Paul Paterson
SAP Functional Manager at Cengage
Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Paterson is an SAP Functional Manager and certified FI/CO consultant with over 23 years of international SAP implementation and consulting experience, now leading SAP delivery at Cengage. He has driven more than thirteen full life-cycle implementations and played a key role in establishing SAP IS-Media in North America, earning recognition as an FI-CA and FI-CO specialist. Skilled at translating accounting standards (US GAAP, IFRS) and SOX requirements into practical SAP financial solutions, he routinely blueprints, re-engineers, and configures systems to meet scope, budget, and timeline constraints. Paul has led and trained large multidisciplinary teams—up to 80 people—while serving high-profile clients such as Microsoft, Dow Chemical, The New York Times and Mercedes Benz Finance. Known for clear, executive-level communication and pragmatic problem-solving, he bridges technical configuration with finance process governance. Based in Massachusetts, he combines formal accounting credentials (CIMA, B.Com) with deep SAP certification to deliver auditable, compliance-ready financial systems.
11 years of coding experience
University of Johannesburg Diploma in Bookkeeping, Diploma in Bookkeeping at South African Institute of ManagementSAP FI/CO Professional Certification, SAP FI/CO Professional Certification at SAP Global CertificationCMA, Management Accounting, CMA, Management Accounting at Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Github Skills (3)
markdown10
pygame10
obsidian10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
paulpaterson/pyroller
Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:81 pushes, 19 branches in 2 months
pygamecasinopythongame
ceprio/xl_vb2py
Mar 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:407 commits in 1 year 6 months
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