Lershe Lowe

SAP Business Analyst with extensive experience supporting ERP environments, business processes, data migration and master data management across two major SAP projects. Experienced in SAP ERP/ECC and S/4HANA environments, with hands-on exposure to Materials Management (MM), GRC Access Control, Controlling (CO), Project Systems (PS), and FI-related master data. Strong data migration capability covering scope definition, data preparation, mapping, cleansing, migration, validation, reconciliation and user support.

Currently working as a Master Data Lead within an ERP transformation programme, leading MM, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable master data activities using Informatica MDM. I bring a combination of SAP functional support, business analysis, data migration leadership and master data management experience. I am comfortable working between business users and technical teams, translating business requirements into practical SAP and data solutions, and supporting users through system change.

My experience across SAP MM, GRC, CO/PS, master data and migration activities enables me to contribute across both operational support and transformation projects.

ERP Transformation Business Analysis & Master Data Planner - Lindt & Sprüngli South Africa - Cape Town

(2024-06)

• Lead Master Data activities for MM, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable within an ERP transformation programme.
• Design and support Informatica MDM processes that integrate master data from multiple source systems into a central environment.
• Define and apply data-quality rules to clean, standardise and validate master data before migration.
• Oversee data mapping between source and target systems, ensuring fields are correctly aligned and transformed.
• Lead data profiling and cleansing activities, identifying source-data issues and coordinating appropriate remediation.
• Manage migration and reconciliation activities, comparing migrated data against source data to confirm accuracy and completeness.
• Manage material master data, including material descriptions, units of measure, purchasing data, inventory information, valuation and classification.
• Support vendor master data for Accounts Payable, including addresses, bank details, payment terms and data quality.
• Support customer master data for Accounts Receivable, including customer information, payment terms and data quality.
• Coordinate migration activities, dependencies and responsibilities across data analysts, developers, business stakeholders and other project team members.
• Provide stakeholders with progress updates and help maintain alignment across migration workstreams.
• Support users in understanding the new system and accessing their migrated data.
• Contribute to the successful adoption of new processes through communication, training and practical user support.

Junior SAP Business Analyst - Umgeni Water

(2015-09 - 2024-05)

• SAP MM & Application Support
• Worked with business representatives, implementation partners, IT teams, key users and legacy-system users to support SAP processes and project activities.
• Provided SAP MM application support and assisted business users and subject matter experts through the helpdesk and testing lifecycle.
• Supported interfaces and data conversions between legacy environments and SAP.
• Supported data migration activities with key users, including defining migration rules and test scripts.
• Supported users and colleagues during system and application test phases.
• SAP GRC Access Control
• Assigned and removed roles from positions and users in line with access requirements.
• Displayed and reviewed user authorisation data and supported access-related activities.
• Compiled user documentation and supported clean-up activities.
• Developed knowledge of functional SAP transactions required to complete GRC activities.
• Provided user support and assistance with SAP access-related issues.
• Defined migration scope and supported preparation of the SAP ERP and central systems.
• Participated in the execution of data migration activities and master-data processing.
• Validated migrated data and supported reconciliation and quality checks.
• Integrated new company data into existing solutions to improve data migration flow, efficiency and productivity.
• Supported end-to-end business requirements through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Used SQL to gather and analyse business data and identify opportunities for improved vendor costing.
• Designed and delivered training manuals and user support material using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and related tools.
• Compiled SAP training documentation for CO, GRC and MM.
• Delivered user training covering CO, PS, MM and GRC.
• Trained new employees on SAP and the modules relevant to their roles.
• Supported users through system changes, testing and adoption of new processes.

Diploma - Information Technology - Damelin PMB (2012 - 2015)

Senior Certificate (Bachelor's Pass) - Haythorne Secondary (2006 - 2011)