Christopher Marchetti
SAP Professional Specializing in Finance/Controlling Applications and Business Integration for the Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences industry
Oakland,California
Summary
Dynamic SAP Professional with extensive experience leading global SAP Finance and Controlling system builds and implementations from project initiation to post-go live support. Especially well-versed in Pharmaceutical/Life Science industry and its unique requirements regarding organizational structure (LRD) and transfer pricing needs.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
3
3
Languages
Work History
Independent Consultant
Self-Employed
07.2021 - Current
- Independent contractor specializing in optimizing ERP system design
- Assist clients in optimizing their intercompany processing including transactions, reconciliations, eliminations and closing. Reduced reconciliation process to half day.
- Introduce new methods and leading practices to increase efficiency in finance/accounting department ensuring accuracy and confidence in financial reporting
- Collaborated with stakeholders to understand their requirements and make sure the IT Finance team has heard these requirements and considers them during system build.
- Manage stakeholder expectations, provide regular project updates and foster an environment of open communication.
- Established Accounting department pain points and deliver targeted solutions using various tools and resources. For example, SOD violations, workflow approvals.
- Evaluate current master data of client organization and devise strategies to migrate to one singular master database for customers, vendors, departments, chart of accounts, materials.
- Challenge client personnel to think outside their comfort zone and be creative in their problem-solving approach.
- Worked with Project Management and Business Leaders to empower full time project resources to make decisions and formulate policy.
Engagement Director
Tata Consultancy Services
06.2019 - 07.2021
- Member of TCS Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences industry service line management group focused on go-to-market strategies for sector
- Worked directly with clients migrating to S4/HANA, formulating their long term IT Strategy and SAP migration plan
- Maintained a hands-on, client facing presence to manage workshops and and facilitate client discussions regarding S4 readiness
- Designed parallel valuation solution for Intercompany transfer pricing using Material Ledger functionality in S4
- Designed statutory, tax, local and US GAAP books to eliminate all manual, offline calculations and reporting
- Provided guidance to Accounting, FP&A, and Plant Controllers to transform and simplify Finance processes in order to gain efficiency
- Led projects as overall Integration Manager coordinating efforts of Manufacturing, Logistics, Order to Cash, Procurement, and Finance/Accounting where touchpoints among the teams occur.
- Provided assessment of the maturity level of current SAP landscape; suggested process/technical improvements enabling clients to achieve "best in class"
Senior Program Manager
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) - Advisory
07.2018 - 05.2019
- Defined strategic vision of Finance and Sales organizations and their Intercompany processes.
- Successfully implemented intercompany transfer pricing solution utilizing SAP Material Ledger with Parallel valuation to represent both legal valuation and group valuation throughout the supply chain process ending with the final sale to customer and recognition of revenue.
- Integrated CO-PC/Material Ledger with Manufacturing, Production Planning, Pricing, Procurement and Master Data teams.
- Added functionality to production landscapes, being aware of impacts that any change had on client's current system and end users. (Examples are: Parallel Ledger functionality in GL, Material Ledger functionality in CO-PC, Payments on behalf in Accounts Payable and Bank Accounting.)
- Developed long-range plans for IT Organizations including roadmaps to HANA/S4 and key milestone dates for S4 rollouts
- Provided solutions to complex business issues that are global in nature; i.e. global currency design and FX revaluation.
Director
KPMG - Advisory
02.2016 - 06.2018
- Solution architect responsible for understanding end-to-end business processes, governance models and challenges/potential areas of improvement
- Aligned manufacturing and cost planning teams to support strategic business objectives of positive organizational transformation
- Ensured delivery excellence to all clients by reviewing deliverables and workpapers.
- Provided career development and performance reviews for Associate level through Sr Manager level colleagues.
- Established collaborative relationships with clients fostering trust and accountability
Associate Partner
IBM - Global Business Services
08.2005 - 07.2015
- Delivered multiple successful end-to-end implementations of SAP Finance/Controlling solutions to global clients, specializing in the life science/pharmaceutical industries.
- Led, mentored and developed a high performing team of 14 project consultants and 16 internal IBM resources, encouraging collaboration and personal accountability.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive strategies for clients, ensuring optimal results. For example, creation of a tax-optimized business model and global supply chain.
- Promoted a culture of process efficiency and improvement by implementing leading practices in SAP and other finance systems.
- Clearly and effectively communicated status and problem areas to key stakeholders and steering committees throughout the project. The key to this type of communication was to know the audience and their tolerance for too much detail or technical language
- Performance Monitoring (During system build, testing, and post go-live): monitor system and project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques, and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Identified cross-functional integration issues and resulting resolution
- Several projects were global in nature, requiring training, documentation, and all communication activities to be in a foreign language (Spanish, Italian)
- Ensured that system configuration supported pipeline, clinical trials, capital projects and commercial product sales simultaneously for life sciences/pharmaceutical customers
- Established reputation of excellence in customer satisfaction and responsiveness to customer needs.
Senior Manager
KPMG Peat Marwick / BearingPoint
04.1992 - 07.2005
- Conducted business blueprint workshops in preparation for SAP R/3 Financials implementations (R/3 ver 2.0)
- Obtained clear understanding of all business processes, difficulties associated with each, and recommended solutions
- Configured all modules of SAP Financial Accounting System
- Wrote test scripts and executed scripts for unit testing, string testing and integration testing, often in validated environment
- Wrote functional specifications and configuration documentation
- Conducted end-user training on Financial Accounting modules
- Several projects were global in nature, requiring bilingual resource in my role.
Education
BBA - International Finance
09.1984 - 06.1988
Double Major:
BBA International Finance, 1988
BA Spanish Language and Literature 1988
Skills
BUSINESS INTEGRATION: Cross-functional integration of business processes such as; Logistics Invoice Verification (GR/IR); Accounting for Inventory movements; Intercompany Product Transfers, Cross Charges, and Netting solutions; Order to Cash Revenue account determination; Procure to Pay processes and impact on committed funds and cost planning; Electronic Bank Statement and Cash Mgmt processes; Product Cost Planning and Manufacturing Processes using standard cost methodology
DECISION MAKING: Ability to identify problems, consider viable alternatives using reliable data and devise a path forward in a timely fashion while remaining aware of the impact decisions may have on other sectors of the business
INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE - Excellent understanding of the pharmaceutical manufacturing business including demand drivers, customer fulfillment, production processing, tax-optimized logistics, and Intercompany transfer pricing
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: Able to interact with stakeholders at various levels of the organization and project team Possess unique ability to convey information using the appropriate level of technical or business detail depending on the stakeholder audience
TECHNICAL SKILLS" Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) SAP v20 - ECC60; S/4 HANA (GL, AR, AP, SPL, ReportPainter, CCA, PCA, CO-OH, CO-PC, CO-PA, BPC), HPQC; Winshuttle; Adobe Photoshop, LIghtroom, Premier Pro
Certification
Financial Planning and Analysis - Certificate Program - The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Timeline
Independent Consultant - Self-Employed
07.2021 - Current
Engagement Director - Tata Consultancy Services
06.2019 - 07.2021
Senior Program Manager - PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) - Advisory
07.2018 - 05.2019
Director - KPMG - Advisory
02.2016 - 06.2018
Financial Planning and Analysis - Certificate Program - The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
06-2007
Associate Partner - IBM - Global Business Services
08.2005 - 07.2015
Senior Manager - KPMG Peat Marwick / BearingPoint
04.1992 - 07.2005
The George Washington University - BBA, International Finance
09.1984 - 06.1988
Languages
Excellent