NICHOLAS ANTHONY GOLFIN
(SUMMARY RESUME)
A senior business professional with over 13 years consulting and project management experience
spanning ERP systems integrations, business analysis and strategy and financial services
marketing. Career highlights include:
 5 years SAP R/3 systems implementation/integration experience with six leading multinational
companies throughout Europe and Australasia
 e-commerce software integration for leading North American client
 Senior telecommunications analyst focusing on customer churn and call centre strategies
 Negotiation of financial services industry Enterprise Agreement and workplace change program
NATIONALITY
CONTACT
Australian
Email: nick.golfin@ebt.com.au
Phone: 0402 096 075
CORE COMPETENCIES
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING
CORPORATE
TECHNICAL
PERSONAL
5+yrs: SAP system implementation skills including business analysis, design,
configuration, testing, data integration/migration, user documentation, training
and support (SAP releases 3.0F, 3.1H, 4.7)
4+yrs: “Big 5” professional services background
3+ yrs: team leadership, multi-national SAP implementations
2+yrs: multi-country/site, European SAP implementations
1yr: enterprise business process re-engineering & change management
1yr: e-commerce applications/software integration business analyst
15 months: practice and business development
2yrs: project management (workplace change, call centre/churn strategy)
2yrs: corporate/commercial strategy
3+yrs: business planning (business plans, financial planning)
4+yrs: marketing strategy (corporate, research, communication, advertising)
6+yrs: professional practice organizations
5+yrs: SAP systems design, configuration & integration, testing and training
in FI/CO R/3 modules (SAP releases 3.0F, 3.1H, 4.7)
14+yrs: Microsoft Office applications
5 yrs: Visio Process Flow software
Leadership, motivation, communication and organisational, volunteering
Languages: Greek (fluent), German (intermediate), French (beginners)
EDUCATION
SAP Australia
1995
PROFESSIONAL
LOTS AB (Sweden)
1994
1991
TERTIARY
Pacific College
(Sydney)
University of NSW,
Sydney, Australia
Sydney Boys High
School, Australia
SECONDARY
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19871989
19801986
R/3 Partner Academy, FI/CO (Melbourne,
Australia)
Modules: GL, AP, AR, CCA, PCA, OPA
LOTS Management Process & Process
Leader training
Advanced Certificate in Direct Marketing
and Response Advertising
Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)
with Merit
Higher School Certificate 448 from 500
School Certificate Grades A & A
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
EMPLOYERS
EBT Consulting
Management Consulting,
specialising in SAP
AAPT Limited
Australian telco provider
C-bridge Internet Solutions
E-commerce solutions,
strategy and integration
Lend Lease
Property and financial services
Capita Financial Group
Former financial services
group, absorbed by MLC Life
(Lend Lease Group)
Consultant (Aug95–Dec99, Jul03-Present, 6yrs),
Australasia/Europe
R/3 FI/CO Consultant involved in all aspects of major SAP
implementations, predominantly multi-country clients in Europe
Strategy Analyst (Oct01-Jul03, 20mths), Australia
Focused on EBITDA optimization by addressing the issues of
customer churn and call centre processes and service levels
Principal Consultant (Mar00–Oct01, 18mths), Australia
Senior business analyst responsible for the definition and delivery
of web based business processes and applications
Marketing Executive (Sep90–Aug95, 5yrs), Australia
Involved in all aspects of corporate marketing strategy, branding,
communication and advertising of the Group's MLC brand of
financial product/services.
Marketing Research Officer (Feb90-Sep90, 8mths), Australia
Graduate role in the Group's Marketing Research division
CLIENTS OF C-BRIDGE:
Seagate Technologies
(Information Technology)
Lead Business Analyst (May-Jun00 and Oct-Dec00), USA
Responsible for the definition and design of the functional
specification of two internal web based applications: a reporting
dashboard for product engineers and an employee/partner portal
and information repository
CLIENTS OF EBT CONSULTING:
IBM GSA AUSTRALIA
Consultant (Jul03-Mar05, 20 mths), Australia
Management Consulting,
R/3 FI-CO Senior Consultant on leading Australian 4.7 Enterprise
specialising in SAP
implementation
Partners for Change
Consultant (Jul-Oct99, 3mths), UK
Management Consulting,
Provided Change Management support on company's biggest
specialising in Change
project, GlaxoWellcome
Management/Business
Process Re-engineering
KPMG (UK)
Consultant (Feb98-Mar99, 13 mths), Europe
Management Consulting,
R/3 FI European Lead Consultant on practice's biggest SAP
specialising in SAP
implementation, spanning 3 European countries
CIMAD (FRANCE)
Consultant (Jun97-Feb98, 8 mths), Europe
Technology Consulting,
R/3 FI Lead Consultant on key European SAP implementation
specialising in SAP
PricewaterHouseCoopers
Consultant (Nov95–May97, 1.5yrs), Australia/India
Management Consulting,
Helped in development of Sydney SAP Practice, R/3 FI/CO
specialising in SAP
Consultant on 2 major SAP implementations
Invisible Hand
Consultant (Sep-Oct95, 2 mths), Australia
Specialist marketing
Assisted in the initial groundwork prior to release of a business
consultancy
Marketing Software tool
PROJECTS FOR IBM GSA AUSTRALIA
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Woolworths Limited
(Retail)
SAP R/3 4.7E, 1500+ sites,
1500+ users
Organisation Hierarchy Team Lead,
Integration Test Execution Manager, Go Live Support
(Jul03-Mar05, 20mths), Australia
Responsible for:
- definition and transition of all Woolworths FI-CO organisational
units from SAP R/2 to R/3 (chart of accounts, cost/profit centre
hierarchies)
- managing the execution of over 300 Integration Test scripts in
the project’s Realisation phase, over 5 months, with a team of
15 resources (9 offshore)
- developing and gaining business sign-off on UAT strategy and
scope
- providing post Go Live support and knowledge transfer of all
FI-CO master data/hierarchy knowledge to the business
owner(s) of all R/3 master data
PROJECTS FOR PARTNERS FOR CHANGE
GlaxoWellcome
SAP FI Implementation/Change Management Consultant
(Pharmaceutical)
(Jul-Oct99, 3mths), UK
SAP R/3 3.1H, 7 sites, 1000+
Responsible for pre Go Live change management activities at
users
Glaxo's Financial HQ in all aspects of SAP FI functionality
PROJECTS FOR KPMG (UK)
Fort James
(Manufacturing Consumer)
SAP R/3 3.1H, 12 sites
1000+users
SAP Lead European FI Consultant (Feb98–Mar99, 13mths),
Holland/Finland/UK
Responsible for co-ordinated and successful implementation of all
FI processes across 12 Fort James European sites. Led local
KPMG and user teams in Holland, UK and Finland
PROJECTS FOR CIMAD (FRANCE)
AlliedSignal Inc
SAP FI Lead Consultant (Jun97–Feb98, 8mths), France/Ireland
Responsible for design and implementation of standardized FI
(Manuf. Auto/Aerospace)
processes at firm's 2 Irish plants. Co-ordination of processes
SAP R/3 3.1H, 5 sites,
across all implementation sites, design, testing, documentation and
500+users
post Go-Live support
PROJECTS FOR PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
Ricegrowers
SAP FI Consultant (May96–May97, 1yr), Australia
BPR of key Finance processes, followed by implementation of R/3
(Primary Industry)
FI module: prototype, design, testing and documentation. Also coBPR, Change Mgmt & SAP
R/3 3.1D, AUD25m, 300users, ordinator of Change Management task force
50sites
Telstra
SAP FI Consultant (Jan–Apr96, 3mths), Australia/India
System testing, configuration, documentation and then on-site
(Telecommunications)
SAP R/3 3.0F, 1site, 50 users training and Go-Live support of FI implementation in Telstra joint
venture company
REFERENCES
Vaughan Grant
Richard Burger
Paul Chow
Matthew Norsa
James Roberts
Wayne Preston
SAP Project Director, Woolworths
SAP Australia (Sydney Office)
Managing Director, C-bridge (AsiaPac)
SAP Australia (Sydney Office)
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
General Manager IS, Ricegrowers
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Mark Miller
Martin Barrett
Business Development Manager, Ricegrowers
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Principal Consultant, KPMG UK
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A more detailed and comprehensive CV is available upon request.
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