Summary

SAP Certified Functional Consultant with more than 6 years of experience in implementing SAP with an emphasis on FI/CO modules that includes full life cycle implementations. MBA with over fourteen years of expertise in Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Accounting, Analytical Reporting, Forensic Analysis, Internal Control, Budgeting and Forecasting. Applies a proactive rather than reactive management style with focus on business growth and retention.

• Over 14 yearsof extensive functional experience that includes 6 years on Pharma with IT and 6+ years of hands on experience on SAP R/3 FICO including two full life cycle implementations InFI/CO/PA
• Proficient with planning, GAP analysis, design implementation, trouble shooting, performance tuning support and user training of SAP FI/CO.
• Extensive experience in FI includes FI-GL, AP, AR, and AA, Dunning, Special purpose ledger and Bank accounting.
• Strong implementation experience in CO includes Internal Orders, PCA, and PA.
• Expertise in Business Process Re-engineering and ASAP methodology.
• In depth understanding of business processes relating to SAP Finance, Controlling, and integration with SD, MM modules. Extensive knowledge of Purchasing, Production, Inventory, Sales and Billing.
• Good working knowledge on Report Painter, Report Writer and LSMW and CATT
• Working knowledge on cross-company code transactions and multi currencies.
• Exposure to various diverse industries serves as a background for thorough understanding of business processes and requirements.
• Ability to research any given new areas in SAP core R/3 for a solution to meet the business requirements.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional team environments.
• Excellent communication skills, exceptional ability to perform individually, motivated, dynamic and assertive team player with strong commitment.

Areas of Expertise

• General Ledger
• ASAP Methodology
• Budgeting
• Accounts Payable
• Business Planning
• Business Planning
• Cost/Profit Centers
• GAP Analysis
• Financial Mgmt
• Assets Accounting
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• Profit Forecasting

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Education:

• MBA (Finance)
• SAP Certified Application Associate - Financial Accounting with SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP FI/CO Sr. Consultant SHIRO/VHS, Richardson TX Oct 11 - present
Client: Confidential, Waukegan, ILIndustry: Pharmaceutical
Responsibilities:

• Performed GAP analysis, experience in blueprinting phase (ASAP Methodology) and prepared MS Visio graphs and documents on new customized FI/CO company structure.
• Created Number ranges, posting periods for G/L accounts, defined G/L account groups, created chart of accounts, participated in modifying and uploading G/L accounts.
• Configured the costing based COPA. Created characteristics and value fields used various derivation techniques and rules, configured valuation using Product costing and costing sheet.
• Created separate country-specific financial statement versions and defined the Splitting Characteristics for the General Ledger (passive split, rule-based and zero-balance formation by document).
• Developed all the Month End over/Under absorption allocation cycles to COPA
• Created reconciliation accounts for Accounts payable (A/P), Accounts receivable (A/R) and configured Accounts payable (A/P) including vendor account groups, number ranges, tolerance groups, uploaded A/P master data.
• Configured Automatic Payment Program for A/P for checks, ACH, wire transfer and created check lots.
• Maintained assessment cycles and the relationship of cost elements to profitability segments for transferring overhead costs to COPA
  Tested and performed web-demos of G/L transactions for fast-entry screens, splitting, posting, parking and reversals.
• Configured A/R including creation of customer account groups, number ranges for A/R, tolerance groups, credit control area, customer credit limits, and credit limit groups.
  Worked on Dispute Management functionality including creating dispute cases, forwarding of disputes, clearing disputes.
• Configured Profit Center Accounting, Cost Center Accounting by creation Standard Cost Center Hierarchy using CATTs, Alternative Hierarchy, primary and secondary cost elements;
• Was responsible for FI-MM integration: configured automatic account determination, insured smooth operation of MIGO-MIRO transactions (procure-to-pay).
• Coordination of System integration and UAT phases and running batch jobs to aid test activities
• Preparation of training material and training of end users

Environment: ECC 6.0, SAP BI, HP QC, Tax ware, Visio.
Modules: GL, AP, AR, CCA, PCA, COPA, TR, CM, OTC, BA, AA, APP, Validations and Substitutions, Product Costing, LSMW, Lock Box, Taxes, New G/L, LIV.

Confidential, NJ Sep 10 - Oct 2011
Confidential is a full-service contract manufacturer specializing in ruggedized COTS and MIL-Spec electronics assembly
SAP FI/CO Sr. Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all phases of implementation from business development process to end-user training and go-live. Involved in analyzing the existing system for AS-IS study and provided estimates & solutions for TO-BE system, gather functional requirements through user workshops, and analyzing Gaps. Understood business process, and tested all the customizations before and after the upgrade. Checked Z-program developed for client for enhancements and reports.
• Configured and customized chart of accounts, GL accounts, accounting groups creation with different field status, defined posting keys for GL account posting, open item clearing, and adjustment accounts for GR/IR clearing, created financial statement version and drill down reports for GL accounts.
• Configured vendor groups in account payable (FI-AP), vendor field status and assigned number ranges for vendor accounts groups. Configured automatic payment for outgoing payments to vendors.
• Configured & customized customer master data in account receivables (FI-AR), integrated automatic account assignment for billing process in SD, defined reason codes for over/underpayments. Defined payment terms for customer accounts as per client requirement and configured bank details for incoming payments. Created check lots.
• Configured organizational structure in asset accounting (FI- AA).
• Evaluated and configured controlling area settings.
• Designed and configured cost center group hierarchy and cost centers in cost center accounting (CO-CCA).
• Configured basic settings in profit center accounting (CO-PCA), configured profit center planning.
• Configured internal orders (CO-IO) for comparing budgets with actual planed and actual costs. Configured activity types and created assessment, distribution and settlement cycles for actual cost distribution.
• Configured FI-MM-SD integration.
• Writing test scenarios, test cases, and test steps for Integration, Regression, and UAT testing.
• Provided in-class and one-on-one training to end users on various levels with client organizations.
• Developed work instructions in Natural Language that was easily understood by users.

Confidential, MN Aug 09 - Sep 10
Confidential is a world leader in designing, manufacturing of cleaning products that help create a cleaner and safer world.
FI/CO Senior Consultant Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Configured general ledger - created company codes, master records, accounts groups, number ranges and G/L accounts for each company code.
• Analysis of business requirements, determining organizational structures and classifying business units / locations as company codes, and profitability centers.
• Configured and customized the asset accounting, copied Reference chart of depreciation, assignment to company code, specified account determination, asset classes.
• Configuration maintained for Cost element / Cost Center Accounting, maintained cost element attributes, cost centers, standard hierarchy, cost center categories, distribution, and assessment.
• Configured CCA by creating cost elements, cost centers, activity types, cost center categories, document numbers, and allocations using cycle-segment method for reposting, distribution and assessment.
• Configured master data, standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, distribution and assessment in CO-PCA.
• Configured settings for automatic payment program for vendors.
• Defined customer / vendor account groups, configured payment terms for customer / vendor, defined tolerances for customers and vendors.
• Configured FI-MM-SD integration.

Environment: ECC 6.0, SAP BI, SAP SRM, Tax ware, Visio, HELP DESK
Modules: GL, AP, AR, CCA, PCA, TR, CM, P2P, BA, AA, APP, Validations and Substitutions, LSMW, EBS, Lock Box, Taxes, New G/L, Intercompany, LIV and PS.

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirements, determining organizational structures and classifying business units / locations as company codes, and profitability centers.
• Configured and customized the asset accounting, copied Reference chart of depreciation, assignment to company code, specified account determination, asset classes.
• Configuration maintained for Cost element / Cost Center Accounting, maintained cost element attributes, cost centers, standard hierarchy, cost center categories, distribution, and assessment.
• Configured CCA by creating cost elements, cost centers, activity types, cost center categories, document numbers, and allocations using cycle-segment method for reposting, distribution and assessment.
• Configured master data, standard hierarchy, dummy profit center, distribution and assessment in CO-PCA.
• Configured settings for automatic payment program for vendors.
• Defined depreciation areas, determined how depreciation areas post to general ledger.
• Defined customer / vendor account groups, configured payment terms for customer / vendor, defined tolerances for customers and vendors.

Confidential Georgetown, OH Oct 07-Nov 08
Confidential is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of tools, hardware and specialty hardware products for home improvement, consumer, industrial and professional use.
SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant Environment SAP 4.7

• Created and customized GL accounts and also created financial statement versions
• Configured and customized vendor (FI-AP) & customer (FI-AR) master data
• Configured customer master data in account receivables (FI-AR), integration with billing process in SD,
• Customized account payables (FI-AP) and configured house banks. Configured automatic payment method.
• Configured asset accounting (FI-AA) organizational structure by configuring chart of depreciation and depreciation areas. Defined number ranges intervals, configured asset groups and asset classes.
• Created profit center (CO-PCA) hierarchies, standard hierarchy, configured profit center master data, maintained default account assignments and automatic account assignments, validations and substitutions, distribution and assessment
• Creation of assessment cycles to allow the overhead costs among various characteristics
• Created cost center accounting (CO-CCA) standard and alternative hierarchies, cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, cost center categories, document numbers, maintained default account assignments and automatic assignments, validations and substitutions, distribution and assessment
• Configured FI to MM & SD integration
• Provided production support & immediate solution to all go-live issues, trained end-users, and documented detailed information & provided end-user training material.

Confidential, CA July 05 - Sep 07
Confidential is the world\'s leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries
SAP FI/CO Functional Consultant Environment: SAP 4.7

• Configured General Ledger - Created Master records, accounts groups, number ranges, field status groups, posting keys, automatic account determination, tolerance groups and Document Types.
• Configured and customized AR and AP modules.
• Defined House banks, bank accounts, reason codes, check lots.
• Defined customer/vendor account groups and created customer /vendor master data.
• Configured Automatic payment program for outgoing payments for company codes in Accounts Payable (A/P).
• Defined asset classes, depreciation areas, and determined how depreciation areas post to general ledger, involved in the creation of the assets. Configuring organizational structure, chart of depreciation, country specific settings, asset classes, depreciation areas, and account determination.
• Defined payment block reasons, defining correspondence types, configured vendor specific tolerance.
• Configured Incoming payments, Billing, Credit management and dunning programs.
• Configured terms of payment, tolerances, invoices, outgoing payment, and cash discount.
• Configured and designed Product Cost (PC) ,costing run, Forecast, price update Cost object controlling product cost by period, product cost by order, product cost collector.
• Configured the Automatic Account Determination and interface points between FI, MM, and SD.

Environment: R/3 4.7
Modules: GL, AP, AR, CCA, PCA, TR, P2P, Taxes, Lock Box, Report Painter/Writer and LIV.

Functional Experience:

Confidential May 03 - July 05

• Responsible for asset management and strategic planning of $16 Million portfolio for two plants.
• Designed and implemented a simulation tool to optimize excess stock of $1 Million annually.
• Formulated financial budgets and Latest Estimate for $10 Million business segment.
• Devised a Materials Management road map involving geographically scattered suppliers, submitted proposals to senior management which was favorably received and successfully implemented leading to cost saving of $1Mil.
• Led SOX compliance initiatives, facilitating internal/external audits across diverse locations.
• Managed business entities by utilizing forensic analysis, contingency planning and open dialogue with various business leaders.
• Supported Business Unit Managers by conducting monthly calls to review business key metrics.
• Recipient of multiple awards for risk management and process improvements.

Confidential April 00 - May 03
Confidential June 97-March 00