Charlene Hawkins

Charlene has developed her Financial & Management Accounting, Treasury & Risk Management, Strategic Enterprise Management, Business Planning and Consolidation, SAP BusinessObjects, SAP HANA and SAP industry solution knowledge, as a full-time employee and contractor, from SAP Africa Public Sector (Pty) Limited and reputable SAP partners, including Deloitte Consulting (South Africa and Middle East), IBM Global Business Services (South Africa and Middle East) and Britehouse Consulting (previously OneArch Consulting).
Her academic background in Business Management, specialising in Financial & Management Accounting, Management Information Systems and Governance (including commercial law and corporate law) compliments her work experience.
She is certified in SAP Financial and Management Accounting.
She has attended the IBM Project Management training, which forms the formal project management eduction, towards her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
During almost 18 years, her roles have included that of release/integration manager, subject matter expert, solution architect, bid manager, team lead and senior consultant. She has extensive exposure at a solution architect level to designing, implementing and improving business processes within the SAP system environment.
She has gained regional experience in the Middle East during the last 9 years in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.