“Mervi is a very talented project leader with lots of positive energy and enthusiasm towards her work. Mervi is most valued for her technical and project management competence, excellent attitude, and wide knowledge base in several technology platforms and the area of finance.”
Special skills
PMO ramp-up and PMO management skills
Experience in managing wide range of IT projects including Business Intelligence, EPM and API platforms, Infra, cloud and software platforms, and infra transitions
Competence to lead projects with many different technologies and platforms
Versatile project management skills
Experienced business controlling professional
Successful leadership of multivendor projects, cross-cultural and off-shore teams
Pre-studies and management of pre-sales process
Strengths
Proven track record of successfully delivering multiple complex IT, ERP transformation and finance projects on time with originally targeted budget and with superior customer satisfaction
Excellent capabilities to crystallize complex infrastructure architectures and operational processes into clear and organized plans
Development oriented professional with hands-on attitude
Enthusiastic and dedicated leader with positive attitude
Consultative mindset
Relevant experience
A total of +20 years of experience in financial and operational process and tool development, project management, business controlling and in business consulting.
Experience of managing a PMO office in a large scale SAP S/4HANA transformation program.
More than ten years of experience in international IT and oil industries in process and system improvement and business controlling roles
10 years of hands-on experience of several EPM and ERP tools, e.g. Oracle Hyperion, SAP FI/CO, SAP OM, Basware Target and multiple legacy ERP tools
Financial and operational process development experience including ERP/EPM tool development
Education
Master of Science (Economics), International Business, Vaasa University, Finland (1999)
