PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 12 years of extensive functional experience in SAP FI/CO best practices encompassing eight projects, Three of which are full life cycle implementation from blue printing, realization, go live to production support.
• I have been part of Implementations, Development & Production support projects and exposure includes preparation of Project Blueprint, Configuration, Unit &Integration Testing, Training, Documentation and Production support.
• Specific focus is on S/4 HANA as applied to Finance(FI) and Controlling(CO), Simple Finance AKA S/4 HANA Finance(Versions 1503, 1511 and 1610), and Process Integration areas of SAP. Provide innovation and generate business value for customers on the latest SAP HANA platform. Participated in multiple end - to-end implementation and roll-out projects using ASAP methodology, and in various support roles.
• Responsible for business and system solutions, design and document methodologies, configuration of S/4HANA FI & CO functional module, integration processes, conduct workshops, user training and continued support during the projects.
• Excellent configuration and training skills in General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, & Internal Orders.
• Experienced in SAP FIORI App configuration for IOS and Android devices.
• Extensive experience in Procure to Pay (P2P), Record to Report (RTR) and Order to Cash (OTC) processes.
• Excellent understanding of Business Processes relating to SAP Finance (FI), Controlling (CO) and Integration with SD, PP, MM & SAP CRM modules. Strong knowledge in GAAP and SOX Act.
• Experience in reports, conversions, interfaces, enhancements & forms (RICEF).
• Project management experience with Microsoft Project includes managing timelines, resources, prioritizing activities, monitoring milestones, Gantt chart analysis, and Critical factors and reworking the project to changing project scope, timelines and resources availability. Other project management skills include managing team issue logs, Conducting Blueprint Workshops, using MS Power Point, MS Excel.
• Extensive knowldge on ETL(DATA Extract, Transform and Load) with SSIS and Informatica tools.
• Experience working with an integrated team of onsite, onshore and offshore resources.
• Experience in SAP TAO(Test Acceleration and optimization). E2E test process using BPT (Business Process Testing) under Solution Manager.
• Experience in creation of test components using SAP TAO, execute test cases in SAP system and upload to HP QC and HP ALM.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• ERP System: SAP 4.6c, 4.7, and ECC 6.0
• S/4 HANA: Finance (SFin 2.0, 1503, 1511 and 1610 ).
• SAP Financial: General Ledger/New General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Banking, Special Purpose Ledger, Funds Management, Sales and Distribution, Material Management and material ledger.
• Controlling: Cost Element/Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing (CO-PC), Profit Center Accounting (CO-PCA) and Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• Applications: MS Visio, MS Access, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Platforms: Dos, Microsoft Windows 95/98, 2000/NT/XP, Vista, Windows 7.0
• Database: My SQL, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Secaucus, New Jersey

Lead - SAP FI/CO S/4 Hana Finance Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and Business Processes and mapped them with SAP.
• Regularly interacted with users to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements and Functional specifications.
• Conducted GAP analysis , document findings, evaluated scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customization.
• Configured chart of accounts, account groups, field status groups, and posting keys, assigned these variants to company codes, created GL Master records, reconciliation accounts for sub-ledgers, document types, number ranges, invoices and payments, tolerance groups , automatic account assignments, GL display (line item layouts, special fields, sort variants, totals variants) and financial statement version.
• Configured New Asset Accounting, Chart of Depreciation , Asset Capitalization , Post Capitalization.
• Created integrated asset acquisition and defined account assignment type for Asset Account, Account Assignment Objects for the Depreciation Areas.
• Created Asset Master Data , Accounting Principles , Depreciation Run , Asset Scrapping , Asset Retirement , Lease Asset with Down Payment and without down Payment
• SAP FIORI App configuration for IOS and Android devices.
• Configured areas of AP , House Banks and Automatic Payment program (APP). Involved in optimizing bank details for wire payments, check lots, void reason codes and clearing inter-company vendor/customer open items.
• Managed multiple ledgers within the general ledger according to the client requirements, worked on parallel accounting model following the rules of New GL .
• Configured the system to deduct a cash discount for payment of fixed asset invoice automatically and in real time, to the corresponding asset.
• Configured setting for revaluation of fixed assets, normal depreciation run and posting of asset acquisition.
• Configuration of SAP CRM with SAP S/4 Hana Finance.
• Handed SAP finance related tickets to find the possible solution of problems.
• Prepared Month End activities for managerial reporting purposes.
• Interaction with client business users for gathering and analysis of requirements, written functional specifications.
• Involved in complete SDLC project management activities
• Responsibilities included the design, configuration, and implementation of the Controlling module.
• Performed requirement collection and analysis for PS module a
• Configured WBS elements, networks and various business scenarios in PS
• Developed test scenarios and Performed unit and integration testing
• Assisted in developing job aids, transaction aids and quick reference guides
• Developed configuration scripts.
• Involved in Period-end-closing activities.
• Assisted in the preparation of Integration test scripts for testing the data for outbound and inbound data.

Confidential, Beaverton, OR

Lead - SAP FI/CO & S4 Hana Simple Finance Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and Business Processes and mapped them with SAP.
• Regularly interacted with users to ensure proper understanding of the Business Requirements and Functional specifications.
• Configured chart of accounts, account groups, field status groups, and posting keys, assigned these variants to company codes, created GL Master records, reconciliation accounts for sub-ledgers, document types, number ranges, invoices and payments, tolerance groups, automatic account assignments, GL display (line item layouts, special fields, sort variants, totals variants) and financial statement version.
• Configured areas of AP, House Banks and Automatic Payment program (APP). Involved in optimizing bank details for wire payments, check lots, void reason codes and clearing inter-company vendor/customer open items.
• SAP FIORI App configuration for IOS and Android devices
• Worked with MM processes like Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV), credit debit memos, maintaining Material master data, material groups, purchasing groups, purchasing info records, MM Pricing procedures, etc.
• Involved in designing SAP Simple Finance solution for client on SAP S/4HANA platform and implementing the S4Hana 1503 (SFin 2.0) on premises edition.
• Successfully configured and tested GL, AP, AR, Controlling/Planning as part of SAP Accounting powered by HANA Add-on, Cash Management S/4 HANA Add-on, and Fixed Assets modules in SFIN2.0 - S/4HANA Finance and SAP HANA specific Fiori apps.
• Configured the system to deduct a cash discount for payment of fixed asset invoice automatically and in real time, to the corresponding asset.
• Configured setting for revaluation of fixed assets, normal depreciation run and posting of asset acquisition.
• Handed SAP finance related tickets to find the possible solution of problems.
• Prepared Month End activities for managerial reporting purposes.
• Interaction with client business users for gathering and analysis of requirements, written functional specifications.
• Design and configured Company Code for USA/Mexico, Cost Center Hierarchy, Profit Center Hierarchy, Inventory Process from procurement to production and dispatch from Mexico Plant.
• Design and Configure SAP FI- GL, AP (Procurement-to-pay), AR (Order-to-Cash Process), Banking, Integration for SAP FI/CO with MM/IM, SD, PP as per business process.
• Configured and changes Fiscal Year Variant for client as per business requirement and checked for integration with SAP MM/SD/PP Module for Fiscal Year Variant change.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr. SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and documented business requirements by conducting meetings with key users and drafted business blueprint documentation. Performed gap analysis, documented and prototyped between current business practices and standard SAP functionality
• Designed and configured Enterprise structure with multiple company codes (3 company codes), chart of accounts, reconciliation. Accounts, fiscal year variant, created terms of payment and interest calculation configuration, and reason code creation. Trained users in creating and printing sales orders and bills.
• Integrated A/P and A/R modules in FI with MM and SD respectively , provided configuration support in MM, SD integration for account determination of MM (Procure-to-Pay), and SD (Order-to-Cash).
• Responsible for year-end close and reconciliation of sub-ledger like A/R, A/P and Fixed Asset.
• Developed entire Reporting for FI/CO environment (Multi-company/Multi currency/Consolidation Reports).
• Configured automatic payment program for vendors and trained accounts payable users in automatic payment program, vendor check printing and creating master data. Configured FI-AP parameters for the paying and sending company, house banks and payment methods. Configured vendor down payment process and trained users in creating, posting down payment and posting vendor invoice with the down payment request.
• Configured setting for revaluation of fixed assets, normal depreciation run and posting of asset acquisition.
• Developed documentation for end users, end user training.
• Creating Milestones and assigning them to WBS Elements and Activities
• Proficient in using Project Builder, Project Planning Board and Special Maintenance Functions.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Lead: SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Created integrated asset acquisition and defined account assignment type for Asset Account, Account Assignment Objects for the Depreciation Areas.
• Configured CO enterprise structure. Created cost center hierarchy, cost elements (primary and secondary). Defined activity types and statistical key figures for calculation of overheads.
• Configured COPA characteristics & value fields. Created reports out of profitability segments.
• Configuring the basic settings, maintaining profit center hierarchy, dummy profit center, assignments, CO-objects to Profit Centers, distribution and assessment of costs, planning and development of reports. Created profit center hierarchy and profit centers.
• Gathered and documented business requirements by conducting meetings with key users and drafted business blueprint documentation. Performed gap analysis, documented and prototyped between current business practices and standard SAP functionality
• Designed and configured Enterprise structure with multiple company codes, chart of accounts, reconciliation. Accounts, fiscal year variant, created terms of payment and interest calculation configuration, and reason code creation. Trained users in creating and printing sales orders and bills.
• Configured and documented cross modular integration of FI/CO with Sales and Distribution (SD), Material Management (MM) and Human Resource (HR) and Payroll. Assigned G/L accounts to wage types (&symbolic accounts) and cost centers to various positions in HR, dealing with 3rd party vendors. Assigned G/L accounts to valuation classes in MM and for revenue recognition in SD.
• Integrated A/P and A/R modules in FI with MM and SD respectively , provided configuration support in MM, SD integration for account determination of MM (Procure-to-Pay), and SD (Order-to-Cash).
• Responsible for year-end close and reconciliation of sub-ledger like A/R, A/P and Fixed Asset.
• Developed entire Reporting for FI/CO environment (Multi-company/Multi currency/Consolidation Reports).
• Configured automatic payment program for vendors and trained accounts payable users in automatic payment program, vendor check printing and creating master data. Configured FI-AP parameters for the paying and sending company, house banks and payment methods. Configured vendor down payment process and trained users in creating, posting down payment and posting vendor invoice with the down payment request.

Confidential, Oakland, CA

Lead Consultant - SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP FI/CO Consultant for trouble shooting of the day to day problems
• Responsible for solving tickets in GL AP, AR, Asset Accounting and Banking in FI area and cost center accounting, Profit center, Internal order and Project System in CO area.
• Interacted with Business users wherever required for getting resolved the tickets.
• Solution provided for various change requests on the priority bases.
• Impact analysis and conflict management documents prepared for the change request.
• Business Signoff for the development changes
• Configured and customized FI - AP - APP and Dunning Programs.
• Prepared functional spec for various forms and reports.
• Performed unit testing and integration testing for Asset Accounting, AP, AP, and CCA.
• Extensively exposed to integration issues of FI with MM, and SD

Confidential

Consultant - SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• . Customizing and Configuring Chart of Accounts, Account Groups, Assigning Chart of Accounts to Company Codes, Templates for Configuring Recurring Entries in GL Postings, Document Types, Number Ranges, Tolerance Groups, Field Status Groups, Posting Keys, Document Reversals, Invoices and Payments,
• Processing incoming payments & applying it to account, with Types (full, partial or residual).
• Maintained accounting clerks and generate account statements and other periodic correspondence. Defined payment terms and interest calculation.
• Defined employee and customer tolerance groups Configuration of Bills of Exchange and down payment process. Created primary and secondary cost elements and cost element groups.
• Configured Tolerance limits for customers and managed A/R reconciliation account for sub-ledgers for customers.
• Imparted User-training on FI-GL, AR and AP processes Accountable to the organization for the development and organization of all the matters related to FI (G/L, A/P, A/R, AM) and CO end users, including creation, editing and maintenance of documentation.
• Development of Document Management Plan; including tracking database, policies, Procedures and ISO 9000 requirements for the maintenance of training documentation.
• Assisting Project Leader in management of internal and external matters related to global
• SAP implementation.
• Accountable for all tasks related to the creation and maintenance of training materials.
• Also accountable for the delegation and completion of all tasks relating to training materials.
• Prepared and coached functional team members in the instruction of SAP material.
• Retrieved SAP authorization objects to assist in the development of security profiles.
• Revised methodology pertaining to the final phase of end user training program.

Confidential

Lead Consultant - SAP FI/CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible of FI/CO module implementation of global template design & development for FI and CO module considering global as well as diverse business process requirements of client, responsible for quality delivery of solution implementation & deployment, Analysis and study of functional/technical feasibility of user requirement
• Assisting technical consultants in Developing of reports
• Configuration Finance - General ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Asset Accounting and Bank, Controlling - Cost center Accounting, Profit center Accounting and Internal Order
• Participated in decision-making for the screen layout of Master Records including General Ledger, Vendor Master Record, and Customer Master Record 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
• Maintained Employee Tolerance Groups & Customer Tolerance Groups
• Configured and Customized Customer master data, Debtor management, Customer payments, Customer invoice processing, Order to cash process, Finance documents Global settings (Posting Keys, payment terms), Dunning, Reporting for new company codes
• Created new correspondence types for Payment advices, customer account statement and rebate document, which enabled business to communicate efficiently with Customers
• In Account Receivable (AR), worked on various support issues like investigating blocked billing document from SD and identifying the root cause of it
• Configured Revenue Account Determination In FI-SD Integration
• Implemented SAP notes as suggested by SAP for our OSS messages to fix standard SAP issues
• Gathered business requirements and Coordinated with technical consultant for development of new Reports required by user and for modification of programs
• Extensively worked in a Multi-Currency Environment. Configured the Automatic Postings for Foreign Currency Valuation and Account Determination for Currency Translation
• Configured House Banks, Bank Accounts, Bank Account G/L Structure, Check Lots, Void Reason codes etc.

Confidential

Consultant - SAP FI/CO

Responsibilities:

• Configuration Finance - GL and AP, Controlling - CC Accounting, PC Accounting and cost element accounting
• Creation of Company code, credit control area, FM area, Business area, Taxes procedure assignment and integrating with FI and SD Module
• Customized Currency details maintained exchange rate spreads and defined conversion factors
• Customizing Enterprise Structure and General Ledger settings extending to the new co. code, extending customization of House banks, setting up Automatic payment program, Dunning and Credit management for the new company codes

Confidential

Consultant - SAP FI/CO

Responsibilities:

• Implementation experience covering design, configuration, testing, conversion and training
• Responsible of FI/CO module implementation of global template design & development for FI and CO module considering global as well as diverse business process requirements of client
• Reviewed existing reports and determined changes to be made in light of changes to organizational hierarchy
• Configured AP/AR, document postings, GL recurring entries, accrual deferral documents, and month -end closings
• Configured payment terms for Dunning, Over-Due Interest calculations for Down Payments and Automatic Clearing of line items and for posting net payment amounts for Cash Discounts after calculation of Cash Discounts, Under & Over Payments, write-offs and Reason Codes
• Customized bank related accounting, bank master data, house banks and G/L accounts in different currencies for each bank account and Electronic Bank Statement (EBS)
• Configured and Customized Cash Budget Management (cash flow) including commitment management
• Configuration of Vendor Master, House Bank, Automatic Payment Program, Down Payments and Configuration of Customer Master with setting Terms of Payment for installment payments, Dunning, Interest Calculation, Reserve for Bad Debts
• Configured Allocation Cycles (Assessments & Distributions), IO Settlements using Solution Manager
• Extensively worked on PCA restructuring & enhancements to enable management reporting
• Worked with the business users to collect requirements to maintain Profit centers, profit center Hierarchies, Transfer of historic balances from MM/FI to PCA, reconciliation with GL accounts and created custom reports for producing financial statements profit center wise through Report painter and month end closing operations

Confidential

Consultant - SAP FICO

Responsibilities:

• Configuration Finance - GL and AP, Controlling - CC Accounting, PC Accounting and cost element accounting
• Creation of Company code, credit control area, FM area, Business area, Taxes procedure assignment and integrating with FI and SD Module
• Customized Currency details maintained exchange rate spreads and defined conversion factors
• Customizing Enterprise Structure and General Ledger settings extending to the new co. code, extending customization of House banks, setting up Automatic payment program, Dunning and Credit management for the new company codes