SUMMARY:

• Certified FI Consultant with 8+ years of hard core hands on SAP experience in the various areas of FI-CO including AR, AP, GL, Fixed Assets, PCA, CCA and FSCM 6.0
• Multiple end-to-end project experience in the areas of FSCM Disputes, Collections and Credit.
• 9+ years of end to end project implementation experience, from planning & design to testing, cutover and post go-live support
• Excellent knowledge of the complexities of the FI module and its integration with other modules including MM, SD & Production
• Detailed knowledge in all areas of FI & CO including PCA, CCA and CO-PA functionalities
• Designed processes for global implementations involving UK, Argentina, Mexico, Japan & India
• Managed a team of around 10 consultants across 4 countries
• Worked on the development of customized business process enhancements, complex interfaces, Outputs & Reports in SAP ECC6.0.

EXPERIENCE:

Client: Confidential, IL Oct 2011 Present
Business Analyst– FI

Abbott Symphony SAP project is a global SAP implementation of the ECC 6.0 environment, that will provide a global framework for Finance and Supply Chain implementation worldwide. As a Business Systems Analyst at Abbott, my roles include:

• Analayzing business gaps and capturing development requirements in the areas of FI, CO and Banking.
• Developing Functional design documents for gaps identified during blueprinting workshops.
• Designing interfaces between Legacy systems to ECC, including conducting design sessions & review sessions with the business.
• Writing test scripts and testing development objects.
• Working with the functional team to document business processes as per the company policies.

Confidential, LLPAug 2005 Oct 2011

Client:Confidential,MO Jan 2010 Oct 2011
Team Member/ Lead– FI

DFA Project One involves a phased approach to implement SAP across the various divisions of DFA. My responsibilities include:

• Design & configure the deductions process using the FSCM Dispute Management functionality within FSCM 6.0 which includes interfaces with the clients existing 3rd party application for processing by brokers
• Design & configure credit process using the FSCM Credit Management functionality within FSCM 6.0
• Addressing complex business process design issues in the areas of FI and CO and the integration with the manufacturing and logistics processes
• Managing the team work plan for the testing, go-live and support phases for the future go-lives scheduled for November 2011 and March 2012.
• Providing status reports to the Project Management Office on a regular basis
• Managing resources on the project
• Planning & conducting design workshops for the FI areas of GL, AR, AP and some aspects of CO.
• Work with the SAP Food & Beverage pre-configured solution to align the configurations and processes to the client processes
• Identifying gaps, issues and key design decisions and taking steps to drive these to a resolution
• Plan for the build phase to enable a smooth transition from design into build
• Developed the conversion strategy for all processes in terms of the postings to FI and CO
• Actively involved in setting up the new GL functionality including document splitting to work as desired for all transactions including intercompany postings
• Handle the tax design and configuration for the implementation
• Co-ordinate, distribute & track status of post go-live support tickets logged in the support tools

Environment: Software: ECC 6.0, FSCM 6.0

Client:Confidential,Denver, CO Aug 2009 Dec 2009
Team Lead- FSCM Team

The project was a post ECC implementation of the FSCM Credit Management Module using FSCM 6.0 which involved transition of their current JDE Credit Management Systems to SAP FSCM. My areas of focus were:

• Planning the project timeline from design to go-live and support
• Designed and configured the FSCM Credit solution for the company
• Worked on identifying several bugs and researching them to find several SAP notes and also worked with SAP on creating fixes for bugs in the application
• Addressed issues with the FSCM Collection process and configuration
• Identify development needs including the BADIs that need to be implemented
• Worked with the BI team for incorporating BI reporting into the implementation plan
• Writing of Functional Spec documents for identified development objects
• Working with the Technical team to ensure proper implementation of the middleware connections
• Leading the team through Unit, Integration and regression testing, and managing defects in HPQC
• Handled conversion of data for business partners
• Lead the team through a very successful timely go-live and provided post go-live support to the team

Environment: Software: ECC 6.0, FSCM 6.0

Client: Confidential,Sep 2008 Aug 2009
Team Lead- Global Accounts Receivable Team

The project was a Global Financial transformation of the processes and system over 9 countries. I was responsible for the following:

• Participated in the global Accounts Receivable team through the global deployment of the SAP FI design which involved the countries UK, Argentina, Mexico, Japan and India
• Lead a team of consultants and client personnel through the duration of the project
• Successfully lead the UK AR team through cutover, go-live and support
• Provided functional and technical support to the local teams in UK, Japan, India and Mexico through the design, realization and testing phases
• Ensure that the local teams stay on track with regard to the global design
• Ensure timely completion of deliverables from the rest of the team
• Participate in cross functional design sessions and ensured that integration points are well addressed
• Was responsible for configuration for all countries, which was centrally handled by the global team

Environment: Software: ECC 6.0

Client: Confidential,AR Nov 2007 Aug 2008
Team Member- Global Accounts Receivables Team

As a member of the Global Accounts Receivable team, I was responsible for the following:

• Lead design workshops and identified requirements for the Accounts Receivable process
• Present a Proof of Concept for implementation of the FSCM 6.0 Collections Module
• Played a lead in designing the global design for Wal-Mart Accounts Receivable processes
• Configured the Accounts Receivable module as per the Global design and the local UK requirements, including lockbox, dunning, banks, etc
• Worked as the AR team representative for the technical team to handle the development requirements from identification to testing
• Designed the Accounts Receivable and Cash Applications process for UK, Argentina, Mexico, Japan and India
• Worked with the AP and GL teams to ensure proper working of cross functional functionalities like netting, document splitting, etc
• Worked on designing the data conversion program for AR involving high volume of legacy data across multiple systems

Environment: Software: ECC 6.0

Client: Confidential,IL Jan 2006 Oct 2007
Sub-team Lead Account Receivable & Accounts Payable

The project was a full end-to-end implementation of ECC 5.0 which involved planning, design, execution, testing, go-live and post go-live support. As the Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Sub-team lead/ member I was responsible for the following:

• Design and implementation of the AR process including Cash Application, Lockbox process, Collections & Deductions Management
• Worked with the Master Data team to stream line the Customer account
• Integrated the Cash Application process with the deduction management process by using the FSCM Dispute Management module
• Designed and configured the collection process in the FSCM Dispute &Collection Management module including integration with CRM systems.
• Handled the functional aspects for all development objects from design to testing
• Handled the data conversion from the legacy system
• Designed a high level of integration between Trade, AP and Dispute management by designing a workflow for Dispute cases
• Configured automatic payments and check printing for the accounts payable process

Environment: Software: ECC 6.0, FSCM 3.0

Client: Confidential,Peoria, IL Aug 2005 Dec 2006
FI Team Member

The project involved transformation of its legacy financial systems to SAP Financials following Industry best practices. As part of the SAP Functional Fit-Gap team, I was responsible for the following:

• Analyze the existing AP and Fixed Assets processes and determine their relationships to SAP and Non-SAP best practices, and to document the fit-gap of SAP functionalities
• Identify requirements for configuration, interfaces and conversions for a global ERP Financials implementation to replace existing legacy systems

Environment: Software: N/A

Confidential,Oct 2003 May 2004

Client: Confidential,Warrenville, ILOct 2003 May 2004
Functional Consultant

This project focused on the documentation of processes for the SAP Implementation for BP in Turkey. This includes the mapping of the BP Global Financial Template in ARIS Process Mapping Tool which will be a major path for further implementations in 19 other European Countries.

• Worked in liaison with the Turkey Implementation team in London for studying current processes and designing optimum process for the SAP Implementation
• Documentation of As-Is and To-Be Processes in ARIS Process Mapping Tool
• Co-coordinating reviews with users and members of the BP Global Financial Infrastructure for getting approvals for the documented processes
• Work with BP business users for understanding, evaluating, documenting and implementing the Business Requirements for the Refinery Business of BP and define project scope for interfaces/reports in core financials functional area for SAP
• Handling of all SAP- Maximo interface related activities, including process and interface design, test planning, test co-ordination and post go-live bubble support in the areas of PS, AP, AR, GL , CO and AM
• Validating As-Is Processes for BP with business users and documentation
• Co-coordinating with Process Mapping Team for mapping to- be processes in ARIS Process Modeling Tool
• Assisting in Configuration of the SAP FI & AM modules, specifically Automatic Payments, and checking compliance of the Asset Accounting Org Structure with the BP Global Design for data mapping accuracy
• Prepare and execute testing activities in co-ordination with the offshore team members
• Handling the Post Go-Live Bubble Support at Cherrypoint from onsite.

EDUCATION:

• Master of Business Administration
• Bachelor of Commerce

COURSES & WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

• FSCM Training from SAP America
• SAP Certification Course at Genovate Solutions India Ltd.
  (Authorized training partners for SAP AG)- Nov ’02- Jan ‘03
• SAP Configuration Training by Delphi Computech, Pune
  Premier Automobiles Ltd.- Feb ’02 Mar ‘02
• ARIS Process Mapping Tool- Basic and Advanced Courses at BP North America
  Chicago, USA- Nov ‘03
• Project Systems Training at Tata Technologies Ltd., Pune August ‘03
• Auditing of ISO Quality Systems conducted by V.P. Productivity & Quality Services- June ‘00