) 2003

Provide onsite and remote consulting services and conduct review for Real Estate implementation. Commercial and retail real estate

Shanghai Centre (China) 2003

Provide onsite and remote consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phases for Real Estate implementation. Commercial, retail and residential real estate

PT Excelcom (Indonesia) 2002

Provide consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phases for Real Estate implementation. Industrial real estate: property and lease management

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia) 2002

Provide consulting services during Realization phase for Real Estate implementation. Commercial and retail real estate

Petronas (Malaysia) 2002

Provide consulting services during Blueprint phase for Real Estate implementation. Conduct on-site RE training course.

Optus (Australia) 2002

Provide consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phase for Real Estate implementation. Telecommunication Industry. Commercial and retail real estate

PT Excelcom (Indonesia) 2002

Provide consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phase for Real Estate implementation. Telecommunication Industry. Commercial and retail real estate

Air Services Australia  2002

Provide consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phase for Real Estate implementation.

Ayala Land Incorporated (Philippines) 2001

Provide consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phase for Real Estate implementation.

Auckland City Council (New Zealand) 2001

Provide consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phase for Real Estate implementation.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2000

Provide consulting services during Blueprint and Realization phase for Real Estate implementation. Conduct Conceptual Design review for FI/CO/RE modules. Commercial and retail real estate.

City Developments Limited (Singapore) 2000

Provide consulting services and team training during Blueprint phase for Real Estate implementation. Commercial, residential and retail real estate.

Family Mart (Japan) 2000

Provide consulting services and team training during Blueprint and Realization phase for Real Estate implementation. Commercial real estate.

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife (Australia) 1999/2000

Conduct internal workshops for Real Estate system design and end-user training.

Post implementation Review

Kemaman Supply Base (Malaysia) 2000

Conduct Real Estate design review and project team training. Provide Ad-hoc

consulting services.

DBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Hall) 1999

Conduct Real Estate design review and project team training. Provide Ad-hoc

consulting services.

Christchurch City Council (New Zealand) 1999

            Conduct Real Estate design review and project team training. Provide consulting services during Real Estate implementation.

            Queensland Department of Housing 1996/7

            Responsible for full project support to customer and partners for FI, CO, AM, and IM modules. Major responsibility was product support for Real Estate module including liaison activities with Walldorf.

            Non Real Estate

Dept of Family and Community Services (Australia) 2003

            Provide consulting services during implementation of IS-Public Sector including Funds Management and Special Ledger (Split Ledger functions).

Hidada (Saudi Arabia) 2002

SAP Project Implementation Integration Manager and Team Lead and  for FI, AM, CO, IM and SEM-CPM (Management Cockpit & Balanced Scorecard).  Responsibilities covered Project Scoping, Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Configuration, Team training.

Postal and Telegraph Commission of Papua New Guinea (New Guinea) 1996

SAP Project Implementation Team Lead for FI-GL,AP,AR,FM and AM.  Responsibilities covered Project Scoping, Conceptual Design, Detailed Design including all configuration, data conversion requirements, assessment of Test and Training plans and User Documentation. Project was successfully implemented in less than eight months.

Continuing customer support via monthly visits/remote consulting.

The Wesley Hospital (Australia) 1998

SAP Project Implementation Team Lead for FI, AM, CO and IM.  Responsibilities covered Project Scoping, Conceptual Design, Detailed Design including all configuration, data conversion requirements, assessment of Test and Training plans and User Documentation.

Fiji Government

            Initial project scoping/blueprint activities for whole of government SAP project. FICO focus

State Water Projects (Queensland)

            Provide CO budget design advice for complex Cost Centre/Internal Order/WBS element landscape.

Queensland Police

Configuration of Police system for CO-OM, AM and IM modules. Provide ad-

Hoc consulting support for Financial modules.

Cairns Port Authority

Responsible for Quality Assurance assessment on FI, CO, AM. General consulting on problem resolution for FI/AM/CO. Conduct in-house Workshops on SAP Financials.

            Queensland Department of Public Works

            Quality Assurance assessment of FI, AP, AR and AM configuration. Review     included New Generation QGFMS Standard System Model and its             applicability to PWAH requirements.

            Queensland Department of Training and Industrial Relations

            Quality Assurance assessment of FI, AP, AR and AM configuration. Review     included New Generation QGFMS Standard System Model and its             applicability to DTIR requirements.

Queensland Department of Families Youth and Community Care 

Performed Quality Assurance assessment, with emphasis on FI and CO. Ad-hoc FI consulting.

            Queensland Department of Transport

Consultant assisting in the review of FI-FM procedures including liaison with product developers in Walldorf for resolution of issues and problems. Assistance with Asset Revaluation issues. Consulting for AM and CO.

Queensland Department of Health

Advisory Consultant during implementation for Prince Charles Hospital. Performed Quality Assurance assessment, with emphasis on FI and CO. Ad-hoc FI/AM consulting.  Conduct in-house Workshops on SAP Financials.

Queensland Department of Education

Performed Quality Assurance assessment, with emphasis on FI and CO. Ad-hoc FI/AM/CO consulting.

Powerlink

Performed Quality Assurance assessments on FI and CO modules. Ad-hoc FI/AM/CO consulting.

Queensland Cotton

Conduct In-house Workshop on SAP Financials

Incitec

Ad hoc consulting on FI/CO

CITEC

Archiving consulting for FI, CO, TR, MM, SD.

BHP Minerals

Conduct In-house Workshop on SAP Financials.

Queensland Cement Limited

Consultant for general problem resolution - FI, CO, TRFM.

Various

Conduct ValueSAP workshops and reviews (including 4.6 New Release functionality for Queensland Transport, Queensland Housing, Queensland Cement, Goodman Fielder, Taronga Zoo.

Saudi Iron and Steel Company - (Hadeed), Saudi Arabia

Member of User Implementation Team.  Responsible for implementation of CO - CCA.

·      SAP Trainer Experience:

Conducted SAP External Training Courses

            AC290 – Real Estate

            AC295 – Flexible Real Estate

            AC010 – Financial/Management Accounting & Reporting

AC205 – Integrated Financial Closing

AC225 – Accounts Receivable

AC226 – Accounts Payable

AC250 – Configuration and Organisation in Financial Accounting

AC305 – Asset Accounting

AC040 – Cost Management and Controlling

AC405 – Overhead Cost Controlling

AC415 – Internal Orders

SEM Awareness Course

·        SAP Tester Experience

Product testing (Version 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and Enterprise Extension, Walldorf 1998-2003).

·        SAPPHIRE Activities

Manage Real Estate stand including product demonstration, SAPPHIRE Melbourne 1998, Singapore 1999, Brisbane 2000, 2001, Sydney 2003

·      Professional Background  :

Qualified Accountant worked across a broad range of industries up to Controller level since 1977. Organisations have ranged from mid-size to multinational, and experience has included overseas positions. Roles have encompassed broad range of Financial and Management Accounting functions including major systems implementation, systems design and business process re-engineering.  SAP experience includes both as SAP Consultant and member of User Implementation Team.

·        Industry Experience:

Property Management             

Vehicle Manufacturing

Steelmaking

Wholesaling and Distribution

Construction and Contracting

Telecommunications

Public Sector

Health

Steel Fabrication

Petrochemicals

Utilities

Professional Services

Railways