SUMMARY:

• SAP FICO Lead Consultant & Sr. Business Analyst, with over 9 years of post - exposure in Application Support, Development, Configuration and Customizing (in offshore, Client Onsite, Production Support and global delivery centre environment, with a global exposure) in India, UK and Singapore
• Over 9 years SAP FICO exposure covers:
• Over 6 years of SAP FICO Consulting experience in Singapore (SAP R3 4.5B, 4.6B, 4.6C & ECC 6.0) in various IS verticals viz. IT/Hardware, IT/Healthcare, ITES, FMCG Trading, Logistics, Networking & Communications, Aero-Engineering, Retail & Utilities Sector.
• 2.5 years of SAP FICO Consulting experience in India (SAP R3 4.6C and 4.7C) in Retail and Utility Sector.
• Nearly 1 year of SAP FICO Lead Consulting role in India (SAP ERP 5.0) in Logistics Sector.
• Overall 6 x End-to-end implementation and several rollouts and enhancements carried out in SAP FI-CO including sub-modules GL, AA, AR, AP, Treasury, House Bank & Payment Method Configuration, Product Costing, Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, COPA including Reports, Sap scripts and Dunning Procedures. This exposure also includes an SAP Technical Upgrade from Release 4.6C to ECC 6.0 environment
• Can support and trouble-shoot including customizing on SAP FICA, FSCM, PS and FI-TR modules; extensive conceptual knowledge on these areas is an advantage with limited exposure to actual support and implementation experience.
• Commerce graduate with nearly 30 years of proven experience of IT applications as a Business Process Expert in finance, accounting, auditing and logistics administration (Procure-to-Pay as well as Order-to-Cash business processes) in various Industry verticals viz. IT Healthcare, IT Hardware, ITES, IT Network and Communication, Logistics, Shipping & Forwarders, Retail & Utilities.
• Prior to SAP FICO Consulting, possessing over 13 years of overseas working experience in Gulf countries over two spells (a) one as Sales & Support Administrator in Logistics, Sales & Support Function for 7 years covering Order-to-Cash and Order-to-Pay business process and (b) as Sr. Financial Accountant for 6 years responsible for General Ledger, Cash Management, AR-AP, Product Costing and Auditing as Super User in SAP FICO, MM/SD Modules (in addition to internal financial audit as well as ISO 9000 Quality Assurance Audit). This profile includes a 3-year role as SAP Core Team Member while SAP R/3 4.6B was being implemented during in IT Healthcare/IT Hardware Industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant (IT Developer/Engineer)

Responsibilities:

• Job description and responsibilities as shown below prior employment profile under ‘3Com Asia Pacific’ continues valid, as Confidential has recently acquired 3Com Corp and I was on a transitional role directly under HP handling Corporate Integration tasks between the two Entities.
• Responsible for delivering FICO related projects, ongoing production support and ensure support SLA’s are met in the areas of Data Migration, Archiving, Reports as is relevant in regard to ensuring adherence and compliance to Corporate IT Integration between 3Com and HP.

Confidential

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• The key responsibilities include integrated production support and trouble-shooting, which further includes functions in both SAP R/3 4.6C & ECC6.0 like:
• Monitoring of schedule jobs and failure tracking including several interfaces between SAP and other applications andCustomize and configure, develop and enhance, and address specific business needs on reporting, and other issues of tracking and support
• Have been playing significant role in time-bound rollouts and internal projects within 3Com viz.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Participate in change management
• Assist in creating strategies/approaches for meeting project timelines
• Assist in knowledge transfer for project teams including cross within the team
• Ensure Sarbanes Oxley 404 Compliance and assist with external audits
• Work closely with business representatives to understand & fulfill business requirements
• Work closely with team members to meet customer SLAs as well as project deadlines
• Provide business and technical expertise in the production of user- and management-oriented project documents

Confidential

SAP FICO Consulting Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided offshore support to project team on functional business requirements on new bespoke developments, enhancements, SAP Scripts, IDOC etc.
• Undertook customization and configuring of FI, CO, Assets and SD modules.
• Developed functional specifications for bespoke developments and enhancements.
• Develop and execute test plans and testing scripts for technical, functional, end-to-end and integrated testing. Also to supervise and support testing team in complete testing activities and mentor testing team in FICO and SD environment.
• Functioned as a consultant and member of a project team in an implementation project for 6 months for an enhanced system release involving integrated interface between several SAP and non-SAP legacy systems.
• Developed functional specification for one of several interfaces, and ensured appropriate technical development leading to end-to-end testing including functional as well as user acceptance testing. This also included customizing and configuration in FI from time to time.
• Executed testing scripts in CATS system (an implementation project for Time Sheet Entry and Billing)
• As a Quality Champion for the Project, undertook collate Project Metrics Analysis, Resource Utilization Review, Causal Analysis, Defect Prevention and Project Improvement Plans, which ensured complete compliance to ISO 9001, BS7799 and Information Security Management System requirements.
• Shown excellent skills in of personnel and process of knowledge transfer.

Confidential

Senior Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Key activity had been as an AR accountant for 5 subsidiaries
• Additional job function includes nearly 3-years as SAP Core Team Member during while SAP R/3 was being implemented in the group. Given my business process knowledge in the group, my role was significant as a key Super User & Business Analyst in terms of contribution in the areas of planning, design and development in the whole group for FI-CO and SD/MM modules, not restricted to 5 subsidiaries in the Group.
• Reviewed multi-site collection on a daily basis including Monitoring, scrutiny and analysys of book-keeping for accounts receivables
• Key role in Product Costing as well as accounting aspects of Cost-of-Sales booking in both legacy and SAP environment
• Key role in full cycle of Contract Accounting and relevant book-keeping for periodic billing to Customers vis-à-vis revenue reporting and collection thereof.
• Summarized and initiated recovery of employee receivables
• Executed periodic interface with inventory management personals
• Played the key role of implementing SAP R3 in AR, AP & GL functions
• Executed periodic audits in intra- and internal AFG units (complying to ISO 9001), as internal auditor.
• Shown excellent skills in of personals and process of knowledge transfer

Confidential

Sales / Support Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end sales and support coordination (Quotation, Tenders submittal, Order Management & Logistics Coordination) viz. my role was involving both Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash Business Process Cycle including Pre-Sales, Supply Chain Logistics, Order Management and Post-Sales support
• Interact with various functional business units to ensure timely and complete customer delivery, installation and commissioning of products & services
• Assist country business manager in day to day management activities including project management and coordination