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PERSONAL DETAILS - Anthony Berkery
Email: tberkery@yahoo.com. Phone: 912457602 Home: Dafundo (Lisboa)
EDUCATION
Professional: Diploma in IFRS 2014
Chartered Accountant (ACA)
- Both from Institute Chartered Accountants Ireland 2002
University: Diploma in Accounting – From Dublin City University 1994
Bachelor of Arts-Politics & Economics (Honours) 1990-93
- From University College Dublin
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EMPLOYER: CISCO (through Outsourcer Sellbytel)
Nature of business: IT Network Equipment & Service provider
Position: Contract Asset Manager – May 2014 to Current
Duties & Responsibilities
• Compile information and create necessary reports in support of Service Delivery requirements, including
presenting reports at Quarterly Business Reviews and Renewal;
• Initiate request to update services contracts based on changes;
• Track and monitor Internal (first) KPIs, showing over time the benefit of having a Contract Manager (e.g.:
% of Service Requests and RMA (Products Replaced) with entitlement problems, Sales Team productivity
increase, MACD tasks, trend of Installed Product Base, Out-of-Service devices);
• Collaborate with Service Sales to meet agreed timelines and deliverables;
• Proactively setting and managing expectations mapped to customer timelines;
• Manage sequencing for transactional Contract Management requests;
• Coordinate with Cisco and Customer cross – functional teams;
• Proactive identification and resolution of customer/partner issues:
• Support the business objectives by collecting, analyzing reports and acting upon information gathered;
• Obtain a full visibility of customer’s Installed Product Base;
• Ensure the accuracy of the Installed Product Base and Service Contracts on Cisco tools:
Contract#, Sites, Product ID, Part Number, Serial Number;
• Run ad – hoc opportunity reports related to customer’s Installed Product Base as required (Summary,
Covered, Uncovered, Un-validated, End-Of-Sale, and Shipment Reports).
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
- Chartered Accountant (ACA) + Diploma in IFRS (2014)
- Strong analytical skills – Excel, SAP ERP Financials – reporting financial
statements, cost centre & profit centre analysis
- ERP SAP skills in product costing, overhead rate setting, labour rate card setting
- ERP SAP skills in S&D, Stock Reporting in Diageo.
- Experienced in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Diageo & Atos
- Strong business acumen & focus on targets
- Excellent team player & communication skills

EMPLOYER: ATOS IT SOLUTIONS & SERVICES (formerly Siemens)
Nature of business: IT service & solutions provider
Position: Financial Analyst – Aug 2010 to November 2013
• Periodic close of books by WD+2
• Analysis & reporting on project financials in SAP ERP Financials – Revenue €7m
• Periodic review of project performance with project managers
• Periodic SAP analysis of Operations cost centre performance & reporting thereon – Cost base €4.5m
• Periodic SAP reporting on staff utilisation v targets
• Budget & forecast setting x3 times per annum
• Generate annual Labour Recovery Rate card for labour grades and upload to SAP
• Generate billing in SAP
• Part of Bid Team – commercial review
• Review of capex investment proposals reviewing payback, NPV
• Internal projects - new SAP user acceptance testing (UAT) & UAT for web-based portals SRM & ESS
Key Achievements
• Meeting tight reporting deadlines
• Reduced cost base to maintain internal labour rates in face of falling revenue year-on-year
• Roll-out of SAP ERP Financials as super-user performing UAT and providing functional support
• Functional support for roll-out of SAP SRM
EMPLOYER: DIAGEO (BAILEYS -GLOBAL SUPPLY)
Nature of business: FMCG- Production & distribution of Baileys, Smirnoff + other brands
worldwide – 7.6m cases p.a., 250 employees, €200m Turnover, €140m cost
budget
Position: Reporting & Costing Analyst - July 2007 – August 2010
• Report monthly performance against budget for Sales & COGs to FP&R Manager using SAP ERP
Financials
• Annual allocation of overheads to products in equitable way using cost drivers in SAP product costing
• Supply products cost estimates to markets & to business development managers
• Annual products re-costing – upload to SAP
• Set-up of product pricing on material master in SAP ERP Financials
• Generated product costing runs for Bills of Materials in SAP ERP Financials
• Price variance analysis on standard priced materials using SAP ERP Financials
• Review of billing – drilldown to review Sales & Delivery documents generated by Production
• Review of stock-count write-offs in SAP ERP
• Reporting on monthly production volumes in SAP BW
• Performed regression testing in SAP ERP Financials test-box and acted as support for finance team as
SAP super user
Key Achievements
• Met annual budgetary targets including stretch
• Identified areas in COGs not being recovered to value of €250k and changed internal process
• Developed automated variance calculation model in excel to meet strict monthly reporting deadlines
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• Co-ordinated release of over €1m in legacy GRNI balance sheet items
• Annual re-cost of all products (x800) without disruption to production in SAP
• Reviewed cost base of all newly proposed materials
• Designed & developed P&L & Volumes reports in SAP BW
• As SAP super-user successfully completed regression testing for roll-out of new modules
EMPLOYER: DIAGEO (GUINNESS- SUPPLY)
Nature of business: FMCG- Production & distribution of Guinness Stout worldwide – 5M hectolitres
per annum, 200 employees, and €100m cost budget
Position: Financial Analyst/Interim Finance Manager Guinness Supply
- August 2006 to May 2007
• Report monthly on utilities, maintenance & support areas of the P&L using SAP ERP Financials
• Preparation of annual budget & quarterly profit revisions
• Monthly preparation, circulation & review with operations management of the management accounts
• Co-ordinated & drove completion of monthly consolidated P&L reporting pack
• SOX: Co-Managed FY07 controls & risk management process
Key Achievements
• Beat full year financial targets in utilities, maintenance & support areas
• Delivered monthly P&L reporting pack using SAP ERP Financials by WD+2
• SOX: 100% pass rate for testing for FY07 having successfully remediated failed controls
EMPLOYER: WORLEYPARSONS (AUSTRALIA) PLC
Nature of business: Engineering Energy Industry – Sydney Corporate HQ – Australian Stock
Exchange Top 50 – Over 100 Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures & Partnerships –
Turnover FY2005 (AU$1.2 Bn)
Position: Group Consolidation Accountant – Reporting to Group Accounting Manager –
November 2004 to February 2006
• Preparation of monthly Group Management accounts
• Maintenance of Group consolidated database & in Hyperion Enterprise (HE)
• Performed report building in excel to proof accounts
Key Achievements
• Reported in accordance with monthly timetable
• Successful roll-out of Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable interfaces to 25 sites worldwide
EMPLOYER: HUDSON GLOBAL RESOURCES {AUSTRALIA}
Nature of business: Recruitment
Position: Sarbanes & Oxley Project Accountant - March 2004 to Oct 2004
Classification of all internal business cycles & sub-processes including:
• Documentation of internal processes
• Identification of key controls
• Performed self-testing of key controls
• Remediation of control design gaps
Achievements
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• Completion of Sox implementation project in 8 months meeting project deadline
EMPLOYER: LIONBRIDGE
Nature of business: Software Localisation
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Position: Financial Accountant - Shared Service Centre (SSC) - Sept 1999 to June 2002
Role Purpose
My role was as an SSC controller for Spain, Germany & the Netherlands, providing monthly management
accounts for SSC consolidation & providing strong functional support to local offices.
[3 month career break to complete FAEs]
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Position re-hired: Assistant Financial Controller BGS Ireland - Sept 2002 to Oct 2003
• Supported preparation of monthly management accounts & annual audit file
• Project revenue recognition analysis
• Reconciliation of financial sub-ledgers to General Ledger
• Supported implementation of new accounting package, Navision Axapta
Key Achievements
• Submission of monthly management account packs to deadline
• Successful migration to a new accounting system
• Passing annual external audit
EMPLOYER: A number of companies in Australia.
[Sydney, Australia: October 1998 – June 1999]
I travelled to Sydney in October 1998 on a 12-month working holiday visa. During my time there, I
worked in a number of short-term contract accountant roles with Vodafone & Zurich Insurance]
EMPLOYER: ERNST & YOUNG - DUBLIN
Position: Audit Senior - Manufacturing Retail & Distribution – October 1994 to
January 1998
COMPUTER & SYSTEM SKILLS
• SAP Financial, Sales & Distribution, Production, Costing & Material Management
• SAP query report writing (SQ01)
• Web-based applications - SAP SRM (Purchasing), SAP ESS (time recording)
• SAP BW
• Microsoft Excel – strong analytical skills using for example, macros, pivot tables, vlookup
• Hyperion Enterprise consolidation tool (HE) including add-ons Hyperion Retrieve & LedgerLink. I
completed Hyperion Database Administration course in Australia in 2005 & awarded certificate -
(version 6.3.1)
• Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server tool enabling remote control of computers
• Planned SAP Financials 4 day course March 2014
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INTERESTS/OTHER SKILLS
• I enjoy mountain running
• I play golf, playing off a single-figure handicap
• I like to travel & experience many different cultures. I am currently learning Portuguese. I have some
conversational Spanish.
• Charity work with UCDVO – I was a team leader on a mission to Nicaragua in 2012 (www.ucdvo.ie)
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