ERP & Digital Transformation Specialist · Saudi Arabia

Nada Alshaikhi

Senior ERP & Digital Transformation Specialist, MSc
Currently: Information Systems Specialist · Aramco JV – International Maritime Industries

"I don't just implement ERP systems — I build the operational backbone companies scale on."

9+ years configuring, implementing, and supporting enterprise ERP systems across finance, supply chain, projects, HR, and assets — at a scale most specialists never reach.

Saudi National  ·  Saudi Arabia  ·  Open to Opportunities
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Before
Policy & Requirements
Review and refine business policies before a single configuration is touched — so the system enforces real governance, not assumptions.
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During
Configuration & Delivery
Translate policies into production-ready ERP solutions — workflows, controls, approvals, and integrations that work from day one.
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After
Support & Evolution
Stay with the system post go-live — handling change requests, user support, and continuous improvement as the business evolves.
Domain Expertise

Built, configured, and
supported end-to-end.

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Implementation + Ongoing Support — Across all domains below, my role doesn't end at go-live. I provide continuous functional support: troubleshooting production issues, handling change requests, training new users, and iterating on configurations as business needs evolve. I own the full lifecycle.
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Financial Management
6 Implementations
Ongoing support: Invoice disputes · Period-close queries · Configuration adjustments · User guidance
Letter of Credit
D365 Finance
Full LC module configured from scratch — linked to Treasury and PO with real-time fund availability checks before submission.
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⚙️Built: Configured LC module end-to-end. Integrated with Treasury for balance validation and linked to Purchase Orders for full traceability.
💡Problem solved: Replaced a fully manual Excel-based LC process. Users now see real-time fund availability before submitting an LC request.
Production support for LC queries, balance mismatches, and new user onboarding.
TreasuryPurchase OrdersGreenfieldConstruction
Customer & Vendor Retention
D365 Finance
Flexible retention on invoices — percentage-based or fixed — with full release workflow configured from scratch.
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⚙️Built: Retention setup for construction contracts supporting both % and fixed amounts per project, plus the release workflow for payout.
💡Problem solved: Eliminated manual retention tracking across multiple projects — retention is now applied consistently and released on schedule.
Support for retention release timing, invoice discrepancies, and contract-specific adjustments.
ARAPConstruction ContractsGreenfield
Prepayment Offsetting
D365 Finance
Vendor prepayment invoices linked to final invoices for automatic offsetting — replaced manual reconciliation.
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⚙️Built: Configured prepayment-to-invoice linking so vendor prepayments are automatically offset against final invoices.
💡Problem solved: Finance team was manually reconciling prepayments — time-consuming and error-prone. Fully automated.
Support for matching exceptions, partial offsets, and vendor reconciliation queries.
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Budget Control – Cost Center
D365 Finance
Cost center-level budget control configured and fully tested — threshold warnings and hard stops.
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⚙️Built: Budget control rules at cost center level with warning thresholds and hard-stop enforcement. Fully UAT-tested.
💡Outcome: Technical solution proven and ready — management decision to postpone rollout, not a functional gap.
Available for immediate rollout activation and user training.
Budget ControlCost CenterUAT Complete
Credit Management
D365 Finance
Credit limits and automated blocking rules for internal and external customers — reduced bad debt exposure.
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⚙️Built: Credit limit setup and blocking rules from scratch for both internal and external customers, linked to sales orders and invoices.
💡Problem solved: Customers were exceeding credit limits without any system enforcement — reduced overdue balances and bad debt.
Ongoing management of credit limit updates, unblocking exceptions, and policy adjustments.
Credit ManagementARRisk Control
Financial Dimensions
D365 Finance
Full financial dimension structure — cost center, department, project, business unit — enabling multi-axis reporting.
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⚙️Built: Complete dimensions framework across all entities, tailored to reporting needs.
💡Value: Granular P&L visibility by cost center, project, and department — without manual allocation.
Support for dimension additions, mapping corrections, and new entity onboarding.
GLReportingMulti-Entity
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Procurement & Supply Chain
5 Implementations
Ongoing support: PO queries · Vendor issues · Inventory discrepancies · Report requests
Vendor Risk Registration Portal
D365 SCM + Custom
Custom HTML portal integrated with D365 — vendors onboard and get classified as High, Medium, or Low risk with differentiated approval flows.
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⚙️Built: Custom HTML registration page integrated with D365's vendor onboarding screen. Risk classification by the budgeting team triggers different approval workflows per tier.
💡Problem solved: Replaced email and Excel-based vendor onboarding. Risk classification is now structured, auditable, and consistent.
Support for new vendor registrations, re-classifications, and workflow escalations.
Vendor ManagementRisk ClassificationWorkflowIntegration
Logistics PO Flagging System
D365 SCM
Procurement flags import POs to route them to the logistics team for HS code and Incoterms assignment — replacing email-based handoffs.
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⚙️Built: Customized D365 so procurement can flag import POs, routing them to logistics for HS codes and Incoterms. Real-time status visibility for all parties.
💡Problem solved: Previously done via email with no visibility. Now fully tracked — customs data is captured directly on the PO.
Support for flagging issues, missing HS codes, and cross-team escalations.
LogisticsImportHS CodeIncoterms
PO Payment & Prepayment Tracker
D365 SCM
Real-time report showing prepayment applied, remaining balance, and full payment status per PO.
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⚙️Built: Custom report showing PO payment status: prepaid amount, remaining balance, and settlement status — used by finance and procurement.
💡Problem solved: Manual prepayment reconciliation per PO was error-prone. Eliminated entirely.
Ongoing report maintenance and ad-hoc query support.
APPrepaymentPO ManagementCustom Report
Safety Stock Configuration
D365 SCM
Minimum quantity thresholds configured per item to prevent stockouts of critical materials.
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⚙️Built: Safety stock setup from scratch — minimum quantity levels per item triggering purchasing before stockout.
💡Problem solved: Operations halted due to unexpected material shortages. Now proactively managed.
Support for threshold adjustments as operational requirements change.
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Inter-Warehouse Transfer Journals
D365 SCM
Warehouse-to-warehouse inventory transfers with structured approval workflows — replacing unrecorded manual movements.
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⚙️Built: Transfer journal process with approval cycle to ensure only authorized inventory movements go through.
💡Problem solved: Inventory moved between sites without record — causing stock discrepancies and audit failures.
Support for transfer exceptions, approval escalations, and reconciliation.
WarehouseInventoryApproval Workflow
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Project Costing & Control
5 Implementations
Ongoing support: Cost queries · Forecast updates · Invoice disputes · Dashboard refreshes
Subcontract Invoicing – WBS & POC
D365 Finance
Replaced free-text subcontract invoicing with structured invoices linked to WBS activities and percentage of completion.
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⚙️Built: Subcontract invoicing linked directly to WBS activities and POC — replaced uncontrolled free-text invoicing with no project traceability.
💡Problem solved: Subcontractor invoices had no link to project progress — causing disputes and cost overruns. Every invoice is now validated against actual completion.
Support for invoice disputes, WBS mapping changes, and POC recalculations.
WBSPOC BillingSubcontractingProject Operations
Time Registration – Project Cost Allocation
IFS ERP
Time registration linked to attendance — hours booked against project activities with three-tier approval: manager → cost controller → PM.
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⚙️Built: IFS time registration where employees log hours against project activities, validated against attendance. Full approval cycle configured.
💡Problem solved: Labor costs allocated manually by finance via Excel timesheets — inaccurate, delayed, and unauditable.
Support for timesheet corrections, approval bottlenecks, and new project activity setup.
Time & AttendanceProject CostingIFSApproval Workflow
Change Order Management
IFS ERP
Structured change order workflow covering scope, cost, and schedule — with full approval cycle and audit trail.
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⚙️Built: Change order process from scratch on IFS — captures scope changes with cost and schedule impact, routed through approval workflow.
💡Problem solved: Untracked scope changes caused budget overruns with no documentation or accountability.
Support for change order amendments, approval escalations, and budget impact queries.
Change ManagementProject ControlAudit TrailIFS
Closed Project Transaction Control
IFS ERP
Workflow-controlled access for closed projects — blocks new cost postings while keeping invoicing open for billing completion.
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⚙️Built: Controlled state for operationally closed projects: new POs and cost postings blocked by default, invoicing remains open. Exceptions require workflow approval.
💡Problem solved: Costs posted to closed projects were distorting final project P&L.
Support for exception approvals and project status transitions.
Project ControlGovernanceIFS Projects
Project Cost Control Dashboard
Power BI
Enterprise Power BI dashboard: Budget vs Forecast vs Actual across labor, materials, equipment, and services — with auto-calculated completion %.
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⚙️Built: Power BI dashboard fed from IFS data — all cost categories with budget vs forecast vs actual and remaining, plus auto-calculated % completion per category.
💡Value: Single source of truth for project financial performance — used by PMs, cost controllers, and executive management.
Ongoing dashboard maintenance, new metric additions, and data refresh troubleshooting.
Power BIProject CostingDashboardIFS
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Asset Management
1 Implementation · Thousands of Assets
Ongoing support: Maintenance cycle queries · Asset additions · Cost transfer issues · Inventory linkage
Fixed Assets – Full Implementation
D365 Finance
End-to-end fixed asset module: preventive & corrective maintenance cycles, live inventory integration, PR/PO linkage, and internal cost ledger transfers — thousands of assets, solo delivery.
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⚙️Built: Full fixed asset module from scratch covering thousands of assets. Preventive and corrective maintenance cycles linked to live inventory and PR/PO. Internal ledger structure where maintenance costs accumulate then transfer to the responsible department.
💡Problem solved: Replaced a pure Excel-based asset management process. Eliminated untracked maintenance costs and gave finance visibility on departmental asset spend.
👤Delivered solo.
Support for new asset additions, maintenance cycle adjustments, and depreciation queries.
Preventive MaintenanceCorrective MaintenanceInventoryGLGreenfield
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HR & Operations
2 Implementations
Ongoing support: Payroll issues · User queries · Access requests · Process adjustments
Wings ERP – Full Implementation
Wings ERP · Solo
Complete Wings ERP rollout for a 50-user HR & labor services company — all modules from scratch, migrated from a legacy finance-only system.
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⚙️Built: GL, AP, AR, Payroll, HR, Inventory, Procurement, and Fixed Assets — all configured and delivered solo. Full data migration from legacy finance system.
💡Problem solved: Company had no integrated HR, payroll, or supply chain capability. Full operational digitalization delivered in a single project.
✅Outcome: Faster payroll, integrated HR operations, improved compliance, eliminated manual reconciliation across all departments.
Full post-go-live support across all implemented modules for 50 users.
FinanceHRPayrollInventoryProcurementData Migration
Operations → Technical Service Request Workflow
IFS ERP
Cross-department workflow where operations logs activity requests and technical teams record labor, materials, and equipment — all costs allocated to projects.
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⚙️Built: Full service request workflow from scratch — operations initiates, technical team logs all details with costs rolling up to project or cost center automatically.
💡Problem solved: No structured mechanism for cross-department work requests — activities undocumented and costs unallocated.
Support for workflow exceptions, cost allocation corrections, and new activity types.
Work OrdersCost AllocationCross-DepartmentIFS
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Reporting & Analytics
4 Implementations
Ongoing support: Report enhancements · Data accuracy issues · New metric requests
Estimated vs Actual Procurement Cost
D365 Custom
Procurement savings report comparing project cost estimates against actual PO values — used by procurement, finance, and management.
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⚙️Built: Custom D365 report comparing project estimates to actual purchase values — showing savings per item and per project.
💡Value: Gave management quantifiable procurement performance and supported better vendor negotiation.
Ongoing report maintenance and period-end delivery.
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Weighted Average Cost Report
D365 Custom
Custom report tracking weighted average item cost over time — used by finance, warehouse, and management for costing decisions.
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⚙️Built: Custom costing report showing WAC trends and variance — supporting inventory valuation accuracy.
Support for cost discrepancies and period recalculation queries.
Inventory CostingWACFinance
PO Printout Templates by Type
D365 Custom
Custom printout templates for service vs item POs — replaced a single generic ISO format.
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⚙️Built: Multiple custom PO printout templates differentiated by PO type — meeting vendor and legal requirements.
Support for template updates and new PO type requirements.
SSRSDocument ManagementProcurement
Credit Note Flag – Custom Screen
IFS ERP
Custom IFS screen flagging invoices that have been credited — eliminating double payments caused by invisible credit note linkage.
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⚙️Built: Custom screen displaying credit note status on invoices — users previously couldn't tell which invoices had associated credit notes.
💡Problem solved: Double payments and reconciliation errors from invisible credit note linkage.
Support for flagging issues and credit note reconciliation queries.
AR/APCredit NotesIFSCustom Development
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Governance & Security
73 Entities
Ongoing support: Access requests · Role changes · SOD exceptions · New user onboarding
Security Roles & Access Management
D365 · Enterprise Scale
Designed and managed security roles across 73 legal entities — role creation, SOD controls, and formal access request workflows.
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⚙️Built: Created and modified security roles across a large multi-entity environment. Managed formal access request and approval process with segregation of duties controls.
💡Value: Ensured compliance, reduced unauthorized access risk, and established a repeatable role governance process across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Egypt.
Day-to-day access management: new user setup, role changes, terminations, and SOD monitoring across all entities.
SecuritySODGovernanceComplianceMulti-Entity
Ongoing Work

Beyond go-live.

Continuous Support & Change Requests
Active functional support across all implemented modules — post go-live
D365 Finance
Letter of Creditbalance queries · new LC setup · user guidance
Customer & Vendor Retentionrelease issues · contract adjustments
Prepayment Offsettingmatching exceptions · partial settlements
Fixed Assetsnew additions · depreciation queries · cycle updates
Credit Managementlimit updates · exception unblocking
Financial Dimensionsadditions · mapping corrections
Security Rolesaccess requests · role changes · SOD review
D365 Supply Chain
Vendor Registration Portalnew registrations · re-classifications · workflow issues
Logistics PO Flaggingmissing HS codes · cross-team escalations
PO Payment Trackerprepayment reconciliation · balance discrepancies
Safety Stockthreshold adjustments · item additions
Warehouse Transfersapproval escalations · journal corrections
Custom Reportsdata accuracy · new report requests
PO Printout Templatestemplate updates · new type requirements
IFS ERP
Service Request Workflowexceptions · cost allocation corrections
Time Registrationtimesheet corrections · approval bottlenecks
Change Order Managementamendments · budget impact queries
Closed Project Controlexception approvals · status transitions
Credit Note Flagflagging issues · invoice reconciliation
Project Cost Dashboarddata refresh · new metric additions
Wings ERP
Finance & GLjournal corrections · period-close support
AP / ARvendor & customer reconciliation
Payrollpayroll run issues · employee adjustments
HRemployee records · configuration updates
Inventory & Procurementstock discrepancies · PO issues
Fixed Assetsadditions · depreciation support
Multi-Country Rollouts
D365 Finance & SCM — UAE, Qatar, Egypt · 13 Legal Entities

Following the Saudi Arabia D365 deployment across 60 entities, led the rollout of D365 Finance and SCM across three additional countries — adapting the core configuration to local regulatory, tax, and business requirements.

United Arab Emirates D365 Finance & SCM
ScopeFull Finance & SCM modules
LocalizationUAE VAT configuration & local tax reporting
RoleFunctional lead & implementation support
Qatar D365 Finance & SCM
ScopeFull Finance & SCM modules
LocalizationQatari regulatory requirements & reporting
RoleFunctional lead & implementation support
Egypt D365 Finance & SCM
ScopeFull Finance & SCM modules
LocalizationEgyptian tax & compliance configuration
RoleFunctional lead & implementation support
13 Legal entities rolled out across UAE, Qatar & Egypt — in addition to 60 entities in Saudi Arabia
Deployment Scale

The numbers that
matter to a hiring manager.

60
Legal entities in Saudi Arabia on D365 Finance & SCM
13
Entities rolled out across UAE, Qatar, and Egypt
4
Countries: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Egypt
3
ERP platforms owned end-to-end
50+
Users onboarded in Wings ERP solo implementation
9+
Years of hands-on ERP delivery and functional support
4000+
Supported users
Technical Stack

Platforms & tools.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
D365 Supply Chain Management
IFS ERP
Wings ERP
Power BI
Primavera P6
SSRS Report Development
Workflow & Approval Design
ERP Security & Role Design
Data Migration
System Integration
UAT & Test Management
Certifications
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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
IMC Certifications
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Leading Digital Transformation
Mohammed Bin Salman College Executive Education
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PMP – In Progress
Project Management Professional
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MSc – Cybersecurity in Digital Applications
University of Jeddah · GPA 4.88 / 5.0

Let's talk.

Open to ERP Project Manager, Digital Transformation Lead, and Senior Functional Consultant roles. Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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