Business Central Consultant / Manager (Contract) - Takenaka Asia Pte Ltd - Singapore
(2024-08)
ERP & Applications Improvement Lead
- Own end-to-end Business Central solution delivery and production support across Finance, purchasing/P2P, sales documents, inventory, Jobs/Projects, progress claims, Fixed Assets, payroll interfaces, workflows, reporting, and document control.
- Design and develop upgrade-safe AL extensions using events, subscribers, permissions, validations, and setup-driven logic; troubleshoot code and data issues across sandbox, UAT, and production environments.
- Engineered a dynamic approval solution that routes by project, document type, approval level, limit, and delegated authority, improving governance and audit traceability over the previous static structure.
- Configure and support General Ledger, AP/AR, Cash Management, bank reconciliation, project budgets, Fixed Assets, financial controls, reconciliations, and operational period-end requirements.
- Design and refine RDLC report layouts, including tax invoices and credit memos across posted and unposted documents; validate calculations, pagination, GST presentation, and business formatting through structured UAT.
- Lead stakeholder workshops with Finance, procurement, project teams, management, users, and the external ERP partner; translate needs into process maps, functional specifications, mapping rules, acceptance criteria, and release plans.
- Coordinate testing, deployment, upgrades, security and approval controls, user training, documentation, incident resolution, and post-implementation support while communicating risks and outcomes clearly.
Application Consultant | Global Business Central & ERP Delivery - Volex (Asia) Pte Ltd - Singapore
(2013-01 - 2024-08)
- Served as lead consultant and developer for Business Central/NAV implementations, upgrades, customizations, integrations, and automation across APAC, EMEA, and North America.
- Developed AL extensions and upgrade solutions that replaced legacy NAV functionality while applying the Business Central extension model and supportable design practices.
- Led Finance and operations requirements covering General Ledger, AP/AR, purchasing, sales, inventory, warehouse, manufacturing, quality, logistics, costing, and intercompany processes.
- Integrated Business Central with EDI and logistics platforms through APIs, web services, and structured JSON/XML data exchanges, strengthening end-to-end order and operational data flows.
- Automated Standard Cost updates, serial/lot assignment, BOM explosion traceability, and global inspection processing, reducing manual work and improving data consistency.
- Produced BRDs, FRSs, process maps, interface mappings, test scripts, deployment documentation, and training materials; coordinated SIT/UAT, migration validation, upgrades, go-live, and stabilization.
Application Consultant Analyst | ERP Implementation & Client Delivery - Soft Quotient Pte Ltd - Singapore
(2006-12 - 2012-12)
- Managed implementation and enhancement projects for Infor ERP/BPCS covering purchasing, sales orders, approvals, data migration, integration, testing, training, and multi-environment support.
- Facilitated client workshops and delivered regional projects for Mitsubishi, Total Petrochemicals, and Ciba Specialty Chemicals, coordinating business and technical teams across APAC.
IS Manager | System Analyst | Senior Analyst Programmer - Arkema | JDA Asia-Pacific | AMP Manufacturing / Tyco Electronics - Singapore
(1990-01 - 2012-10)
- Progressed through technical and leadership roles in application development, systems analysis, ERP support, MRP, manufacturing systems, and business-process improvement.
- Built the manufacturing and supply-chain foundation that now informs practical Business Central solution design, troubleshooting, and stakeholder guidance.
