1. Name Peter Vanbrabant
Nationality Belgian
Education Commercial Engineer in Finance
(Catholic University Leuven, Magna Cum Laude) )
Job Title FICO Business Analyst/SAP Project Manager
Profile His background as a commercial Engineer in Finance, gave Peter a
good technical and theoretical basis in view of the current economic
environment. He was able to translate his theoretical background into
a profound practical understanding of business processes as
responsible for the Finance Operations section at Daikin Europe
Ostend.
Within the role of internal FICO consultant for two SAP Daikin
Projects, Peter acquired experience in the SAP modules FI and CO.
His assignment on several international SAP Projects at Deloitte
Consulting enabled Peter to show his hard working drive, his team-
player capabilities and his on-going search for challenges. These
assignments gave him the opportunity to elaborate his technical and
business knowledge on the SAP FI/CO Modules and the integration
with Modules such as Production, Sales, Materials Management and
Maintenance. Peter has been a team lead on several international
assignments and has grown to the role of Project Manager. He is also
a certified Sap My Financials Consultant (SEM and BW).
Peter turned back to the business side at Ontex NV, where is leading
the SAP FI/CO team, with internal and external resources, from a
technical and functional perspective. He has been project manager
on several internal assignments.
Currently, he started his own company, Melior Consulting, which
provides SAP FI/CO and project management consultancy.
Package Experience SAP [ FI (AA, AR, AP and GL) , CO (CO-CCA, CO-OM, CO-PC, CO-
PA, CO-PCA. CO-ML-ACT), PS, PM and IM basics, Financial Supply
Chain Management (Dispute Management 6.0, Treasury, IHC, Bank
Communication Management, Credit Management and Collection
Management), SAP HCM basics (PA and OM)
SAP SEM (SEM 3.1 and BW 3.0)
SAP BI Integrated Planning
ASAP Methodology
Software Tools MS Office, Windows, Lotus Notes, Isabel, Archibus, Globe$, Pascal,
Codabis, IVat
Languages Native language
Fluent in business
Proficient in business
Advanced conversation
Dutch
English
French
German

2. Employment History - Ontex International : FICO BA
freelance consultancy/SAP project
Manager/Core Finance Streamlead
- Ontex NV : FICO BA
- Deloitte. : SAP FICO Manager
- Daikin Europe Coordination Centre
Financial Accounting Responsible
05/02/2008 to date
16/09/2005 to 05/02/2008
15/05-2001 – 13/09/2005
10/07-1999 – 11/05-2001

3. Professional Experience
16-09-2005 to date Ontex NV, Zele
Business Analyst FICO/Internal Project Management, leading
team of internal and external FICO resources/Core Finance
Stream Lead
- Responsible FICOteam [ FI (AA, AR, AP and GL) ,FSCM
(Treasury, In-house Cash,Dispute Management,Collection
Management,Bank Communication Management) CO(CO-
CCA, CO-OM, CO-PC, CO-PA, CO-PCA. CO-ML-ACT), CFM]
at group level, supporting 12 sites (Belgium,France,Germany,
Spain,UK, Czech Republic, Italy, Turkey, Australia,Russia).
Functional and Technical lead regarding maintenance,business
requests and roll-outprojects.
- Project Manager Transfer Pricing (integration,Sales pricing,
purchase pricing and productcosting)
- Project Manager Treasury Upgrade from 4.6c to 4.7
- Roll-outprojectAstel Turkey, including material ledger
- Design New Management reporting model
- Integration with BW and consolidation departmentwith regards
to month-end reporting.
- Set-up of SAP BI Integrated Planning for Costcentre
Accounting, balance sheetplanning,FTE planning,Sales
Planning and CAPEX
- Fortis Factoring Project
- Global Cash Pooling with Bank Communication Management
- Companycode splitto two companies with same VAT number
- Companycode merger of 2 German companycodes
- SAP Upgrade Projectfrom 4.7 to ECC 6.0, including Treasury
upgrade with TPM_MIGRATION and In-house Cash
- Project Manager Turkey currency conversion projectfrom YTL to
TL
- Set-up of Bank Communication Management with XML
incoming/outgoing files
- Migration to new Credit Management6.0
- Collection Management
- Set-up of Centralized Business Model with Contract
Manufacturers,Central Entrepreneur and Limited Risk
Distributers bymeans ofSAP Plants abroad functionality.
- Roll-outAustralia with local support(sales and manufacturing
entity)

4. - Roll-outRussia,including Material Ledger with local support
- Project Manager Frango upgrade to Cognos Consolidator and
automation ofReporting flow SAP-BI-Cognos for corporate
reporting model
- Project Manager FSCM fine-tuning (Dispute Management,
Collection Managementand CreditManagement)
- Russia ProfitTax Solution via Material Ledger and Special
Purpose Ledger
- Roll-outItaly with production and sales entity
- Project Manager SEPA migration
- Set-up of V AT warehouse in Italy with own developed VAT
warehouse Ledger
- Project Manager Set Up of Central Engineering company
- Roll-outAlgeria
- Project Manager Set-up of 13 weeks cash forecastmodel
- Project Manager E-ledger Turkey
- Project Manager SAP HCM – Success factors Global
Implementation:5000 users/40 companycodes
- Project Manager implementation ofnew global reporting model
for customer and productdimension and new SupplyChain P&L
- Streamlead Core Finance with implementation ofNew General
Ledger,new enterprise structure,new chart of accounts,SAP
BPC for consolidation and merger of3 companycodes

5. 16-05-2005 – 16-09-2005 DSM DEX Plastomers, Geleen the Netherlands
SAP R/3 MM, SD, PP, QM, FICO and Product Costing
implementation
SAP Project Manager, leading team of 5 consultants
FICO and Product Costing implementation consultant
- SAP technical project manager, including resource and
project planning.
- Definition and set-up of FICO and product costing model
from a functional point of view.
- Overall Responsible data management and cut-over
activities.
- Technical realization of functional design, issue
management, key-user training and go-live support.
16-03-2005 - 15-05-2005 Goodyear-Dunlop Europe Brussels:
SAP FICO benchmarking project
FICO technical and functional expert
- Assessment of Current SAP FICO model against SAP
best practice and Automotive Industry-Print reference for
all European Sites
- Definition of quick-wins and long term operational changes
based on work-shops in the different European Entities
- Definition of business cases to support client decision
support making process based on Deloitte Value Tools.
01-02-2005 - 15-03-2005 NextiraOne Europe: Brussels and Paris: SAP R/3
SAP MM, FICO, SD and HR Conceptual design for European
SAP Template
FICO team lead
- Define and document AS-is process model for all
European countries and identify key client issues.
- Define to-be harmonized FICO process and technical
model.
01-07-2004 – 31/01/2005 DSM Manufacturing Centre, Netherlands: SAP R/3:
SAP MM, SD, FICO, PS and PM implementation. Copernicus
reorganisation project and set-up of new service company.
FICO PS team lead team (2 FICO and 2 PS consultants),
integration manager FICO - all other modules.
- Financial set-up of Manufacturing Service Centre with
centralized Plant Maintenance functionality.
- Set-up of Service Reinvoicing concepts by means of

6. Projects Systems and SD Resource Related Billing
Functionality. Development of new CO Model based on
newly created organization and integration towards
Project Systems, Materials Management and Plant
Maintenance.
- Global Responsible integration testing, data load and cut-
over for PS and CO.
01/02-2004 – 30/06/2004 DSM DE, Netherlands: SAP R/3 PM and PS Implementation at
Dutch and Brazilian site
SAP FICO and PS team lead
- Design of PS and adjustment of existing CO design with
Regards to Global Plant Maintenance Implementation
- Develop new Plant Maintenance project reporting tool with
the use of Project systems, based on integration between
SAP PM, PS and CO.
- Global Responsible integration testing, data load and cut-
over for PS and CO.
- Go-live support at Brazilian site.
15/03-2003 – 31/01/2004 DSM HPF, Netherlands: SAP R/3 FI, CO, SD, MM, PP-PI and
QM implementation.
SAP FICO team lead
- Global design of new CO Concept to be used at the sites
in the Netherlands and the US with focus on integration
between all CO modules ( CCA, OM, CO-PA, PCA and
Product Costing).
- Implementation of FI Kernel concepts.
- Lead of Quality Assurance testing for FICO/Product
costing area and provide support during execution.
- Responsible FICO global data load and cut-over.
- Set-up of overall closing scheme with focus on integration
PP-PI and Product costing
- Set-up of transparent intercompany invoicing scheme
between US and European site, with focus on currency
exposure.
01/11-2002 – 15/03-2003 DSM Elastomers, Netherlands: SAP R/3 FI, CO, PS, SD, MM,
PP-PI and QM roll-out implementation to the 2 US production
sites
SAP FICO Team-lead
- Responsible FICO Roll-out to two US production sites
(Addis, Louisiana and Leominster, MA), leading team of 2
internal consultants and key-user team
- Set-up of Quality Assurance testing for FICO area and

7. provide local support during execution.
- Preparation and executing of master data load in FICO
area and Product Costing area
- Preparation and support during Go-live for FICO area and
integration with PP-PI regarding product costing.
- Responsible inventory load in 2 sites: preparation of cut-
over planning and final load follow-up.
01/06-2002 – 01/11-2002 DSM Corporate ICT , Sittard, The Netherlands
SAP consultant Maintenance & Support non-kernel team( CO-PC,
PS and IM)
- Support live business groups (DE, DFS and DEP) for
Product Costing, Project Systems and Investment
Management regarding customizing and design changes.
- Conduct knowledge transfer towards customer IT staff
regarding process design and customizing.
- Elaborate best practice model for product costing, based
on the design of the different business groups.
- Prepare and guide intake of DSM Elastomers Product
Costing and Project Systems design by Corporate
Maintenance and Support department: align
documentation to corporate standards
17/05-2001 – 31/05-2002 DSM Elastomers GRIP project , Sittard, The Netherlands
SAP FICO consultant within GRIP FICO team.
- Elaboration of detailed process descriptions to be used for
further roll-outs, using the ASAP methodology.
- Detailed GAP analysis between overall kernel FICO
project and GRIP FICO project.
- Set-up of a new cost centre model, to be used by all DSM
Elastomers legal entities (Europe, Asia, US and Brazil).
- Customizing and testing of Product Cost Planning and
Cost Object Controlling (Product Costing by Period)
module, according to the clients needs
- Go-live preparation and support: set-up of test scenario’s
and cut-over planning for entire FICO area

8. Other Professional Experience
07/1999 – 05/2001 Daikin Europe NV
July 1999 – May 2001, Responsible Financial Accounting
section.
Responsible for planning and operational activities within Financial
Accounting Section. Leading a team of three people.
Responsible Asset accounting, investment follow-up and reporting
October 1999 – November 2000, Internal consultant/Key user
during SAP project Daikin Germany.
Responsible for modules FI/CO. (design, assistance in
customizing and testing)
Responsible Definition and Set-up of the new European Chart of
accounts to be used at all European Sites.
January 2001 – May 2001, Internal consultant during SAPO
project Daikin Ostend.
Responsible for FI (GL and AP), mainly detailed process design.
Education 1994 –
1999
Commercial Engineer in Finance, Catholic
University Leuven, grade: high distinction
Professional training 07 – 2001
10 – 2000
10 – 2000
10-2004
09-2007
SAP AC 510 Cost Object Controlling, SAP Brussels
SAP Customer based SAP training on SD, MM, FI
and CO basics.
Customer based training on ASAP methodology
SAP MyFinancials consultant (SEM 3.1 and BW 3.0)
certified.
SAP BI 370 Integrated Planning, SAP the
Netherlands