SUMMARY

• SAP FICO Functional Analyst with more than 11+ years of implementation and configuration experience in Financial Management and exclusively on controlling modules.
• Experience in Business Process for O2C, P2P, R2R, Financial Close.
• Expertise in implementation of SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 Financials (Including New General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Bank Accounting (BL), Asset Accounting (AA), Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Internal Orders (OPA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Profitability Analysis (CO - PA), Product Costing (CO-PC), and integration experience with MM, SD.
• Involved in full life cycle implementations, upgrades & production support projects.
• Completed two full life cycle implementations in ECC 6.0 and R/3 system using ASAP Methodology; Project Preparation, Worked with SME’s, As-Is, To-Be Conducted workshops, Business Blue-Printing, Realization, BPP’s and Go-Live.
• Proficiency in developing KPI using SAP solution manager across SAP and NON SAP systems.
• Proficiency in developing BW reporting using customized queries and web templates for KPI.
• Expertise in Business process change analyser
• Efficiently networked with the clients to understand business processes for GAP analysis and proposed long term and short-term strategic solutions.
• Proficient in Configuration, Testing, Development, Business analysis, End user training, Process Design and Post Implementation Support.
• Developed proficiency in project evaluation, Business Blue Print documentation, customization, configuration, and in-depth understanding of business processes related to SAP financials, along with CO and integration with MM, SD and PP modules.
• Good understanding in Project System: WBS, Planning, Budgeting & Costing.
• Configured Asset Accounting; Asset class, Depreciation areas, Retirement and Acquisitions.
• Implemented aspects of Funds Management relating to Budget structures, Funds centers, Status management and performed integration of FM with FI & AA.
• Worked on Material Ledger; Actual costing, Material update, customizing production startup.
• Extensive knowledge in Product Costing, CO-PA, profitability segment, Cost Center & Profit Center Accounting and Internal Orders in CO side; Treasury, GL, Asset Accounting, GL, AP & AR in FI side and business process procedures such as Order to cash, Procure to pay and Make to order.
• Hands on experience in Report Painter and Report Writer, CATTS Programming, ABAP Query and LSMW, User-exit programming and debugging.
• Efficient in analyzing the Business Requirements, Needs and Objectives and Mapping them as per SAP processes, solutions and products that are being implemented.
• Proficient in Technical and Business Writing, Business Process Flow, Business Process Modeling, Business Analysis and Testing various methodologies.
• Strong understanding of Accounting process including general ledger and account reconciliation.
• Expertise in Project Management i.e. Project Scoping, Planning, Estimating, Scheduling, Organizing, Directing, Controlling, Budgeting and Drafting Remedy Procedures.
• Experience in designing and developing Enterprise Applications using BEA Web Logic, IBM Web Sphere Studio, and MQ Series.
• Experience in facilitating Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with Business User Groups, conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with IT Groups and Conflict Management with Project team members.
• Hands on experience with databases including Oracle, PL/SQL
• Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly understand client’s business needs.
• Involved in meetings to gather information and requirements from the clients.
• Research-oriented, motivated, proactive, self-starter with strong technical, analytical and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Skills: SAP Financial: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Travel and Expenses, Logistic Invoice verification (LIV), incoming, outgoing payment method setup. SAP Controlling: Cost Center Accounting and Internal Order: Master data cost centers and order types, primary and secondary cost elements, activity type, assessment, and distributions, periodic repostingFSCM/Treasury: Lockbox payment processing, Bank reconciliation, EBS, Investment Management, Transaction Manager (money market, FX, derivatives, securities) Cash Management (liquidity forecast, cash position) ABAP: IDOCs, Interface designs, Classic Reports, Smart forms, Master data conversion, BAPIs, LSMW tool. Reporting: Standard and Custom reports for top management, Balanced Scorecard and Management Cockpit

Solution Manager Implementation: SAP Solution Manager 7.0

GUI Development: Asp.net, C#, Vb.net, Web Services, Xml, Html, CSS, VbScript, JavaScript

CRM: Salesforce.com, SAP CRM

Tools: & Utilities: BEA Web Logic, IBM Web Sphere Studio, and MQ Series, Report Painter and Report Writer

Compliance, Standards and Methodology: ASAP (Accelerated SAP), SDLC, Governance Risk and Compliance- Compliance Calibrator, Governance Risk and Compliance- Access Enforcer.

RDBMS: Sql Server, Oracle, Ms Access, Sql, PL\Sql.

Operating Systems: MS Windows 2008/Vista/2003/XP/2000, UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Austin TX

Senior SAP FI/CO Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in business blueprints for the processes and specified requirements. Preparation of documentation and flow charts, describing interfaces, collection of master data, testing and reviewing training documentation.
• Gathered the functional requirements, process improvement, and project scope definition, blue printing, gap analysis, configuration, testing, documentation, full life cycle implementation and support.
• Configured the General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, Customer billing, TAX, Basic Controlling, Inter Company Process, Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order Accounting, Profit Center Accounting and Fixed Asset Accounting, Cash Management & Liquidity Forecast, Cash concentration, New GL, Credit & Collection Management, Treasury, Lockbox, Foreign Currency Valuation.
• Was responsible for making comparative report analyses at micro and macro level, and was helpful in negotiations and contracts.
• Migrated the SAP Integration project and Data Conversions from source SAP to destination SAP system.
• Experience in Inventory management maintenance and support for company’s special stocks and in external/internal procurement process.
• Strong knowledge of Integration of FI/CO, SD and MM including Procure to pay (P2P).
• Worked on Dynamic Credit Management implementation with required Risk Codes and Credit Rep functions.
• Multiple global implementation/ rollout experience including ECC 6.0 version
• Prepared the Report design and report creation using Report Writer, Report Painter, SAP Query, writing functional specs.
• Assisted in User Acceptance testing (UAT) with experience with debugging issues and Assist in HP Quality Center.
• Read the ABAP code to identify the processes being executed in custom developed programs.
• Improved the various business processes to reduce rework on various office functions, multi-tasking among different projects.
• Experience in working on on-shore and off-shore models with programmers and other business partners.
• Experience in using Accounting Principle/practices like IFRS/GAAP
• Experience in resolving Currency issues (including FASB52)
• Involved in data gathering, data analysis, workflow modeling and SAP Integrated data warehousing projects.
• Lead several complex systems conversion projects from SAP R/3 to ECC 6.0
• Made ad hoc presentation on the consent of the directors.

Environment: KPI, Windows 2000 Server, Oracle, MySQL, PLSQL, SQL Server, GAMA System, Java, Microsoft Office, RMS, Oracle, Solution Manager 7.1, SAP FiCo

Confidential, Milwaukee WI

Sr. SAP- FI/CO Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a part of global role out set up New Entities, Assigned Chart of accounts, Controlling area and extended/created GL to the new Company Code, Worked in extending the Customer Master and Vendor Master to NEW Company Codes.
• Worked in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and GL part of the Implementation for EMEA, Nordic and APAC countries implementation team with a successful Go Live.
• Worked in Blue print preparation, running workshops, worked in scope/ Requirements gathering & Analysis, worked in finalizing the Design and Architectures, Coordinating the implementations & Build activities, testing and Documentation.
• Worked in the SAP- FICO-GL, AP, AR, TR and Banking project implementation and integrated with SD and MM. Worked on legacy system integration, worked on Data conversions and finalizing the conversion spec, data loading and testing.
• Worked on US GAAP and IFRS.
• Inter-company set-up for newly created company Codes.
• GL configurations such as Accounts, Account groups, field status groups, Account determination procedures, tolerances and clearing process.
• Configured Special Purpose Ledger (SPL)
• Configured International VAT.
• AP configuration for vendor master, field status group, setting up work-list (Alternative Payer)
• Configured Payment Programs (FBZP), Payment Methods in Country, Payment Methods in Company Code, Bank Determination, House Banks (F110).
• Providing solution to business process for Vendor payment advice (Remittance advice), Customer statement and Direct Debit by providing options of Email, Postal Mail or Fax.
• Uploaded and Maintained the Vendor Master data.
• Worked on Customizing/Development, the smart forms layout for Vendor Payment Advice, Customer Statement and Direct Debit as required by the business process.
• Configuration of Down payments, Tolerance tables and Authorizations, Partial Payments, Integration with MM (LIV).
• Configured the Credit Management, Credit Control Area, Assigning Credit Control area, Reason Code.
• Worked in setting up the Lockbox and testing.
• Configured the setting up of Electronic Bank Statement processing.
• Configured Account Symbols and Account Allocation, Assigning G/L Accounts to Account Symbols, Creating Keys for Posting Rules, and Define Posting.
• Configuration of Data Medium Exchange (DME) format according to the country specific (worked on global format) for International ACH, Domestic Fund Transfer and Wire for Outgoing Payment.
• Configuration of the IDOC for Payment Program interface to bank.
• Worked on creating script for Unit testing, Integration testing and system functional test.
• Performed cutover task and post go-live support

Environment: SAP FiCo, Windows 2000 Server, Oracle, MySQL, PLSQL, SQL Server, Java, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Oracle.

Confidential

SAP- FICO Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring and testing existing system and providing post implementation support for enhancements to the current system.
• Handled System configuration and unit testing in the areas of FI-GL, AR, AP, FA and CO transactions.
• Configured settings for Company code, posting period variant, assigned document number ranges, tolerance groups for customers, G/L accounts and users.
• Handled AP Module in which the process of Procurement to Payment is Configured including the Vendor Groups / Number Ranges, Automatic Payment Program, Configured Special Ledger Withholding Taxes, Check Settings, Configured AP integrations to MM for various material movements (Automatic Account Assignments), Worked on LIV (Logistics Invoice verification)and set up automatic processing of Vendor invoices in Intercompany business process.
• Handled AR in which the complete business process cycle from Order to Cash is configured starting with Customer Master data along with Customer Groups, Payment Terms, Reporting, AR Aging.
• Configured and Implemented Fixed Assets module considering the local reporting requirements in three different regions i.e., US, Denmark and India. Configuration of Fixed Assets module include copying reference Chart of Depreciation, making required settings for account determination, asset classes, screen layout rules, defining number ranges, valuation of assets in different depreciation areas, external asset acquisition, in-house asset acquisition, cross company code transfers, settings for depreciation runs, Asset Explorer, Settings for automatic account assignment ( FI-AA Integration).
• Configured the Controlling Area, Cost Elements, Cost Centers (CO-CCA), Number ranges, Cost Center Hierarchy.
• Configured standard Cost estimates in Cost object controlling for production orders, Configured WIP calculations, variance calculations, maintained settlement structures and handled month end closing procedures for production order.
• Configured and customized Product Cost Planning (material costing with quantity structure) and Cost Object controlling including product cost by order. This involves configuring costing variants, valuation variant, and cost component structures, cost component splits, costing sheets, work - in-process, variances and settlements.
• Configured Operating concern, created custom characteristics, used various derivation techniques like table lookups and derivation rules, mapped SD condition types to value fields.
• Analyzed Profitability segments taking into various considerations like customer group, material group, product line and different market segments in costing based CO-PA. Integrated and configured CO-PA in SAP
• Performed Profitability Analysis and Profit Center Accounting Set-up for Management Reporting.
• Utilized Report painter to generate reports of PCA needed by the Business Owner.
• Engaged in interaction with Client Business Users for Requirements Gathering and Analysis.
• Participated in Super User meetings, preparation of meeting materials and delivering of presentations as required.
• Involved in Data conversion from an external system using SAP LSMW functionality Direct Input and Batch Input.
• Monitored integration-testing efforts and drafted the testing scripts. Tracked and analyzed the results. The focus of the testing was on Purchase to pay and Order to cash processes.
• Provided user training on procedures and assistance in developing user Training manuals and planned the training sessions
• Handled training and documentation of all relevant process UAT (User Acceptance Testing), Integration Testing, Test Scripts, arranging and coordinating the testing activities, Trouble Shooting. Cut off procedures along with uploading and tallying of legacy assets and the future depreciations etc., - Support and Maintenance of the System.
• Tested Z-Transactions as per the user requirements and worked closely with users for creating scripts for Quarter/ year-end procedures

Environment: SAP FiCo, Windows 2000 Server, Oracle, MySQL, PLSQL, SQL Server, Java, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Oracle.

Confidential

SAP FICO Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted interviews with key Business Users to collect Business Requirement and Business Process Information
• Involved in creation and reviewing Functional Specifications, Project schedules, Documentation and developed Business Requirement Specification Documents as well as High-Level Project Plan on the Project Scope and SDLC Methodology
• Designed and developed all Use Cases and UML models. Developed Sequence Diagrams, OOD using Rational Rose and Requisite-Pro for requirement traceability
• Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project cycle
• Developed strategic partnerships with the business unit to develop a solid knowledge base of the business line, including the business plan, products, and process and revenue streams
• Understanding and developing requirements and use cases for Account Opening, Maintenance and reporting for new accounts on ICICI’s private banking and trust application, platform service, Integration and Implementation
• Created the Business Flow diagrams of Investment Banking, and extensively involved in Portfolio management and analyses, of Mutual Funds trading in Reference Data and Security Master
• Performed data analysis to identify the existing data quality issues pertaining to Fixed Income
• Played a key role in the Planning, Testing, and implementation of System Enhancements and Conversions
• Performed extensive Requirement Analysis including Data Analysis and Gap Analysis
• Partnered with the technical areas in the research and resolution of system and process problems
• Familiarize myself with the Trading and Settlement Process in order to work on the drive towards reducing transaction costs in order to maximize portfolio value
• Analyzed research on operational procedures and methods and recommend changes for improvement with an emphasis on automation and efficiency
• Involved in creation and execution of Manual Test Cases in Mercury TestDirector, and automated Test Cases in WinRunner and analyzed the Test Results in the Mercury TestDirector

Environment: Rational Enterprise Suite (Rose, RequisitePro, ClearCase, ClearQuest), Windows 2000 Server, Oracle, MySQL, PLSQL, SQL Server, WebLogic, Java, J2EE, JSP, Vignette, LoadRunner, WinRunner, TestDirector

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with the client as part of the Requirements Engineering team to finalize the project scope.
• Assisted the PM in developing Use Cases and project plans and also managed changes to the scope of the project.
• Conducted user interviews, gathered Requirements, analyzed the Requirements and managed changes using Rational Suite.
• Conducted interviews with end-users to collect requirement and business process information.
• Developed business process models in RUP to document existing and future business processes.
• Performed extensive Requirement Analysis including data analysis and gap analysis.
• Designed and developed project document templates based on SDLC methodology.
• Participated in various stages of data and requirement analysis for project needs.
• Identified internal and external system requirements, design and configuration set-up, created User Documentation and conducted training classes.
• Developed business requirement specification documents as well as high-level project plan.
• Involved in technical writing, which included analysis, review and approval of the trading system documentation.
• Participated in JAD sessions with relevant business Units to optimize workflow.
• Assumed ownership of Use Case Diagrams, Use Case narratives and other various artifacts.
• Assisted PM by maintaining artifacts and portions of the project binder.
• Documented and delivered Functional Specification Document to the project team.
• Assisted the Project Manager to develop both high-level and detailed application architecture to meet user requests and business needs.
• Involved in writing training manual.
• Performed task decomposition, delegated tasks and monitored project milestones using MS Project.
• Assisted the PM in performing Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation.

Environment: UNIX / Oracle Platform, MS Visio, RUP, Rational Rose, JCL, Rational Clear Quest, Wealth management, TLM, SQL, ITIL, Rational Clear Case.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted interviews with key business users and Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to collect requirements by arranging and facilitating the JAD sessions.
• Extensively performed requirement analysis including GAP analysis, SWOT analysis to figure out “As-Is” and “Should-be” processes.
• Established a Business Analysis methodology by following business process models in it to document existing and future business processes.
• Developed Business Requirement Specification (BRS) documents and designed and developed all Use Cases and UML diagrams using Microsoft® Visio.
• Prioritize multiple projects adhering to aggressive release schedules.
• Responsible for understanding high level (cross-platform) business processes related to their application area and its interfaces to other applications.
• Responsible for Identification & Commitment of Key Stakeholders to Participate in Test Activities and Verification / Sign-off of Deliverables.
• Drafted and analysed various project artifacts and deliverables. Microsoft project was used to document the day to day schedules, activities and procedures.
• Requirement gathering and preparation of use cases.
• Coordination with Onsite team and client.

Environment: MS Visio, Rational Clear Quest, UML, MS Office, MS Excel