SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience as SAP FICO Functional Consultant (CO) modules across various industries.
• Involved in 3 full life - cycle implementations which includes 8 years of SAP R/3 and 2 years in SAP BI as Techno Functional consultant.
• Experience in Contract Accounting.
• Expert in configuring and training SAP modules in releases 4.6B to ECC 6.0 FI: ECCS, GL, New GL, AP and AR
• Extensive experience in Implementing, Configuring FI/CO (GL, AP, AR, AA and integrating with SD and MM.
• Working knowledge in Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, Flexible General Ledger (New General Ledger ECC 5), Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profit Center Accounting, and Accounts Payable.
• Hands on experience in upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0. Expert in data migration from Classic GL to New GL
• Expertise in month end process improvement, account reconciliation for Balance sheet reviews and profitability analysis.
• 2+ years of experience in working on ETL tools(Informatica 8.1)
• Experience in importing master data from legacy systems to SAP R/3 by using LSMW & Batch Input Session techniques.
• Excellent Presentation and Documentation skills. Extensive working experience of Business Process Documentation
• Ability to communicate clearly with staff and high-level management and executives.
• Dynamic and Assertive team player with Strong Commitment.
• Trained IT personnel and end users in configuration and post implementation production support and documentation.
• Excellent Oral and Written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable (FI-A/P, A/R):
• Configuring and Customizing Vendor / Customer Master Records, Account groups, Account determinations, Tolerance groups, Country / Company code specific Payment Methods, Terms of Payment, Automatic Payment Programs for outgoing payments, Dunning, Bank settings, Correspondence, Check Management, Reason codes, Interest Calculations, Discount calculations, Special GL Transactions and Credit Control Areas, Lock Box Configuration.
• Asset Management (FI-AA):
• Configuring and Customizing Organizational structure, Country specific settings, Asset classes, Account determination, Depreciation areas, Depreciation keys, Screen layouts, Transaction types, Transfer variant for automatic Inter-Company Asset transfer, Cross-system Depreciation areas, Settlements for Assets under Construction and postings of transactions in Asset Accounting and Transfer from legacy systems.
• Excellent knowledge of Chart of Accounts, Company code Configuration, G/L account Master records including Field Status groups, Number ranges, and Document types and Posting keys, Tolerance groups, and Financial Statement versions etc. Basic knowledge of New GL functionality in ECC 6.0
• Controlling:
• Basic understanding of Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting and Profit Center Accounting including Cost Element Types, Reconciliation Ledger, Cost center, and Profit Center hierarchies, Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures etc
• Travel and Management: Travel and Expenses elective enhancements, required modification, break fix and customer assistance issues.
• Introduced PCard program, on contract web based ordering, and others to reduce total acquisition costs.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP (FI/CO) module Version 3.1H, Version 4.6C, Version 4.6B, ERP 2005 (ECC 6.0), Portal

Testing Tool: Test Director8.0, Solution Manager, Quality Center10.1, and JIRA.

SAP tools: Report Painter, Report Writer, Vertex, Quantum Gateways

Office Tools: MS office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access), Visio

Languages: C, PL/SQL, Oracle9i

Environment: s: Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP, UNIX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Milwaukee,WI

Sr. SAP FI Solution Designer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design.
• Implementation and support of SAP solutions which naturally include design, configuration, and testing.
• Working on Data Migration from Miller to Confidential system integrated with other module like MM and SD.
• Preparing Load sheet for LSMW.
• Integrating two SAP versions (ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0).
• Support the Gap resolution process in close cooperation with Core Team.
• Design Interface to migrate data from classic GL to New GL.
• Developing reports from Special ledger.
• Configured and customized Credit management, worked with OTC team to setup the SD side of the Credit management
• Setup dunning procedure for customer master data.
• Develop interface from ECC6 to SABRIX for tax calculation.
• Creating interface to read special ledger custom table.
• Working on Integration with SRM and MM module.
• Integrated AP and AR modules with MM and SD respectively
• Strictly working under SOX environment.
• Creating new reconciliation accounts.
• Doing Cleaning and conversion of Master Data (Vendor/Customer) using LSMW.
• Designed custom program for A/P and A/R open item conversion.
• Created reconciliation account for A/P and A/R for both the system.
• Maintained payment terms for customers, defined cash discount base for outgoing invoices. Further defined accounts for cash discount granted and for reconciliation accounts for customer down payments, worked on AR aging reports, reports on active customers and receiving.
• Prepare & Execute the migration and cutover plan.
• Working with BI team for building report.
• Developed workflow and interface for T&E.
• Doing Mass vendor change via XK99 for Minority Indicator and withholding tax codes.
• Doing FIT/Gap analysis and resolving issue.
• Worked on Custom report for customer balance report.
• Reviewed requirements for the RICEF objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms).
• Working on RICEFW log, Mainly on Interface, Reports and Conversion.
• Working on LIV (Logistics Invoice verification), linking of Vendor documents with EDI.
• Created customize report for Pricing condition.
• Preparing and executing test case/plans.

Confidential, Collegeville,PA

Sr. SAP FICO (R2R)-Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design.
• Gathered data for configuration.
• Reviewed requirements for the RICEF objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms).
• Worked on RICEFW log, Mainly on Interface and workflow.
• Worked on LIV (Logistics Invoice verification), linking of Vendor documents with EDI.
• Creating Enhancement and uploading on GTT.
• Using open text to scanned and store invoice images.
• Worked on Puerto Rico withholding Tax requirement.
• Worked on Vendor master data maintenance.
• Build Workflow for Travel and expense approval.
• Supporting BI team for data extraction and manage using for reporting.

Confidential, Syracuse, NY

Sr. SAP FICO Analyst (Procure to Pay)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring and testing existing system and providing post implementation support for enhancements to the current system.
• Involved in Data Migration of vendor master from People soft to SAP Integrated with FI to MM & New GL.
• Strictly Worked under SOX environment.
• Configured and implemented New GL.
• Phase 1 project to implement all FI modules along with CO, MM, and SD modules. I was responsible for blueprinting and realization for new General Ledger and AP.
• Working on Data Conversion from Legacy to SAP ECC6.0 using Informatica 8.1
• Experience with blueprinting, configuration, RICEFW functional specifications, testing, end user training, user acceptance, go-live and production support.
• Closely Integrated with SRM for P-card and Travel and expense.
• A/R: Defined Customer Account Groups and screen layouts per activity & company code; defined number ranges for customer accounts and assigned these number ranges to customer account groups.
• Expertise in Accounts Payable (FI-AP)- EDI Invoice processing, paper Invoice processing including Logistics Invoice verification(LIV),Automatic payment program(APP) with Payment Medium workbench(PMW) and Withholding Tax (1099 vendors).
• Building interface for Vertex to validate tax calculation.
• Working on Outbound interfaces from SAP to Confidential bank for payment info.
• Designing and working on inbound and outbound from SAP to Third party system.
• Creating SAP scripts. Use IDOC/EDI technology and related business processes for incoming/ outgoing payments, as well as workflow. System configuration and testing in the areas of FI-GL transactions, configuring adjustment accounts for GL, AP.
• Working on Travel Management in ESS/MSS portal.
• Working on Full life cycle implementation of Travel Management Integration withFICO.
• Creating Workflow for expense approval.
• Created Interface from Open text to SAP to get scanned images of Invoices.
• Working on Interface with Credit Card Clearing.
• Configured Credit card process (credit card types, credit card plan assignments, checking groups), developed authorization/settlement of credit card
• Closely work with Treasury to align IHC with Account payable.
• Supported BW/BI team for data manage and reporting.
• Working on Travel Planning and travel expense reporting. Worked on approval of travel trips and expenses with Workflow process along with travel expense statements
• Working on P cards (Procurement card) for Employees and sales personnel.
• Configured End to End AP module 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), linking of Vendor documents with EDI.
• Created & Maintained Customer Master data along with, Customer Groups, Payment Terms, Reporting, AR Aging.
• Prepare extract unit test cases and coordinate the unit test execution, report progress KPI’s from SAP.
• Working on the whole flow of P2P (Procure to Pay) including the creation of the purchases order, good receipts, invoice receipt and outgoing payments.
• Define multiple payment method for ACH, Wire Transfer, checks and for foreign currency.
• Worked on Electronic bank statement (EBS), pay, ACH payments and Wire Transfer.

Confidential, Texas

SAP FICO Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in all the stages from business blue print design to testing and provided post go-live support.
• Worked on vendor credit limit update (Mass Conversion).
• Migrated data from GL to New Gl using Interface.
• Building Interface for data migration, Build workflow for Invoice approval and supported BI .
• Validated and testing tax configuration with external Tax ware system.
• Supported A/R and A/P and integration points with SD and MM modules, post implementation problems resolutions and additional IMG configuration.
• Prepared Design document (ADD) and also the test document.
• Worked on new GL customization used LSMW for all the master data set up.
• Suggested development of new standard policies and procedures, and developed operational procedures.
• Identified and analyze Gaps, Document analysis and Recommendations for Globalization Business Requirements.
• AR-customer transactions, treasury, credit management, Cash applications, Lockbox processing.
• Configured and designed the lockbox settings for setting up residual items for payment differences and managing tolerance write-offs without manual intervention.
• Working with the ABAP team in designing idocs for different lockbox scenarios and designed the logic to improve the lockbox interface hit rates
• Prepared Functional design (ADD) for data migration .And to sync Sap with Non-SAP system.
• Involve in data migration for master data in SD, FI modules using LSMW and BDC programs and BAPI.
• Doing Analysis and Testing for G/L master data for Data Migration to new system.
• Maintained Customer and Vendor Master Data.
• Worked on Logistic invoice verification (LIV).
• Associated with Transactions and Master Data Set-up for Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders.
• Worked on data migration and integration using LSMW.
• Configuring global procedure for intercompany invoice settlement.
• Tested the lockbox functionality using the idocs specifically designed for various test cases.

Confidential, Arizona

Sr. SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring and testing existing system and providing post implementation support for enhancements to the current system.
• Intensively worked on LIV (Logistic Invoice verification) for FI/MM integration.
• Involved as a key member of project teams through all phases of realization, go-live, rollout and post implementation support of SAP BW in FI and MM modules.
• Handheld Configuration tasks of the Organizational structure of New GL, AP, GL, CO-CCA.Configure and test FI-GL.
• Responsible for the following deliverables, solution design document, data mapping specifications, RICEF objects, functional specifications, and unit and integration testing scenarios
• Responsible for the EDI, ALE configuration of inbound and outbound Interface, Worked on Interface (I-DOCs), for data transfer.
• Used Vertex as a external tax engine for tax calculation.
• Prepared customize program documentation for movement type posting.
• Run Plan/Actual Comparison reports forProfitability Analysis(COPA) to provide the contribution margin for divisions and products which helped for in depth analysis of the specific divisions and products and to identify the “bottom line” impact of revenues and costs.
• Analyze and Resolve issues inBudgetingandMonthly planning/projections
• Involved inIntegrationwith other SAP Module.
• Cost Center Accounting-Restructuring of cost center hierarchy, developed alternative hierarchies for reporting purpose.
• Develop Report Writer Programs specific to analyze Order-related Product Costing requirements.
• Worked on customizing controlling modules of CCA, PCA.
• Created primary and secondary cost elements, cost element groups, cost centers, cost center groups, cost element attributes. Configured activity types, statistical key figures assessment and distribution cycles.
• Using Read soft software for Invoice processing to control of cash flow and invoices
• Working on BADI program for movement types.
• Configured and resolved issue on Account determination (GL) and movement type.

Confidential, Arkansas

SAP FI/AP Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering business requirements, participating in system design, configuring, and testing existing system.
• Worked under SOX environment.
• Blueprinted / reviewed current solution: Business Processes and functionalities, and custom RICEF objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms).
• Worked on Logistic Invoice verification for3-way match and invoice verification.
• Prepared End user documents and Test document.
• A single global banking platform with Citibank: AP and treasury payments, auto-reconciliation, and cash application with electronic bank statement and lockbox.
• System configuration and testing in the areas of FI-GL transactions, configuring adjustment accounts forGL, Account Payable.
• Working with the ABAP team in designing IDOCS for different lockbox scenarios and designed the logic to improve the lockbox interface hit rates.
• Understand and configure Complex Posting and Working on Period End closing.
• Integration with MM and Production planning.

Confidential, New Jersey

SAP FICO Analyst

Environment: 3.1H, ECC 6.00, ECC 5.00

Responsibilities:

• Lead Functional ER’s and developed design documents, test scripts, support data migration, assist in issue resolution, and risk mitigation for projects.
• Completed Up grade and data migration from 4.6c to 6.00.
• Reviewed requirements for the RICEF objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms).
• Done customization for complete configuration and prepared customized report.
• Develop functional specifications to support new build / defect resolution activities.
• Worked on system design for data migration/transfer and SAP organization structuring.
• Responsible for the EDI configuration of inbound and outbound Interface, Worked on Interface (I-DOCs), for data transfer.
• Analyzed data and BW capabilities to build relevant financial, operational, and strategic reporting views.
• A/R: Created account groups for Customers by copying the account group KUNA, and configured them as per business requirements, further assigned the number ranges to these account groups. Generated IDOCs, transferred IDOCs, IDOC is converted to EDI standards, EDI document is transmitted to the Business Partner. Worked with intercompany sales, revenue account determination, intercompany deliveries.
• Assist in ongoing communication to SAP and BW end-users on business process and systems changes, and issues resolutions
• Worked on data migration from Classic GL to New GL.
• Analyzed AR-customer transactions, treasury, credit management, Cash applications, Lockbox processing. And presented complex custom reports on order management processes
• Assisted client in design and configuration of PA structures and segments including decisions on characteristics, and settlement to COPA.
• New GL: Segment and Document Splitting. Reporting in New Ledger, Reconciliation between financial accounting and controlling. Hands on experience with the migration.
• Proposed Workflow using Lotus Notes for Invoice Processing, add/change data in cost center master data which satisfies requirements, and user community
• Developed course material and trained client personnel on all details for setting up and maintaining EDI processing on SAP including I-Doc basics, partner profiles, configuration, EDI function modules, and data flow within SAP.
• Responsible for the following deliverables:, solution design document, data mapping specifications, RICEFW objects, functional specifications, and unit and integration testing scenarios
• Done customization for Internal orders, Account Payable.
• Support Accounts Receivable related projects from a business owner perspective, including concept development, requirement identification, user acceptance testing, and production implementation from a process and operational standpoint.
• Training and Creating user manual for all relevant process UAT (User Acceptance Testing), Integration Testing, Test Scripts arranging and coordinating the testing activities, Trouble Shooting.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP FICO Analyst

Environment: ECC 6.00

Responsibilities:

• Integration testing of the FI module with and Material Management (MM) modules.
• Analyze current Treasury processes and recommend improvements from an efficiency standpoint and cost perspective
• Defining scope of EDI implementation, developing project plan, and staffing requirements.
• Responsible for client relationship, team building and end-to-end project delivery using onsite-offshore model.
• Analyzed AR-customer transactions, treasury, credit management, Cash applications, Lockbox processing. And presented complex custom reports on order management processes.
• Assisted client in design and configuration of PA structures and segments including decisions on characteristics, and settlement to COPA.
• COPA configuration included building the operating concern, developing value fields & characteristics, configuring summarization levels for reporting and assessments, cost center assessments to segments, COPA reporting, forms, planning, derivation rules and structures, product and customer hierarchy, PA settlement, realignments, and integration issues with Sales & Distribution.
• General Ledger: Configuring GL account master records, Chart of Account, cross company transactions.
• Worked on Travel Management in ESS/MSS portal.
• Member for Reporting Team utilizing COPA Profitability Analysis, LIS - Logistics Information Systems and SIS - Sales Information Systems.
• Training and Documentation of all relevant process UAT, Integration Testing, Test Scripts arranging and coordinating the testing activities, Trouble Shooting.
• Create and Clear the Defect during Testing in Test director.
• Configuring Automatic Payment Program in Accounts Payable.
• New payment terms for AP transactions.
• Assisted in change of AP functionality workflow to meet the necessary requirements of business units by migrating the external procurement process from legacy systems.

Confidential, Texas

SAP CO Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3, Version 4.6b

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the company’s current structure and Business processes.
• Organization structure and additional functional requirements were documented.
• Configuration for Sales order costing and defined Consumption Account.
• Responsible for configuration of product cost collectors
• Did Product costing for finished products.
• Settlementof Production Costs andAssessmentofVariances.
• AssignmentofActivity Coststo products viaWork Center.
• Designed the Profitability Analysis and Profit Center Accounting Set-up for Management Reporting.
• Responsible for unit and integration testing of product cost collector implementation.
• Configuration of costing based COPA from SD billing documents.
• Creation of COPA profitability reports and reconciliation of CO and FI reports.
• Definition and Design of user exits for COPA costing sheets.
• Trained End users.

Confidential

SAP FI Lead

Environment: ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• AP - Configuration of House Banks, Payment Methods, and check lots, Manual Banking Statements and Cash Journal in Bank Accounting. Defined tolerance groups, tolerances for employees, customers and vendors.
• Did Configuration for automatic payment program, special G/L transactions, recurring transactions and dunning.
• Blueprinted / reviewed current solution: Business Processes and functionalities, and custom RICEFW objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms)
• Designed the Profitability Analysis and Profit Center Accounting Set-up for Management Reporting.
• Worked on the Maintenance of Vendor/Customer Master Data and settings.
• Maintain Treasury records and files for signature authority, Letter of Credits, bank mandates.
• Created primary and secondary cost elements, cost element groups, cost centers, cost center groups, cost element attributes. Configured activity types, statistical key figures assessment and distribution cycles.
• Integration with Project system of AM (AA), FI, PS and CO.
• MM - Logistics Invoice Verification; Invoice Reduction; Purchasing, Material Master data
• Setting up Vendor master.
• AP - Creation of Reason codes for Residual payments and its mapping to external vendors.
• Used billing processes with integrated contract management and revenue accounting capabilities
• Project System Team Member responsible for definition and development of PS, MM, and AA test scripts to be utilized by client end user community during testing including integration points across SAP modules
• Preparation of system documentation and user training

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

SAP FI/CO Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3, Version 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Configuring setting for company code, posting period variants, field status variant, assigned number ranges and defined tolerance group for employees.
• Searched line items of particular G/L accounts for specified periods for accrual accounts and the subsequent reversals of those accruals. Run reports in Special Ledger
• Designing the Chart of Accounts and configuration of FI Global settings for New GL, AR, AP.
• Invoice Parking, Logistics Invoice Verification
• Accounts Receivable - terms of payment, account assignments for overpayments/underpayments, reason codes, and customer credit management.
• Implementation and deployment of Intercompany loans onto Treasury Central- Automated loan servicing.
• Reviewed requirements for the RICEF objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms)
• Configured the Master Data in Profitability Analysis (COPA)
• Integration with Project system of (AA) & FI
• Accounts Receivable - customer master data, number ranges, dunning, interest calculation.
• GL, Accounts Receivable - Created employee tolerance and customer tolerance groups and their assignment to the Users and Customer Master Record.
• Determination of asset types and configuring asset classes, number range intervals, GL account determination, asset master records.
• Treasury - Configuration of relevant settings for Treasury i.e. Electronic Bank Statement, Lock box, Bank Reconciliation, House Banks Settings, GL and Sub Ledger Master Data Settings, GL -Bank Account Integration.
• Creation of primary and secondary cost elements, Overhead costing sheet, assignment to cost centers, distribution, and assessments.
• Trained End Users in Organized workshops and conducted ad hoc training

Confidential, Des Plaines, IL

SAP FI/CO Business Analyst

Environm ent: SAP R/3, Version 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Studied business process and mapping into SAP functionality.
• Configured and customized the Company Code, Fiscal year Variant, Chart of Accounts, Account Groups, Field status variant, and assignments.
• Responsible for Product Costing, Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, New General Ledger,andDocument Splitting .Configured FI-SD interface in the areas of Enterprise Structure, Credit Management, and Customer Master Reconciliation Account.
• Created credit group representatives and assigned selected customers to those groups.
• Reviewed currency-related IMG and advised client of areas to be considered when implementing multiple currencies (Material ledger).
• Responsible for configuration of Asset classes, depreciation areas, account determination, screen layout key and allocating number ranges to asset classes.
• Executed the Asset fiscal year change, year-end asset closing and stimulating depreciation for future fiscal years.
• Worked with client and handled issues with the onsite manager for clarifications/confirmations and approvals.

Confidential, Miami, FL

SAP Financial Analyst

Environment: SAP R/3, Version 4.5B

Responsibilities:

• Read company financial statements and analyzed commodity prices, sales, costs, expenses, and tax rates in order to determine a company’s value and project future earnings.
• Developed financial reports for forecasting, trending, and results analysis. Analyzed financial data and extracted and defined relevant information.
• Used various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
• Performed statistical, cost, and financial analysis of data reported in the various financial systems.