Pepco Holdings Implements HPC Utility Financials Accelerator

Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI) is one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving about two million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and New Jersey. PHI wanted to enhance its processes of categorizing and reporting accounting data, and selected HPC Utility Financials Accelerator to deliver greater automation and less reliance on external Excel files outside of SAP. Just nine months after kickoff, PHI and HPC achieved all of the project's initial objectives. Read the complete case study to learn more about the innovations that HPC brought to PHI.

SAP FI/CO Consultant - On-site contract in Santa Rosa

We're seeking an experienced SAP FI/CO Consultant for part-time, on-site work at one of our customer's facilities in San Francisco's North Bay. The role will entail first-tier functional support for SAP Finance and Controlling, some user training and documentation, and a little bit of project management along the way. We're estimating two days a week on-site, with some additional remote hours. The initial contract will be for three months, with an extension possible based on your performance and the customer's needs.

This new role will be a prominent HPC "face" to our customer, entrusted with helping to manage the overall relationship. Ideal candidates will have fundamental accounting knowledge and at least several years of experience supporting SAP FI/CO. Bonus points if you've worked in smaller organizations, municipalities or utilities that do not have large IT support teams and require you to think creatively and wear many hats comfortably. Due to the regularity of on-site work, candidates who live in Marin, Sonoma, or Napa will likely provide better service to our customer. You will also, of course, enjoy teaching users and helping them to solve problems, and have glowing references that can speak to your customer service abilities.

While this position will work independently, you won't be entirely on your own. Our team of senior functional and technical SAP consultants, several of whom have first-hand experience with this customer, will provide additional support and be available as resources to you whenever tough questions come up.

To be considered for this opportunity, please send your resume, phone number and city of residence, and a short cover letter that describes your relevant experience and how it will help HPC delight our customer. 

SAP UCES Consultant (contract job)

HPC America is looking for an SAP consultant with proven experience in SAP Utility Customer E-Services (UCES) to join our team of SAP experts for a short-term project. Qualified candidates will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area and have the following skills and experience:

• 1+ year of consulting at a utility company, with references
• Proficiency in configuring and testing standard SAP UCES features
• Proficiency in programming custom features in UCES
• Experience managing small projects
• Excellent client communication and expectation management skills
• Experience with training and documentation

The project will entail a combination of on-site and remote work in the Bay Area, approximately three months in duration (to discuss). Only candidates currently living near San Francisco will be considered. Please send your resume, phone number, and a cover letter explaining how you will add value to our team. We look forward to hearing from you, and will respond promptly to candidates who meet the core requirements outlined above.

SAP FERC White Paper to Enhance Regulatory Reporting

If your configuration of the IS-U/FERC module has not kept pace with the utility industry's increasingly stringent reporting requirements, request a copy of our free white paper for utilities on SAP, "Five Tips to Enhance Regulatory Reporting." It's written by the original creators of the FERC module, and presents five highly practical, actionable steps that you can take to better meet the needs of both management and regulators. Topics include leveraging functional location hierarchies, automating translation tables, and more. Request your white paper from HPC America online.

New client work: SAP New GL prototyping for utility

We're pleased to announce that HPC will be starting a new project for a utility in the Midwest that intends to improve its financial reporting and gain more robust regulatory reporting. We'll help our client achieve this by exploring the impact of a transition from the classic FERC module to the SAP New General Ledger, which supports functional accounts by production, transmission, distribution, maintenance, A&G, customer accounts, and cost of energy.

HPC will also lead the prototyping of new master data such as cost centers and orders; the redesign of profit centers to enable business segment reporting; and the design of cost flows and overhead allocations. Through this modeling, the utility will be able to visualize results prior to starting the actual migration to production. And that is the best way to prepare for New GL migration in a way that meets all stakeholders' requirements and eliminates nasty surprises.

Announcing HPC's Rapid Prototype Service for SAP New GL Migration

How will the SAP New General Ledger impact your financials?

Find out before committing to a costly, time-consuming migration through HPC's exclusive prototyping methodology and regulatory reporting solution.

The HPC Rapid Prototype Service is a fixed-price consultation that simulates the SAP New General Ledger. It shows how migration will affect your natural and regulatory accounts by modeling your existing FERC configuration. The Rapid Prototype Service is based on HPC America's 15+ years of experience with utilities, and our software solution HPC Utility Financials Accelerator, certified by SAP as powered by the NetWeaver® technology platform. It's cost effective, efficient, and utterly transparent. For utilities seriously considering migration, there is no better way to make an informed decision about the New GL.

Learn more online or download the data sheet. To discuss your plans for SAP New GL migration, please contact us for a consultation.

HPC CEO Jerry Cavalieri to Join SAP Advisory Board of San Francisco State University

We are pleased to announce that Jerry Cavalieri, CEO of HPC America, has joined the SAP Advisory Board of the College of Business at San Francisco State University. The Advisory Board provides guest lecturers and collaborates with the SFSU Information Systems (IS) faculty to enhance the University's curriculum with respect to SAP and the employability of IS graduates.

SFSU Professor Sam Gill commented that, "Jerry will bring his vast experience in helping organizations implement SAP to the development and implementation of SAP-enriched curricula at SFSU. In particular, Jerry will assist with the integration of SAP into the financial curriculum, which would also also include the implementation of GAAP using SAP. Jerry will also advise on how to extend the SAP curriculum to the use of the Sybase platform (acquired by SAP) to advance mobility solutions."