SUMMARY:

• 8+ Years of experience in SAP FICO with 3 full cycle implementations.
• Functional, Configuration and implementation of the following SAP R/3 modules: New GL, FI - GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, CO-CCA, CO-IO, CO-PCA, CO-PC, COPA.
• Involved in all implementation phases that includes, Design, Blue print, Build, Configuration, Data Migration, Unit testing, Integration testing, End User training, Cut-Over, Go-live and Post Go-live.
• Experienced in configuring Document Splitting and Zero Balancing of Documents in New GL.
• Exposure to US GAAP, Order to Cash (OTC) and Procurement to Pay process (PTP), Automatic Payment Program, Lockbox, Treasury Management, LSMW, EDI etc.
• Creation of depreciation area, Asset Classes, Creation of Asset Master Records, Asset Transfers, Asset Retirement, Asset Scrapping, Screen Layout rule, settlement of Assets under Construction.
• Maintain Depreciation Keys, Multi Level methods, Integration with GL accounts, Fixed assets, number ranges, Legacy Assets Transfer using LSMW tool.
• Period closing and transferring data to next periods, Providing Depreciation on assets using Depreciation Run, financial statement versions, trial balance, closing down procedures, reports
• Controlling experience includes Cost Center Accounting (CCA), Profit Center Accounting (PCA), Cost and Revenue Element Accounting (CEL), Profitability Analysis (COPA), and Product Costing (PC).
• A results-driven expert who analyzes and implements SAP ERP solutions to ensure optimal integration and information access.
• Motivated achiever who guides organizations in applying technology to business settings, provides added value, and creates project deliverables in a timely manner.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Walnut Creek, CA

SAP Business Analyst and Configuration Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Performed As is study and prepared To Be Process documents for FI/CO Module.
• Created flowcharts and got it approved from Key users, and created Business Blue Print for the existing processes.
• Customized and Configured the FI Global Settings like Company Code, Company Code Currency, Tax Procedures, Fiscal Year settings & posting periods, Document Types and Number Ranges.
• Customized and Configured General Ledger Account Groups, G/L Accounts, Chart of Accounts, Tolerance Groups & retained earnings account.
• In Accounts payable and receivables (SAP-AP and SAP-AR), Designed Procure - to - Pay process, Order - to - cash cycles and involved in the integration areas of SAP FI - MM, and SAP FI - SD.
• Customized and Configured Vendor Account Groups and Vendor Master Records (with combined effort of MM consultant).
• Made settings for automatic procedures in Payment Programs and for interest calculation on account balances/line items and foreign exchange calculation.
• Designed House Banks, and other settings for bank transactions.
• Trouble shoot issues relating to the overall payment process including the F110 Payment, the In house cash.
• Configuring Chart of Depreciation, Depreciation Areas and Depreciation Keys
• Creation of Asset Classes, Asset Number Ranges, Account Determination, and related settings
• Managing acquisition of new asset with Asset Under Construction (AUC) and settlement of the same to final asset
• Transferring APC Values
• Maintaining Group and Low Valued Assets
• Customized and Configured Customer Account Groups, Customer Master Records (with combined effort of SD consultant).
• Configured OBYC and VKOA as part of MM & SD integration with FI and PP
• Credit Management Configuration with credit control areas and maintained Credit Limits for customers and cash receipts.
• Tested the document flow from MM to FI and SD to FI.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program and Dunning Program.
• Configured Product Cost Planning, Marking, Releasing the Cost Estimate in Price Updating.
• Configured Material Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure and calculated costs on Production Order.
• Configured Costing Variant, Valuation Variant, Cost Component Split, Cost Component Structure, BOM and Route Settings.
• Defined Settlement Structures and Allocation Structure in Internal orders.
• In Cost Object Controlling configured Product Cost by Order, WIP calculation and Variance Analysis using Planned and Actual Costs.
• Involved in configuring the settings for CO-CEA, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, Internal Orders, and COPA.
• Activated Profit Center Accounting, Defined Number Ranges, Activated Direct Postings and Maintain Plan Versions.
• In Product Costing Planning (COPC), Configured the Standard Cost estimates with Quantity Structure and Configured the cost component structure, Costing variants for standard cost estimate for planned and actual Production orders.
• In Product Cost Planning (CO-PC-PCP), Configured Material costing with quantity structure, Costing Variants, Standard, Inventory and Modified cost estimate and involved in Price update

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Financial Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Was involved in the following phases of implementation including Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, and End user-training & Support.
• Regular Interaction with users to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements and Functional specifications.
• Was involved in analyzing the As-Is system and gathered functional requirements for the to-be system.
• Involved in configuring the functional process design built in Business Blueprint Phase.
• Involved in decision-making for the screen layout of Master Records including General Ledger, Vendor Master Record, Customer Master Record etc
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, Bank Account G/L Structure, Check Lots, Void Reason codes etc.
• Configured Vendor Groups & Assigned number ranges to vendor groups.
• Maintained Vendor Group Field Status for General Data, Company Code Data & Purchasing Data which reflected on the Vendor Master Records.
• Customized the Payment Program to in corporate Company Code Data, Paying Company Code Data, Country Payment Methods, Company Code Payment Methods, House Banks etc.
• Defined Reason codes, Customized Reason Code Conversion Versions & Mapped external reason codes to the defined reason codes to facilitate accountability for the underpayment and overpayment of incoming payments from customers.
• Maintained Employee Tolerance Groups & Customer Tolerance Groups.
• Configured chart of depreciation by country,depreciation areas, Assetclasses, assigning company codes to dep. Areas, creation of screen layouts and no. ranges,Asset document types,posting keys,Asset fiscalyear,creationof dep. Keys like ordinary depreciation. Creation of G/L accounts and determinedautomatic accountassignment,posting depreciationand interests to G/L account.
• Settings for Asset Classes, Depreciation Keys & legacy system postings, transaction types for retirement, transfers and acquisitions
• Customized Operating Chart of Accounts, Group Chart of Accounts & Country Chart of Accounts. Maintained the Operating Chart of Accounts by adding new G/L accounts as per the client’s requirements.
• Maintained Company Codes & Company Code Global Parameters.
• Configured G/L Account Groups, Field Status Variants/Groups & Retained Earnings Account.
• Customized G/L Display Configuration and Created New G/L accounts as per the Business Requirements.
• Integrated FI with MM & SD modules.
• In Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA), configured Profit center structure, Standard Hierarchy, Configured Profit center Master Data, assigned different Controlling Objects to Profit center Accounting.
• In Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA)Worked on Cost Centers, Activity Types, Statistical Key Figures, Cost Center Standard Hierarchy, and Cost Center Categories
• Defined Distribution, Assessment and periodic reposting using cycle segment method.
• Configured both costing based CO-PA and accounting based CO-PA, created Operating Concern with characteristics and value fields.
• Configured Costing Variant, Valuation Variant, Cost Component Split, Cost Component Structure, BOM and Route Settings.
• Defined Settlement Structures and Allocation Structure in Internal orders.

Confidential, Milwaukee,WI

SAP Support Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured the G/L accounts, Vendor and customer master data, defined the tax on sales and purchases, Tax accounts.
• Configured all business transactions for accounts payable and account receivables including the payment program configuration and automatic check payment advice and payment analysis printing, clearing of vendor and customer open items, bank master data, house banks for payment program, credit management, Periodic processing, correspondence.
• Configured the house banks, G/L accounts for Bank accounts and bank account reconciliation program.
• Defined forms of payment guarantee, defined and assigned payment guarantee, activated documentary payments per item category.
• Integration of MM and SD with FI account assignment.
• Configuration of Operating and Capital lease functionality
• Configured settings for Controlling Area and Operating Concern, maintained Versions.
• Configured Controlling area, Credit Control Area, Cost elements, Cost centers, Profit centers for CCA and PCA with Integration of FI with SD and MM modules.
• Creating Chart of Depreciation, Asset Classes, Assigning G/L account to asset classes, Screen layout for master data, depreciation Areas, Group Assets Configuration, Accounts for Posting Depreciation, Depreciation Key configuration, Acquisitions, Retirements, Transfers, Revaluation of Assets, Capitalization of Assets, assets data transfer
• Configuration & customizing Chart of Depreciation and its Assignment to Company Code.
• Performed integration testing, unit testing and production support.
• Configured Internal Order by maintaining Order Types, Screen Layouts, Order Groups, Status Management, Settlement Rules, Settlement Profile and Planning Profile.
• Configured costing based COPA, account based COPA, created characteristic and value fields, and configured valuation using product costing sheet.
• Configured master data, standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, distribution and assessments in CO-PCA.
• Configured settings for Controlling Area and Operating Concern, maintained Versions.
• Generation of reports using Report painter, Report writer and other SAP standard reports.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

SAP FICO CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Studied And Understood the Changes in the Standard SAP System for the new version and prepare change configuration scripts.
• Was a Team member of the customization and implementation group of the FI/CO Module
• Interacted with Business Users for Requirements Gathering and Analysis.
• Prepared a document of all the changes made, revised the Business Process Procedures (BPP’s) to facilitate the changes during the Upgrade.
• Supported all phases of a Project Life Cycle Including Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, and Deployment of Solutions, as well as Documentation, and End-User Training.
• Configuration of New G/L.
• Created Blue Print for New G/L, Plan of Migration, Tested and Performed Migration.
• Activated New General Ledger, Created Leading and Non Leading Ledgers for the different Company Codes.
• In Document Splitting defined Splitting Characteristics, and Activated Document Splitting.
• Activated Parallel Accounting for the Different Accounting Principles like US GAAP and other countries.
• Configured Product Cost Planning, Marking, Releasing the Cost Estimate in Price Updating.
• Defined Profit Center Hierarchy and Cost Center Hierarchy
• Configured Material Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure and calculated costs on Production Order.
• Configured Standard and Modified Cost Estimate and worked on Price Update.
• Configured Costing Variant, Valuation Variant, Cost Component Split, Cost Component Structure, BOM and Route Settings.
• In Cost Object Controlling configured Product Cost by Order, WIP calculation and Variance Analysis using Planned and Actual Costs
• Configured Cost Center Accounting (CCA), maintained standard hierarchy, created cost centers, primary cost element categories, secondary cost element categories, automatic cost element creation, manual cost element creation, activated reconciliation ledger.
• Defined Settlement Structures and Allocation Structure in Internal orders.
• Created Cost Center groups and Cost Centers, Primary and Secondary Cost Elements.
• Configured and customized Internal Orders, Order Types, Screen Layout, Substitution Rules, Overhead Costing Sheets and Settlement Profiles.
• Used Report Painter, Report Writer for reporting during the implementation of the project and developed reports.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

SAP FI CO consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved with all phases of implementation from development of business blueprint, conducting workshops, GAP Analysis, and configured the system for implementation of Cost center Accounting, Profit center Accounting, Profitability Analysis, Product Costing.
• The project involved detailed study of the entire accounting operations, studying the current business process, organization structure finalizing and mapping & configuring of to-be Business process and providing necessary support
• Configured credit control area, cost elements, cost centers, profit centers.
• Configured costing based COPA, account based COPA, created characteristic and value fields, and configured valuation using product costing sheet.
• Worked Extensively on Derivation Techniques, authorizations using Profile generator, characteristic hierarchy.
• Maintained overhead cost elements, defined costing sheets, allocations and settlements in CO
• Defined internal orders, order types, planning and settlement profile.
• Configured master data, standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, distribution and assessments in CO-PCA.
• Configured operating concern attributes and COPA settlement structure with the settlement rules to populate the values in the value fields in COPA.
• Extensively worked on product costing, cost estimate updates, costing run
• Configured the house banks, G/L accounts for Bank accounts and bank account reconciliation program and Defined forms of payment guarantee, defined and assigned payment guarantee, activated documentary payments per item category.
• Maintained number ranges for settlement and controlling documents, and for variance documents, used report painter and report writer.
• Customized General Ledger Accounting, Accounts Receivables and Accounts payable.
• Created Bank Master data, House banks, EDI, ERS, G/L accounts for each bank account and Reconciliation accounts for vendors, customers and assets.
• Configured automatic payment program for payments to vendors, created check lots, voided checks for payment blockage, and reissue of destroyed checks.
• Designed and configured Asset Management to carry out business transactions like acquisitions, retirement, transfers, depreciation calculation, write-offs and post capitalization.
• Configured Global Settings for Company code, Fiscal year variant, Chart of accounts, posting periods variant, field status variants and field status groups.
• Configured Account groups and retained earning accounts to create GL Master.
• Integration of MM and SD with FI accounts assignment and appropriation request, investment measure in Investment Management.
• Configured both costing based CO-PA and accounting based CO-PA, created characteristics and value fields, used various derivation techniques and rules and configured valuation using Product costing and Costing sheet.
• Configured and customized the basic settings for Profit Center Accounting. Maintained profit center hierarchy, assignments, CO-Objects to Profit Centers, distribution and assessment of costs, planning and development of Reports.
• Configured master data, standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, Distribution and Assessment cycles in CO-PCA.
• Extensively worked on Product Costing (CO-PC) period ending activities such as WIP calculations, Variance calculations, Settlements of process orders, cost estimates updates, costing run, mark and release for updating the price in material records, display reports and so on.

Confidential, Calhoun, GA

SAP FI CO CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Provided extensive production support pertaining to all issues related to FI and CO.
• Worked closely with management team for gathering client requirements and implementing same.
• Coordinated test scenarios to ensure smooth migration to production environment.
• Configured both costing based CO-PA and account based CO-PA, created characteristics and value fields, used various derivation techniques and rules, configured valuation using product costing and costing sheet.
• Worked on G/L Master records, document number ranges, posting period variants, tolerance groups, reversal of documents, opening and closing periods, field status variants, validation, substitution, currency translations, document types and posting keys.
• Creation of depreciation area, Asset Classes, Creation of Asset Master Records, Asset Transfers, Asset Retirement, Asset Scrapping, Screen Layout rule, settlement of Assets under Construction.
• Maintain Depreciation Keys, Multi Level methods, Integration with GL accounts, Fixed assets, number ranges, Legacy Assets Transfer using LSMW tool.
• Period closing and transferring data to next periods, Providing Depreciation on assets using Depreciation Run, financial statement versions, trial balance, closing down procedures, reports
• Involved in configuring the settings for CO-CEA, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, Internal Orders, and COPA.
• Worked on Allocation using cycle segment method for periodic reposting, distribution and assessments for costs to product line cost centers.
• Defined Internal orders, order types, planning profiles, Budget Profile and settlement profile.
• Created test plans and conducted unit-testing, Integration testing, system testing and coordinated testing with trading partners.