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João Carlos Constantino

ERP Functional Specialist
I have approximately 18 years experience working mainly in the IT-ERP sector, strongly focused on the Finance and Procurement domains and on the implementation of robust business processes. My passion lies in bringing disruption with a touch of technology to simplify the operation of the organizations I work for.
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International Organization for Migration
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Universidade Aberta in association with Instituto Superior Técnico
Vienna, Austria

Skills

ERP
EPM
BI
SQL
Project Management
PRINCE2
ITIL
Business Process Management
BPMN
Oracle Application Implementation Methodology
Oracle Unified Method
TMS
ISO 20022
Payments

Languages

Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
German
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Work experiences

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ERP Product Expert - Treasury and Banking

International Organization for Migration
Full-time

Aug 2022 ~ Present
Vienna, Austria
‣ Lead the realization of the new ERP-based solutions within the treasury process area for all relevant functions with a focus on the full set of treasury-related modules and cross-functional integrations within the ERP System. ‣ Provide expert guidance and product information on the ERP components within the process area’s scope. ‣ Support the business analysts in their activities related to data migration, testing and training. Implement IOM's vision and strategy regarding the adoption of ISO 20022 for payments.
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ERP Implementation Lead

Bitpanda - Austria

Sep 2021 ~ Jun 2022
10 mos
Vienna, Austria
‣ Leading the implementation of Oracle Netsuite ERP. ‣ Overall coordination of the project from an operational perspective. ‣ Implementation of new organizational processes aligned with the ERP configuration. ‣ Designing the solution architecture for the integrations with ION Reval TMS (payments, statements, cash forecasting and liquidity, deal booking, reporting), Anaplan, Tableau, Bitpanda's exchange database, and Amazon Redshift. ‣ Design and build the payment factory, mostly based on ISO 20022, optimizing and redesigning the business processes.
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Finance Process Specialist

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency

Sep 2020 ~ Aug 2021
1 yr 0 mos
Vienna, Austria
‣ Business Analyst responsible for the optimization of the usage of the AIPS system in the Division of Budget and Finance, and provide technical expertise, guidance and assistance related to Oracle ERP, EPM and BI suites. ‣ Evaluation of current business processes, studying ways and promoting initiatives to make improvements, increase productivity, create efficiencies, reduce costs and effectively transition to digital. ‣ Create documentation outlining the processes, incorporating the pain points, opportunities for improvements and initiatives, risks and controls, compliance, quality, and other dimensions relevant to business. ‣ Oversee the implementation process and conduct ongoing analysis for continuous improvement. ‣ Provide expert advice and guidance to the functional areas in the Budget and Finance division in all aspects of the IAEA’s ERP system, known as the Agency-wide Information System for Programme Support (AIPS) to ensure the most efficient and effective use and other related IT applications in the division.
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ERP Specialist (P3/P4)

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency

Jul 2015 ~ Aug 2020
5 yrs 2 mos
Vienna, Austria
‣ Provide functional application and business expertise to support the Agency in its various business domains: Finance (including Payables, Payments, Receivables, Treasury, Cash Management, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Payroll and Sub-ledger Accounting), Procurement (Sourcing, Contracts and Purchasing), Master Data (Customers, Suppliers, Banks, Contacts), Travel and Events (Staff and Non-Staff), Budget (Forecast and Planning), Programme and Project Management (Projects and Grants Management). ‣ Maintain the configuration of the ERP (Oracle eBusiness Suite R12), EPM (Oracle Hyperion / Oracle Planning and Budget Cloud Services) and BI (Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition), provide support, design solutions, and ensure quality and smooth management of change throughout the whole process. ‣ Working closely with the business counterparts in the pursuit of efficiencies and opportunities for optimization of processes and solutions. ‣ Management and execution of projects of various natures.
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Senior ERP Consultant

Oracle Portugal

Aug 2005 ~ Jun 2015
9 yrs 11 mos
Portugal
‣ Senior Functional Oracle ERP Consultant (Oracle eBusiness Suite and Cloud ERP), responsible for the execution and delivery of projects during all phases. ‣ Exposure to multiple and diverse environments and challenges: several industries (Public Sector and NGOs, construction, distribution, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, among others) and different geographies (Europe, Middle East and North America) ‣ Promote transition to digital and technology aligned business processes. ‣ Project and team management, following PRINCE2 best practices and AIM/OUM methodologies. ‣ Lead internal projects/initiatives such as those related to country-specific legal requirements: SAFT (Standard Audit File for Tax Purposes) and Portuguese Billing Certification. Relevant projects include: ‣ Full cycle ERP implementations at OCP Portugal (distribution), Grupo Lena (construction), BIC Graphic USA (manufacturing); ‣ Support the development and maintenance of Oracle Consulting solutions for the Public Sector and Localizations; ‣ Support, upgrade, migration and rollout of ERP at NATO ACO/NCIA and ILO
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Trainee - Planning, Budget and Control

AXA Portugal

Jun 2004 ~ Jun 2005
1 yr 1 mo
Portugal
Acted as a bridge between IT and Finance department in the development of a BI solution for the whole house. BI solution consisted of SAS software, middleware tools, Oracle database. Sources of data consisted of mainly SAP (Finance) and custom-developed products (production, claims, contracts, etc.).

Educations

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Universidade Aberta in association with Instituto Superior Técnico

Master’s Degree
Information and Enterprise Systems

2018 - 2022
Description
Currently working on the Master's thesis 'Adoption of ISO 20022 for Payments' consisting on the development of an adoption model to efficiently address the complex technical and operational issues related to global payments and ISO 20022.
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CEMAF - Centro de Estudos de Mercados e Ativos Financeiros (Research Center of Financial Markets and Assets)

Other
Financial Markets

2002 - 2003
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ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (Lisbon School of Economics and Management - University of Lisbon))

Bachelor’s Degree
Economics

1996 - 2003
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