PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Having 10 - 12 years of professional experience in business analysis, accounting and information systems domain, with 9 years of experience as SAP FICO Consultant in implementation, maintenance and support projects.
• Extensive experience on SAP Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO) and their sub modules (FI-G/L, A/P, A/R, AA, IM; CO-CCA, CO-OM, CO-PA, EC- Confidential ) and PS.
• Extensive experience in Design, Configuration and all other aspects of the PS module.
• Extensive experience with integration of FI/CO modules with MM, SD, PS, Confidential, COPA.
• Extensive Experience in OTC and P2P processes.
• New General Ledger / Classical GL: Activation of New GL Accounting, Define ledger for GL Accounting, Integrating the GL with subcomponents, Document splitting, Segmentation and Parallel Accounting, Controlling Component Transfer postings, Integration with Asset accounting.
• Proficient in following Change Management process and understanding of different types of Changes and extensive experience working with Release Management.
• Working knowledge in SAP Workflow and SAP REACH Compliance.
• Excellent knowledge in Regulations with SOX and FDA.
• Experience in settlements of AUC through Investment Management.
• Experience in Revenue Recognition (SAP-RAR).
• Hands on experience in Ariba, Coupa and VIM(Vendor Invoice Management).
• Hands on experience in writing Functional Specifications.
• Proficient in Month End and Year End Activities. Experience in SAP Closing Cockpit and CTM.
• Working knowledge in MDG (Master Data Governance) and master data processes.
• Exposure in Foreign Currency Valuations.
• Knowledge in integration to SWIFT and banks. Knowledge in SAP Treasury and Risk Management Core Process.
• End-End experience in credit card settlements.
• Product Costing - Estimation of product costs in integration with PP and MM modules, WIP calculation and variance settlement
• Experience working in Power Plant to create Unit Estimates and the knowledge of I/R/E percentage split calculations to calculate for Budget Categories for IM.
• Experience in mapping business requirements, understanding business processes, study, analyze work flow to design solutions.
• Analyzed data and BW capabilities to build relevant financial, operational, and strategic reporting views.
• Hands-on experience in using Reporting tools like SAP Query, Report Painter/ Report Writer and Drill Down Reports which used for analysis, performance, accounts history, and day to day business processes.
• Involved and assisted in creating User Exits, Smart Forms, LSMW, ALE, and IDOCS.
• Configured EDI, Partner Profiles, Idocs.
• Experience in Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, Variance tracking, Internal Order Budgeting.
• Excellent communication skills that help me quickly grasp business requirements and translate them to functional specifications.
• Experienced in conducting meetings, working with the business and technical people and ensuring that requirements are captured correctly and solutions have been vetted and documented.
• Conducted workshops with the users to train them on creating the master data like GL's, Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Internal Orders, WBS's etc..
• Knowledge in US GAAP and IFRS.
• Strong experience in ASAP methodology, creating BRD’s, configuration documents and test scripts.
• Proven ability to work independently and in team environments.
• Understanding of BPC with some support experience.
• Interacted with BI team relating to data extracts used in various activities.
• Good understanding of Databases and basic knowledge in SQL.
• Capable of understanding ABAP Code and work with development teams effectively to translate the functional requirements.

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Skills: SAP FI/CO, Project Systems (PS), SD, Closing Cockpit, Ariba, Coupa, Concur, Dolphin, Taulia, Backline, JD Edwards, Open Text - VIM, Vertex, Akritiv, SAP Workflow, Power Plant, Yardi, SharePoint Office Server

Processes: Confidential s SDMS, Clear Quest & RPM, Remedy, Service Now

QA Tools: HPQC

Microsoft Office: Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP FICO/PS/SD Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• This project includes roll-out of FI, CO, SD, PS and Vertex modules.
• Key role was to Document “Business Decisions “and Design accordingly.
• Configured AP, AR, Fixed Assets, CO, PS Modules as per Business Requirements.
• Documented the Configurations and sent for approvals from Management team
• Designed the Project Structure using SAP PS and prepared a process flow for the client.
• Configured the Project System Module which includes Project profiles, Planning, Budget Profiles, Status profiles and Planning Layouts, Operational Structures,
• Conduct several sessions training the business on WBS structure set up which included training n various methods of Project structure set up.
• Review legacy systems data - identify data to be migrated, cleansed, and map data to SAP PS by Project type.
• Design and configuration of costing-based Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
• Maintained Operating Concern and Controlling Area, Characteristics, Characteristic Derivation, Value fields, and Profitability Segment Characteristics.
• In COPA Planning maintained Planning Versions, Quantity Fields, Planning Framework, and Receiver Plan Version. In Actual posting maintained Value Field Groups, Assign Quantity FieldsMaintain PA Transfer Structure, Automatic Account Assignment, and Assign PA Transfer Structure to Settlement Profile.
• In COPA Reporting configured Report Line Structures, Variables for Reports, Forms for Profitability Reports (KE34), and Created Profitability Report (KE31).
• Built test scripts for each test cycle, involving simple t-code testing to string testing and end to end testing. Migration and master data loads were incorporated into the test scripts
• Training sessions conducted on Cost Planning and various methods that can be used, Activity Type/Price, Revenue Planning, Budgeting as the data became available.
• Conducted several trainings sessions on FI, CO, PS, and Closing Process, and prepared user-training manuals and power-points presentations to explain the process.
• Involved in setting up Vertex for tax calculations and also trained the team on how the tax calculations are done using Vertex and helped in resolving any tax discrepancies.
• Trained the team in CO concepts and functions like in setting up cost centers, internal orders, activity types, setting up settlement rules in internal orders. WBS’s etc., setting up Assessment Cycles, how to repost costs using KB11N and manual cost allocation for posting secondary costs using KB15N and to upload this data, provided extensive training on using KP06 (Primary costs planning) and KP26 (Plan Activity Output),
• Trained the team on basic SD functions like creating a Sales Order, run billing, set up contracts, billing, generate the accounting documents.
• Conducted training on Material Groups, Material Master and uploading LEGACY Materials into SAP.
• Completed the Cut-Over activities for legacy data migration into SAP.
• Created the process flow documents for AS-IS and TO-BE by module.
• Worked with the teams to establish a process in SAP per module.
• Helped the AP team in setting up new vendors, run automatic payment program. Worked with them to generate the different payment files ( IDOC, EDI 820, XML files…) as per the requirements of the bank.
• Involved in data migration from legacy to SAP system using LSMWs.
• Helped the teams prepare and validate Migration Data for GL, AP, AR, FA, PS and SD.
• Support the teams after Go-Live, on daily activities, Month-End and Year-End Closing Activities.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on end-to-end VIM implementation, the Open Text VIM 7.5 solution for SAP for handling invoices received from multiple sources includes EDI, Paper and email attachments. It also involves supporting the multiple inbound and outbound interfaces for payment files from multiple channels for different payment transactions.
• Worked on vendor invoicing solution by working closely with the business to map the business processes & identify gaps.
• Responsible for landscape design, OpenText VIM system configuration.
• PO invoice processing
• NPO invoice processing
• Workflow for NPO invoices
• Integration with Vertex.
• Lead the blueprinting sessions and created functional specs, VIM Business rules Swim lanes.
• Extensively worked on configuring VIM: DP document types, Archive Document types, BDC procedures with function modules, Process types, Process options, Document Processing, Invoice Approval Process, Parked Invoice resolution, Blocked Invoice resolution.
• Configuration of the VIM product based on the FDD which includes: Archivelink document types, content repositories, custom parking reasons, process types, duplicate check logic, BDC procedures.
• Worked with basis team and provided guidance on the installation, post installation activities.
• Responsible for supporting OpenText-VIM, Workflows issues in invoice approvals, as well as for any Enhancements etc.
• Key contact for IT Finance for month-end support, Maintenance issues, Support and Enhancements in the areas of GL, ZOption, AP, AP-Workflow, AR, AA, CO, FICA, FSCM.
• Responsible for Vertex support with any tax issues.
• Experience in EDI configuration and setup.
• Configured Lockboxes and worked with bank and EDI team and tested the functionality End-End.
• Supported the credit cards payment issues, settlements, batch jobs etc.
• Support issues related to Revenue Recognition in Lease Contracts.
• Worked remotely with teams/users in different countries and time zones to resolve the issues.
• Key member for all the design, configuration and documentation for Finance projects.
• Follow the Change Management process diligently where significant changes required authorization at different points in the lifecycle of changes. Worked on different types of Changes including Emergency Changes, worked very closely with Release Management team. Attended the CAB meetings to represent the Changes to be moved by the Finance team.
• Trained the offshore team end to end process from creating an Incident to closing the Incident which includes a Change with the required approvals and managed the Offshore Team.
• Involved in a Banking Conversion project and Working Capital Improvement project and a product line separation project.
• Work as a key member in implementation of BuySmart (Coupa - Procurement Tool) in the North American Region.
• Part of Ethics and Compliance Monitoring tool implementation team.

Confidential, Irvine, CA

SAP FICO Configuration Lead

Responsibilities:

• Working in the IT Divison as Onsite Lead as well as Project Manager - SAP Support and Maintenance team.
• Identify and gather requirements by interacting with various business teams, senior management and provide solutions in the AP - MM areas.
• Involved in defining business requirements for Enhancements to creating of change requests, and coordinating the production validations with the users.
• Worked on the documentation of the Changes and Change Management process.
• Work with the development team to convert the requirements into working objects, test them, document and work with business on UATs
• Involved in end to end invoice processing from scanning, invoice approval routing and invoice posting by helping business with any issues encountered during this process.
• Involved in applying SAP Notes with the help of basis team for additional duplicate checks between Cr Memos between FI & LIV.
• Working on the dolphin mobility apps to approve invoices.
• Was involved in the Expense report and Check Request projects, which includes using HR tables.
• Key member in the Escheatment project, involved in AS-IS, TO-BE meetings. Create Vizio flow chart for the TO-BE design.
• Working on Fixed Assets Support issues like depreciation posting issues, asset history sheet, retirements, specs for custom reports etc... generated reports using Report Painter.
• Key member of the team in converting the existing incoming interfaces from BDC to BAPIs. Responsibilities include preparing the functional specs to testing these interfaces end-end, understand the interface issues and documenting the results and working with users in their UAT testing.

Confidential

Sr.SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working in the SAP Support and Maintenance team.
• Provide solutions to the month end issues to the business team.
• Create and maintain Product Hierarchy and Profit Center Hierarchy. Upload Profit Center Hierarchy and Profit Centers using LSMW.
• Work with the users to build custom reports required for their convenience in running day to day business activities.
• Configured Profitability Analysis such as maintaining Characteristics & Value fields and setting up of Operating Concern, assigning Value fields and Quantity fields for flow of Actual values., transfer during billing structures, and PA structures. Involved in defining number ranges for planning data, maintaining versions and setting up of Planning framework and PA transfer structure.
• User CO-PA to Report profitability by Customer, Product and Market.
• Created P&L statements CO-PA reporting tools.
• Generated reports using tools like Report Writer, Report Painter.
• Configuration of default profit center for Additional Balance sheet and Profit & Loss accounts. Defined Derivative rules to derive the default profit center for additional Balance sheet and P & L accounts.
• Configured the Product costing module. Configured Product Cost Planning (CO-PC-PCP) and Cost Object Controlling (CO-PC-OBJ). Releasing Process Orders, Cost Split, Cost and Valuation Variants, Costing Sheet, Costing Run, Simultaneous Costing, Final Costing, Price Transfer/Update, Confirmation/Settlement and Period-End closing. Calculated Overheads, Work in Process (WIP), variances and settlement. Cost Component Layout with multiple cost component views, additive cost and special procurements. Work on foreign currency revaluations.
• Coordinate with the Off-shore team on the tickets assigned to the Finance team.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• This is a data migration project for Release II of SAP implementation, which involved travel to Germany.
• Conducted the workshops with the business team to discuss the data requirements on various sub-modules of Finance like General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Asset Accounting and Controlling Areas.
• Discuss the extraction of the master data from the legacy system, like required fields, optional data etc...
• Processed to the format required for uploads into the SAP system.
• Created Master data like additional Profit Centers, Cost Centers, and Vendors in the new system.
• Involved in the cut over activities for Release I of SAP Implementation.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Ariba is a cloud based B2B sourcing and procurement market place where buyers and sellers can do business within a single networked structure.
• Part of ARIBA implementation project for Confidential . We have implemented Discount Pro, P.O. and Invoice Automation, Invoice Pro, Procure to Pay Pro and Contracts Pro modules.
• Designed and provided the logic to tech team to develop custom programs to extract the master data in ECC to upload in ARIBA.
• Automated the sending of master data from ECC to ARIBA using ARIBA integration tool kit.
• Prepared the payment terms, tax code lookup and tax rate files to upload in ARIBA.
• Prepared and executed the test scripts for ARIBA P2P, Invoice Pro and Discount Pro modules.
• As part of cutover activities, configured EDI Idoc settings in PROD for inbound invoice Idocs from ARIBA system.
• Worked with the Change/Release Management team closely to follow the schedule to moves the Changes with all the approvals and the documentation completed.
• Key member of Investment Management implementation team, involved in designing the structure, creating the upload templates for users and then the configuration.
• Built the IM Hierarchies for Capital Projects and O&M Expenditures and also carry forwarded IM Hierarchies. Updated the O&M Hierarchy to match the Cost Center Hierarchy.
• Reconciled Capital Baseline Reports with IM Budget Variance Reports and reconciled Cost Center Report to Budget Variance Report for O&M Expenditures.
• For Capital Projects reconciliation used Power Plant to reconcile the differences between the BI and IM Reports. Used the functional knowledge of Power Plant with interfaces to ECC.
• Reviewed, modified and updated the FDS’s for multiple IM Custom Programs like Work Order Assignment, Universal Object Assignment, Budget Variance Report etc.
• Built test scripts for IM Custom objects, tested these objects and worked with technical team to get the bugs fixed and to break-fix the codes.
• Created notifications for Simple Request, Break fixes and worked with the QA teams to meet the requirements to send in the notifications on time.
• Worked with Power Plant (Fixed Assets) and PI teams to send in the Master Data into SAP through the interfaces. Worked extensively with PI team on a day-day basis.
• Worked on creating, scheduling and including the Batch jobs in the CTM for daily runs after the initial Master Data upload from Power Plant to SAP.
• Trained End Users on using IM Custom Objects.
• Created KT documents for IM.
• Created IM test data for PPM Project, part of which was to create Unit Estimates in Power Plant for WO’s and use the interfaces to send the data from SAP to Power Plant and Vice Versa and also did the Production Validations.
• Supported Interfaces Production Support issues for P2P, like reconciling credit card statements, uploading missing credit card transactions, working with PI team to retrieve the missing bank and credit card files after failed interface runs.
• Involved in support issues with bank payment files for Check thru EDI, ACH, Wires, and Positive Pay files.
• Provided business users with Consignment Invoices, travel and expense invoices.
• Configured WHT at payments for Confidential .
• Configured automatic payment program settings to generate PAYEXT (payment), REMADV (remit) and EUPEXR (control) SAP Idocs when payments made to vendors using transaction code F110.
• Worked on clearing of old GR/IR open items.
• Configured new dunning procedure for new company code.
• Extracted the master data from the tables and processed to the format required for uploads into the new SAP instance.
• Created Master data like additional Profit Centers, Cost Centers, and Vendors in the new system.
• G/L Conversion and Vendor balances upload.
• Bank configurations.
• Built PC and CC Hierarchy using SAP ALMOST.
• Involved in Cutover activities like uploading of monthly G/L balances for 2013 for BS and P&L accounts, vendor balances, payroll posting etc..
• Production validations - G/L balances and vendor balances.
• Provided Production Support.
• Responsible for setting up Assessment cycles in test environment as well as Production tested and analyzed the cycles.
• Responsible for working on costing sheets, calculating residuals looked up different activity types to analyze the monthly residuals.
• Responsible for testing Order Group enhancement to identify orders and their bases for overheads.
• In depth testing of the Assessment cycles and documentation of the testing performed in HP.
• Involved in developing a custom Commitment Report to capture all the commitments on time.
• Reviewed current business process for Commitments, analyzed the gaps and participated in redesign analysis discussion meetings and developed a functional spec. for the technical team to develop this report which would capture the commitments on a timely manner.
• Develop test plans, cases, scripts, as well as the technical and process flow documentations according to the adopted methodology.

Confidential, Boise, ID

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, change control, aspects of the project.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer, provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.
• Resolve numerous FI/CO post-production support issues (primarily cash applications and lockbox processes and cost accounting reconciliation to the FI G/L) which involved working directly with the customer and SAP customer service reps via the SapNet tool and applying OSS notes.
• Worked on Asian country (Japan, Singapore, China, Taiwan & Malaysia) tax procedures, worked on electronic payments and HSBC adapter engine for China ect...
• Worked on City Bank (Smine) encryption process for European countries.
• Worked on ACH, Wires and Check payments for US.
• During Upgrade participated in SPAU and SPDD activities. Code remediation and replacing the obsolete Function Modules .Also handled Unicode activities.
• Assigned Document splitting procedure and Parallel ledgers (special ledgers) as per US GAAP and local GAAP for new company code.
• As a part of support understood and followed the processes that were there in support. Handling the Incidents and making it resolved without time breach.
• Working on change request and delivering within the time. Interacting with the client for the new requirement or for any incidents raised by them

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP FICO Lead

Responsibilities:

• Assist project managers from previous projects with short term tasks: data mapping, created master data and transactional data for test purposes.
• New GL: Designed and assigned Leading ledger, activated document splitting in the company codes. Currency valuation, Parallel currencies model, Segment reporting, Periodic Processing and integration
• Involved in Lockbox configurations, configured invoice/credit memos, posting of manual incoming payments, processing vendor debit balances and tolerances
• Integration testing - AR invoice upload, entering AP invoices, running payments, providing user training etc.
• Worked in OTC integration with FICO from Sales Order to Billing.
• Customized and implemented the revenue recognition, including the customization for FI accounts for unbilled and deferred revenue.
• Fixed Assets: End to end process of Purchase to Retire an Asset, which involved chart of depreciation, Depreciation Area, Asset classes, depreciation keys, GL-Integration, uploading Asset Master records from legacy systems to SAP using BDC.
• Defining AUC Settlement Rules and creating Selection Variants.
• Analyzed FI legacy reports (GL/AR/AP/AM) and compared to ECC 6.0 standard reports
• Internal Orders: Model Orders, Order Types, Settlement Rules, IO Planning and Cost Element Planning.
• Investment Management: Allocation Structures, Settlement Profiles Program Type, Appropriation Request, Investment Program Definition, Top Position, Budget distribution, Versions, Budget Profiles for Investment Programs, Appropriation Request Types, Investment Profile.
• Worked on the functional design in COPA.
• Configured COPA planning like planning versions, planning revaluation, planning layouts, planning profiles.
• Created PA settlement structure to transfer the costs from FI to COPA.
• Created COPA reports by customer, product group and product hierarchies to analyze profitability.
• Worked with COPA integration with BI for Reporting.
• Product costing (COPC): Defined costing variant, cost component structure and costing sheet for product cost estimate.
• Providing critical support during month-end processes.
• Assisted with creating BRD’s (business requirement documents).
• Resolve or escalate Cutover & Conversion Issues during final preparation and post SAP FICO implementation with respective Change Request
• Identify and classify the nature of Issue Post Implementation and follow-up with respective teams.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP FICO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Customized invoice verification tolerance limits for price and quantity variance, for blanket purchase order, for Invoice receipt before goods receipt and Goods receipt before Invoice Receipt, Order with and without reference.
• Configured translation ratios for currencies.
• Tested and documented the SAP R/3 configuration.
• Configured AR processes - AR account assignments, dunning procedures and forms, manual and lockbox payments, cash application and clearing.
• Creating functional specification for RICEF objects for AP checks, dunning letters and invoice reduction document (credit memo).
• Tested the non-PO invoice interface from external vendors.
• Coordinated the execution of tests and integration within AP, AR and GL modules
• Asset Management: Worked on Asset depreciation run involving ordinary/unplanned depreciation run, depreciation adjustment and write-ups, changing the useful life of an asset, periodic posting of depreciation run and year end closing
• Maintained a settlement profile and settled the AUC asset to a fixed asset for capitalization.
• Configured and Customized CO - General Controlling, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Overhead Cost Controlling, Cost Center Accounting; and Internal Orders
• In Profitability Analysis (COPA): Assigned the controlling area to the operating concern.
• Created Characteristics and Value fields as per the business requirement.
• Designed Cost Center hierarchy and Assessment cycles to allocate overhead costs using activity types and SKFs.
• Identified to use Profit center accounting to create P&L and Balance sheet statements on key business metrics for predefined areas of responsibility.
• Internal Orders: Creation of settlement cost element, configuration of the Settlement structure, settlement profile, real and statistical postings, Configuration of order planning, Budgeting, Defining status profile, Defining order types.
• Identified Internal Orders that has to be settled to Cost Centers at the end of the period.
• Created and updated the documentation in accordance with the standards.
• Provided user support, resolved production support tickets.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

SAP CO Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configuring and Customizing Primary and Secondary Cost Element in Cost Element Accounting, Creation Cost Centers in Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Profitability Analysis and Profit Center Accounting sub-modules
• Maintained Controlling area settings and made hierarchy and other assignments
• In Cost Element Accounting created Primary and secondary Cost elements, created Cost Element Groups, Configured the reconciliation ledgers
• In Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA) created the cost centers and maintained the Standard hierarchy, assigned cost centers to cost elements. Configured Activities, Statistical Key Figures
• Developed cost sheet, cycles, segments for cost center distributions and assessment to allocate manufacturing overhead cost to cost objects.
• Configured settlements, cost splits for Activity Price calculations. Setup internal orders and cost collector configuration
• Customized order classification establishing a sophisticated system of order settlements and cost center assessment cycles. Set-up planning profile for cost center, activities, statistical key figures and cost element planning
• In Internal Orders configured various internal order types, setup status profile for order type, maintained settlement rules, internal order planning, and budget profile and also set up tolerances for budget cost. defined the settlement rules, and used internal order with AUC /Capital investment projects,
• In Profit Center Accounting maintained the basic setting, created hierarchy, dummy profit centers, Profit center master data, profit center groups, activity types, etc. and extracted reports using Confidential